Bill Stent and I abandoned plans to drive to Lake Tutchewop today because the Dowitcher hadn’t been seen for a couple of days. Of course, that ensured it returned to its original spot. I hope the dozens, if not hundreds, of birders who saw it today will appreciate our sacrifice. Nevertheless, we had a fantastic day at The Farm (Western Treatment Plant near Werribee). Highlights included: Black Falcon Black-tailed Godwit White-bellied Sea-Eagle (adult and an immature, prob. 3rd or 4th yr) At least 8 Aust Spotted Crakes Baillon’s Crake (1 or 2) Great Crested Grebes in several locations Banded Stilts in many locations The Godwit has been reported from T-Section 7 for a couple of weeks. It likes to hang out in the middle of the Stilts and Avocets. There was a single Pacific Golden Plover in the same lagoon. Bill took lots of photos and he has posted a few on the Facebook Vic Birders’ group. I know some readers are cautious about using Facebook, and yes, the ads get a bit annoying, but it’s a great place to see what’s trending in the birding world – and you can always watch / read and never post if you are worried about privacy. Most of us don’t get all our news from one TV channel or one newspaper, and it’s like that in birding, with Facebook, Eremaea Birdline, eBird, Birding-Aus and other forums each providing something a little different. Russell Woodford
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Perhaps if you do decide to head up there, you should warn everyone else first. Note that it’s possible receive all the group’s posting by email, and even to reply by email. I think by default one receives “comments” posted by “friends” to the group by email, and also “replies” to any comments you’ve replied to yourself. That’s how it was for me and I don’t remember configuring it, but might have. It’s possible to turn this behaviour off if you can’t cope with the flood of email. It’s also possible to configure it to send emails for all comments, which is handy for monitoring the group if you can’t be bothered continually checking it manually. I find the email notifications handy, but I’ve configured a message rule to automatically move them into a folder because there are just so many of them. Do any of the veteran Facebook users have any other tips? Peter Shute
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