The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period
Monday, December 27, 2010 to Sunday, January 2, 2011:
Area: SA
Date: Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Location: Blowhole Creek Beach, Deep Creek Conservation Park
Eastern Reef Egret (Egretta sacra) (1) Single dark phase bird flew in landing
on beach where it rested for several minutes before taking flight and departing
area after walking person got too close.
Reported by: Jim Allen on Thursday, December 30, 2010
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Date: Friday, December 24, 2010
Location: Fox's Lake, Robe
Latham's Snipe (Gallinago hardwickii) (15) Large number of this bird species
given the relatively small nature of the lake. Sheltering in samphire.
Reported by: Michael Wood on Tuesday, December 28, 2010
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Date: Sunday, December 26, 2010
Location: Dry Creek Salt Fields AP
Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus) (1) One bird feeding alone out on mudflats off
main causeway.
Banded Stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) (1) Around 200 immature birds in a
tight flock on main east/west causeway.
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) (1) Single birds present at both track
bridges.
Reported by: William Brooker on Monday, December 27, 2010
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Date: Sunday, December 26, 2010
Location: Telford Scrub Conservation Park
Satin Flycatcher (Myiagra cyanoleuca) (2) Pair seen in woodland along the track
leading from the carpark on the southern side of the reserve. Regularly
calling. They were seeing-off a brown goshawk.
Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus) (5) One pair seen feeding a young
bird near the picnic table a few hundred metres in from the southern entrance.
Remainder of birds seen further into reserve.
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina papuensis) (1) Heard and seen near
boardwalk, as was the species roughly a week earlier by ND.
Reported by: Michael Wood on Tuesday, December 28, 2010
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Date: Monday, December 27, 2010
Location: Pt Gawler Conservation Park
Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) (3) Seen feeding in the samphire
near the mangroves at the northern end of the park.
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) (1) Seen next to the Eastern Curlews.
Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) (1) Seen in one of the channels close to
the road.
Reported by: Elizabeth MacIlwain on Wednesday, December 29, 2010
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Date: Monday, December 27, 2010
Location: Greenfield Wetlands
Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia) (1) One found, feeding in the pond near the
information next to the road.
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) (10) Few adults and chicks were
found, feeding in the pond near the information next to the road and the others
ponds.
Reported by: Warren Cheng on Tuesday, December 28, 2010
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Date: Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Location: Teal Flat via Mannum
Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius) (1) Actually the Mallee Ringneck
variant with an orange belly patch.
Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) (1) Common in this area.
Reported by: Les Woods on Tuesday, December 28, 2010
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Date: Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Location: Sturt Bay, SYP.
Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) (1)
Hooded Plover (Charadrius rubricollis) (1)
The broad beach ofSturt Bay, bottom of Southern Yorke Peninsular, not a bird to
be seen in binocular range, then to my surprise an Eastern Curlew flew past.
Soon down on the beach one Hooded Plover. He was no surprise just enjoyable.
Reported by: Teresa Jack on Friday, December 31, 2010
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Date: Thursday, December 30, 2010
Location: Richmore Road Wetland, Angas Plains
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) (2) 2 individuals feeding on mudflats close to
the road.
This site is about 4 km east of Milang.This wetland and the surrounding
paddocks fill with water when the Angas River floods.The wetland still contains
much water and mudflats are becoming exposed providing good conditions for
waders.Some other birds present were 20+Red-necked Stints,Pied Stilts with
young,and large numbers of Shellducks.
Reported by: Nathaniel Doecke on Thursday, December 30, 2010
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Date: Saturday, January 1, 2011
Location: Clayton Bay, swamp just west of the town
Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus) (2) Two foraging in vegetation,
flew off then landed again further away.
Reported by: Valerie Mobley on Saturday, January 1, 2011
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Date: Saturday, January 1, 2011
Location: Milang-Clayton road, near Kindarua property sign, in shallow
water/swampy ground.
Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus) (1) Bird foraging in vegetation,
showing white plume behind head and occasionally flying around displaying broad
rufous wings.
White-fronted Chat (Epthianura albifrons) (2) Perching on higher fronds of
vegetation,
Intermediate Egret (Mesophoyx intermedia) (10) Large group of ten counted in
shallow water/swamp land.
Reported by: Valerie Mobley on Saturday, January 1, 2011
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Area: VIC
Date: Thursday, December 30, 2010
Location: East side of Kow Swamp 6km Sth of Leitchville township
Spotted Harrier (Circus assimilis) (1) Papuan Harrier (Circus spilonotus). I
couldn't find Papuan Harrier in the data base so I called it a Spotted Harrier
so at least I could get it to someone who is interested in this rare find. I
have the photo of this magnificent raptor and I am willing to share it . Please
contact me.
I captured this Papuan Harrier with a 500mm lens at Kow Swamp 6km from
Leitchville. According to the field guides this is a very rare occasion. There
doesn't appear to be a section to display the photograph which I would gladly
share.
Reported by: Boyd Robertson on Sunday, January 2, 2011
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