Birdline NSW
Published sightings for the week ending 17 Jan 2010.
Sun 17 Jan Brush Bronzewing and Ground Parrot Budderoo National
Park (Budderoo Plateau)
A top morning, in an endless ocean of mist, produced a host of great
birds including a lone Brush Bronzewing (a tick for me!), Ground Parrot
(2 birds), Beautiful Firetail (circa 20), Southern Emu-wren (over 10),
Eastern Bristlebird (over 10), Red-browed Treecreeper 2 or 3),
Brown-headed Honeyeater, White-eared Honeyeater and Tawny-crowned
Honeyeater (heard only). Thanks to Alan Morris for telling me that Brush
Bronzewings existed here.
Lorne Johnson and Edwin Vella (and Val and Tony From Southern High BOCA)
Sat 16 Jan Sooty Owl Bundanoon (Morton National Park)
Two, or possibly three, Sooty Owls were calling in the valley below
Sunrise Point at about 9:30pm. Two Powerful Owls were called in; one
gave decent views. A Boobook Owl also called from across the valley.
Lorne Johnson and Edwin Vella
Buff-banded Rail Royal Botanic Gardens
Pair of Buff-banded Rails showing well near the new Fernery Pavillion,
intent on catching large flying insects - ignoring passers-by.
Harry Roberts
White-throated Needletails (200 plus) Acacia Gardens (approx
45km NW of Sydney CBD near Blacktown)
Saw from my backyard about mid morning at least 200 White-throated
Needletails with possible Fork-tailed Swifts amongst them. Also a Brown
Goshawk circling low, several Mistletoebirds, Red-rumped Parrots and
flocks of Musk Lorikeets.
Edwin Vella
Fri 15 Jan Wood Sandpiper, Blue-billed Duck, Black-tailed Natve Hen
Wonga Wetlands, Albury
Single Wood Sandpiper feeding on muddy edge of third lagoon at 6:20 pm
not far from a group of 20 Native-hens. Around 5 Blue-billed Ducks on
first and second lagoons, 4 Pink-eared Duck around with Shovelers. Good
amount of native waders: both dotterel species and Yellow-billed with
Royal Spoonbills. Plenty of Tree Martins and a WBreasted Woodswallow
being ambushed unsuccessfuly by a Sparrowhawk. Latham's Snipe also
present, flushed twice. Good birding!
Max Breckenridge
Thu 14 Jan Buller's Shearwater North Head, Sydney
One Buller's Shearwater was the highlight of 3 hours seabird watching
from North Head. Birds were plentiful, many thousands of Wedge-tailed
Shearwaters, 100+ Short-tailed & 10+ Fluttering Shearwaters. Also
observed were 1 Arctic & 2 Pomarine Jaegers.
Ivan Chapman
Wed 13 Jan Spotted Quail-thrush Mt York, near Mt Victoria, Blue
Mountains
Ad female and 2 imms seen easily, 200m left of first lookout about 15m
from Mt York Rd (just past the well). Also seen easily 4 days earlier in
same place.
P. Derbyshire (UK)
Lewin's Rail Triangle Pond, Sydney Olympic Park
Adult and juvenile Lewin's Rails showed well from about 7.30am till at
least 8.15am.
Paul Johnstone, Nevil Lazarus
Fork-tailed Swifts Chain of Ponds Reserve, Ebenezer, Hawkesbury
60plus Fork-tailed Swifts with one or two White-throated Needletails
with them.
Keith Brandwood and CBOC members
Black-browed Albatross Mistral Point, Maroubra
Met up with some visiting birders and were rewarded when Greg pulled out
a distant Black-browed Albatross, which then came in close allowing
great views. 1200 + Wedge-tailed Shearwaters, 25 Short-tailed
Shearwaters, 3 Fluttering and 2 Flesh-footed Shearwaters were also
logged, along with a dozen or so Pomarine Jaegers and 1 Arctic Jaeger. A
family pod of False Killer Whales were very actively feeding and
performing today.
