The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period
Monday, July 18, 2011 to Sunday, July 24, 2011:
Area: SA
Date: Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Location: Reynella East 5161
Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis) (1) Single bird seen at creek
crossing , the following day found headless body of bird.
Reported by: William Brooker on Friday, July 22, 2011
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Date: Sunday, July 17, 2011
Location: Elder Park, Adelaide
Southern Boobook (Ninox boobook) (1) On the fence on the southern shore of the
Torrens Lake, only a few metres west of the King William Road bridge. We were
able to sit and watch from a bench only 5m away for at least ten minutes;
another couple even walked between us and the owl. Eventually it took a couple
of short flights along the fenceline then disappeared across the lake.
Reported by: Kevin Stracey on Friday, July 22, 2011
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Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Location: Goolwa Barrage
Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis) (1) Entering sand dunes after
crossing road to 19th Beacon from area of 'Barrage Island'.
Reported by: Bob and Maureen Snell on Saturday, July 23, 2011
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Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Location: Strzelecki track
Banded Whiteface (Aphelocephala nigricincta) (7) A 3-whiteface day: 2
Chestnut-breasted at Mt Lyndhurst, 7 Banded Whiteface (actively foraging) in
the white sand dunes (photos see link below), and 2 Southern Whiteface at one
of the many creek crossings.
Thick-billed Grasswren (Amytornis textilis) (6) Mt Lyndhurst. Also Rufous
Fieldwren present.
Letter-winged Kite (Elanus scriptus) (2) One adult and one immature
Letter-winged Kite observed at nest site. Photos see link below.
Reported by: Peter Waanders on Friday, July 22, 2011
More Information: More Information...
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Date: Thursday, July 21, 2011
Location: Old Princes Highway, Blakiston
Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis) (1) One freshly dead on roadside.
I guess this proves that Road and Rail don't mix !!! Sorry about that !!
Reported by: John Fennell on Friday, July 22, 2011
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Date: Friday, July 22, 2011
Location: Angas River, Strathalbyn
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis) (2) 2 were foraging in River
Red and SA Blue Gums along the Angas River,adjacent to the Langhorne Creek
Road. A pair of Crested Shrike Tits were also in the area.
Reported by: Nathaniel Doecke on Saturday, July 23, 2011
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Date: Friday, July 22, 2011
Location: Aldinga Washpool.
Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis) (1) Seen crossing the road today
but along the southern water line on a previous day.
Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops) (6) Seemed to prefer the roadside
today, flew each time a car came by and then landed back on the road again.
Australian Spotted Crake (Porzana fluminea) (3) Seen feeding along the edges of
reeds, each side of the road. One photographed swimming from one clump of
reeds to another.
The Washpool is very full of water and draining out to sea. Good bird variety
there but only large numbers of Duck and Starlings.
Reported by: Teresa Jack on Saturday, July 23, 2011
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Date: Saturday, July 23, 2011
Location: Gluepot Reserve, near Taylorville Station
Scarlet-chested Parrot (Neophema splendida) (2) a pair, checking nest hollows
Reported by: Helga Kieskamp on Saturday, July 23, 2011
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Date: Saturday, July 23, 2011
Location: Port Germain Gorge western end sFR
Rufous Songlark (Cincloramphus mathewsi) (1) Somewhat unusual at this time of
year. Seen & heard in the little park at the junction of Port Germain Road and
the unsealed road which heads towards Tellowie Gorge.
Observers Jane White & Alan Jamieson
Reported by: Alan Jamieson on Sunday, July 24, 2011
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Date: Sunday, July 24, 2011
Location: Milang
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) (12) A group of 12 Cattle Egret feeding in the
Milang Snipe Reserve. The only other birds present were one Black-winged Stilt
and one Masked Lapwing.
Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia) (3) Three Royal Spoonbill, together with three
Great Egret, three Little Pied Cormorant and one White-faced Heron in dead tree
on island opposite shacks in Milang Bay.
Reported by: Bob and Maureen Snell on Sunday, July 24, 2011
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