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ending 17 Aug 2014. Sun 17 Aug Wedge-tailed Eagle Castlereagh I saw last
year's
offspring with the female from the Castlereagh breeding pair of eagles this
afternoon hunting beside Castlereagh Road around 15:30. It was low over the
treetops and the female was also hanging around with it. It made such a
spectacle
that a few cars pulled over and began watching the pair. People were quite
taken aback when I explained to them that one is a young bird from a pair
that have a territory out here and breed most years. The attached image is
not great overall, but it is a single frame with the immature and the female
in it. Ã?kos Lumnitzer [...]
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Birdline New South Wales
Published sightings for the week ending 17 Aug 2014.
Sun 17 Aug Wedge-tailed Eagle Castlereagh
I saw last year's offspring with the female from the Castlereagh
breeding pair of eagles this afternoon hunting beside Castlereagh Road
around 15:30. It was low over the treetops and the female was also
hanging around with it. It made such a spectacle that a few cars pulled
over and began watching the pair. People were quite taken aback when I
explained to them that one is a young bird from a pair that have a
territory out here and breed most years. The attached image is not
great overall, but it is a single frame with the immature and the
female in it.
Akos Lumnitzer
Channel-billed Cuckoo Harold Reed Reserve, Middle Cove
CBC flew into a tree as I was walking in the reserve about 2 pm today.
I thought I heard it calling early in the morning about 2 days ago but
thought I must have been dreaming!
Lorna Bloom
Sat 16 Aug Channel-billed Cuckoo Great Western Highway, Minchinbury
A single Channel-billed Cuckoo flying overhead. Not an uncommon bird
but very early in the year to see one. That being said, I work with
some captive Channel-billed Cuckoos and they have been very vocal of
late because of the warm weather we have been having.
L. Morgan
Black-necked Stork, Freckled Duck McPherson Rd Swamp, Tuggerah
The immature Black-necked Stork was present again at this wetland
today, along with 13 Freckled Duck, that appear to roost mainly along
the western shore of the swamp. The stork has been present on and off
at the swamp since 11/7/14.
Alan & Anne Morris
Freckled Duck, Pink-eared Duck 150+ Lithgow Wastewater Treatment Plant
Freckled Duck on the first be, Pink-eared on all three
Graham & Gwen Blackwell
Black-tailed Native-hen & Buff-banded Rail Lake Wallace
Native Hen in the same area as last sighting - Take track towards boat
shed - there is a left hand track towards children's playground but
keep to the right track - Native Hen has been feeding on the grass
about 50 m from the junction on the left. Buff-banded Rail foraging in
the open by overgrown ditch near the boat shed
Graham & Gwen Blackwell
Channel-billed Cuckoo Castlecrag, Sydney
One Channel-billed Cuckoo heard calling. An unusually early record.
Murray Lord
Fri 15 Aug Scarlet Robin, Rose Robin, Varied Sittella, Wonga Pigeon.
Mount View Close, Razorback (Wollondilly Shire)
2 Scarlet Robins (male) pouncing and hawking seen openly in paddocks
within open farmland, Rose Robin and Varied Sittella observed within
wooded creek line adjacent to farmland and Wonga Pigeon seen foraging
on ground within Western Sydney Dry Vine and Moist Shale Woodland
vegetation community mobbed by Bell Miners above creek line. Many other
birds seen including Red Whiskered Bulbul, Silvereyes, Brown and Yellow
Thornbills, Scrub and Fairy Wren, Grey Shrike Thrush and Brown Goshawks
overhead.
Brendon Levot and Daniel Barnett
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Sydney Harbour National Park--South Head
2 Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos feeding in a conifer at Watson's Bay
flew off towards the military base after being harassed by Noisy Miners
this morning
Marie Lister
Peregrine Falcon Castlereagh NSW
I was at Smith Road next to the quarries getting my dogs ready to go
into my car. I heard a shrill then a really loud whoosh kind of sound
and noticed the male of my local pair of falcons rise up steeply after
having swooped down hard at an Indian Myna. Sadly he missed and he did
a big turn in the air and stooped down into the quarry near the big
lake, disappearing out of sight. Soon after he went, I hear another
shrill like sound nearby and as I looked upon the power pole about 25
meters from me, the much larger female was sitting there calling. I
just had time to turn my lens to her and she immediately took off after
her mate.
Akos Lumnitzer
Thu 14 Aug Pink-eared Ducks, Australasian Shovelers, Peregrine Falcon,
Grey + Chestnut Teals Pitt Town Lagoon
Observed 40+ Pink-eared Ducks, 40+ Australasian Shovelers, Restless
Flycatchers, Double-barred Finches, Peregrine Falcon making a meal out
of the remains of a White-faced Heron, Black-shouldered Kite,
Golden-headed Cisticola, plenty of Grey and Chestnut Teals, Pied Stilts
etc
L. Morgan
White-necked Heron Riverside Park, Riverside Rd, Chipping Norton
One White-necked Heron at the corner of Rickard Road and Arthur Street.
