The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period
Monday, March 19, 2012 to Sunday, March 25, 2012:
Area: SA
Date: Monday, March 19, 2012
Location: Thompson Beach
Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) (1) One seen at 1800hrs, feeding in
shallow water, 600m South of southern carpark.
Fairy Tern (Sterna nereis) (1) 82 counted in group + approximately 20 scattered
nearby. They were resting near the tidal margin at 1400hrs, directly in front
of the central carpark.
The day was very warm with gusting Northerly winds. The banded stilt hordes did
not start arriving (from the North) at the sandflats to the South of the
central carpark until after 1430hrs, leaving the best feeding areas to numerous
red knots and approximately 150 great knots. The other usual migratory wader
species (Bar-tailed godwit, common greenshank, red-necked stint, etc.) were
present in smaller numbers. We counted 12 grey plovers.
High tide at 1600hrs was only 1.7m, enabling the waders to continue feeding
until dusk on an outgoing tide.
Reported by: Jeff Philcox on Tuesday, March 20, 2012
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Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Location: On our property at Rockleigh
White-browed Woodswallow (Artamus superciliosus) (1) We knew the woodswallows
were nearby, as they were seen a couple of kilometres down the road. Today one
bird was heard calling overhead, then was spotted. This is species 60 recorded
for our land (although the general number of species seen in any weekend is
12-18).
After a couple of months with NO welcome swallows roosting under our veranda
(or indeed seen in the creek bed), after there having been up to 150 in the
three preceding years, about 10 took shelter from torrential rain last
Wednesday. Last night 2 roosted under tthe veranda. Where have they gone ?
Reported by: Barbara and Peter Bansemer on Wednesday, March 21, 2012
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Date: Sunday, March 25, 2012
Location: Jones Road, Hahndorf.
Musk Duck (Biziura lobata) (2) Two. One at either side of dam, close to
shoreline closest to road.
Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis) (12) A compact group, well out from road,
close to far wall of dam.
These observations refer to the larger dam, closest to Hahndorf. Water levels
both on this dam and on Hanna Lake were low, exposing broad, muddy, shorelines.
Reported by: Bob Snell on Sunday, March 25, 2012
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