Brolga
By Birding-Aus, on July 18th, 2014
Happened to be driving to Taylor’s Beach (east of Ingham Qld) 17th July where a cane farmer was ploughing his field. Could not believe the Brolgas! Counted 170 but could not quite see others further down the field and another group behind uncut cane. Got David and I wondering .. would they be eating cane beetles that had been ploughed into the soil ? I did manage a couple of photos .. but hey, with my point and shoot camera the photos are not fantastic But you can tell they are Brolga. Allan G … I have noted this on the crane sighting report. Jude _______________________________________________ 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
We came across the Savannah Way June/July and saw many Brolga and Saruse Cranes .. but alas we were driving each time and were unable to count most sightings except for one just east of the Albert River. Jude On 7/18/14, Michael Tarburton < tarburton.m@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
On the 28 June Shirl & I counted 520 Brolga on recently harvested paddocks of sorghum about 5 km Sth of Mazeppa N.P. on the Gregory Developmental Road. So yes there must be something that attracts Brolga to some recently harvested crops. Others just south of there had no brolga Cheers Mike On 18/07/2014, at 4:19 PM, Jude Lattaway 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