Dead birds on Gunnamatta???
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Dead birds on Gunnamatta???
I went down to Gunnamatta late on Friday afternoon.
Absolutely terrible conditions, choppy, N/W howling along the beach and a low tide, didn't even put a line in.
There was a terrible smell at the Surf Club end stairs, I walked up towards the first stairs and counted 40 dead black crow like birds along the beach between the stairs.
Out of curiosity, does anyone know what the hell that would be about?
Absolutely terrible conditions, choppy, N/W howling along the beach and a low tide, didn't even put a line in.
There was a terrible smell at the Surf Club end stairs, I walked up towards the first stairs and counted 40 dead black crow like birds along the beach between the stairs.
Out of curiosity, does anyone know what the hell that would be about?
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Re: Dead birds on Gunnamatta???
Was it these guys? (Mutton birds)
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslo ... 6735386866" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslo ... 6735386866" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Dead birds on Gunnamatta???
yeah there is a huge problem at the moment with mutton birds. they are literally starving to death. matt cini has had to cancel charters because of mutton birds diving down and taking baits off hooks! hopefully as the weather warms up more bait comes into the bay and the mutton birds get a feed
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Re: Dead birds on Gunnamatta???
I saw a heap of them on Chelsea beach the other day as well, but they are very very noticable at the gun.
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Re: Dead birds on Gunnamatta???
Same thing at Barwon Heads today, a few washing up the river and more on the beaches.
Pretty sad really.
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Re: Dead birds on Gunnamatta???
carlg caught all the salmon in gunners. birds are starving.
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Re: Dead birds on Gunnamatta???
jeez that's a fair hike that they make. No wonder they are tired. Explains why one of them sat next to me on the pier for 20min after I finished untangling the bugger from my line. I thought it was just a pretty chilled bird at the time
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Re: Dead birds on Gunnamatta???
It was probably waiting for a Pilly from you, did you give him one?Basti wrote:jeez that's a fair hike that they make. No wonder they are tired. Explains why one of them sat next to me on the pier for 20min after I finished untangling the bugger from my line. I thought it was just a pretty chilled bird at the time
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Re: Dead birds on Gunnamatta???
turned his nose up at it. he left by waddling off the edge of the pier and swimming away.
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Re: Dead birds on Gunnamatta???
fishingvic wrote:Was it these guys? (Mutton birds)
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslo ... 6735386866" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
That's exactly what they were.
I thought maybe the end of the world was nigh.
Knowledgeable as always.
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