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Birdline ACT Weekly Update

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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:31:15 +1100

Birdline ACT

Published sightings for the week ending 21 Oct 2012.

Sun 21 Oct 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

Sun 21 Oct Buff-banded Rail Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
One bird on the road near the turn to Rock Valley heritage site
Stephen wallace

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

Sat 20 Oct 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

Fri 19 Oct 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

Thu 18 Oct Australian Little Bittern Jerrabomberra Wetlands
One female still present.
Stephen Wallace

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

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

Wed 17 Oct 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

Mon 15 Oct 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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