‘Black headed gull’ at Randwick, NSW today
By Birding-Aus, on March 1st, 2014
Paul Walbridge phoned to advise that the horses running in the 3.00 o’clock race at Randwick today flushed a flock of Silver Gulls which included a gull with a black head! Someone living nearby might like to check for a Franklin’s or similar. Mike Carter 30 Canadian Bay Road Mount Eliza VIC 3930 Tel (03) 9787 7136 _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
I, too, checked out the footage from the 2.45 pm and 3.20 at Rosehill and the 3 pm from Flemington, with no luck. Rosehill Racecourse is near Parramatta and is some km from Sydney Olympic Park. In case, something like this crops up again, please understand that the races on Sky Channel come from several locations. There is a race every 10 minutes, successively from Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Adelaide, then Melbourne again, etc. In between races, the cameras can transmit from any one of the four racecourses, showing horses in the mounting yard and on the way to the barrier. It would therefore be quite possible for a casual observer to get the wrong racecourse in the wrong city. The 3.10 pm race was from Morphettville (Adelaide), and there was a 2.52 pm broadcast from Eagle Farm (Brisbane). I have not been able to check these races. There is a further complication. Apart from Sky, some races are also broadcast by TVN. Both channels use the same footage for races, but take their own footage between races. It is common to see birds at all the racecourses. Rosehill has a well known duck pond. Carl Weber —–Original Message—– Joshua Bergmark Sent: Saturday, 1 March 2014 11:56 PM Evening all Have had some frantic phone conversations and emails with a number of people, and the following is what we have deduced: 1: No races at Randwick today, no gull at Randwick 2: The only race at exactly 3:00 today was Flemington (Melbourne), but the stream shows no birds 3: I watched all the races from Rosehill (Sydney Olympic Park) and in a few of them, White Ibis were flushed by the horses and flying on front of the camera, but no gulls that I noticed 4: I watched a large number of the race videos from the above three tracks today, and saw no gulls. If anyone wants to have a look themselves, visit this website: http://www.racingnetwork.com.au/FormandResults/RaceReplaySearch/tabid/108/De fault.aspx In conclusion, I’m sleeping in tomorrow 😉 Cheers, Joshua Bergmark On 1 March 2014 22:41, Bill Stent < billstent@gmail.com> wrote: clashes on TV. _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
Foxtel TVN Channel 522 appears to have a recap of all Rosehill races at 0745 Sunday. Race 4 was at 2.45 over 1100m and Race 5 at 3.20 was over 1900m. I suspect it was the latter race as the gulls were probably hanging around the back straight and had been left undisturbed till the first of the longer races. Anyway as time and place of original sighting are at odds with both of these races I’m not hopeful of seeing anything. Cheers Chris Gregory (Tea interval at the cricket) On 1 March 2014 23:55, Joshua Bergmark < joshua.birdmark@gmail.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
Evening all Have had some frantic phone conversations and emails with a number of people, and the following is what we have deduced: 1: No races at Randwick today, no gull at Randwick 2: The only race at exactly 3:00 today was Flemington (Melbourne), but the stream shows no birds 3: I watched all the races from Rosehill (Sydney Olympic Park) and in a few of them, White Ibis were flushed by the horses and flying on front of the camera, but no gulls that I noticed 4: I watched a large number of the race videos from the above three tracks today, and saw no gulls. If anyone wants to have a look themselves, visit this website: http://www.racingnetwork.com.au/FormandResults/RaceReplaySearch/tabid/108/Default.aspx In conclusion, I’m sleeping in tomorrow 😉 Cheers, Joshua Bergmark On 1 March 2014 22:41, Bill Stent < billstent@gmail.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
… or species? On 01/03/2014, at 10:29 PM, Peter Shute < pshute@nuw.org.au> wrote: _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
I don’t suppose anyone’s got this race recorded? Peter Shute Sent from my iPad _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
Sadly, there were no races at Randwick today. Televised races throughout Australia are timed to run at different times to avoid clashes on TV. There was a 3 pm race today, but it was run at Flemington. Perhaps you should look there. Under the circumstances, I feel obliged to advise that the Flemington in question is in Melbourne. Carl Weber —–Original Message—– Mike Carter Sent: Saturday, 1 March 2014 5:10 PM Cc: Paul Walbridge Paul Walbridge phoned to advise that the horses running in the 3.00 o’clock race at Randwick today flushed a flock of Silver Gulls which included a gull with a black head! Someone living nearby might like to check for a Franklin’s or similar. Mike Carter 30 Canadian Bay Road Mount Eliza VIC 3930 Tel (03) 9787 7136 _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
Headed out as soon as Mike’s email came through, and found one open gate (accidentally left open?), and was able to walk on the racetrack all the way around. No gulls of any kind unfortunately. Then checked all the open areas of grass in UNSW next door, also finding nothing. I am currently staying on-campus at UNSW, and will be out looking tomorrow and the day after (classes don’t start until Tuesday!), so would really appreciate an immediate text if anyone finds the gull in question!!! (0459 823 534) The racecourse can be best viewed from outside the fence along Alison Rd (-33.907804,151.233275) or from my balcony. Tomorrow I am going to check Centennial Park and Eastlakes, so will post to the list if anything shows. Cheers, Joshua Bergmark On 1 March 2014 17:51, david taylor < davidstaylor1@optusnet.com.au> wrote: _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
Thats hilarious! …….Nice work Paul! …. the bookies are setting odds as we speak – Franklins – Even Money – Laughing 10 to 1 Black-headed 25 to 1 Sabines 50 to i!!! On 1 Mar 2014, at 4:10 pm, Mike Carter < pterodroma@bigpond.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
The joys of the digital age! John Tongue, Ulverstone, Tas. On 01/03/2014, at 5:10 PM, “Mike Carter” < pterodroma@bigpond.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org