Lots of migrants again this week with highlights, as reported to Birdline NSW,
as follows:
GREY-HEADED ALBATROSS 1 off Wollongong 19/9
LIGHT-MANTLED SOOTY ALBATROSS 1 off Sydney 25/9
SOUTHERN GIANT PETREL 1"white phase" Mistral Point, Maroubra 20/9
SOUTHERN FULMAR 1 off Wollongong 19/9
TAIHITI PETREL 1 off Sydney 25/9 - how many Taihiti petrels ever get to see a
Light-mantled Sooty Albatross in their life?
BLACK-BELIED STORM-PETREL 1 off Sydney 25/9
BULLER'S SHEARWATER 1 Mistral Point, Maroubra, Sydney 20/9
SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER 65 Mistral Point, Maroubra, Sydney 20/9
BUFF-BANDED RAIL 1 Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney 22/9
PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER 2 Mason Park, Strathfield 26/9
GREY PLOVER 1 Penrhyn Road, Botany 21/9 and 23/9
SOUTHERN SKUA 1 Mistral Point, Maroubra 19/9
CHANNEL-BILLED CUCKOO Widely reported in Sydney suburbs last week
KOEL 2 Janelli 17/9, 1 Mosman 19/9, 1 Chippendale 21/9 and 1
Turramurra 24/9 - all are Sydney suburbs indicating widespread arrival last
week
BLACK-EARED CUCKOO 1 Tarrawee NP, Wentworth (far west NSW) 23/9
BRUSH CUCKOO 1 Cattai NP, Windsor 26/9 - first return for summer
DOLLARBIRD 1 Botany 21/9 and 1 Marsfield 22/9 both Sydney - first
returns for summer
TOPKNOT PIGEON 50 Mosman, Sydney 19/9 and 2 Domain, Sydney city centre 22/9
SOOTY OWL 1 Lady Carrington Drive, Audley, Royal NP 25/9
YELLOW-TAILED BLACK COCKATOO 50 Mosman, Sydney 19/9
RED-WINGED PARROT 1 Cassilis - east and south of normal range - 17/9
BLUE-WINGED PARROT 1 Lake Cargellico to Round Hill 23/9
BUDGERIGAR "present" Nyalla Lake, Wentworth 22/9
RUFOUS SONGLARK 1 Silverwater NR, Olympics Site 26/9 - unusual in Sydney these
days
WHITE-BROWED TREECREEPER 1 Tarrawee NR, Wentworth 23/9
STRIATED GRASSWREN 3 groups Tarrawee NP, Wentworth 23/9
BLACK-FACED MONARCH 1 Lady Carrington Drive, Audley, Royal NP 16/9 - first
return for summer - and an early record
PILOTBIRD 2 Hassans Walls Reserve, Lithgow 22/9
GREY-FRONTED HONEYEATER 4 Tarrawee NP, Wentworth 23/9
BLACK HONEYEATER "large numbers" Round Hill NR and Yathong NR
23/9
PIED HONEYEATER 3 Nulla Homestead, north of Wentworth 22/9
ORANGE CHAT 3 Lake Cargellico to Round Hill 23/9
CRIMSON CHAT "several" Lake Cargellico to Round Hill 23/9
NUTMEG MANNIKIN 30 Mason Park, Strathfield 26/9
Chris Gladwin
Sydney, Australia
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