Birdline ACT Weekly Update

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Published sightings for the week ending 25 Sep 2011.

Sun 25 Sep	Australian Painted Snipe Kellys Swamp, Jerrabomberra Wetlands, ACT The two Australian Painted Snipe were still at Kellys Swamp at 14:00 h today, although they were not seen by me or several other people for the hour and a half prior to that. They were again in the green grass tussocks about 2m to the right (north) of the right end of the fallen log at the far SW corner of Kellys. Harvey Perkins
	Australian Painted Snipe Kelly's Swamp, Jerrabomberra Wetlands, ACT Two Australian Painted Snipe still at southern end of Kelly's Swamp at 16:20. Martin Edvardsson
	Black-shouldered Kite Kama Nature Reserve 14 Black-shouldered Kites together (there may have been more), hunting over paddocks down to the Molonglo, and perching on posts and branches. Included at least 6 juveniles. Frank Antram
Sat 24 Sep	Australian Painted Snipe Kellys Swamp, Jerrabomberra Wetlands, ACT Two Australian Painted Snipe found at southern end of Kellys Swamp at 15:20 h on a bleak overcast afternoon. Canberra birders alerted and an hour later there were 18 people watching the birds. Initially thought to be an adult female/adult male pair, but now I think the smaller of the two birds is an immature female based on plumage pattern of the closed wing. On-line discussion of this issue is continuing... Harvey Perkins
	Pied Butcherbird Strathnairn Homestead, Stockdill Drive, Holt. Hopping vigorously about beneath trees in paddock adjacent to car park. Watched bird for three minutes from 25 metres until it flew away in general direction of Shepherds Lookout. John K. Layton
	Australian Pelican Fyshwick sewage ponds Six pelicans circled twice overhead at 0755 and flew off in a north-easterly direction. Margaret Leggoe
	Glossy Ibis Kelly's Swamp & Jerrabomberra Wetland, Fyshwick Glossy Ibis was still at Kellys, but later in the morning it was observed heading towards Kingston. Alastair Smith
	White-winged Triller, Olive-backed Oriole, Rufous Songlark Callum Brae Nature Reserve Some migrants have returned to Callum Brae including White-winged Triller (1) female, Olive-backed Oriole (6) 1 juvenile, Rufous Songlark (4) and White-throated Gerygone (3). Alastair Smith
Fri 23 Sep	Lewins Rail, Black Falcon Kellys Swamp Yesterday lunchtime (13:30 ish) a Lewin's Rail was creeping around under the bushes between the Cygnus and Bittern Hides. Also a male Black Falcon plummeted out of the sky and tried to grab a coot! It made a couple more passes but the birds on the water were able to duck under and avoid capture. Milburn
	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Fyshwick Sewage Treatment Plant One Sharp-tailed Sandpiper on the expansive mud flats of pond 5. This is probably the same bird that was at Kellys Swamp on Wednesday (missing today) and is the first wader I have seen at FSP. Alastair Smith
	Spotless Crake, Glossy Ibis, Great Egret, Latham's Snipe Kelly's Swamp & Jerrabomberra Wetland, Fyshwick Two Spotless Crakes in the reads in front of Bittern hide, the previously reported Glossy Ibis is moving around the swamp, one Great Egret and a single Latham's Snipe flying north over the swamp (my first for the swamp this season; all others have been near the hospice pond). Alastair Smith
Thu 22 Sep	Rufous Songlark Kama reserve Roger Williams
Wed 21 Sep	Glossy-black Cockatoo Rob Roy Nature Reserve On the ANPS walk today 2 Glossies were at S 35deg 28' 01.6" W 149deg 07' 36.4" feeding in an Allocasuarina verticillata when disturbed and another about 100m south across a deep gully . Other birds recorded were:- YR Thornbill, Mistletoe Bird, Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, A Raven, Little Raven, WT Eagle, Spotted Pardalote, Magpie, Yellow-faced Honey-eater, Galah, Grey Shrike-thrush, Red Wattlebird, Striated Pardalote, Weebill, Eastern Rosella, Crimson Rosella, Pied Currawong, Brown Goshawk. Peter Ormay
	Glossy Ibis, White-necked Heron, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Kelly's Swamp & Jerrabomberra Wetland, Fyshwick A single Glossy Ibis and Sharp-tailed Sandpiper seen on Kellys early this afternoon. Also two White-necked Herons. There was only one Glossy Ibis reported in the 2009/2010 Annual Bird Report (ABR) down from 10 in 2008/2009 and 22 in 2007/2008. Alastair Smith
Tue 20 Sep	Sacred Kingfisher The Pinnacle Nature Reserve Single bird seen on Springvale road, heading into Pinnacle Nature Reserve. Scott Ryan
	Superb Parrot Macquarie Oval 8 Superb Parrots flying through. Plus seven other parrot/cockatoo species. Frank Antram
Mon 19 Sep	White-browed Woodswallow, Masked Woodswallow The Pinnacle Nature Reserve, ACT Mixed flock of White-browed and Masked Woodswallows observed hawking for insects in the late afternoon/evening. Approximately 40-50 birds in total, the majority of them White-browed Woodswallows and the remainder Masked Woodswallows. [Moderator's note: Judging from reports on Birdline NSW and Birdline Vic, there was an influx yesterday and today of these species into south eastern Australia] John Brannan
Tue 13 Sep	Black-Shouldered Kite The Pinnacle Nature Reserve Pair Benj Whitworth

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