David Mitford, Paul Derbyshire(UK) and Greg Smith(Adelaide)
Tue 12 Jan Laughing Gull Lord Howe Island
I sighted a subadult Laughing Gull on Lord Howe Island at late
afternoon. I am confident of the sighting, and my picture has been
emailed to a couple of people on the mainland to confirm this sighting.
I don't have access to the image on this computer at the moment.
[Moderator's Note: Even though no confirmation has been received as yet
about the Laughing Gull, this information has been published in the hope
that other observers may be alerted to the presence of this bird].
Ashwin Rudder
Buller's Shearwater and Long-tailed Jaeger Mistral Point,
Maroubra
Very few birds at first, but then by 6:30 a huge feeding event unfolded,
1100 Wedge-tailed Shearwaters, 1 Short-tailed Shearwater, 2 Fluttering
Shearwater, 1 Flesh-footed Shearwater and 1 Buller's Shearwater. Also
about 15 Gannets, 30-40 Pomarine and 4 Long-tailed Jaegers.
David Mitford
Eastern Osprey Bilgola Plateau, near Avalon
This afternoon a pair of Eastern Ospreys were flying relatively low over
the Angophora in the reserve, heading east. Then a single Peregrine
Falcon was gliding through the air, fairly close to the ground, swooping
gently on the wind - not at all living up to its fastest bird in the
world reputation.
Henry Coleman
Mon 11 Jan Grey Plover Towra Spit and Quibray Bay, Botany Bay
Phi Straw reports observing a Grey Plover on 26/11/09 on his monthly
counts of waders on Botany bay, and it was still being seen up to
11/1/2010. The bird roosts at high tide at Towra Spit and feeds at low
tide in Quibray Bay.
Phil Straw per Alan Morris
Caspian Tern Narrabeen Lake, estuary end to northern edge.
A single ad Caspian Tern flew south over the northern estuary outlet of
Narrabeen Lake and continued heading south around the lake shore
parallel to Wakehurst Parkway.
Alan McBride
Sun 10 Jan White-throated Nightjar Sphinx Memorial Car Park,
Ku-ring-Gai NP
1 bird seen well hawking over car park for 2-3 mins, approx 8:45pm (35
mins after sunset). Several birds heard calling from 8:25pm - they could
have been calling earlier, but calls would have been drowned out by the
cicadas! Also 1 Owlet Nightjar heard from the car park at 8:45pm and a
party of 4 Tawny Frogmouths heard and seen in trees on road down, at
about the bend before the car park. (NB - if visiting this site, park
outside the gates to the Sphinx, as they are locked at dusk).
Tom Wilson
Sat 9 Jan Superb Parrots, Musk Duck Orange
There are still Superb Parrots present at Bloomfield Park. 8 birds were
seen (5.45pm) in two groups by the creek at the south-west corner of the
park next to the car-park on Bargwanna Rd. A young Dollarbird was also
observed emerging from its nest hole. At least 4 Musk Duck were present
at nearby Lake Canobolas.
Iain Blake
White-throated Nigthjar Ulloola track, Royal National Park
3 birds heard, one photographed approx 3km from Audley at 9pm.
Richard Jackson
Fri 8 Jan Wompo Fruit-dove and Black-necked Stork Settlement Point
Ferry & Sea Acres NR Port Macquarie
There was a Black-necked Stork today in the paddock opposite the exit
from the car ferry the runs from Settlement Point to North Shore, Port
Macquarie. On the previous day (7/1), an adult Wompoo Fruit-dove was
clearly seen by a number of people in the Sea Acres Nature Reserve,
along with Spectacled & Black-faced Monarchs.
Graeme Catt & Lindy Frost
Wed 6 Jan Grey Plover Soldiers Point, Central Coast
One Grey Plover seen amongst a group of mixed Asiatic waders which
included Curlew Sandpipers, Pacific Golden Plovers, Grey-tailed
Tattlers, Red-necked Stints and Ruddy Turnstones on the Soldiers Point
rock shelf. (Moderator's Note: Grey Plovers are uncommon in this
region).
Gerard Satherley
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