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Published sightings for the week ending 27 Nov 2011.

Sun 27 Nov	Freckled Duck, Yellow-billed Spoonbill Kelly's Swamp & Jerrabomberra Wetland, Fyshwick Single Freckled Duck remains. Also an extraordinary afternoon/evening for heron species on Kellys Swamp with 1 White-necked Heron, 1 Great Egret, 3 Intermediate Egret, 9 Cattle Egret at least 13 Nankeen Night-Heron (Adults and juveniles). The cacophony of frog calls was probably the reason for this congregation.The spectacle concluded with a fly past by 5 Yellow-billed Spoonbills. Alastair Smith
	Pink-eared Duck, Buff-banded Rail, Baillon's Crake Fyshwick Sewage Treatment Plant 9 Pink-eared Duck pond 1 Buff-banded Rail and 3 Baillon's Crake pond 7. Alastair Smith
	Freckled Duck, Pink-eared Duck Kelly's Swamp & Jerrabomberra Wetland, Fyshwick The lone Freckled Duck still present. 1 Pink-eared Duck with Grey Teal. Frank Antram
	Pink-eared Duck Fyshwick Sewage Treatment Plant 9 Pink-eared Ducks on Pond 1 [plus 1 more over on Kellys Swamp] Frank Antram
Sat 26 Nov	Freckled Duck Kelly's Swamp & Jerrabomberra Wetland, Fyshwick Single Freckled Duck still present on main (now flooded) swamp. Alastair Smith
	Baillon's Crake, Australian Spotted Crake, Red-kneed Dotterel Fyshwick Sewage Treatment Plant On a mud-less Pond 5, 2 Red-kneed Dotterel and on Pond 7 one each of Australian Spotted Crake and Baillon's Crake. Alastair Smith
	Black Shouldered Kite Fyshwick Sewerage works Adult flying over back of the sewerage ponds/ paddocks @ 18.45 Rik Morley
Fri 25 Nov	Freckled Duck, Cattle Egret, Red-kneed Dotterel Kelly's Swamp & Jerrabomberra Wetland, Fyshwick 1 Freckled Duck on the swamp as were 2 Red-kneed Dotterel A minimum of 30 Cattle Egret on the northern paddocks. Alastair Smith
	Intermediate Egret Coranderrk Street/Parkes Way Intersection At 12:15 today an Intermediate Egret was standing on a patch of water lilies in the pond at the Coranderrk Street/Parkes Way Intersection. PJ Milburn
Thu 24 Nov	Cattle Egret Jerrabombera Wetlands A flock of 37 Cattle Egrets were seen over the cattle paddocks at lunchtime today. PJ Milburn
	Black Falcon Kelly's Swamp/Fyshwick STW At 14:03, a male Black Falcon flew in from Kingston Paddocks well above tree top height and circled firstly over Kelly's Swamp and then over the Fyshwick STW. PJ Milburn
	Royal Spoonbill, Red-kneed Dotterel, Latham's Snipe Jerrabomberra Wetlands One Royal Spoonbill on Kellys Swamp. Two Red-kneed Dotterels and five Latham's Snipe on mudflats opposite Fullica hide. Scott Ryan
Tue 22 Nov	Buff-banded Rail Lake Ginninderra near college It was fossicking around the edge of the lake. Vivien Pinder
	Black-shouldered Kite Kambah ACT Late this afternoon I observed two juvenile BSK near the interection of Mt Vernon and Kambah Pool Roads. Michael Kingsford
	Red-kneed Dotterel Jerrabomberra wetlands 2 birds on the small mud flats on Jerrabomberra creek opposite the Fulica hide Roger Williams
Mon 21 Nov	White-winged Triller Kama reserve A pair of White-winged Trillers (male&female) feeding in one of the larger eucalypts in the reserve Roger Williams
	Red-capped Robin Mulligans Flat, ACT Single Red-capped Robin (female) seen briefly in woodland amongst mixed flock of thornbills and other small birds. (Location: COG Grid LII, or approx: Lat 35°10'14.91"S, and Long 149° 9'17.63"E - from Google Earth). Flock observed for about a minute before they moved on. Robin Hide
	Azure Kingfisher Kellys Swamp Azure KF seen at 4pm today on the island to the left of Fulica hide - sitting very quietly for 20 minutes just above a small patch of water lilies. Sue Lashko
Sun 20 Nov	Peregrine Falcon Paddock south of Aranda Bushland A pair at a large stick nest in tall gum. They both chased off cockies so there may be chicks. Rick Kuhn and Mary Gorman

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