Birdline South Australia Weekly Update

Birdline South Australia

Published sightings for the week ending 17 Mar 2013.

Fri 15 Mar	Freckled Duck Berri Basin At least 350 Freckled Duck, and also many Pink-eared Duck, Grey Teal and smaller numbers of Aus Shoveler and Aus Shelduck. With many more densely packed ducks around the far end of the wetland, an estimate of 500 Frecklers is probably not unreasonable. Helga Kieskamp & Peter Waanders
Mon 11 Mar	Spotless Crake, Fork-tailed Swift, Black-chinned Honeyeater Point Sturt Road (reserve and private property) Spotless Crake -Several calling from dense Phragmites adjacent to Lake Alexandrina. Fork-tailed Swift -40+ flying over in the afternoon of the 11th . Black-chinned Honeyeater (1) -Foraging in large eucalypts in established revegetation on the 11th. Nat Doecke
	Wood Sandpiper, Latham's Snipe Barrage Road, Goolwa Clear skies, warm wind from south-west. Wood Sandpiper (1) on flooded grass south of the hide Latham's Snipe (1) on flooded grass south of the hide Kelvin Sparks
Sat 9 Mar	Painted Buttonquail, Black-chinned Honeyeater Clayton Bay 10:30-11:15AM Painted Buttonquail (1) Flushed from Sugar Gum woodlot while following Black-chins! Black-chinned Honeyeater (2) At least 2 individuals foraging in Eucalypts - E. porosa, E. leucoxylon and E. camaldulensis.Good views obtained. Nat Doecke

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