Birdline ACT Weekly Update

Birdline ACT

Published sightings for the week ending 1 Jan 2012.

Sun 1 Jan	Spotted Dove East O'Malley, ACT Spotted Dove (3) Seen on Culgoa cct, O'Malley. Brendan Sheean
	Brown Quail Yarramundi Reach A single Brown Quail crossed the bicycle track when I was riding around the lake at 1730 this afternoon. Alastair Smith
	Dollarbird Garran 1' cell A single Dollarbird flying over Garran just after dawn this morning. Alastair Smith
	Buff-banded Rail, Baillon's Crake, Australian Spotted Crake Fyshwick Sewage Treatment Plant Buff-banded Rail (4) Two juveniles observed with one adult on pond 7. Second adult seen on pond. One Baillon's Crake and an Australian Spotted Crake. Alastair Smith
	Royal Spoonbill, White-bellied Sea-Eagle Kelly's Swamp & Jerrabomberra Wetland, Fyshwick 4 Royal Spoonbill and a White-bellied Sea-Eagle (1) Immature were the highlights of an early morning visit to Kellys. Alastair Smith
Sat 31 Dec	Buff-banded Rail Fyshwick Sewage Treatment Plant Buff-banded Rail breeding. Two adults and two fledglings observed. Alastair Smith; Ben Walmsley
	Latham's Snipe West Belconnen ponds 5 Latham's Snipe seen this morning Frank Antram
Fri 30 Dec	Australian Pelican Kelly's Swamp & Jerrabomberra Wetland, Fyshwick 4 Australian Pelican observed on the swamp. Alastair Smith
	Baillon's Crake Fyshwick Sewage Treatment Plant A single Baillon's Crake was the highlight of a visit to FSP. Alastair Smith
	Diamond Firetail Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Single bird seen on fence line along driveway into reserve today. Scott Ryan
Tue 27 Dec	Horsfields Bushlark, Brown Songlark, White-fronted Chat Uriarra Road Good views of a female Brown Songlark & 2 Horsfields Bushlarks. A flock of approx. 20 White-fronted Chats flew over. Numerous Stubble Quail were heard calling. Also near the crossing was a Peregrine Falcon chasing a Wedge-tailed Eagle Scott Ryan
	Eastern Whipbird Uriarra East Bird was in riverbank shrub some 40 meters upstream from a point opposite the toilet block. We watched through binoculars from 15 meters away while it jumped continually from branch to branch and appeared to be watching the birdwatchers. After three minutes it flew across the river and disappeared into scrub. At no time did it call. John K. Layton
	Pink-eared Duck West Belconnen Pond Two birds at the southern end. Stephen Wallace
Mon 26 Dec	Buff-banded Rail, Baillons Crake Fyshwick Sewage Ponds A young Buff-banded Rail and a single Baillons Crake foraging together in the reeds on the corner of one of the ponds. Scott Ryan
	Swamp Harrier, Nankeen Night Heron Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Swamp Harrier seen gliding near Rock Valley Homestead. Night Heron seen at Wetlands Sanctuary. Also seen were a number of White-naped Honeyeaters and a pair of Satin Flycatchers. Scott Ryan
	Little Black Cormorant West Belconnen ponds 65 Little Black Cormorants Frank Antram

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