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Birdpedia - Australia - Weekly Digest

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Subject: Birdpedia - Australia - Weekly Digest
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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:05:03 +1030
The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period 
Monday, January 10, 2011 to Sunday, January 16, 2011:

Area: SA

Date: Friday, December 24, 2010

Location: Pengilly Scrub, Roseworthy

Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus) (~4+) was pleased to see several Brown 
Treecreepers utilising this isolated patch of remnant native vegetation in an 
otherwise sea of agricultural land.  Other species of interest observed 
included many Elegant Parrots, 2 Brown Falcons with one juvenile, White-browed 
and Dusky Woodswallows.

Reported by: Amanda Pearce on Thursday, January 13, 2011

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Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Location: Greenfields Wetlands, Magazine Road

Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta) (2) Two birds huddled together beyond the 
pond in front of the bird hide.

Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) (1) A single bird associating with a 
group of Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) at the back of the pond in 
front of the bird hide.

Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla) (1) Observed flying into reeds in front of 
the western embankment.

The water level is slowly falling in the pond in front of the bird hide 
exposing some muddy areas. See field trip report for full details.

Reported by: Martyn Price on Wednesday, January 12, 2011

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Date: Thursday, January 13, 2011

Location: Dry Creek Saltfields, St Kilda

Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) (1) Observed associating with several Sharp-tailed 
Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) on the wet areas opposite the spit (near the 
double bridges). Location is in area D6 (see Reserve Map), on the western side 
of the track.

Observed on the Birds SA field trip - see the field trip report for full 
details of species seen. The continuous rain may make access to the saltfields 
difficult over the next day or two. Several observers suggest there may be two.

Reported by: Martyn Price on Thursday, January 13, 2011

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Date: Saturday, January 15, 2011

Location: The Bluff, Encounter Bay

Cape Barren Goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) (27) Flock following coastline 
near dark and heading west past The Bluff at Encounter Bay . . . NB unusual 
movement at this time of year, flocks from Murray estuary islands usually seen 
or heard after dark heading west in April-May to breeding sites on the Sir 
Joseph Bank Group of Islands etc.

Reported by: Terry Dennis on Sunday, January 16, 2011

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