Birdline ACT Weekly Update

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Published sightings for the week ending 23 Oct 2011.

Sun 23 Oct	Rainbow Bee-eater, Peaceful Dove Molongolo upstream from Murrumbidgee Between 8:00 and 10:00 following in Michael Kingford's tracks, saw Rainbow Bee-eaters in several places along the Murrumbidgee and Molongolo, near their confluence and towards Uriarra Crossing. Also saw and heard a Peaceful Dove near the plank bridge over the Molongolo. Rick Kuhn and Mary Gorman
	Buff-banded Rail Macgregor Single bird on Ginninderra creek just north of the suspension bridge near the school. Peter Christian
	Satin Flycatcher Umbagong Park, Latham Pair by the climbing tower 9.30 this morning. Peter Christian
Sat 22 Oct	Rainbow Bee-eater Woodstock Nature Reserve I observed six Rainbow Bee-eaters hawking for insects and paying some attention to each other on the Uriarra Loop this afternoon. They were right down on the Molonglo just before it joins the Murrumbidgee. Michael Kingsford
	Rainbow Lorikeet Macquarie Oval 10 Rainbow Lorikeets - highest number I've ever recorded at this locality. Also 3 Superb Parrots. Frank Antram
Fri 21 Oct	Superb Parrot Cook suburb, ACT Half a dozen superb parrots feeding in the eucs behing the parkcare noticeboard off Booth cr at around 0730 this morning. Ben Walmsley
Thu 20 Oct	Painted Button-quail The track to Booroomba rocks car park The bird was happy for me to takes photos from the car while he foraged along the road next to the car Roger Williams
Wed 19 Oct	White-bellied Sea Eagle Mt Stromlo Forest Park Juvenile WBSE flew sedately over at low level being harassed by a few magpies. Was heading from the Lake towards Mt Stromlo. Michael Kingsford
	White-winged Triller Kama reserve I could only see a single bird, quite high in a eucalypt Roger Williams
Tue 18 Oct	Intermediate Egret, Cattle Egret, Great Egret Kelly's Swamp & Jerrabomberra Wetland, Fyshwick A red-letter day for herons with 1 Great Egret, 1 Intermediate Egret, 4 White-faced Heron, 3 Cattle Egret 1 Nankeen Night-Heron (1) Juvenile ...and 3 Australian Painted Snipe Alastair Smith
	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Fyshwick Sewage Treatment Plant Six Sharp-tailed Sandpipers on pond 5 this morning. Alastair Smith
	Satin Flycatcher Pinnacle Nature reserve Apart from the usuals, the Pinnacle threw up a brilliant male Satin Flycatcher, on his way to the ranges, no doubt. B Allen
	Crested Shrike-tit, Brown Quail Lake Ginninderra peninsula Lake Ginninderra peninsula treated me with some of its regulars which you can’t be guaranteed to see: a pair of Crested Shrike-tit; two Brown Quail; and at least one Golden-headed Cisticola. B Allen
	Buff-banded Rail Ginninderra Creek, Giralang. Down stream of Giralang pond. A single bird, foraging in the reed beds Duncan McCaskill
Mon 17 Oct	Plumed Whistling-Duck New artificial ponds, Hawdon St , Dickson 28 in cohesive flock Geoffrey Dabb
	Stubble Quail Dunlop Flushed Stubble Quail in paddock between west Belconnen pond and Fassifern pond. At least three spotted. Scott Ryan
	Pink-eared Duck Fyshwick STW At around 13:00 a single Pink-eared Duck at the Fyshwyck sewage works. This is the first I have seen this calendar year. Also 3 juvenile Sharp-tailed Sandpipers. PJ Milburn
	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Jerrabomberra Wetlands At around 13:00, 2 juvenile Sharp-tailed Sandpipers at Kelly's Swamp on the mud opposite the Cygnus Hide. [Also 3 juvenile Sharp-tailed Sandpipers on the sewage pond.] PJ Milburn
	Latham's Snipe West Belconnen Pond, Dunlop, ACT A single bird feeding on the mud that has been exposed by the falling water level. Stephen Wallace

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