The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period
Monday, November 29, 2010 to Sunday, December 5, 2010:
Area: SA
Date: Sunday, November 28, 2010
Location: On our Rockleigh property, in the remnant scrub
Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) (1) A single bird was sitting in a
Eucalyptus porosa with a very large dragon fly in its bill. This is the first
sighting on our property.
Reported by: Barbara and Peter Bansemer on Monday, November 29, 2010
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Date: Monday, November 29, 2010
Location: Greenfields Wetlands
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) (1) Single bird feeding alone on
small mudflat
Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) (1) Single bird feeding alone in small
bushes near waters edge
Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus) (7) 3 adults and 4 juveniles
flushed at north eastern corner of walking track. Flew south, didn't see if
they turned around and returned or not.
07:00 - 08:00
Not much in the way of waders due to high water levels, plenty of Pied Stilts
though.
Also saw a possible Peregrine Falcon or Australian Hobby (only seen from behind
at a fair distance) sitting on powerline above bird hide.
Reported by: Michael Greenshields on Monday, November 29, 2010
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Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Location: Lower Murray Lakes and Coorong
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) (5000) Approximately 5,000 Great
Cormorants in one mob both flying and congregating in a tight group on the edge
of Lake Alexandrina on the Wellington Road adjacent Boggy Lake. They all flew
off in one mass towards the centre of the lake.
Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides) (10000) The lower lakes and the
Coorong have large numbers of Australian Shelduck. A big mob of 3,000 was seen
on the Narung Road west of Lake Albert resting in paddocks. A further 7,000
were also seen from McFaydens Point at Salt Creek and south down the Coorong.
The lower lakes and Coorong are more or less full. More details and photos can
be seen on my blog "Top Birds and Everyfing" below.
Reported by: Chris Shaw on Wednesday, December 1, 2010
More Information: More Information...
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Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Location: North Adelaide near Aquatic Centre
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus) (5) These have been
around for some days in the parklands to the east and west of the Centre.
Reported by: David Cox on Tuesday, November 30, 2010
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Date: Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Location: Sir Richard Peninsula
Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva) (1) 24 counted on small
samphire-covered mud island opposite Murray Mouth Road. Probably more concealed
by vegetation.
Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) (1) Four in nonbreeding plumage
opposite Mills Road.
The most prolific of the migratory waders were >1000 red-necked stints,
concentrated around the mud islands near Chapel Road. No sharp-tailed or Curlew
sandpipers were seen. Bar-tailed godwits (total <20), and greenshanks (total
<15) were widely scattered in singles or small groups of <8. Two Eastern
curlews, one limping badly, were feeding on a mud island, near Chapel Road. Two
pied and 3 black-faced cormorants were observed amid abundant little black and
great cormorants. Approximately 10 fairy terns in singles or pairs from Beacon
19 to the Murray Mouth.
Reported by: Jeff Philcox on Saturday, December 4, 2010
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Date: Sunday, December 5, 2010
Location: Dry Creek salt fields
Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) (6) Six birds flew in from the west
settling on mudflats about 100m west of western track.
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) (1) One , possibly two (rain and poor visibility)
seen with Curlews
Reported by: William Brooker on Sunday, December 5, 2010
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