Birdline Australian Capital Territory
Published sightings for the week ending 5 May 2013.
Sat 4 May
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Pink Robin, Bassian Thrush
Australian National Botanic Gardens
Pink Robin (1) Good views of brown-plumaged bird at the edge of the rainforest gully. Deep olive-brown upperparts with obvious tan-coloured wingmark, no white in tail, lighter underparts with some tan colouration. Also 1 Bassian Thrush foraging in leaf litter.
Frank Antram, Alastair Smith
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Fri 3 May
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Little Button-quail
Mulligan's Flat Nature Reserve
Around noon today I was lucky enough to find a male Little Button-Quail at Mulligan's Flat Nature Park. The location was approximately 75 m northeast of the Old Coach Road/Grassy Track intersection. The bird was foraging among small tussocks of grass.
PJ Milburn
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Wed 1 May
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Whistling Kite
Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
Whistling Kite (1) Seen perched in dead tree inside wallaby enclosure. Flew off, circling a number of times & giving good views while making distinctive whistling call
Scott Ryan
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Tue 30 Apr
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Barn Owl
Fyshwick Sewage Treatment Plant
Barn Owl (1) After spotlighting along Dairy Road & Kellys Swamp, Barn Owl found on powerlines over top carpark area. Another was seen flying over Point Hut Road at 21.30
Scott Ryan
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Chestnut-rumped Heathwren
Birrigai @ Tidbinbilla
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren (1) Single, silent bird seen a number of times amongst rocks & shrubs, late afternoon
Scott Ryan
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Mon 29 Apr
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Crested Shrike-tit
Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
Crested Shrike-tit (2) Heard pulling bark in Eucalypts near Pond 4 in 'The Sanctuary'
Scott Ryan
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Pink Robin
Australian National Botanic Gardens
A brown-plumaged Pink Robin was present at the top end of the Rainforest Gully today at the ANBG.
PJ Milburn
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