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Birdline New South Wales Weekly Update

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Date: 19 Jan 2015 07:08:32 +1000
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   Published sightings for the week ending 18 Jan 2015.

   Sun 18 Jan Streaked Shearwater,Long-tailed Jaeger, Black-browed
   Albatross. Sydney Harbour National Park-North Head.
   Seen my second Streaked Shearwater flying south with Wedge-tailed
   Shearwaters this afternoon also 20+Black-browed albatross and 3
   Long-tailed Jaegers.
   michael ronan.
   Crested Shrike-tit Riverstone
   Early morning between 6:30am and 7am spotted 2 Crested Shrike-tits.
   Also photographed Olive-backed Orioles, Scarlet Honeyeater, Yellow-
   faced Honeyeater, juvenile Red-rumped Parrots, Eastern Spinebills, and
   juvenile Rufous Whistler and golden whistler. All seen just behind the
   cemetery.
   Stephen and Antonella Gilmour
   Sat 17 Jan White-rumped Sandpiper Lake Wollumboola
   White-rumped Sandpiper still present in the usual spot feeding adjacent
   to the Little Tern breeding area. Also several Red Knot and single
   Great Knot and a single White-winged Black Tern. Didn't see the
   reported Broad-billed Sandpipers.
   Simon Blanchflower
   Brown Booby 28km east of Terrigal
   Brown Booby seen on a fishing trip 28km due east of Terrigal, circling
   the boat twice at close range.
   Obi Gabriel per Mick Roderick
   Whiskered Tern, Caspian Tern, Common Tern, Pied Oystercatcher Clarence
   River, near Lawrence
   Large mixed flock of terns roosting on sandpit in Clarence River 1.5km
   SE of Lawrence (observed approx 1km south of Lawrence ferry from
   Woodford Dale Rd). Approx 20-30 Whiskered Tern, 2 Caspian Tern, 1
   Common Tern, many Crested Tern. Also 2 Pied Oystercatchers. Many Silver
   Gull. Whiskered Terns have been present on Clarence River (observed
   from Grafton downstream to Maclean) for previous few months.
   Darryl and Gary Eggins and Maureen O'Shea
   Thu 15 Jan Lesser Sand Plover & Curlew Sandpipers Soldiers Point (Norah
   Head)
   A Lesser Sand Plover and 15+ Curlew Sandpipers were observed between
   10:45 and 11:18 out the front of the rock self (Low Tide) Other species
   were 76+ Red-necked Stints, 20+ Ruddy Turnstones and 4+ Grey-tailed
   tattlers.
   Steve Merrett
   White-rumped Sandpiper Lake Wollumboola
   Showing well throughout late morning-early afternoon. Two Broad-billed
   Sandpipers, two Lesser Sand-Plovers, two White-winged Black Terns and a
   Whiskered Tern. No sign of Great Knot or Fairy Tern for us.
   Dion Hobcroft, David James and Dean Purcell
   Wed 14 Jan Scarlet Honeyeater Ulan
   Foraging and singing from flowering Rough-barked Apple (Angophora
   floribunda) near Corporate Rd. Up two two birds but more may have been
   present.
   Kurtis Lindsay
   Pacific Emerald Dove Coutts Crossing Village
   Adult male Pacific Emerald Dove returned to our backyard today at about
   16:50 hrs. I heard its call at first and then later it was feeding on
   the fallen fruits of Cockspur Thorn, probably just eating the seeds,
   and later was seen to eat the seeds of a native Basket Grass Oplismenus
   aemulus. I took some photos but as the bird was continually moving they
   weren't as good as I had hoped for.
   Greg Clancy
   Wedge-tailed Eagle (x4) Castlereagh
   Four Wedge-tailed Eagles were observed by my friend at approximately
   17:40 today. I am awaiting photographs. They were near gate 12 of the
   quarries.
   Akos Lumnitzer for Peter Phealan
   Plumed Whistling-Duck Sydney Olympic Park--Waterbird Refuge
   28 Plumed Whistling-Duck resting at low tide 9.00am
   Marie Lister
   White-rumped Sandpiper Culburra Beach
   Bird still present this morning in same spot - despite strong westerly
   - and seen by many birders. Other birds of note: Broad-billed
   Sandpiper, Great Knot, Red Knot, Lesser Sand Plover, Little Tern, Fairy
   Tern.
