Day: January 19, 2019

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From: martin cachard <mcachard@hotmail.com&gt; Sent: Saturday, 19 January 2019 7:41 PM To: Philip Veerman; ‘Canberra Birds’; birding-aus@birding-aus.org Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Pelicans perching on poles   hi Philip, I noticed this as commonplace with Aust Pelicans in the Newcastle, NSW, area whilst living there from 2009-2010, seeing many pelicans perched atop metal light poles along the … Read more

Pelicans perching on poles

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I went to Batemans Bay this week (NSW SE coast, down from Canberra, for those not local). A thing that I noticed and usually have noticed there, is that the Pelicans really like to perch on light poles there. It seems to me a difficult and strange thing for such heavy birds to do. They … Read more