Birdline NSW Weekly Update

Birdline NSW

Published sightings for the week ending 30 Jan 2011.

Sun 30 Jan	Little Lorikeet Bundanoon One bird flew over home late-morning - my first LL for the town. Lorne Johnson
Sat 29 Jan	Whistling Kite Bobbin Head Road, Turramurra Young (very pale) bird seen very low over the house (and general district) several times over the day (and preceding day as well). Missing a few central tail feathers, causing a couple of profile issues when seen at a distance. Not popular with the local cockies... Tom Wilson
	Little Lorikeet Plumpton Public School (nr Quakers Hill) Up to 8 Little Lorikeets were amongst the small groups of Musk Lorikeets feeding in the canopy of flowering eucalypts. Musks often outnumber Rainbows at this location, but this is my first record for Littles. mark fuller
	Regent Bowerbirds, Wedge-tailed Eagle & Black Bittern Ourimbah Ck RTA Reserve & Tuggerah Wetlands Highlights of the Central Coast Group, Birding NSW outing today was 6+ Regent Bowerbirds, incuding one adut male at the Ourimbah Ck RTA Reserve, where breeding Black-faced Monarchs, 120+ White-thoated Needletails, Crested Shirke-tits and many Bul Buls were seen; at Pioneer Dairy Wetlands there was a Wedge-tailed Eagle, Peregrine, and both Tawny & Little Grasbirds; at the Sunshine Reserve 3 Black Bitterns; at Tuggerah STW, a Swamp harrier; and at Chittaway Point 2 Little Terns, 3 Whistling Kites, 4 Caspian Terns, Striated Heron, 2 White-bellied Sea-eagles and a small breeding colony of Little Egrets. 97 species in total. 33 BNSW members per Alan Morris
Fri 28 Jan	Square-tailed Kite Mannix Park, Ashcroft, nr Liverpool Good sightings of one kite seen for most of the day in small regenerating bushland corridor. Martin Filipczyk and others.
	Australian Painted Snipe Wanganella swamps, Deniliquin district Five to six Australian Painted Snipe, possibly the same birds as recorded in November when two males and a female and a nest with four eggs were recorded. Three of those eggs are thought to have hatched. Also seen today: thirty to forty Latham's Snipe, about one hundred Red-kneed Dotterels (adults and immatures), half a dozen Sharp-tailed Sandpipers, a few Glossy Ibis and fifty or so Whiskered Terns. Water level in the swamps is dropping dramatically; some Hoary-headed Grebes and terns have abandoned nests. Ibis are still hanging in there. Philip Maher
Thu 27 Jan	Double Barred Finch King Creek Road, Wauchope Two Double Barred Finch's on King Creek Road Tim Morris
	Peregrine Falcon Crewe Place Rosebery NSW One bird seen giving the feral pigeons in the old RTA building a work out.. Peter Mackey
Wed 26 Jan	White-necked Petrel, Gould's Petrel Near Ball's Pyramid, Lord Howe Island A 6 hr pelagic trip in the vicinity of Ball's Pyramid to the south of Lord Howe Island produced single White-necked and Gould's Petrels. Also seen were the local breeding species - Black-winged Petrel (~5), Kermadec Petrel (~5) and White-bellied Storm-Petrel (~30) Rohan Clarke and Jack Shick
	Diamond Dove, Brolga, Plumed Whistling-Duck, Whiskered Tern Balldale-Coreen District (north of Corowa) Two Diamond Doves recorded from Kentucky State Forest, just east of Balldale. One seen well, another heard. Nearest atlas records are at Wagga and Leeton to the north. In large series of wetlands between Balldale and Coreen, Brolga seen at two sites, one pair with a juvenile. Hundreds of Whiskered Terns over these wetlands, as well as 100+ Plumed Whistling-Ducks, some with ducklings. A lot of other birds breeding too with Black-winged Stilt, Red-kneed Dotterel and Pink-eared Duck also seen with young. Michael Ramsey and Matt Weeks
	Wood Sandpiper, Latham's Snipe Pitt Town Lagoon, NSW (approx. 55km NW of Sydney CBD) One Wood Sandpiper and Latham's Snipe seen this morning at Pitt Town Lagoon (the only migratory shore birds I have seen this season within the Hawkesbury). Also a few Chestnut-breasted Mannikins with Double-barred and Zebra Finches and quite a number of young Goldfinches with them. Edwin Vella and Tony and Stephanie Dawe
	Grey Goshawk 21 Coulters Rd; Talarm, near Bowraville Sighted a pair of White Morphs this morning around 10.30am. Have lived here for over 20 yrs & never sighted this species before. Female flying lower than male sighted at approx 30meters high (tree level), then 1 hour later in the tree tops. Possible sighting yesterday around 3pm but flying to high (300m +) and because of white plumage against light blue sky could not maintain sighting Barry Toohey & Monica Pullen
	Powerful Owl Upper Devlin's Creek Lane Cove National Park The Owl was at the fairly regualr roosting spot again near track Ian Francis
Tue 25 Jan	Pacific Golden Plover, Lesser Sand Plover Pelican Island Port Macquarie 123 Golden Plover on Hastings Bird Watchers wader count.The most Golden Plovers we have had this season, maybe it was due to the fact that this count was done on an afternoon high tide ? Other waders were Red-capped Plover, Red necked Stint, Bar-tailed Godwits ,Eastern Curlews, Whimbrels,and 2 Lesser Sand Plover. Dave Whitfield. Liz, Bryce,Bob,Sylva.
