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Subject: Birdpedia - Australia - Weekly Digest
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Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 00:05:06 +0930
The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period 
Monday, September 22, 2014 to Sunday, September 28, 2014:

Area: SA

Date: Thursday, September 18, 2014

Location: Vivonne Bay Kangaroo Island

Hooded Plover (Thinornis rubricollis) (9) one adult bird carried red flag YN, 
and a metal band . On beach east to Eleanor River mouth. Seen again on 
following days

Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia) (2) one pair visited Harriet River mouth on 
19/9/14 and following days

Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides) (2) one pair flew along beach from 
Vivonne Bay C P, where they nest, to the Eleanor River estuary. Also seen there 
following day, with grey teal and black swans.

Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) (150) still monopolising Duck Lagoon. most 
resting during the day on dead logs.

Reported by: Heather Connolly on Friday, September 26, 2014

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Date: Monday, September 22, 2014

Location: Dog Lane Nr Tolderol end.

Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides) (1) A beautiful pale bird giving great 
view , a late sighting record I know but anyone out that way may like to be on 
the lookout.

Reported by: William Brooker on Saturday, September 27, 2014

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Date: Thursday, September 25, 2014

Location: Goolwa Ponds Hassel Rd Goolwa

Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis) (2) Birds were on the main pond to the 
right of the bird hide.

White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica) (1) Bird was flying between ponds along 
with a White-faced Heron.

Reported by: Winston Syson on Friday, September 26, 2014

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Date: Thursday, September 25, 2014

Location: Bashams Beach Port Elliot

Hooded Plover (Thinornis rubricollis) (2) Birds were 150Mts west of car park. 
Both birds were flagged orange. Id letters were noted.

Reported by: Winston Syson on Friday, September 26, 2014

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Date: Thursday, September 25, 2014

Location: Barrage Road Goolwa. 500mts North of the Barrage

Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis) (2) Birds were crossing the road

Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) (1) Single bird was on power lines at 
the side of Barrage Rd in the same area as the Rails.

Reported by: Winston Syson on Friday, September 26, 2014

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Date: Friday, September 26, 2014

Location: Dam Park, Fantail Court, Wynn Vale

Southern Boobook (Ninox boobook) (2) One calling, seen in tree by side of the 
road. A second calling from some distance away.

Reported by: David Cox on Sunday, September 28, 2014

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Date: Friday, September 26, 2014

Location: Private dam on Old Sellicks Hill Road near Myponga.

Collared Sparrowhawk (Accipiter cirrocephalus) (1) I was fishing on this dam in 
my kayak when a dusky moorhen flew directly over my head, from behind me, with 
a Sparrowhawk only a metre or two behind it! the chase ended when the moorhen 
splash dived into the water and dove under a bank-side willow tree and the 
bemused hawk swung up into the branches of a nearby Gum tree.
High drama, but surely unusual behaviour for a sparrowhawk more known for 
weaving in and out of trees and scooping off the smaller birds for its diet. I 
wonder if it would be powerful enough to catch a waterhen as their modus 
operandi is to grasp its normal small bird prey in its talons using it's long 
legs as a tool?

Reported by: Anthony John Bainbridge on Friday, September 26, 2014

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Date: Friday, September 26, 2014

Location: Highbury

Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus) (1) Returned to the Highbury Linear 
Park area adjacent to the Hills Face/Torrens Gorge.  A pair have been seen here 
for the last couple of years.

Reported by: Graham Crooks on Friday, September 26, 2014

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