Western Sydney deer

By Birding-Aus, on October 22nd, 2015

Hi there Wondering if any western Sydney birders can share their knowledge in a slightly off topic request. A couple of times in the last month while commuting I have seen what appear to be white deer grazing in the parklands between Quakers Hill and Schofields from the Richmond train line. Im assuming some local birders would have come across these either here or in adjoining parkland along the Eastern Creek. Does anyone have any idea what species these are? They look like Fallow but its hard to say given limited views from a moving train, and their white colouration (thought they were goats on first sighting but they’re not). I recently had my first local Fallow Deer sighting at Kurmond after 17 years of frequent visits here, and have had Red Deer higher up the hills. Unfortunately there seems to be a significant amount of new development kicking off in the open space between Blacktown and Vineyard at present, especially around Schofields – doesnt bode well for the native fauna utilising the grasslands and wetlands here, habitats under development threat in many parts of western Sydney. Cheers Eric

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israeldidham

October 22, 2015 at 4:05 pm

if they are white, then they will be fallow deer. From: E Finley < finleyfeatures@gmail.com> To: birding-aus@birding-aus.org Sent: Thursday, 22 October 2015, 14:25 Subject: [Birding-Aus] Western Sydney deer Hi there Wondering if any western Sydney birders can share their knowledge in a slightly off topic request. A couple of times in the last month while commuting I have seen what appear to be white deer grazing in the parklands between Quakers Hill and Schofields from the Richmond train line. Im assuming some local birders would have come across these either here or in adjoining parkland along the Eastern Creek. Does anyone have any idea what species these are? They look like Fallow but its hard to say given limited views from a moving train, and their white colouration (thought they were goats on first sighting but they’re not). I recently had my first local Fallow Deer sighting at Kurmond after 17 years of frequent visits here, and have had Red Deer higher up the hills. Unfortunately there seems to be a significant amount of new development kicking off in the open space between Blacktown and Vineyard at present, especially around Schofields – doesnt bode well for the native fauna utilising the grasslands and wetlands here, habitats under development threat in many parts of western Sydney. Cheers Eric

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