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Birdline Australia
Published sightings for the week ending 23 Jan 2011.
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Stilt Sandpiper, Ruff, Grey-tailed Tattler, Long-toed Stint and Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Treatment Plant, Victoria
Single Grey-tailed Tattler foraging with Common Greenshanks, lone Pectoral Sandpiper and Long-toed Stint all seen in Western Lagoon Pond no. 4 around 6.30am this morning. Stilt Sandpiper also at this location as previously reported, but very flighty and staying close to large groups of Red-necked Stints. Ruff seen out on the Spit.
Dan Weller, Simon Scott, Warren Tomlinson and Clio Gates Foale
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| Wed 19 Jan
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HODGSON’S HAWK-CUCKOO, EUROPEAN ROLLER
Cocos (Keeling) Islands , Cocos-Keeling Islands
See below a summary of a trip report listing the birds seen on Cocos (Keeling) Islands Birds observed 28 Dec 2010 to 4 Jan 2011 (issued 18 January 2011). Visit by Mike Carter, David James, Ian McAllan, Frank O’Connor, Tony Palliser & Tom Smith. [For full report see further information link below.]
EURASIAN TEAL; YELLOW BITTERN; CINNAMON BITTERN;
WESTERN REEF EGRET;
EURASIAN HOBBY;
PEREGRINE FALCON (sub sp?) 1 large bird on Horsburgh Is on 2 Jan had dense dark streaking below and broad moustachial. 1st record for Cocos;
CHINESE SPARROWHAWK;
JAPANESE SPARROWHAWK;
UNIDENTIFIED [raptor] Distant pale bird with dark wing tips & distinctive flight (wing beats with high up-sweep & deep down-sweep) seen by all but MC photographed flying away to N on West Is on 2 Jan;
WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN 50+;
WATERCOCK;
PIN-TAILED SNIPE;
SAUNDERS'S TERN; LARGE HAWK-CUCKOO (3rd Australian record); HODGSON’S HAWK-CUCKOO *MC West Is: directed to dead bird at Quarantine Stn on 28 Dec that was found on 26 Dec presumably having hit a window. Specimen examined & stored in freezer there. 1 at Quarantine Stn on 1 Jan & possibles at S end on 2 Jan & on east side of airstrip on 3 Jan. 1 at Oceania House on Home Is on 30-31 Dec. NEW FOR AUSTRALIA; EUROPEAN ROLLER *TP 1 on Horsburgh Is on 2 Jan. NEW FOR AUSTRALIA; BARN SWALLOW.
Mike Carter et al per Tim Dolby
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| Tue 18 Jan
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Javan Pond Heron
Kununurra, Western Australia
BARC has received a submission with photos from Matt Barrett & John Kirby of
a Javan Pond Heron in breeding plumage seen on 13 January 2011, 19 km N of
Kununurra, WA at 15 deg 36'10"S 128 deg 58'47"E. I will need to check but I
believe this to be about the 4th Australian report, 2nd mainland record &
1st WA record. I have no later news.
Matt Barrett & John Kirby per Mike Carter
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Short-tailed Shearwater
Stoke's Hill Wharf, Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory
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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Wandering Whistling-Duck
Nerrin Nerrin station, Victoria
Single bird at edge of floodwaters, 2 km north-east of Nerrin Nerrin along Woorndoo-Streatham Road. Also seen the following morning Tuesday 18th (Rob Farnes, P S Lansley). Not found Wed. 19th 16:30-16:40.
P S Lansley
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Ruff
Alice Springs Sewage Ponds, Northern Territory
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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| Sun 16 Jan
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Pied Heron
Macquarie Marshes, NW NSW, New South Wales
A group of 8 Pied Herons are reported to be nesting on private property in the Macquarie Marshes, adjacent to the Macquarie Marshes NR. This is the second occasion that these birds have nested in NSW and in the Macquarie Marshes, the previous occasion was in Jan-Feb 2001 when 21 pairs nested on two properties.
Alan Morris
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