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Date: 7 Feb 2011 01:30:33 +1000

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Published sightings for the week ending 6 Feb 2011.

Sun 6 Feb Rufous Scrub-bird Gloucester Tops
Four Rufous Scrub-birds heard in total. One seen well, sitting two-three feet off the ground in tree-ferns calling. Not very vocal and after 10am all calls stopped. Calls were single note and infrequent, not the normal call. Two birds Kerripit Rd, two on the long track on the Beech Forest Walk. Three pairs Olive Whistler. Red-browed Tree-Creepers common
Tim Faulkner

Sat 5 Feb Lesser Sand Plover, Double-banded Plover Long Reef Marine Reserve
2 Double-banded Plovers and 1 Lesser Sand Plover seen on dusk at Long Reef. Possibly a 3rd DBP but unable to be sure due to vanishing light.
Mark Young

Australasian Bittern McGraths Hill/Pitt Town
Australasian Bittern fllying out of South Creek area McGraths Hill towards Pitt Town Lagoon. Later seen by World Wetland Day participants at Pitt Town Lagoon.
keith brandwood

Fri 4 Feb Sooty Owl Barrington Tops National Park
Sooty Owls heard in three different locations shortly after dark. One seen well. 10-15kms east from Honeysuckle Picnic area in deep gullies on the Barrington/Scone rd.
Tim Faulkner

White Throated Needletails & Fork Tailed Swifts Bobbin Head Rd, Turramurra
Very loose flock estimated in excess of 200 birds seen over my house at 1:30pm today. Seemed to be feeding on something. The flock was mostly Needletails but I picked out 2 Fork Tailed Swifts mixed in with the mid-level birds. The flock was spread out both laterally and vertically (with the highest birds up not visible to naked eye but clearly there in the bins). The lower down birds were calling.
Tom Wilson

Thu 3 Feb Latham's Snipe Bicentennial Park, Homebush Bay
One bird was flushed from northern banks of the artificial wetland that is present to the west of Wentworth Common (south of Haslams Reach and north of Marjorie Jackson Parkway).
Deryk Engel

Radjah Shelduck outside the Bulladelah Pub!
Didn't think it worthy of reporting until i noted both the typical range, as well as the Grafton sighting. A first for me. A single bird was taking offerings of bread from sweltering lunchers on the small strip of lawn between the Myall River and the Buladelah pub at approx 1 pm today. I just happened to be in transit between Port Mac and Sydney.
David Langley

Wed 2 Feb Bassian Thrush Lady Carrington Drive, Royal National Park
Three birds observed whilst walking along the southern end of Lady Carrington Drive this morning. All the birds were seen on the track itself.
Deryk Engel

Pheasant Coucal Royal National Park
A Pheasant Coucal was flushed whilst walking along Mount Bass Firetrail this morning. Mount Bass Firetrail is located to the west of the Bundeena - Maianabar Roads turnoff.
Deryk Engel

Mon 31 Jan Radjah Shelduck Carr's Creek, Grafton
A pair of Radjah Shelducks was first observed at a grazing property at Carrs Creek, Grafton by Wendy McDonald on Saturday January 29. I visited the site with Warren Thompson, Russell Jago and Maree Davis on Monday January 31 and viewed and photographed. The site is through a locked gate on private property so if anyone wishes to view them they should contact me. I think that this is the third recent record for NSW.
Greg Clancy

White-throated Needletails Bonnie Vale Camping Ground, Bundeena, Royal National Park
Small flock, five to six birds, seen flying over entrance to camping ground around 8.00 o'clock this morning.
Deryk Engel

Sun 30 Jan Australasian Bittern MacDonald River 5 km south of St Albans
Two birds seen from canoe at 3 p.m. skulking in reeds (A canoe is a great aid to seeing bitterns close-up!)
david potter

Gould's Petrel, Wandering Albatross Pelagic Off Port Stephens
One Gould's Petrel seen + other Cookilarias not identified (at least one probable Gould's) on a pelagic off Port Stephens today. Also 2 Wandering Albatross amongst the usual suspects. Photo by Allan Richardson.
Mick Roderick + 13 other observers

Eastern Reef Egret, Whimbrel Bithry Inlet / Wapengo Lagoon
Single grey morph Eastern Reef Egret foraging around mouth of inlet, surprisingly approachable. Single Whimbrel also seen foraging amongst a large group (15+) of Eastern Curlews.(Moderator's Note; The location is at the southern limit of the Reef Egret.AKM).
Dan Weller

Pacific Baza Chain Valley Bay, Lake Macquarie
Reserve alongside Karignan Creek. 1x Pacific Baza sighted, other species sighted 1x Mangrove Heron, 15+ White-breasted Woodswallows, several Dollarbirds, 1x Sacred Kingfisher, 1x White-bellied Sea Eagle.
Jon Spicer-Bell

Fri 28 Jan Common Sandpiper Blind Creek south of Lake Entrance Swansea
c. 11:00. Single bird flushed from narrow strip of shingle against piling fence next to small park east of dual part of Pacific Hwy, gave soft characteristic trill, flew 20m & settled again to teeter and fossick along water's edge.
Winston Filewood

Thu 27 Jan Australian Pied Oystercatcher Airstrip and lagoon beaches, Lord Howe Island
A black and white oystercatcher was reported by locals on the 27 Jan on the lagoon beaches and the western end of the airstrip at Lord Howe Island. I can confirm that it was an Australian Pied Oystercatcher, which is rarer than the South Island Pied Oystercatcher on Lord Howe Island.
Hank Bower and others per Rohan Clarke

Wed 26 Jan Square tail Kite Grose Vale Road, Grose Vale
Single bird seen at Grove Vale
mitchell bentley

Fri 21 Jan Bush Stone-curlew Lawson Street, Byron Bay
Single bird seen at the rear of house at 92 Lawson Street sitting on drive way.
Charles Hunter

White-headed Pigeon Pearl Beach
Single bird seen at the end of Amethyst Street.
Charles Hunter

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