The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period
Monday, March 31, 2014 to Sunday, April 6, 2014:
Area: SA
Date: Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Location: Kangaroo Island
Grey-tailed Tattler (Heteroscelus brevipes) (1) roosting on tidal spit at high
tide, Busby Islet CP (Prohibited Area), KI, 27 Mar 14
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) (8) roosting on tidal spit at high tide,
Busby Islet CP (Prohibited Area), KI, 27 Mar 14
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) (37) roosting on tidal spit at high tide,
Busby Islet CP (Prohibited Area), KI, 27 Mar 14
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (112) roosting on tidal spit at high tide,
Busby Islet CP (Prohibited Area), KI, 27 Mar 14
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) (23) roosting on tidal spit at high tide,
Busby Islet CP (Prohibited Area), KI, 27 Mar 14
Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) (c.800) roosting on tidal spit at high
tide, Busby Islet CP (Prohibited Area), KI, 27 Mar 14
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) (10) roosting on tidal spit at high
tide, Busby Islet CP (Prohibited Area), KI, 27 Mar 14
Rock Parrot (Neophema petrophila) (25) feeding on carpets of Sarcocornia
quinqueflora and Saueda australis, Busby Islet CP (Prohibited Area), KI, 27 Mar
14; mostly bare-faced immature birds.
White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) (2) adult and second year
sub-adult feeding on freshly killed adult, breeding-plumaged Black-faced
Cormorant (taken from nearby nesting rookery), southern shore of Busby Islet CP
(Prohibited Area), KI, 27 Mar 14.
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) (2) roosting on tidal spit at high tide, Busby
Islet CP (Prohibited Area), KI, 27 Mar 14
Reported by: Chris Baxter on Tuesday, April 1, 2014
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Date: Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Location: Kangaroo Island
Fork-tailed Swift (Apus pacificus) (10+) small number over Seal Bay, KI, 1
April 14; warm, humid, heavy cloud, N wind
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) (3) pair at Panorama Park (my home),
Wisanger, 22 km W of Kingscote, KI, 25 Mar 14
one (adult male), harrassing Silver Gulls, Harriet River Mouth, Vivonne Bay,
KI, early morning, 29 Mar 14
Eastern Reef Egret (Egretta sacra) (2) one feeding Harriet River estuary,
Vivonne Bay, KI, 29 Mar 14
one roosting on rocky boulders, Stokes Bay, KI, 1 April 14
Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) (15) roosting on dead logs; gleaning algae
from emergent logs at Duck Lagoon, KI, 26 Mar 14
Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius) (c.200) c. 200 adults incubating eggs
(some still lining nests with dried tapeweed), on Nitrebushes at W end of Busby
Islet CP (Prohibited Area), KI, 27 Mar 14; nesting in close proximity with
Black-faced Cormorants; BfC's mostly at S and N end of Nitrebushes; Pieds
mostly in central area
Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens) (c.200) c. 200 adults
incubating eggs (some still lining nests with dried tapeweed), on Nitrebushes
at W end of Busby Islet CP (Prohibited Area), KI, 27 Mar 14
Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata) (73) 'camped' on freshwater dam at
Wisanger, 22 km W of Kingscote, KI, 26 Mar 14; with about 100 Australian
Shelduck
Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa) (47) with Teal spp. on shallow seas and
later roosting on samphire spit at high tide, Busby Islet CP (Prohibited
Area), KI, 27 Mar 14
White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) (c.100) feeding on exposed tidal
flats and shallows and later roosting at Busby Islet CP (Prohibited Area), KI,
27 Mar 14
Southern Boobook (Ninox boobook) (1) calling consistently throughout early
evening, Panorama Park, Wisanger (22 Km W of Kingscote), KI, 31 Mar 14
Reported by: Chris Baxter on Tuesday, April 1, 2014
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Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Location: Goolwa Effluent Ponds
Spotless Crake (Porzana tabuensis) (1) An immature/sub-adult bird feeding along
the margin of the main pool.
Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) (19)
Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides) (1) An adult, in an almost exact repeat
of one I saw here two years ago, approached from Goolwa, circled overhead
gaining height and left towards the South.
Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) (80+)
Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides) (160+)
There is now water only in the large pool nearest to the road which has
significant exposed margins. While I was there 2 workmen drove around the bank
of the large new inaccessible pool in a sort of golf buggy and flushed a large
number of ducks from that pool which separated into a flock of 160+ Australian
Shelduck and a mixed flock of predominantly Pink-eared Ducks. Some dropped into
the main accessible pool and the Freckled Ducks increased from 14 to 19. Most
of the circling ducks then returned to the inaccessible pool. Very frustrating!
Reported by: Jeffrey Crocker on Thursday, April 3, 2014
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Date: Saturday, April 5, 2014
Location: Dry Creek Saltfields
Brown Quail (Coturnix ypsilophora) (7) 7 Birds on small track just off main
western track.
Banded Stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) (3000) Birds spread across southern
lagoons on western track, most adult in breeding plumage.
Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) (400) Birds along western track and
adjacent to Buckland Lake. At least 20 in pre-breeding plumage.
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) (100) Birds on shallow mudflats adjacent
to Buckland Lake (which is dry), a separate mixed flock (with Red necked Stint)
seen in flight away from this area so numbers probably nearer 200 birds. A
number of birds in various stages of 'colouring up'.
Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae) (150) Most birds at end of
'spit' facing western track.
Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) (4) Birds together on transmission
wires near bridge, western track.
First time at Saltfields that I have not seen a single Egret of any species,
both species of Spoonbill present in small numbers.
1 Sharp tailed Sandpiper seen.
Reported by: William Brooker on Sunday, April 6, 2014
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