Highlights in NSW over the last couple of weeks, as reported to Birdline NSW,
are as follows:
FAIRY PENQUIN 5 Berry Bay (the site of the recent oil spill), Sydney Harbour
26/8 - great to hear they survived
CAPE PETREL 1 Norah Head, Newcastle 28/8 - first central coast
record
ANTARCTIC PETREL 1 off Maroubra, Sydney 27/8 - a well deserved reward
for the hours of diligent watching by one observer
WHITE-HEADED PETREL 1 Long Reef, Sydney 3/9
SOUTHERN FULMAR 1 Long Reef, Sydney 31/8 - perhaps the last until the next
"wreck" year
COMMON DIVING PETREL 1 found ashore Cronulla, Sydney 28/8 - the bird from
Long Reef the week before?
BLACK-NECKED STORK 1 Harrington, Newcastle 30/8
FRECKLED DUCK 1 Lake Cowal, West Wyalong 7/8
SQUARE-TAILED KITE 1 McGrath's Hill STW, Windsor 22/8
PAINTED BUTTON QUAIL 2 Mitchell Park, Cattai 22/8 and again 5/9
POWERFUL OWL 1 Ku-ring Gai Wildflower Garden visitor centre, Sydney 27/8 -
apparently snacking on possums released there by WIRES! 2 Mitchell Park,
Cattai 22/8
JAPANESE SNIPE 7 Pitt Town Lagoon, Windsor 31/8, 2 Mason Park, Strathfield
3/9, 2 Deepwater Park, Milperra, Sydney 6/9 - first returns for spring
SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER 2 Mason Park, Strathfield, Sydney 3/9 - first return
for spring
CURLEW SANDPIPER 10 Penrhyn Road, Botany 3/9, 2 Mason Park, Strathfield
3/9, 4 Picnic Point, The Entrance 2/9 - first returns for spring
RED KNOT 2 Picnic Point, The Entrance, Central Coast 2/9 - first return
for spring
ARCTIC TERN 1 off Wollongong 29/8
SUPERB PARROT 12 Burcher, mid west 7/8
TAWNEY-CROWNED HONEYEATER 6 Norah Head, Newcastle 28/8
SINGING BUSHLARK 1 Richmond Turf Farms 5/9
MANGROVE GERYGONE 2 singing at Careel Bay, Pittwater 3/9 - the regular
southern limit of this species
WHITE-THROATED GERYGONE 1 Mitchell Park, Cattai 5/9 - first return for spring
CHESTNUT-RUMPED HEATHWREN 4 Mitchell Park, Cattai 5/9
Chris Gladwin
Sydney, Australia
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