The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period
Monday, November 25, 2013 to Sunday, December 1, 2013:
Area: SA
Date: Sunday, November 24, 2013
Location: Laratinga Wetlands, including the effluent lagoons.
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) (1) Seen feeding on a rock wall near the
back of effluent lagoon 1
Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis) (1) Resting near the back of effluent
lagoon 2
Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) (12) 9 resting on pond 11 island and three
on the effluent lagoons
Reported by: Kevin and Lyn Williams on Monday, November 25, 2013
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Date: Monday, November 25, 2013
Location: Tokuremoar Reserve, Goolwa, SA - Large lagoon
Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) (20+)
Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) (20+)
Hardhead (Aythya australis) (20+)
Red-kneed Dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus) (37)
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) (4)
Water levels rapidly dropping.
See Reserve trip for full list.
Reported by: Phil Barron on Monday, November 25, 2013
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Date: Monday, November 25, 2013
Location: Kangaroo Island
Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) (150) resting on exposed levee banks with
thousand assorted waterfowl in flooded farm paddocks of Brooksby's 'Hawks Nest'
farm c 2 km E Murrays Lagoon, Cape Gantheaume CP, 18 November 2013.
Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) (c1000) congregated over shallow
floodwaters on Brooksby's 'Hawks Nest' farm; that is, extensive flooded farm
paddocks bordering NE and E side of Murrays Lagoon; recent breeding confirmed
by observation of recently hatched ducklings, 18 Novenber 2013.
Latham's Snipe (Gallinago hardwickii) (3) feeding/skulking about in dense
grassy herbage on edge of flooded pasture, Brooksby's 'Hawks Nest' farm on NE
side of Murrays Lagoon, Kangaroo Island, 18 November 2013. First seen 10
November 2013 (2).
Red-kneed Dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus) (13) 10 adults and three advanced
juvenile runners on edge of shallow floodwater throughout inundated paddocks of
Brooksby's 'Hawks Nest' farm, NE and E of Murrays Lagoon, Kangaroo Island, 18
November 2013. Rare breeding records for KI-this species definitely undergoing
significant increase on KI over recent years.
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) (100+) black-bellied breeding-plumaged
birds hawking insects over flooded lagoon/paperbarks directly below Bald Hill
Lookout on N edge of Murrays Lagoon, Kangaroo Island, 18 November 2013.
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) (c50) feeding in shallow floodwater
throughout inundated paddocks of Brooksby's 'Hawks Nest' farm, NE and E of
Murrays Lagoon, Kangaroo Island, 18 November 2013.
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) (1) feeding in shallow floodwaters amongst
inundated Callistemon bushes, inundated paddock on Brooksby's 'Hawks Nest'
farm, c 2km E of Murrays Lagoon, Kangaroo Island, 18 November 2013.
Short-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris) (1000s) 'wrecked' along S coast
of Kangaroo Island during November 2013-hundreds of dead birds strewn along
Vivonne Bay Beach is typical of what has happened all along S coast of KI.
Reported by: Chris Baxter on Monday, November 25, 2013
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Date: Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Location: Kangaroo Island
Painted Button-quail (Turnix varius) (5) adult male with four tiny chicks
running behind, crossed Playford Highway several km E of West End Highway
intersection, West Gosse Lands, Flinders Chase NP, Kangaroo Island, 15 November
2013. A pleasing breeding observation for a species seemingly in decline on KI
over past 40 years (feral cats?)
Reported by: Chris Baxter on Tuesday, November 26, 2013
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Date: Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Location: Pub Lake, Robe.
Latham's Snipe (Gallinago hardwickii) (60) So many Latham's Snipe to be found
at Robe. On Pub Lake, adjacent to Fox Lake, they have nowhere to hide, mostly
out feeding, as I watched they kept arriving in groups of 2 or 3 until
eventually I had 60 in view. This morning I could find 39 in view, feeding or
resting in the edges of the vegitation on Fox Lake and viewed from the Bird
Hide.
Plenty of Red-knee Dotterels and a few Black-fronted Dotterels along with other
water birds.
Reported by: Teresa Jack on Thursday, November 28, 2013
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Date: Friday, November 29, 2013
Location: Magazine Rd Wetlands, Dry Creek SA
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) (1) Both these birds with breeding plumage flew
into view together. There has been one I have seen before but this is the first
time for 2 together. Photo attached.
Reported by: Gordon Pateman on Friday, November 29, 2013
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Date: Friday, November 29, 2013
Location: Island below Goolwa Barrage
Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus) (1) Towards southern end of spit amongst 10
Curlew Sandpipers and larger numbers of Sharp tailed Sandpipers and Red necked
Stints. Observed by Philip and Anne Hicks.
Reported by: Anne Hicks on Saturday, November 30, 2013
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