Birdline South Australia Weekly Update

Birdline South Australia

Published sightings for the week ending 18 Sep 2011.

Thu 15 Sep	Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (Acanthagenys rufogularis) Dublin Township Two astounding observations of Spiny-cheeked Honeyeaters swooping on and chasing a wild rabbit around my back garden! The first one was about a month ago in the middle of the afternoon; I watched as a Spiney Cheek swooped down and chased a wild, fully grown rabbit 3 or 4 times around my rear garden. This morning (about 9am) two Spiny-cheeked Honeyeaters, in perfect unison, swooped down from an Eremophila and chased a totally intimidated, full grown rabbit across the back garden, again having several goes at him until it found the safety of shrubs along the back fenceline. A second rabbit near where the first got swooped cowered quietly as the birds chased the other one around, and didn't move a muscle until it was finally safe to head for the safety of the shrubs at the rear too. Totally amazing. I assume it's a territorial thing for the Spiny-cheeked Honeyeaters? How did I get so lucky as to see that, twice! Rita Diehl
Wed 14 Sep	Scarlet-chested Parrot; Yellow Rosella Gluepot Gypsum Lunette Walk 3 SCP's flying over, fast; 1 Crimson (Yellow) Rosella, unusual sighting some 50km away from the river Murray. Not on Gluepot birdlist. Peter Waanders
	Brown Quail (2), Horsfields Bronze-Cuckoo (6), Crested Shrike-tit (2), Diamond Firetail (2) Altona Landcare Reserve Altona is proving a magnet for different species of Quail at the moment! After getting excellent views of a pair of Painted Button-Quails a few weeks ago, today it was a pair of Brown Quail! These two were calling in some low, regenerating (after fire) growth. Imitating their call, both birds approached to about 2m away but stuck fairly close to cover. Good views were obtained but poor photographs, as they are pretty quick! Horsfields Bronze-Cuckoo's are also here in force at the moment, with 6 different birds either seen or heard throughout the reserve. Crested Shrike-tits were in their usual area in middle of reserve and a pair of Diamond Firetails near the entrance. Chris Steeles
Sun 11 Sep	Scarlet-chested Parrot; Black Honeyeater Gluepot Gypsum Lunette Walk 2 brilliant male SCP's feeding at approx 5 m distance from the observers. Plenty of Black Honeyeaters around. Peter Waanders
Mon 5 Sep	Letter winged kite Strezlecki track 9 birds roosting in tree next to road about 30 km south Strezlecki Crossing. at least one juvenile in group. Janet Chapman
	Eyrean grasswren montecollina Bore, Strezlecki Track pair seen in low white sand dunes on right of track into campsite about 100m from main road. Janet Chapman
	Red-backed Kingfisher Gypsum - Lunette Walk, Gluepot Reserve Down the Lunette Road -on south side- being followed by lots of smaller birds. Samantha Greiner
Sun 4 Sep	Banded Whiteface bollard's lagoon station 2 birds seen on track off to north of main Cameron's Corner - Merty Merty Rd about 33 km west of Cameron's Corner. on private land - please ask for permission from Bollard's Lagoon Station Janet Chapman
Fri 2 Sep	Black Honeyeater Gypsum Lunette Walk, Gluepot Reserve Delicate, small spinebill honeyeater in black & white plumage, being harassed by White-fronted Honeyeater. Found in mallee gums on hill down Lunette Road. Samantha Greiner
Thu 1 Sep	Black-eared Miner (2), Masked Woodswallow, White-browed Woodswallow Gypsum - Lunette Walk, Gluepot Reserve Black-eared Miner (2) in trees on first lunette. Small mixed group of Masked Woodswallow & White-browed Woodswallow did couple of laps over the car park. Possible first flock for season. Samantha Greiner
Mon 29 Aug	Striated Grasswren Babbler Camp -South Walk, Gluepot Reserve Striated Grasswren were seen in the first area of Triodia at the start of the walk. Samantha Greiner

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