The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period
Monday, April 18, 2011 to Sunday, April 24, 2011:
Area: SA
Date: Sunday, March 20, 2011
Location: Vivonne Bay, Kangaroo Island
White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis) (1) beach derelict
Fluttering Shearwater (Puffinus gavia) (2) beach derelicts
Hooded Plover (Charadrius rubricollis) (15) 13 x adults; 2 x immature
Reported by: Chris Baxter on Tuesday, April 19, 2011
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Date: Monday, April 4, 2011
Location: Vivonne Bay, Kangaroo Island
Great-winged Petrel (Pterodroma macroptera) (1) beach-derelict
Fluttering Shearwater (Puffinus gavia) (2) beach derelicts
Reported by: Chris Baxter on Tuesday, April 19, 2011
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Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Location: Flour Cask Bay, Kangaroo Island
White-headed Petrel (Pterodroma lessonii) (1) beach-derelict
Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) (1) reasonably fresh
beach-derelict
Hooded Plover (Charadrius rubricollis) (4) 2 x adult pairs
Reported by: Chris Baxter on Tuesday, April 19, 2011
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Date: Saturday, April 16, 2011
Location: 'Kindaruar Lagoon'. Junction of Kindaruar Road and Clayton Milang Rd,
mid way between Clayton and Milang.
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) (6) First Whiskered Terns we have seen in
the Goolwa/Lakes for a long time.
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) (20) Another species that we have
not seen in this area for a while.
Reported by: Bob and Maureen Snell on Friday, April 22, 2011
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Date: Sunday, April 17, 2011
Location: Cape Rouge, Kangaroo Island
Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus) (25) roosting in seaweed on beach
at high tide
Red Knot (Calidris canutus) (6) two birds in full breeding plumage-roost on
beach with small number of other migratory waders
Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris) (4) basic plumage
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) (1) basic plumage
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1) basic plumage
Eastern Reef Egret (Egretta sacra) (1) roosting with white-faced Herons and
Oystercatcher spp.
White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) (2) third year plumage-not
fully adult
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) (5) non-breeding plumage
Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) (100) several with partial breeding
plumage
Hooded Plover (Charadrius rubricollis) (1) adult
Reported by: Chris Baxter on Tuesday, April 19, 2011
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Date: Monday, April 18, 2011
Location: Bungala River,Normanville
Brown Quail (Coturnix ypsilophora) (1) One calling from Veldt Grass/sedges on
the banks of the river.
Reported by: Nathaniel Doecke on Monday, April 18, 2011
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Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Location: St Hallett Winery, Tanunda
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx basalis) (1) Perched in large gum at
the edge of the winery tank farm for around 4 hours, calling constantly before
moving on.
Reported by: Chris Steeles on Tuesday, April 19, 2011
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Date: Thursday, April 21, 2011
Location: Thompson's Beach
Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus) (20) on the first saltpan
Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii) (2) In amongst the lesser
sandplovers. Also present some Red-capped Plovers
Reported by: Peter Waanders on Saturday, April 23, 2011
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Date: Friday, April 22, 2011
Location: Laratinga wetlands, Mt Barker
Spotless Crake (Porzana tabuensis) (4) 2 in 1st pond, 2 in last pond.
Reported by: Peter Waanders on Saturday, April 23, 2011
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Date: Friday, April 22, 2011
Location: Point Sturt
Spotted Nightjar (Eurostopodus argus) (1) Disturbed from roost under a young
Mallee Box tree.This is my 2nd local sighting of the species (the first was in
March 2005)
Reported by: Nathaniel Doecke on Friday, April 22, 2011
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Date: Friday, April 22, 2011
Location: Hindmarsh Island - Murray Mouth carpark
Rock Parrot (Neophema petrophila) (9) 9 birds seen, foraging in the dunes.
Reported by: Peter Waanders on Saturday, April 23, 2011
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Date: Friday, April 22, 2011
Location: Laratinga wetlands, Mt Barker
Spotless Crake (Porzana tabuensis) (4) 2 in 1st pond, 2 in last pond.
Reported by: Peter Waanders on Saturday, April 23, 2011
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Date: Saturday, April 23, 2011
Location: Torrens Lake, near Morphett St Bridge, City
Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae) (1) A single bird drying wings unusual here
Reported by: David Kowalick on Saturday, April 23, 2011
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Date: Saturday, April 23, 2011
Location: Greenfields Wetlands - near Watershed Trails Entrance
Brown Quail (Coturnix ypsilophora) (5) 5 (or more) seen multiple times over 20
minutes. Exact location - Enter the locked gate to the trails (electronic pass
available from Watershed Cafe), cross the first wooden bridge, turn immediately
right and watch through the locked gate onto the management track. The birds
were making brief feeding forays onto the track and then disappearing on either
side before reappearing a few minutes later. A few calls heard.
PS If anyone has recent sightings of Barbary Dove, please email me at
Reported by: Grant Penrhyn on Saturday, April 23, 2011
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Date: Saturday, April 23, 2011
Location: Gluepot Reserve
Red-lored Whistler (Pachycephala rufogularis) (4) 2 sightings at 2 different
places. The first one involved a fully uncoloured individual, a partly coloured
singing individual and a fully coloured singing male. The second sighting, some
10 km away from the 1st site, was of a fully coloured, singing male.
Black-eared Miner (Manorina melanotis) (10) Flock of 10 or more hybrids and
Black-eared Miners along track 8
Striated Grasswren (Amytornis striatus) (2) A pair performing very well.
Other nice birds seen today included White-browed Treecreeper, Gilbert's
Whistler, Shy Heathwren, Chestnut Quail-thrush, Southern Scrubrobin,
White-eared Honeyeater and large flocks of Masked and White-browed Woodswallows.
Reported by: Peter Waanders on Saturday, April 23, 2011
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Date: Sunday, April 24, 2011
Location: Sandy Creek Conservation Park
Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza uropygialis) (1) Single bird (possibly
another) seen well feeding in mixed flock with Yellow-rumped and Buff-rumped
Thornbills.
Reported by: Michael Wood on Sunday, April 24, 2011
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