Birdline ACT Weekly Update

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Published sightings for the week ending 14 Oct 2012.

Sun 14 Oct	Freckled Duck West Belconnen Pond One bird roosting under the wattle on the southern island. Stephen Wallace
Sat 13 Oct	Caspian Tern Yarralumla Bay A Caspian Tern at Yarralumla Bay this morning amongst 20 + bathing Silver Gulls. Chris Davey
	Australian Little Bittern Kellys Swamp & Jerrabomberra Wetlands, Fyshwick Australian Little Bittern (1) Single female Little Bittern foraging in the open opposite Ardea hide in the afternoon sun (as reported on COG) Scott Ryan
	White-winged Triller Jamieson Centre Car Park A male and female White-winged Triler were in a flowering elm in the Jamieson Centre Car Park late this afternoon. PJ Milburn
Fri 12 Oct	Masked Woodswallow Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Masked Woodswallow (8) At 18.35, a small flock of at least 8 Masked & 2 White-browed Woodswallows foraging on the ground & in a small stand of Acacia, approx 500 m in from front gate Scott Ryan
	Australian Little Bittern Kelly's Swamp & Jerrabomberra Wetlands, Fyshwick Single male Australian Little Bittern highlighted beautifully by the late afternoon sun on the far side whilst watching the Black Tailed Native Hen. Also saw two adult male Nankeen Night-Herons - one roosting in a willow on the southern side between Tadorna and Fulica hides and a second roosting directly out from Bittern hide but visible only from Ardea hide. These were both "lifers" for me! (Up from Tassie) Moderator comment: The ALB was later identified as a female]. Rodger Willows
	White-browed Woodswallow Callum Brae Small group foraging in open woodland. Felicity Hatton
Thu 11 Oct	Swift Parrot Hinder Street Gungahlin Six birds flying to the NE. 35 11 15S, 149 08 13E David McDonald
	White-winged Triller Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve White-winged Triller (1) Single male observed on fenceline at front of reserve this morning Scott Ryan
Tue 9 Oct	Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Birrigai @ Tidbinbilla Chestnut-rumped Heathwren (1) observed in scrub along granite outcrop. ( Note- Birrigai has limited public access ) Scott Ryan
Mon 8 Oct	Red-capped Robin Campbell Park and environs Red-capped Robin (1) Male. Observed up from the triangular dam. Alastair Smith
Mon 8 Oct	Freckled Duck West Belconnen Pond Five Freckled Ducks. 3 resting, 2 swimming with Hardheads Geoffrey Dabb

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