Birdline South Australia Weekly Update

Birdline South Australia

Published sightings for the week ending 21 Aug 2011.

Sun 21 Aug	Spotless Crake, Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Thompson Beach Spotless Crake (5) One bird seen for 2-3 seconds as it flushed. Smaller than Australian Crake and plain & sooty in appearance. Flew with legs trailing and dived into deep shrubby glasswort cover. Other birds in immediate vicinity responded with single note 'squeaks' not unlike a dog chew toy when I attempted to pish birds into showing themselves. See list notes. Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (1) Lone bird calling for extended period, seen on dune area between northern trail and eastern claypan (Crake area) great view! David Hartland
Sat 20 Aug	Black Falcon 34 33S 138 46E 1' Cell Black Falcon (1) One large, black raptor flew low and fast across hwy right towards the ICI Glass Factory on outskirts of Gawler/Hewett on the Sturt Hwy. Longish, 'sculpted' looking wings making deep, powerful strokes as it flew quickly from paddocks to the east toward factory. David Hartland
Tue 16 Aug	Painted Honeyeater Gluepot/Taylorville entrance road One Painted Honeyeater found about 500metres from where we saw it 10 days ago. Found it this time while following a pair of Restless Flycatchers! Not sure if its the same bird as last time or maybe there's a few around? hard to say! Chris Steeles & Michael Warnes
	Scarlet Chested Parrot Gluepot/Taylorville Three pairs all checking hollows. Raining the whole time we were there didn't seem to bother them at all. Chris Steeles & Michael Warnes
Sun 14 Aug	Brown Quail Corner of Eight Mile Creek & Green Point Rd 1 Brown Quail crossed 8 Mile Creek road just at the junction with Green Point Road heading towards Nelson in South East SA. Kevin Bartram
Sat 13 Aug	Scarlet-chested Parrot Taylorville Station Pair of birds located after considerable searching. Feeding on a variety of ground flora including this succulent species. In all 6 birds were recorded in the immediate vicinity by a number of observers. Scott Baker
Fri 12 Aug	Striated Grasswren Danggali Conservation Park 2km NW of Hyperna Homestead in magnificent mallee-spinifex cover adjacent to Homestead Track two separate sightings of Striated Grasswren. Daphne Hards
Sat 30 Jul	Gibberbird Cooper Creek Ferry, Birdsville Track From Marree,every Pipit was a Pipit till 1 Kilometre short of the Cooper Creek ferry, when 2 Gibberbird rewarded in the roadside saltbush scrub. Daphne Hards
Sat 23 Jul	Short-tailed Grasswren Stokes Hill, Flinders Ranges At site reported before, good views of 2 Short-tailed Grasswren halfway up Stokes Hill where second track exits right. Daphne Hards

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