The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period
Monday, January 24, 2011 to Sunday, January 30, 2011:
Area: SA
Date: Saturday, January 22, 2011
Location: Port Arthur, Northern Yorke Peninsular.
Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) (38)
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) (40)
Noticed the Eastern Curlew flying towards us but they noticed us so flew around
a number of times. Gave Kay and myself a chance to count them. Don't think
they liked the look of us near their favorite roost area at high tide, they
eventually landed behind the Mangroves a few hundred meters south of the car
park.
The Common Greenshank seemed happy to stay but the EC spooked them, another
chance to count the numbers, they quickly settled back near the car park.
Reported by: Teresa Jack on Monday, January 24, 2011
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Date: Saturday, January 22, 2011
Location: Sturt Hwy just N of Gawler
Black Falcon (Falco subniger) (1) flying by at close range. Earlier today a
Hobby at the airport.
Reported by: Peter Waanders on Monday, January 24, 2011
More Information: More Information...
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Date: Monday, January 24, 2011
Location: Greenfield Wetlands, Magazine Road.
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) (2) I didn't see Michael Woods report
until I got home but there are two exactly as he reported with 8 Sharp tailed
Sandpipers at the northern end of the bird hide pool. Patience is needed as
they skulk in the dry flooded clumps of vegetation.
Also saw the Marsh Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank and about 6 Wood Sandpipers.
Unsatisfactory views of small crake twice and also saw a black chick as
described by him.
Reported by: Jeffrey Crocker on Monday, January 24, 2011
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Date: Monday, January 24, 2011
Location: Greenfields Wetland, Dry Creek
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) (1) Distinctively barred neck and
chest, finishing in definite line on lower chest; pale-yellowish base to bill,
and; no flare behind eye as per Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. Skulking with sharpies
in vegetation immediately west of birdhide. All waders appeared very watchful.
Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla) (2) Two chicks seen on edge of reeds, both
with pale-yellow bills
Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) (1) Single bird across from birdhide. My
first sighting of the species here for the new year.
White-winged Fairy-wren (Malurus leucopterus) (4) Four brown birds seen making
their way from shrub to shrub on embankment of northern end of loop trail.
Appeared very wary. First time I have seen them in this section of the wetlands.
Water levels are now starting to look good for waders. More and more mudflats
are starting to be exposed.
Thanks to Martyn Price for first posting the report of the Pectoral Sandpiper.
Reported by: Michael Wood on Monday, January 24, 2011
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Date: Monday, January 24, 2011
Location: West Island Encounter Bay
Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia) (154) Trip to island with DEH Birds were breeding
on the top South west of Island. eggs,chicks and breeding adults were counted.
Crested Tern (Sterna bergii) (1030) Birds were breeding in two colonies on the
lower south east of Island. We counted all eggs,chicks and breeding pairs.
White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) (1) Bird was disturbed from a
rooste close to the Tern colonies
Reported by: Winston Syson on Tuesday, January 25, 2011
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Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Location: Milang Snipe Wetland
Latham's Snipe (Gallinago hardwickii) (4) 4 birds flushed in the wetland -
viewed from the bird hide
Australian Pratincole (Stiltia isabella) (3) Seen at 1655 hours near first
entrance gate going into Tolderol - usual area where they are seen. No water
has been pumped into the wetlands, and the elevated hide has gone.
Reported by: Chris Thomas on Wednesday, January 26, 2011
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Date: Saturday, January 29, 2011
Location: Mallala / Redbanks area
Stubble Quail (Coturnix pectoralis) (500+) 100's of Stubble Quails flushed as
we drove around recently harvested cereal paddocks in an area of about 5000
acres.
Little Button-quail (Turnix velox) (20+) Also flushed from the same general
area. Conservative estimation of numbers.
Barn Owl (Tyto alba) (2) Surprised to only find two, considering the large
numbers of mice seen throughout the paddocks.
Spotlighted from 21.30 through to around 00.30, vast numbers of Stubble Quail
like I haven't seen in these areas before! This time of the year we will
normally flush 3-8 Quails in a paddock of about 200 acres, this trip we were
flushing 20 - 50 in the equivelent area! plus a few Little Button-quails were
flushing occasionally as well!!
Reported by: Chris Steeles on Sunday, January 30, 2011
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Date: Sunday, January 30, 2011
Location: Laratinga Wetlands, Mount Barker.
Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) (1) Heard and then a single bird seen with
Tree Martins high over trees bordering NW bank of Pond 8. Later heard over
picnic area.
Latham's Snipe (Gallinago hardwickii) (1) One bird seen in SW corner of Pond 10.
Reported by: Bob Snell on Sunday, January 30, 2011
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Date: Sunday, January 30, 2011
Location: "Waldon", 5km east of Owen
Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) (1)
1st sighting for the year. Landed in a sugar gum outside our kitchen window.
Reported by: Michael Warnes on Sunday, January 30, 2011
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