Brenda Parkinson
Cotton Pygmy-Goose (subject to submission to NSW ORAC) Dam on private
property Nana Glen
My friends have had a lone female Cotton Pygmy-Goose on their dam
hanging about with Eurasian Coots since the end of June. [Moderator's
note (NH): Sightings of Cotton Pygmy-Geese should be submitted to NSW
ORAC.]
Julie Neumann
Wed 13 Aug Swift Parrot 879 Mulgoa rd Mulgoa
Juvenile Swift Parrot. Fed on sap sucking insects in small gumtrees for
over an hour
Adrian O'Hara
Spotless Crake McGraths Hill
Feeding briefly on the exposed mud at the extreme left hand edge of the
roadside lagoon.
Graham Blackwell & Alec Gillespie
Zebra Finch Spring Farm
A flock of at least 100 birds seen foraging in regenerating grassland
at a residential development
Rob Laird
Tue 12 Aug Blue-billed Duck Lismore STW, Three Chain Rd
Four Blue-billed Duck at rear of eastern pond. (NB Permission required
to enter STW)
Russ Lamb
Black-shouldered Kite Balmain
A Black-shouldered Kite, escorted by two Australian Ravens, over
Balmain shopping centre today (cnr Darling and Montague St), heading
south west into the wind. Listed as a rare visitor to the Leichhardt
LGA.
Robert Griffin
Rose Robin Pinecliffe, 10kms, SW of Molong.
A clear, sustained sighting, for the second day. Only the second
sighting at this site, the previous one being in May 1991.
Bruce Tinsey
Mon 11 Aug Red Browed Finch Curl Curl Lagoon
Janice hales
Black Bittern, Nankeen Night Heron, Australasian Shoveler Deep Water
Park Milperra
Another sighting of a female or immature Black Bittern at the Blue Gum
Farm ponds (seen Sunday as well). 5 sightings since early July,
probably just a single bird, although I did see a male here here in May
and June. Single Nankeen Night Heron back roosting on the island after
a short absence. Pair of Australasian Shovelers on the main Blue Gum
Farm pond. Two Azure Kingfishers in the mangrove creek feeding the
pond. 2 Hoary-Headed Grebes on Kelso Pond. Scarlet Honeyeater and White
Naped Honeyeater scattered amongst the numerous Yellow-faced
Honeyeaters, Fuscous Honeyeaters and New Holland Honeyaters. Single imm
Nankeen Kestrel unusual for this location.
David James
Sun 10 Aug Black-chinned Honeyeaters, Yellow-billed Spoonbill Grafton,
Rushforth Rd
Small flock of Black-chinned Honeyeaters feeding on insects on leaves
in mature eucalypts on roadside. Harassed by Fuscous Honeyeaters. One
Yellow-billed Spoonbill on small dam closer to Coutts Crossing. Dams
have very low water levels.
Michael Cheers
Wedge-tailed and Short-tailed Shearwater, Southern Giant-petrel,
Wandering and Gibson's Albatross Offshore--Sydney Pelagic
The first Wedge-tailed (4) and Short-tailed (1) Shearwaters of the
season off Sydney were seen on this pelagic trip. Also recorded were 25
Black-browed Albatross, 3 Campbell Albatross, 30 Indian Yellow-nosed
Albatross, 5 Shy Albatross, 4 Antipodean Albatross (all gibsoni), 1
Wandering Albatross, 2 Northern Giant Petrel, 1 Southern Giant Petrel,
5 Brown Skuas and 3 Hutton's Shearwaters.
Roger McGovern and all those on the boat
Sat 9 Aug Tawny Grassbird Pitt Town Lagoon
Two Tawny Grassbirds in reedbeds near the bird hide. Also 10
Chestnut-breated Manikin. On the lagoon 200+ Pink-eared Duck. A
Peregrine Falcon and Australian Goshawk also.
Chris Chafer
Sun 3 Aug Freckled and Pink-eared Ducks Umber Umberka Reservoir,
Silverton near Broken Hill
On a recent visit to this Reservoir, the water level of which is much
lower than usual and has a few shallow muddy bays, amongst a flock of
roosting Grey Teal were 12 Freckled Ducks, 20 Pink-eared Ducks and 6
Australian Shelducks. I have visited this Reservoir over many years and
not previously seen the latter three species on this water reserve.
Alan Morris
Fri 1 Aug Pied Honeyeater, Crimson Chat, Pink Cockatoo Owen Downs HSD,
83 km NW Wanaaring S29 24 31 E143 22 49
This site is mainly grass plains and scattered clumps of Mulga.6+ Pied
Honeyeaters feeding in Eremophila bigonifolia, small numbers of Crimson
Chats, flock of 22 Pink Cockatoos, and small numbers of White-browed,
Masked, Black-faced and White-browed Woodswallows. Also Chirruping
Wedgebill, Southern Whiteface, 2 prs of Banded Lapwings and
Chestnut-crowned Babblers
Alan Morris
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