Hi all I’m after any records of Garganey in Darwin for the years that I didn’t get them, so if you were up there, and saw any in those years I’d much appreciate hearing about it. The years are: 1985, 1987, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2002 and any post 2006 I’m also trying to source records of Australian Shoveler for Darwin. There are apparently 2, but I have no details of either. The same with a single report of Australian Shelduck prior to the 2012 sightings. Many thanks to any who can help Niven =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================
Thanks to those who replied to my query. In the end it seems that those years for which I didn’t have records, there were no Garganey. Still, records for 2 of every 3 years since it was first recorded is not too bad. I’m beginning to suspect that the Shoveler and Australian Shelduck records are myths, as I’ve been completely unable to trace them to a source. I guess there are lots of bird myths about – I’ve busted a few in my time but there are always more popping up. Cheers Niven On 2 October 2013 08:46, Richard NOWOTNY < richardnowotny@me.com> wrote: =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================
Here are records from the Annotated list of Birds of the Top End (Thompson and Goodfellow, 1991). There are no records I know of for Garganey in 1985 nor 1987, and I can’t find any at all for Australian Shoveler or Australian Shelduck. Garganey (Anas querquedula) Range and status: rare visitor to the northern coastal area only but may be annual in very small numbers in the Darwin area. Neither Storr nor the Atlas record this species. Crawford had the first record for the Northern Territory at Fogg Dam, October 1976. Records: three at Darwin SP in March 1975; one at Darwin SP in October-November 1981; December 1982; one at Palmerston SP and also at Warlock Ponds in November 1983; one male at Fogg Dam in November 1986; up to 16 at Snipe Swamp, November 1988; three at Snipe Swamp, November 1989 and six there in December 1989 and up to 22 in January 1990. Nine at Fiddler’s Lagoon, January 1990, 126 at Darwin SP in early 1991. Sources: Shurcliff & McKean (1990); unpublished known observers include, Carter, Estbergs, D. Fisher, K. and L. Fisher, Goodfellow, Hertog, Lane, Percival, Shurcliff, McCrie, McKean, Thompson. Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow PO Box 71, Darwin River, NT 0841 043 8650 835 On 1/10/13 8:38 PM, “Nikolas Haass” < nhaass@yahoo.com> wrote: =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================