The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period
Monday, October 14, 2013 to Sunday, October 20, 2013:
Area: SA
Date: Saturday, October 5, 2013
Location: Port MacDonnell
European Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) (6) Port MacDonnell foreshore and
township
Brush Bronzewing (Phaps elegans) (1) single male in coastal scrub on W side of
Port MacDonnell
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus) (1) forested parkland on W side of
Port MacDonnell
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx basalis) (1) coastal scrub near Port
MacDonnell
Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis) (1) coastal scrub near Port
MacDonnell
Little Grassbird (Megalurus gramineus) (1) heard calling in sedge swamp on W
side of Port MacDonnell
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (44) Port MacDonnell foreshore and several
km E
Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) (350) Port MacDonnell foreshore and
several km E
Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus) (34) coastal foreshore at Port
MacDonnell-roost in kelp beds with stints and turnstones.
Hooded Plover (Thinornis rubricollis) (2) coastal beach slightly E of Port
MacDonnell foreshore/marina
Reported by: Chris Baxter on Wednesday, October 16, 2013
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Date: Saturday, October 5, 2013
Location: Port MacDonnell
Striated Fieldwren (Calamanthus fuliginosus) (6) three pairs in coastal
scrub/shrubland surrounding Port MacDonnell
Forest Raven (Corvus tasmanicus) (2) forested parkland near Port MacDonnell
Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis) (3) coastal scrub on outskirts of
Port MacDonnell
Golden-headed Cisticola (Cisticola exilis) (6) sedge covered wetland near Port
MacDonnell
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) (3) on shallow seas within Port
MacDonnell marina
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) (11) coastal shore immediately E of Port
MacDonnell
Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva) (1) coastal shore about 5 km E of Port
MacDonnell
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) (5) coastal shore between three and five
km E of Port MacDonnell
Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus) (3) coastal foreshore at Port MacDonnell
Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera) (3) Port MacDonnell gardens
Reported by: Chris Baxter on Wednesday, October 16, 2013
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Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Location: Big Bend Murray River (SA)
Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) (1) Two pair seen twice over a two week
period
Restless Flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta) (1) A pair were seen nesting in the tall
gums near the cliffs they were heard every day and very active over a two week
period
Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes) (1) Had two visits and was feeding
in the billabong, saw many other species of bird that are very common to the
area, but these 4 are rare visitors to the property
Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) (1) We heard them over the whole two
weeks up and down the river but only saw them twice, got some great photos
Reported by: Stephan Jensen on Sunday, October 20, 2013
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Date: Thursday, October 10, 2013
Location: Island Beach, Kangaroo Island
Hooded Plover (Thinornis rubricollis) (1) 3 Adults seen feeding at waters edge
with 30 Red-capped plovers and 3 Pied Oystercatchers
Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris) (1) nesting. 2 runners seen and
the next day a hatchling and egg seen in scrape that adult vacated to pursue
two other Pied Oystercatchers. 5 Pied Oystercatchers hanging around the beach.
Reported by: Peter Pfeiffer on Tuesday, October 15, 2013
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Date: Sunday, October 13, 2013
Location: Gawler Bike Path
White-winged Triller (Lalage tricolor) (1) Adult male seen alongside the Gawler
Bike Path near the BMX track in a peppercorn tree. Was being occasionally
harassed by a Magpie Lark.
Reported by: Lisa Girdham on Tuesday, October 15, 2013
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Date: Monday, October 14, 2013
Location: Tangari Regional Pk Woodcroft
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) (1) A large dark individual presumably a
female, my attention was drawn to the bird by it calling. First time I have
seen this species in this location, in fact first time I have seen a Peregrine
in such closed woodland and unusual for it to be calling,it flew very soon
after sighting to the usual mass hysteria of local honeyeaters.
Reported by: William Brooker on Monday, October 14, 2013
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Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Location: Kangaroo Island
Sanderling (Calidris alba) (1) Seal Bay beach, Kangaroo Island, first sighted 3
Oct 13-still present 12 Oct 13
Short-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris) (20000) on 3 Oct 13 an
estimated 20,000 migrated W past Cape du Couedic, Flinders Chase NP, Kangaroo
Island, during one hour-constant stream of birds travelling to breeding islands
off southern SA/WA-same scenario witnessed again on 14 Oct 13.
Great-winged Petrel (Pterodroma macroptera) (1) in Backstairs Passage, Kangaroo
Island, flying W, 7 Oct 13 -viewed from Sealink Ferry.
Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami) (11) flew over friends house in
dense SA Blue Gum forest/ Drooping Sheoak woodland, 1km upstream from Demole
River mouth, NW Kangaroo Island, 8 Oct 13
Hooded Plover (Thinornis rubricollis) (2) breeding: pair incubating eggs W of
Harriet River Mouth, Kangaroo Island, 13 Oct 13
Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae) (35) standing in tight roost
and later several feeding, shallow flood waters of Rush Lagoon, Kangaroo
Island, 27 Sept 13
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) (c 50) nesting in sodden green
pasture along shoreline of extensively flooded paddocks, Rush Lagoon, Kangaroo
Island, 27 Sept 13; several nests seen contained clutches of 3 and 4 eggs.
Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca) (c 30) distant view of birds
nesting in flooded paperbarks, SW sector of Rush Lagoon, Kangaroo Island, 27
Sept 13
Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) (2) in flooded paperbarks at Rush Lagoon,
Kangaroo Island, 27 Sept 13.
Banded Stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) (2) roosting with Red-necked
Avocets, shallow flood waters of Rush Lagoon, Kangaroo Island, 27 Sept 13
Reported by: Chris Baxter on Wednesday, October 16, 2013
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Date: Saturday, October 19, 2013
Location: Point Sturt Peninsula
Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) (3) Feeding on seeding Veldt Grass,then
sheltering in a section of revegetation during the heat of the day.
Reported by: Nathaniel Doecke on Saturday, October 19, 2013
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Date: Saturday, October 19, 2013
Location: Magazine Road Wetlands
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) (1) With yellow neckband, pond nearest hide.
Reported by: Les Woods on Saturday, October 19, 2013
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