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Birdline NT
Published sightings for the week ending 23 Jan 2011.
| Wed 19 Jan
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Red-chested Button-quail
Fazaldeen Rd, Tennant Creek
Two birds flushed from roadside grass on the north side of Fazaldeen Rd on my way to the sewage ponds.
Chris Watson
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Ruff, Banded Lapwing
Alice Springs Waste Stabilisation Ponds
Ruff still present after being spotted by Chris Watson 2 days ago. This morning it was feeding with 6 Black-tailed Godwits and numerous Sharp-tailed Sandpipers in rthe unning water draining from pond EP7b near the seat and date palm; photographed (1).
Michael Green
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| Tue 18 Jan
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Short-tailed Shearwater
Stoke's Hill Wharf, Darwin Harbour
Early on last Friday evening near Stoke's Hill Wharf in Darwin Harbour a Short-tailed Shearwater was photographed both on the water and in flight (I and others have seen the shots), subsequently not seen since. Not a species one would normally expect to see in the Top End. The record will be written up and submitted to the journal, 'Northern Territory Naturalist'. [Ed note: interesting report. Nearest / most northerly Australian recorded is from Lockhart River in FNQ. Aside from that, the most northern record is from Townsville harbour. TimD.]
Pete Kyne per Paul Walbridge
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| Mon 17 Jan
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Ruff
Alice Springs Sewage Ponds
Single bird in non-breeding plumage feeding in EP7C among Black-winged Stilts, and numerous Sandpiper species. Bird eventually flew to EP7 right on sunset.
Chris Watson
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