Highlights in New South Wales over the last week are as follows:
YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS 8 Maroubra, Sydney 23/5
SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER 1 Maroubra 23/5 - late record
BROWN BOOBY 1 imm Long Reef 21/5 and 1 ad Maroubra, Sydney 21/5
WEDGE-TAILED EAGLE 2 Kellyville, Sydney 18/5 - unusual near Sydney
LITTLE EAGLE 1 Castlereagh SF, Richmond 17/5
SQUARE-TAILED KITE 1 Windsor 24/5
LEWIN'S RAIL 2 heard Port Botany NP, La Perouse (Sydney) 16/5
SPOTLESS CRAKE 1 Baker's Lagoon, Richmond 24/5
HOODED PLOVER 9 Lake Conjola, Ulladulla 20/5
RED-WINGED PARROT 4 Port Stephens 20/5 - escape?
BLUE-WINGED PARROT 2 Towra Point, Kurnell (Sydney) 23-24/5 - extremely
rare vagrant to east coast
SWIFT PARROT 5 Taronga Zoo 22/5, 30 Londonderry, Richmond 24/5
and up to 35 Lake Heights, Wollongong 11-18/5
BARN OWL 3 Cornwallis Road, Richmond 24/5
REGENT HONEYEATER 1 Wahroonga, Sydney 19/5, 6 Castlereagh SF.,
Richmond 24/5
BLACK-CHINNED HONEYEATER 3 Castlereagh SF 24/5
PLUM-HEADED FINCH 50 Capertee Valley 23/5
SPANGLED DRONGO 1 Glebe, Sydney 21/5 and 1 Lake
Heights, Wollongong 18/5
and the first Hump-backed Whales of the season off Maroubra 23/5
Chris Gladwin
Sydney, Australia
BIRDLINE NSW (02) 9290 1778 - sponsored by Birds Australia, NSW Field
Ornithologists Club, Cumberland Bird Observers Club and Illawarra Bird
Observers Club
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