Birdline NT
Published sightings for the week ending 7 Nov 2010.
Fri 5 Nov
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Black-tailed Godwit
Alice Springs Waste Water Treatment Plant
4 birds in EP7a
Chris Watson
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Grey Falcon
9kms north of Alice Springs on Stuart highway.
Just beyond the rail overpass, at first light, two good views and one at a distance. Only a single bird seen and no calling.
Chris Watson & Steve Potter
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Tue 2 Nov
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Gouldian Finch
Copperfield Dam
Large flock (over 50, closer to 70) moving through area and perching for about 2 minutes in various tres. Photo will be available.
Mick Jerram
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Sat 30 Oct
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Black-winged Stilt (with leg flag)
Tennant Creek Sewage Ponds
Adult Black-winged Stilt with an orange leg flag on the right leg and metal band on the left leg.
Chris Watson
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Golden-headed Cisticola
Tennant Creek Sewage Ponds
In the thick scrub beside the main entry to the site. Sitting up in plain view atop spinifex and other small shrubbery. Very vocal, 3 birds seen in total, but many more heard.
Chris Watson
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Wed 20 Oct
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Pheasant Coucal
Macdonnell Ranges
Bird calling from open in roadside dead tree on Namatjira Drive, approx 2 km West of junction with Larapinta Drive.
David Redhead
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Sun 3 Oct
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Nankeen Night-Heron and Black-fronted Dotterel
Angas Downs Indigenous Protected Area
Night-Heron viewed sitting then flying from Red Bank Dam (ephemeral) on Angas Downs Indigenous Protected Area (Lasseter Highway and Luritja Road). Black-fronted Dotteral, possibly juvenile also seen at the time.
Jennifer Smits and Geoff Kay
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