Highlights, as reported to Birdline NSW, last week are as follows:
WANDERING ALBATROSS 2 Mistral Point, Maroubra 17/10, 2 Long Reef, Sydney
12/10
GIANT PETREL spp 2 Mistral Point, Maroubra 7/10 ? late birds
CAPE PETREL 3 Mistral Point, Maroubra 17/10, 2 Long Reef, Sydney
12/10 ?
late birds
BULLER?S SHEARWATER 1 Long Reef, Sydney 12/10
BLACK BITTERN 1 found injured Wyong, Central Coast 5/10 ? later released at
Chittaway Point
GREY GOSHAWK 1 Cattai NP, Windsor 17/10
GREY FALCON 1 Tarrawee NR, Wentworth 5/10, 1 Parkes 11/10
PACIFIC BAZA 2 Freeman?s Waterhole, Newcastle 15/10, 1 Kilcare,
Central
Coast 9/10
BROWN QUAIL 2 Mason Park, Strathfield 16/10
BUFF-BANDED RAIL 12 pairs Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney 11/10 ?
resident
birds
JAPANESE SNIPE 3 Mason Park, Strathfield 16/10
BAR-TAILED GODWIT 216 Penrhyn Road, Botany 17/1 ? high count for this
highly
polluted site
PECTORAL SANDPIPER 1 Mason Park, Strathfield 16/10
CASPIAN TERN 3 Pipeclay Point, Narrabeen Lake, Sydney 15/10
WHITE-FRONTED TERN 1 Mistral Point, Maroubra 6/10
LITTLE TERN 6 Penrhyn Road, Botany 17/10 ? first return for summer
ARCTIC SKUA 3 Mistral Point, Maroubra 17/10
TOPKNOT PIGEON 35 Kensington, Sydney 6/10 ? yet another inner city record
CICADABIRD 1 Cattai NP, Windsor 17/10
WHITE-WINGED TRILLER 1 Cattai NP, Sydney 17/10
TAWNEY GRASSBIRD 1 Pipeclay Point, Narrabeen Lake, Sydney 15/10
WHITE-BROWED WOODSWALLOW 30 Capertee Valley 15/10
REGENT BOWERBIRD 1 Cattai NP, Windsor 17/10
Chris Gladwin
Sydney, Australia
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