	Little Penguin Merimbula Lake, Merimbula Lone adult bird with a unusually white rump seen in Merimbula lake. The bird was loitering around the floating fish cleaning station which is located just west of the inlet/bar. Dan Weller, Amanda Smith, Michael Sams, Robert Hemsworth and Kate Butler
	Comb-crested Jacana Cattai Wetlands One adult Jacana this morning at Cattai Wetlands (which are located near Coopernook, approx 20 km north of Taree). Alan Stuart
	Noisy Pitta Harrington An immature Noisy Pitta was in the rainforest just to the north of Harrington today. I saw a movement approx 5m in from the track, and then had very good views fro at least 5 minutes. The bird did not call at all at any time during my visit there. Alan Stuart
Mon 24 Jan	Australian Painted Snipe, Latham's Snipe, Glossy Ibis Wanganella swamps, Deniliquin district One male Australian Painted Snipe in a different area to those reported breeding in late November at Wanganella swamps. Unsure if it was an adult or immature bird. Nearby were about 30 Latham's Snipe, the largest number seen for many years in this district. Also nearby were about six Sharp-tailed Sandpipers and thirty Glossy Ibis. Philip Maher
	White-throated Needletail Pacific Highway, Cowan Nine Needletails observed soaring over Cowan about 7:30pm Paul Burcher & Jackie Reifenstein
Sun 23 Jan	Pied Butcherbird Woolshed Road, Wamboin On Sunday we were driving along Woolshed Road, Wamboin, when a Pied Butcherbird flew across the road in front of us - and kept going. We had good enough views to be fully confident that it was not a Grey Butcherbird. This is my first obs of this species in the Wamboin/Bywong area (btn Canberra and Lake George). It is rare in this part of the State. David David McDonald
	Streaked Shearwater Newcastle Ocean Baths Single bird flew past the associated rockshelf in the late afternoon, quite close in, during the strong northeasterly conditions. Widely spread Wedge-tailed Shearwaters were also present. Allan Richardson
	Blue-billed Duck Corowa Sewage Ponds Three Blue-billed Ducks were observed within the western of the two ponds that front Spring Drive. Deryk Engel
	Brolga Savernake Road Wetland, west of Corowa Two adults and two young were observed foraging along the eastern bank of wetland below the existing tree canopy. The wetland is at capacity and supports a number of water birds. Deryk Engel
	Ground Cuckoo-Shrike Cudal, 30 km west of Orange 2 Ground Cuckoo-Shrikes foraging in paddock 2kms south of Cudal on the Canowindra Rd at around 4.30pm Rosemary Stapleton
Sat 22 Jan	Australian White Ibis Airport Swamp, Lord Howe Island An immature Australian White Ibis seen daily (until 28th) on the small swamp at the end of the airstrip on Lord Howe Island. The only previous record I am aware of at Lord Howe Island is a single in 1991. Also present at the swamp were 19 Mallard, 2 Black duck and 4 White-faced Herons. Rohan Clarke
	Grey Goshawk Stewart Park, Marsfield NSW Attention drawn to commotion from small flock of flying White Cockatoos. Then 3 separated revealing a single bird initially mistaken for Cockatoo. Very pale white-grey goshawk flew directly overhead - clear view - rounded wings and long square tail, extremely faint barred upper breast. Charles Allan
	Square-tailed Kite Granite Street, Port Macquarie Two juvenile Square-tailed Kites were circling over Granite Street. Presumably their nest wasn't far away, possibly from the water tank reserve? Tim Morris
	Plains Wanderers Wanganella-Deniliquin area During an organised tour on private property I observed c.8 Plains Wanderers during spotlighting at night with females and males both observed, the males having one to two young in their care. The area around Denilquin is impressive at the moment with all wetlands and rivers at capacity. The area is green and there is a large amount of food around. The birds are taking advantage of this and large numbers of young are present. Well worth a visit before the water levels drop. Deryk Engel
	Wandering Tattler Hastings Point, Far North Coast I observed 4 birds resting on the rocks on the north side of the point today. All diagnostic features including call were recorded. The birds were very relaxed & allowed themselves to be photographed quite closely. Thanks to Paul Walbridge for the site tip-off - this record was part consolation for today's cancelled Southport pelagic due to high winds & large swells, for which I had flown down from Cairns the day prior. I am unsure if these numbers of this quite uncommon species had been recorded at this site this season. Martin Cachard
Fri 21 Jan	Black Falcon 32 00S 148 20E 10' Cell Single bird seen in company with 2 Brown Falcons gliding along the Narromine - Eumungerie Road. Ivor Preston
Wed 19 Jan	Streaked Shearwater and Buller's Shearwater Mistral Point, Maroubra A Streaked Shearwater and a Buller's Shearwater seen simultaneously today. David Mitford
Fri 14 Jan	White Winged Triller, Dusky Woodswallow, Rufous Songlark Gadens Trout Hatchery, Nr Jindabyne All 3 species seen on the entrance road to the above site, plus big group of Tree Martins & Welcome Swallows and 2 Red Rumped Parrots. Tom Wilson

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