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Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences Centre for Ecosystem Science

Day 10, Armidale to Sydney

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Low cloud over farm land
Low cloud around Armidale

Date: Friday October 11th 2024

Project:ÌýEastern Australian Waterbird Survey

Observers: Richard Kingsford (UNSW), Chris Sanderson

Pilot:ÌýThomas Clark

Our last survey day was short.ÌýWe left with low cloud around Armidale and headed south to survey Band 4.Ìý

Armidale

Surveying the large cooling dams for the Liddell coal-fired power station. These large dams have a few cormorants, Pelicans and Black Swans. As well today, there were up to a hundred Great-crested Grebes.

We then followed this by surveying the Hunter River which had its usual number of up to 50 Pacific Black Ducks.

We finally finished this longest leg of the 42nd aerial waterbird survey at Bankstown in the morning.