Highlights, as reported to Birdline NSW, last week are as follows:
MALLEFOWL 1 Loughnan NR, Hillston 2/10
WANDERING ALBATROSS 1 Lord Howe Island 6/10, 7 Long Reef, Sydney 5/10
GIANT PETREL spp 10 Long Reef, Sydney 5/10 ? late birds
CAPE PETREL 6 Long Reef, Sydney 5/10 ? late birds
WILSON?S STORM PETREL 1 Long Reef, Sydney 5/10
AUSTRALASIAN BITTERN 1 Lake Cargellico STW 2/10
LITTLE BITERN 2 Lake Cowal, West Wyalong 2/10
GREAT CRESTED GREBE 1 Gum Swamp, Forbes 4/10
BLACK-NECKED STORK 1 Thaleford, Tuncurry, Central Coast 7/10
FRECKLED DUCK 50 Lake Cowal, West Wyalong 2/10 (via boat only), 1 Dumaresq
Dam, Armidale 1/10
PINK-EARED DUCK 33 Gum Swamp, Forbes 22/9
GREY GOSHAWK 1 Kangaroo Valley, Illawarra 3/10
PACIFIC BAZA 2 Upper Colo, Richmond 10/10, 3 Tuggerahnong, Central
Cost
10/10, 3 Seaham, Newcastle 4/10
LEWIN?S RAIL 1 + 2 chicks Dee Why Lagoon, Sydney 29/9
SPOTLESS CRAKE 2 Lake Cowal, West Wyalong 2/10
BAILLON?S CRAKE 20 Lake Cowal, West Wyalong 2/10
PAINTED SNIPE 4 Willandra NP, NSW Far West 13/9
PECTORAL SANDPIPER 1 Mason Park, Strathfield 6/10 ? in with 31 Sharp-tailed
Sandpipers
GULL-BILLED TERN 4 Lake Cowal, West Wyalong 2/10
LITTLE TERN 1 Lord Howe Island 6/10
PHEASANT COUCAL 1 Upper Colo, Richmond 10/10, 1 Mitchell Park, Cattai 9/10
MASKED OWL 1 Copeland Tops NP, Gloucester 2/10
POWERFUL OWL 1 Kangaroo Valley, Illawarra 3/10, 1 with 1 imm Pennant Hills
Park, Sydney 6/10
TOPKNOT PIGEON 80 Centennial Park, Sydney 29/9
WHITE-THROATED NIGHTJAR 1 Kangaroo Valley, Illawarra 3/10
NOISY PITTA 1 Kangaroo Valley, Illawarra 3/10
GROUND CUCKOO-SHRIKE 1 Lake Cargellico 2/10
CICADABIRD 1 near Tuggerah, Central Coast 10/10 ? first return for
summer
BROWN SONGLARK 2 Cornwallis Road, Richmond 2/10 ? the only reliable site
near to Sydney for this species
REGENT HONEYEATER 4 Glen Alice, Capertee Valley 2/10, 4 35km west of
Armidale 3/10
PAINTED HONEYEATER 1 Lake Cowal, West Wyalong 2/10, 1 50km west of Armidale
25/9
BLACK HONEYEATER 10 Round Hill NR, Lake Cargellico 2/10
ORANGE CHAT 1 Lake Cargellico 2/10
Chris Gladwin
Sydney, Australia
BIRDLINE NSW (02) 9439 9536 - sponsored by Birds Australia, NSW Field
Ornithologists Club, Cumberland Bird Observers Club, Hunter Bird Observer?s
Club and Illawarra Bird Observers Club
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