The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period
Monday, January 23, 2012 to Sunday, January 29, 2012:
Area: SA
Date: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Location: Murray Mouth, Hindmarsh Island
Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus) (2) Two Terek Sandpipers were seen on Jan. 17
near the Murray Mouth parking lot.
Reported by: Peter Candido on Wednesday, January 25, 2012
---------------------------------------------
Date: Sunday, January 22, 2012
Location: Maize Island Conservation Park, Waikerie
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) (2) A pair of birds seen on edge of drying
North Western Lagoon. Also seen on the following three days. Photo taken for ID.
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) (4) Seen on edge of same drying lagoon.
Reported by: Peter Jacobs on Thursday, January 26, 2012
---------------------------------------------
Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Location: Seacombe Gardens
Black Falcon (Falco subniger) (1) Whilst driving home I observed a single bird
circling approximately 100m south of Westfield Marion. It then proceeded to fly
slowly in a south-east direction over Main South Road in the direction of Sturt
Gorge before I lost sight of it. First time I've ever seen this species in this
area.
Reported by: Rich Hall on Thursday, January 26, 2012
---------------------------------------------
Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Location: Berri Evaporation Basin
Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) (20) 20 birds were seen in a mixed group of
Grey Teal, Pink-eared Ducks, Eurasian Coot, Australasian Shoveller. Also
present were Red-necked Avocets, Black-winged Stilts, Little Black Cormorants,
Pelicans Swans and many others. 38 species in all.
Reported by: Don Lill on Thursday, January 26, 2012
---------------------------------------------
Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Location: Goolwa Barrage, Goolwa
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) (26) 26 birds observed in the area
between the barrage and the small island 100m east of the barrage along Barrage
Road.
Reported by: Rich Hall on Thursday, January 26, 2012
---------------------------------------------
Date: Thursday, January 26, 2012
Location: Denver Road Hindmarsh Island
Cape Barren Goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) (120) In paddocks at side of
road. also observed several small groups as I travelled the Island.
Reported by: Winston Syson on Thursday, January 26, 2012
---------------------------------------------
Date: Thursday, January 26, 2012
Location: Waterfall Gully
European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) (1) One of a flock in blackberry
bushes alongside the Winter Track. Numerous Red Browed Finches and a Yellow
Faced Honeyeater dining on large unidentified insect in same area.
Reported by: Les Woods on Friday, January 27, 2012
---------------------------------------------
Date: Thursday, January 26, 2012
Location: Lagoon adjacent to Alexandrina Drive, Clayton Bay
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) (4) Feeding along edge of the lagoon opposite
the Clayton Street intersection.
Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) (1) One bird feeding with Pacific Black
Ducks.
Intermediate Egret (Mesophoyx intermedia) (2) Photo attached.Great Egret was
also present allowing a size/shape comparison to be made.
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) (5) Foraging around the southern edge.
Latham's Snipe (Gallinago hardwickii) (6+) 6 birds flushed from samphire
adjacent to the road.(Last week,there were 9 birds observed around the lagoon.)
Reported by: Nathaniel Doecke on Thursday, January 26, 2012
---------------------------------------------
Need more information about a sighting? Login and contact the poster directly.
Receive sightings via email or SMS immediately they are posted.
Not a member of Birdpedia? Membership is free and gives you access to
information for over 230 countries.
To sign up go to the Birdpedia Web Site (http://www.birdpedia.com/).
To find out more about Birdpedia and what it can do for you, see 'What is
Birdpedia?'
---------------------------------------------
===============================
To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
send the message:
unsubscribe
(in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
to:
http://birding-aus.org
===============================
|
