Birdline ACT Weekly Update

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Published sightings for the week ending 18 Mar 2012.

Sun 18 Mar	Black Falcon Goorooyarroo Nature Park A male Black Falcon was observed circling over the southern boundary of Goorooyarroo Nature Park at about 10:00 this morning. PJ Milburn
Sat 17 Mar	White-throated Needletail Macgregor 2 or 3 sighted from our back garden (grid ref I12). A first for us in Macgregor. Roger Williams
	Brown Treecreeper, Speckled Warbler, Southern Whiteface, Diamond Firetail Newline Paddocks On a miserable morning, Newline produced most of its specialities. Brown Treecreeper (3) 1 seen; 2 heard Speckled Warbler 1 Southern Whiteface 3 Diamond Firetail 1 Alastair Smith
	Red-capped Robin Shepherds Lookout 1 male Red-capped Robin. Migrating Yellow-faced Honeyeaters moving through constantly in small groups. Frank Antram
Fri 16 Mar	Cattle Egret Fyshwick Sewage Treatment Plant A single Cattle Egret flew onto pond 1b and also the Blue-billed Duck (1) Male has migrated to pond 3a. First time I have seen Blue-billed in the northern three ponds. Alastair Smith
	Cattle Egret Kelly's Swamp & Jerrabomberra Wetland, Fyshwick 2 Cattle Egret at the Swamp this morning in the company of a Great Egret. Alastair Smith
Thu 15 Mar	Shining Bronze-Cuckoo, Rainbow Bee-eater Shepherds Lookout 20 Rainbow Bee-eaters, maybe more - some appeared to be moving through while others were remaining in the area. 1 Shining Bronze-Cuckoo chasing a Bee-eater. Other signs of migration were small numbers of Red Wattlebirds and Yellow-faced Honeyeaters moving through. Frank Antram
Wed 14 Mar	White-throated Needletail Mt Taylor There was a flock of White-throated Needletails over Mt Taylor late on Wednesday. I saw them from 7pm, for about half an hour. I found it impossible to count the exact amount. For my observation record I put down 25. Whilst watching the swifts I saw a Black-shouldered Kite as well - a species I haven't seen in this location for a while. Matthew Frawley
	Rainbow Bee-eater Shepherds Lookout 14 Rainbow Bee-eaters Frank Antram
Tue 13 Mar	Red-capped Robin Shepherds Lookout Just a single male bird at around 4 o'clock,also a pair of Scarlet Robins around 11 20am Roger Wiliams
	Australian Koel Macquarie Oval A male Koel calling from the top of a eucalypt. The first I've seen or heard for several weeks (since 8/2/12). Although my last record last year of this species at Macquarie was 7/3/11, it seems late for the bird to be calling? Frank Antram
	Pilotbird, Olive Whistler Blundell's Creek and Warks Roads Fantastic views of a single Olive Whistler as it foraged on the track. A number of Pilotbirds heard with glimpses of one. Brendan Sheean & Scott Ryan
Mon 12 Mar	Whistling Kite Jerrabomberra Wetlands John Leonard
	White-throated Needletail, Satin Bowerbird Callum Brae Nature Reserve About 100 White-throated Needletails flying languidly above Callum Brae this morning in overcast but not stormy conditions. Also a green Satin Bowerbird, which is only the second time I have observed this species at this location. Following Ian Fraser's report of Rainbow Lorikeets inspecting nest hollows, I counted 8 birds this morning, which is my highest count. Alastair Smith
Sun 11 Mar	Rainbow Bee-eater Fyshwick Sewerage Works 12 bee-eaters at about 12:30pm, initially in the trees along Dairy Rd then later in pine trees inside the fenced compound. Alison Mackerras and Louise Wangerek
Sun 4 Mar	Eastern Koel North Ainslie Primary School 1 young Koel, fed by Red Wattlebirds, Had seen one days before on the senior court yard, possibly same bird. Susanne Gardiner

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