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Cattle Egret
Kellys Swamp & Jerrabomberra Wetlands, Fyshwick
3 Cattle Egret in breeding plumage observed in the cattle paddocks. Intermediate (2) and Great Egret also on the swamp.
Alastair Smith
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| Sun 21 Oct
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Buff-banded Rail
Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
One bird on the road near the turn to Rock Valley heritage site
Stephen wallace
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Masked Woodswallow, Nankeen Night Heron
Callum Brae Nature Reserve
Masked Woodswallow (100) A large flock heard over head. Birds were distant but uniformly dull coloured underparts rules out White-browed Woodswallow.
Also Nankeen Night Heron (1) My first sighting of this species at Callum Brae. Bird was observed far from any of the farm dams near the Wedge-tailed Eagle's nest. Interestingly a single bird was observed at the site by Brendan Sheean at a similar time of the year in 2011 (on 30 Oct 2011).
Alastair Smith
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| Sat 20 Oct
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White-necked Heron
Kellys Swamp & Jerrabomberra Wetlands, Fyshwick
An egretta morning. One White-necked Heron, 2 Intermediate Egret, 2 Great Egret, 3 Nankeen Night heron and 2 White-faced Heron but no sign of the Australian Little Bittern.
Alastair Smith
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| Fri 19 Oct
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Australian Little Bittern, Intermediate Egret
Kellys Swamp & Jerrabomberra Wetlands, Fyshwick
Australian Little Bittern - female seen from Ardea hide and then in reed beds just east of Bittern hide
Intermediate Egret (1) - identified by shortish neck and presence of well-developed plumes on the front of the bird as well as the back. A Great Egret was also present, as well as a third egret that wasn't identified.
Steve Holliday
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| Thu 18 Oct
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Australian Little Bittern
Jerrabomberra Wetlands
One female still present.
Stephen Wallace
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Rainbow Bee-eater
Mt Ainslie/Majura ridge
During my constitutional walk this afternoon over the Mt Ainslie/Majura ridge heard lots of Bee-eaters up very high. Couldn't see them so I'm not sure which direction they were heading. Lots of good woodland birds including some very vocal Jacky Winters
Terry Munro
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Satin Flycather
Lake Burley Griffin
A male and female Satin Flycatcher were consorting in a Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) in the mixed planting at the edge of Lake Burley Griffin, between Sullivan's Creek and Black Mountain Peninsula, at lunchtime today.
PJ Milburn
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| Wed 17 Oct
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Dollarbird
New Line Quarry Paddock
2-3pm. Also: White-winged Triller, Sacred Kingfisher, Dusky Woodswallows, Fuscous Honeyeater, Brown Goshawk, Jacky Winter, Mistletoebird, Grey Currawong (nest building).
NB Swooping Magpie in middle of paddock
John Leonard
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| Mon 15 Oct
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Spotted Harrier
Tharwa Sandwash
2-3.30pm: Spotted Harrier on the hillside above, spring migrants included Sacred Kingfisher, Rufous Whistler, Fan-tailed Cuckoo and White-throated Gerygone (heard). No Bee-eaters yet. Strong movement of 50+ Yellow-faced Honeyeaters in small groups down the river (ie west towards Tharwa).
Also Blackbird, Speckled Warbler, Eastern Yellow Robin, Golden Whistler, Wedge-tailed Eagle, Red-bellied Black Snake.
John Leonard
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