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Birdline South Australia
Published sightings for the week ending 19 Feb 2012.
| Thu 16 Feb
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Scarlet-chested Parrot, Red-lored Whistler, Black-eared Miner, Striated Grasswren, Shy Heathwren
Gluepot Reserve South Australia
A few productive early morning hours:
1 male + 1 female Scarlet-chested Parrot
1 adult and 1 sub-adult Red-lored Whistler
2 flocks of miners, the first one of ~10 exclusively Black-eared Miners
2 Striated Grasswrens
2 Shy Heathwrens
Peter Waanders
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Spotted Nightjar
Morgan Area.
A successful big day up north, firstly with a Spotted Nightjar being flushed near Mount Mary and then a Little Eagle at Morgan CP. A full house of Woodswallows representing, Masked, White-browed , White-breasted, Black-faced and Dusky. The latter seen at Kaiser Stuhl CP. One female Freckled Duck and six Pink-eared Duck at Tanunda Ponds. ( 122 species for the day )
Edward Smith
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| Tue 14 Feb
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Elegant Parrot
Pooginook CP
Small numbers totalling about 20 in the far NE corner of the park
Peter Waanders, Helga Kieskamp
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| Sun 12 Feb
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Spotless Crake
Laratinga Wetlands Mt barker
Our first port of call this morning was Laratinga Wetlands while on a big day out around Adealide which produced one Spotless Crake. Other interesting sightings were two individual Australian Hobbies at Carrington and Aldinga. 120 White-winged Choughs were observed foraging in an old paddock along Browns Road, Monarto. A good complement of waterfowl was seen at Paiwalla Swamp, representing six Pink-eared Duck, five Blue-billed Duck, three Musk Duck and one Freckled Duck. (131 species for the day.)
Edward Smith and Roly Lloyd
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| Sat 11 Feb
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Freckled Duck
Tanunda Sewage Ponds
Single female freckled duck, along with wood, hardhead, pink-eared, blue-billed, Australasian shoveler, Pacific black and grey teal. Also one common sandpiper.
Bruce Greatwich
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