Highlights in NSW over the last week or so are as follows:
BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS regular since 21/4 at Mistral Point, Coogee
GREAT-WINGED PETREL 30 Mistral Point, Coogee (Sydney) 23/4
PROVIDENCE PETREL 6 Mistral Point, Coogee (Sydney) 23/4
FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER 3 Mistral Point, Coogee (Sydney) 23/4
PINK-EARED DUCK 90 Homebush Bay, Sydney 26/4
GREY GOSHAWK 1 Mangrove Mountain, Central Coast 3/4
BUFF-BANDED RAIL 1 Lees Reserve, Chittaway 18/4 and 2 Tuggerah 7/4 -
both Central Coast
LEWIN'S RAIL 1 Magic Point, Maroubra (Sydney) 26/4
SPOTLESS CRAKE 1 Magic Point, Maroubra (Sydney) 26/4
DOUBLE-BANDED PLOVER 10 Penrhyn Road, Botany Bay 18/4 - this is after the
hail storm that struck the area and so how did they manage to survive?
WHITE-FRONTED TERN 1 Penrhyn Road, Botany Bay 18/4
SOUTHERN SKUA 2 Long Reef, Sydney 22/4 and 1 Mistral Point, Coogee
(Sydney) 23/4
ARCTIC SKUA 2 Mistral Point, Coogee (Sydney) 24/4
POWERFUL OWL 2 Mitchell Park, Cattai 18/4
TOPKNOT PIGEON 50 over F3 Wyong 27/4, 300 Ourimbah, Central Coast 18/4, 10
Devlin's Creek, Epping 25/4
GLOSSY BLACK COCKATOO 2 Mangrove Mountain, Central Coast 3/4
BRUSH CUCKOO 1 Mangrove Mountain, Central Coast 3/4
HOODED ROBIN 1 Cobbity, SW Sydney 18/4
SPECKLED WARBLER 6 Cobbity, Sydney 18/4
RUFOUS FANTAIL 1 Mangrove Mountain, Central Coast 3/4
EURASIAN BLACKBIRD 1 juv Mangrove Mountain, Central Coast 3/4 - range
expansion
I am not sure if this has been posted to Birding-Aus but a reliable observer
has advised me that he saw a Grey Wagtail at Simpson's Gap Alice Springs
last week.
Chris Gladwin
Sydney, Australia
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