   Lorne Johnson
   Square-tailed Kite Culburra Beach
   One bird flying low over The Lake Circuit (close to shops) about 9am.
   Tremendous views. 3 Australian Magpies chased it away.
   Lorne Johnson
   Great Frigatebird Shelley Beach, Port Macquarie.
   A female Great Frigatebird was observed flying North along Shelley
   Beach at 11:30 this morning. (Moderator's Note: Great Frigatebirds are
   on the NSWORAC Review List and therefore this sightings should be
   referred to the that committee for review, a urrf can be down loaded
   for this purpose. (AKM).
   Liz Hawkins per Clive Meadows
   Latham's Snipe, Wandering Whistling Duck. Swamp near Ironbark Creek,
   Minmi Rd, Wallsend
   Flushed at least 40 Latham's Snipe which were on the drying out SW area
   of the swamp - (swimming pool carpark end). Also spotted a Brown
   Honeyeater. Saw 3 Wandering Whistling-Ducks at the Bunnings pond next
   door.
   John French & Fiona Lumsden
   Plumed Whistling-duck Waterbird Refuge, Sydney Olympic Park
   30 Plumed Whistling Ducks at the Waterbird Refuge at 10:00 am today. In
   a tight group about halfway down the long side.
   Jenny Stiles, Rod Stiles, Geoff Hutchinson, Marie Lister and Margaret
   Murray.
   Tue 13 Jan Long-tailed Jaeger Mistral Point, Maroubra
   20+ Long-tailed Jaegers, including a flock of 14 birds together. 17
   Pomarine Jaegers, 4 Flesh-footed Shearwaters, moderate numbers of
   Wedge-tailed Shearwaters and Short-tailed Shearwaters also noted. One
   or two Sooty and Fluttering Shearwaters also mixed in.
   David Mitford
   Black-eared Cuckoo, Painted Honeyeater, Speckled Warbler Bobadeen Rd,
   near Ulan
   Four Black-eared Cuckoos seen over the 12-13th Jan in Ironbark - Acacia
   linearifolia woodland. Speckled Warblers breeding (seen at five
   locations) and Painted Honeyeater seen and heard at three locations.
   Some Mistletoe in fruit.
   Kurtis Lindsay
   Grey Ternlet, South Island Pied Oystercatcher Tucker's Rocks to
   Bundagen Headland
   SIPO was finally found at ~5:30pm, about 400m South of Tuckers Rocks -
   bird was solitary and eventually flew North past the rocks. Aus Pied
   Oystercatchers also seen with 3 feeding just to the north of Tuckers
   Rocks and 5 or so roosting on the rocks at Bundagen Headland but the
   SIPO was not seen with these birds at any time. Another notable
   sighting was a Grey Ternlet seen briefly, offshore from the Bundagen
   Headland rocks.
   Lachlan Hall
   Little Tern Long Reef
   I observed a single Little Tern this morning at Long Reef at 8am this
   morning. I saw it in flight, calling and also perched on the rockshelf.
   I had clear views of the black tip on the beak to distinguish it from a
   Fairy Tern
   Jayden Walsh
   Emerald Dove Coutts Crossing Village, SW of Grafton
   Adult male Dove observed walking on ground in our backyard at 16:05
   hrs, disappeared when I rushed to get camera/scope. Reappeared at 16:35
   hrs walking on path near our bird bath at our back door. Disappeared
   again as I went for the camera. This is our first backyard record of
   the species, my first for the Coutts Crossing area and my first for the
   Clarence Valley for some years. This bird appears to be a rare,
   unpredictable, visitor to the Clarence Valley.
   Greg & Val Clancy
   White-rumped Sandpiper Lake Wollumboola
   The bird was located in the fenced-off tern breeding area. It made no
   attempt to move off and was quite busy just preening before it sat down
   to rest.
   Ben Weston
   Mon 12 Jan Pacific Baza Warriewood Wetlands
   Nesting site on eastern side of Powderworks road.
