The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period
Monday, May 21, 2012 to Sunday, May 27, 2012:
Area: SA
Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Location: Point Sturt Peninsula
Flame Robin (Petroica phoenicea) (1) A male bird observed sitting on cattle
yard railing, and using established revegetation on private property.A male,
probably the same bird,was also seen a few hundred metres to the south on the
afternoon of the 19th.
Reported by: Michaela and Gabrielle Doecke on Monday, May 21, 2012
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Date: Saturday, May 19, 2012
Location: Salt Creek, Coorong.
Hooded Plover (Thinornis rubricollis) (21)
Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus) (60)
21 Hooded Plovers including one juvenile feeding on the lake adjacent to Camp
1, Loop Rd. 60 Red-capped plovers and a few Red-neck Stints.
The next morning the Hooded Plovers were spread out in groups 2, 3, and 4
birds, so only the 9 to be seen along with a small group of Red-capped Plovers
in the first location.
Reported by: Teresa Jack on Monday, May 21, 2012
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Date: Saturday, May 19, 2012
Location: Mark Point, Coorong.
Elegant Parrot (Neophema elegans) (30) Elegant Parrots easily found and
scattered along the fences a few kilometers north of Mark Point. Found during
OPB survey.
Water levels in the Coorong very good, even in the South Lagoon. Very few birds
to be seen except for Great Cormorants. 9 Musks Ducks in one bay. Pelicans,
Ducks Terns and Grebes in very small quantities.
Reported by: Teresa Jack on Monday, May 21, 2012
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Date: Saturday, May 19, 2012
Location: Loop Rd Salt Creek Coorong
Hooded Plover (Thinornis rubricollis) (19) 19 Hoodies, one a juvenile , feeding
on claypan opposite to parking/toilet area on Loop Rd. Photos taken.
Reported by: William Brooker on Monday, May 21, 2012
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Date: Monday, May 21, 2012
Location: St Hallett Winery, Tanunda
Black Falcon (Falco subniger) (1) Another Black Falcon today, this time lazily
flying just above treetop height directly over the winery, it hung around for
about two minutes then headed of in a westerly direction.
This is the third BF sighting for me in the past three days... seems to have
been a bit of an influx of this species around the cereal cropping country just
north of Adelaide, probably due to the amount of paddock burning which has been
happening in the last six weeks or so! Follow the smoke.. normally a pretty
sure bet for finding this species!
Reported by: Chris Steeles on Monday, May 21, 2012
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Date: Monday, May 21, 2012
Location: Goolwa Effluent Ponds.
Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides) (1) A single pale phase bird flew in from
the East, circled low directly above me, went back the way it had come then
returned in an exact repeat performance, both times displaying perfect guide
book views! It then settled in a tall tree to the North causing much
consternation among the Silver Gulls, White Ibis and Galahs which regularly
feed in the horse stud paddocks to the North of this site.
The water levels in these pools are very low at present and there were few
other birds present but it didn't matter!
Reported by: Jeffrey Crocker on Tuesday, May 22, 2012
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Date: Monday, May 21, 2012
Location: On our property at Rockleigh
Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis) (1) This was our first sighting of a
golden whistler, a prettily-coloured female.
White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus) (1) and the second
sighting of a white-plumed honeyeater. The first was another single bird in May
2009.
Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris) (1) The last time we saw the family of
black-shouldered kites, 3 out of the original 4 birds, was at the beginning of
April. Then they all vanished for a couple of weeks. Now one has returned and
appears to be resident, as we see it every weekend. We think it is one of the
youngsters, as it looks as if it is still practising hovering, returning to its
favourite perch at the top of a dead tree. It also called in a series of very
un-kite-like peeps.
Reported by: Barbara and Peter Bansemer on Tuesday, May 22, 2012
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Date: Saturday, May 26, 2012
Location: Third Avenue, St Peters
New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae) (20) For our regular
atlassing around our home one of the best spots is the small park with tennis
courts just down the road. This morning 2 groups of about 10 New Hollands
selected a hapless little wattlebird and gave chase. One of the wattlebirds,
without breaking its rhythm, flew straight through the cyclone mesh surrounding
the court. A couple of the New Hollands did the same but most peeled off before
they reached the wire. How can a bird the size of a wattlebird fly at speed
through a fairly small hole without injuring itself ?
We do an atlas survey every few weeks near our home and usually see between 15
and 20 species in an hour. Today it was 19. We are only 3 streets back from
Payneham Road deep in suburbia, but St Peters is blessed with many large trees
including eucalypts, and several small parks. Normally the commonest birds are
spotted doves and New Holland honeyeaters, with rainbow lorikeets in sometimes
large flocks when the eucalypts are flowering. At these times there are usually
musk lorikeets too, but not so many as rainbows. Sparrows are always present in
smaller numbers. We used to see small groups of white-plumed honeyeaters, but
if we see those now it is in 1's and 2's.
Reported by: Barbara and Peter Bansemer on Saturday, May 26, 2012
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