Plenty more great records this week and migrants now pouring in. Highlights in
NSW over the last week, as reported to Birdline NSW, are as follows:
WANDERING ALBATROSS 35 Point Perpendicular, South Coast 12/9 - extremely
high count
SHY ALBATROSS 400 Point Perpendicular, South Coast 12/9 - extremely high count
BLACK-VROWED ALBATROSS 150 Maroubra, Sydney 11/9 - extremely high count
SOUTHERN GIANT PETREL 3 "white phase" Point Perpendicular, South Coast 12/9
CAPE PETREL 5 Long Reef, Sydney 7/9 & 34 Maroubra, Sydney 11/9
WHITE-HEADED PETREL 1 Maroubra, Sydney 8/9
WHITE-CHINNED PETREL 1 off Sydney 11/9
BLUE PETREL 1 Long Reef, Sydney 7/9 & 1 Point Perpendicular, South
Coast 12/9 - just amazing!
SOUTHERN FULMAR 1 Point Perpendicular, South Coast 12/9 - extraordinary series
of records continues!
WEDGE-TAILED SHEARWATER 1 "white phase" Long Reef, Sydney 7/9
SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER 9 Maroubra, Sydney 11/9 - first return for summer
SWAMP HARRIER 1 Homebush Bay, Sydney 5/9
GREY GOSHAWK 1 Berkeley Vale, Central Coast 5/9
PACIFIC BAZA 1 Brisbane Water NP 27/8 & 1 Mardi 11/9 - both Central
Coast
RED-BACKED BUTTON-QUAIL 1 Mangrove Mountain, Central Coast 11/9 - same "garden"
as a record 2 years ago
LEWIN'S RAIL still present Magic Point, Maroubra, Sydney
SPOTLESS CRAKE 1 Burrawang, Sydney 5/9
BUSH STONE-CURLEW 1 Cockle Bay NR, Empire Bay, Central Coast 17/8
PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER 1 Shoalhaven Heads, South Coast 22/8 - first return for
summer
SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER 1 Picnic Point, The Entrance 11/9 - first Central Coast
return for summer
ARCTIC SKUA 1 Maroubra, Sydney 9/9 - first return for summer
TOPKNOT PIGEON 20 Glebe, inner Sydney 8/9
SUPERB FRUIT DOVE 1 imm impaled on fence near Wyong, Central Coast 1/9
PHEASANT COUCAL 1heard Akuna Bay, Ku-ring Gai NP, Sydney 6/9
CHANNEL-BILLED CUCKOO 1 Mount Colah, Sydney 12/9 & 1 Wollongong 12/9 - first
returns for summer
PALLID CUCKOO 1 Scheyville NP, Windsor 15/8 - first return for summer
SACRED KINGFISHER 1 Lane Cove, Sydney 3/9 - first return for summer
TAWNEY GRASSBIRD 1 Magic Point, Maroubra, Sydney - holding territory
WHITE-THROATED GERYGONE 1 Terry Hills, Sydney 2/9 and Mardi, Central Coast 3/9
- first returns for summer
Chris Gladwin
Sydney, Australia
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