The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period
Monday, February 21, 2011 to Sunday, February 27, 2011:
Area: SA
Date: Sunday, February 20, 2011
Location: Butchers Gap C.P. Kingston
Beautiful Firetail (Stagonopleura bella) (2) One adult and one Immature with
large group of mixed Thornbills and Silvereyes, also good numbers of Brown
Quail in park.
Reported by: William Brooker on Tuesday, February 22, 2011
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Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Location: Winter Track Waterfall Gully
Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus) (7) 5 - 7 making forays from a dead
tree for abundant flying insects on a perfect evening
Reported by: Les Woods on Thursday, February 24, 2011
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Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Location: Sturt Hwy, Greenock
Black Falcon (Falco subniger) (1) Driving along the Sturt Hwy I noticed a
couple of tight bunched Starling flocks wheeling around looking serious, I
pulled over to find a lone Black Falcon splitting the sizable flock (300+)
about a hundred metres up directly above Greenock.
Reported by: Chris Steeles on Wednesday, February 23, 2011
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Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Location: Corny Point Road, Yorke Peninsula
Spotted Harrier (Circus assimilis) (2) Pair Spotted Harrier comfortably perched
along a fence line north of the road. Were observed for 15 minutes or more and
were happy to sit undisturbed while I was there.
Reported by: Graham Crooks on Saturday, February 26, 2011
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Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Location: Sturt Bay Beach, Yorke Peninsula
Hooded Plover (Charadrius rubricollis) (2) Pair of Hooded Plover on the beach
east of the Sturt Bay road.
Reported by: Graham Crooks on Saturday, February 26, 2011
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Date: Friday, February 25, 2011
Location: Stockyard Creek, Owen
Spotted Harrier (Circus assimilis) (1)
Horsfield's Bushlark (Mirafra javanica) (10-15)
Found a single Spotted Harrier whilst spotlighting in the middle of large
cereal crop stubble at 10.30pm in the evening. Unsure if the bird was roosting
on the ground (if so easy fox prey I would have thought?) or hunting under the
cover of darkness; never heard of them hunting in the middle of the night but
maybe they do? Also many Stubble Quail flushed, as were around 10 - 15 Singing
(Horsfield's) Bushlarks and a few Australasian Pipits
Reported by: Chris Steeles on Saturday, February 26, 2011
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Date: Saturday, February 26, 2011
Location: Dry Crk Salt Fields
Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) (3) 3 Birds just off western track.
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) (1) 1 bird with 3 Curlews
Of the more than 200 Curlew Sandpipers I counted, one really stood out ,
extremely coloured up in breeding plumage, very red. Flock of 100 Banded Stilt,
30+ Grey Plover, 1000+ Red necked Stints no Sharpies seen anywhere.
Reported by: William Brooker on Saturday, February 26, 2011
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Date: Sunday, February 27, 2011
Location: Stockyard Creek, Owen
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) (2) A pair found sitting on powerpoles in
an area it's more usual to find Black & Brown Falcons!
Reported by: Chris Steeles on Sunday, February 27, 2011
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