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Date: 10 Feb 2014 03:01:15 +1000

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Published sightings for the week ending 9 Feb 2014.

Thu 6 Feb Semi-palmated Plover Broome Sewage Ponds, Western Australia
Same individual thats been recorded here for a few years now. Now starting to show some breeding plumage.
Adrian Boyle

Eurasion Hoopoe Galiwinku - Elcho island NT , Northern Territory
Another pic of a Eurasion Hoopoe at Galiwinku NT. I will endeavour to take some better pics when the opportunity arises.
Tim Wethers

Eurasion Hoopoe Galiwinku - Elcho Island , Northern Territory
This Eurasion Hoopoe has been seen twice in the same spot over the last 3 days. Galiwinku is a remote Aboriginal Community on Elcho island NT
Tim Wethers

Grey and Red-necked Phalarop Leanyer/Sanderson WTP, Northern Territory
8 phalaropes are currently present at Leanyer: 7 Red-necked Phalarop and 1 Grey Phalarop.
Per Andrew Bell

Christmas Frigatebird (Fregata andrewsi) Nightcliff Pool, Northern Territory
Lone female viewed hovering over Nightcliff swimming pool at 0800 on 6 Feburary 2014.
Tom Rayner

Wed 5 Feb Yellow Chat Twelve Mile Creek Fishing Reserve Marmor Qld, Queensland
6 birds seen. Group of 4 very flighty and only distant views. Two birds M and F seen further along bank and quite approachable. Mid-morning, windy and hot.
Jean & Paul Newman

Mon 27 Jan Oriental Plover Cheetham Wetlands (Altona Meadows), Victoria
Bird seen on open mud North of Skeleton Creek. Long yellow-green legs, long wings projecting beyond tail. Pale supercilium, white face, buff breast with faint horizontal streaks, darker spot towards belly. Thin black bill. Heavily cropped photo attached - further photos and video available.
Alan Crawford

Sat 25 Jan American Golden Plover Cheetham Wetlands, Point Cook, Victoria
1 roosting in saltmarsh with 29 Pacific Golden Plover. Several features seem to confirm the identity of this bird, but it's not easy.
Richard Loyn, Peter Menkhorst, Will Steele, Scott Baker, Peter Lansley

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