   John Taylor
   Wedge-tailed eagle Castlereagh Rd near Penrith Regional Lakes
   2 circling wedge tails over trees on East side of road. A raven chased
   the rather ineffectually
   Adrian o'hara
   Red-necked Avocet, Black-necked Stork Wooloweyah Lagoon, W of Angourie
   32 Avocets at high tide roost at western edge of lagoon with other
   shorebirds. They had to to move as tide inundated their roost. Adult
   Black-necked Stork foraging at north-western edge of Lagoon flew to
   site at western edge. Possibly one of the local adult pair which hasn't
   been recorded breeding since 2001.
   Greg Clancy & Russell Jago
   Square-tailed Kite Kooloobong Park, Keiraville
   At 1:45pm, one Square-tailed Kite was gliding low - then higher - above
   Kooloobong Park's canopy and the forest at the base of Mt Keira. I was
   somewhat surprised to see a STK here, considering the habitat is closed
   forest and rainforest; Pizzey & Knight do mention that STKs frequent
   these habits though. Not sure how many records of STKs there are for
   Wollongong area.
   Lorne Johnson
   White-rumped Sandpiper Lake Wollumboola
   Still present today, despite somewhat miserable conditions on the beach
   at times! At least 3 Broad-billed SP, 2 Sharpies, and 2 Curlew SP as
   well. Same location as previously reported. Seen resting, feeding and
   in flight. I'll put up my full site list when I get home!
   Elliot Leach, Lori Leach and others
   Powerful Owl, Scarlet Honeyeater Nurragingy Reserve
   A young Powerful Owl was perching in a turpentine tree at the Currawong
   Picnic site and eating freshly killed ringtail possum early morning
   (7:15am). Ravens, magpies and miners were making a terrible noise and
   constantly harassing it. It didn't bother the bird at all. I left it
   after 30 minutes with few pieces of possum left under its foot. Other
   birds have forgotten about the owl and moved away. Also in the reserve:
   Scarlet Honeyeater ( 8 feeding in mistletoes near the Creek), Brown
   Honeyeater (1).
   Ted Wnorowski
   Sun 11 Jan Wood Sandpiper Belmore Swamp, Seales Rd, Kempsey
   A single Wood Sandpiper was a nice surprise at this location. Bird
   landed on verge of swamp close to the road and provided great all round
   views. 10 Glossy Ibis present as well a several pairs of Australian
   Shoveler amongst the numerous Chestnut and Grey Teal. There were also
   200+ Straw-necked Ibis feeding across a couple of wet paddocks on the
   south side.
   Clive Meadows & Louise Earnshaw
   Spotless Crake, Baillon's Crake Pitt Town Lagoon
   Had good views of 2 Spotless Crakea and 5 Baillon's Crakes at Pitt town
   lagoon today.
   michael ronan
   Kermadec / White-necked Petrels, Buller's Shearwater, Sooty Tern (60+)
   Pelagic off Port Stephens
   Highlights of a very wet pelagic off Port Stephens yesterday were a
   dark Kermadec Petrel, White-necked Petrel, 2 Buller's Shearwaters and
   at least 60+ Sooty Terns. Most activity was inside the last 3 or 4
   miles landward of the shelf break (in fact there was very little wide
   of the shelf, though rain was heavy there). We also had a distant
   'Cookilaria' that got away on us. 12 White-faced Storm-petrels was a
   good number of this species in recent times for these pelagic trips.
   Photo of the Kermadec by Allan Richardson.
   Mick Roderick and all aboard the MV Argonaut
   Wed 7 Jan Square-tailed Kite Silverdale rd, Silverdale nsw
   bird circled low over road and houses, harassed by butcher birds at one
   point when it tried to land in some trees
   Adrian o'Hara
   Sun 4 Jan Wonga Pigeon, Eurasian Tree Sparrow Wagga Wagga Botanical
   Gardens
   1 Wonga Pigeon observed near the little zoo wandering around freely. It
   had no bands or any sign that it was an escapee bird, and flew up onto
   a tree when it was approached too closely. According to eBird, there
   are only a handful or records from North Eastern Victoria and a single
   1991 record from Jerilderie which are worth noting as similar records.
   Two Tree Sparrows were also observed inside the amphitheatre where
   there are numerous records for them.
   Simon Gorta, Julian Teh, Owen Lishmund
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