Birdline ACT Weekly Update

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Published sightings for the week ending 15 Jan 2012.

Sun 15 Jan	Australian Hobby Aranda Snow Gums Nature Park For over half an hour from about 8:30, we watched an Australian Hobby near a nest containing at least one large young Hobby looking about. The adult repeatedly chased off Sulphur-crested Cockatoos which kept returning to the very tall nest tree. This was the same tree and nest we mentioned in what we now regard as a mistaken report of Peregrine Falcons on 20 November 2011. We had excellent views today: the adult's rufous breast was very evident. Rick Kuhn and Mary Gorman
Sat 14 Jan	Swamp Harrier Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Swamp Harrier (2) Male and female over the wetlands area behind the weir in The Sanctuary Frank Antram
	Pink-eared Duck, Blue-billed Duck, Baillon's Crake, Spotless Crake Fyshwick Sewage Treatment Plant Tim Robinson
	Superb Parrot Hawker Ovals About 50 with dependent young Paul Fennell
Fri 13 Jan	Australian Hobby Fyshwick Ponds Today at theFyshwick ponds a Australian Hobby hunting for small birds, Roger Williams
	Gang-gang Cockatoo Callum Brae One male, one female near Narrabundah Lane entrance, circa 7 am. Margaret Leggoe
Thu 12 Jan	Spotless Crake Fyshwick sewage treatment works Photos taken today of a Spotless Crake family. There were 2 adults and 2 chicks. Roger Williams
Wed 11 Jan	Red-capped Robin, Diamond Firetail Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve, Gungahlin Red-capped Robin (2) brown bird feeding a fledgling Diamond Firetail (6) included at least 2 juveniles Steve Holliday
	Emu Murrays Corner Grazing in small clearing 20 metres from road. We pulled over quietly but emu looked up and fled. John K. Layton
	Musk Duck Yerrabi Pond Musk Duck (1) Female Alastair Smith
	Brown Treecreeper, Southern Whiteface, Diamond Firetail Kama Nature Reserve Brown Treecreeper (3) One with bands Southern Whiteface (2) Diamond Firetail (2) on an otherwise blustery day. Alastair Smith
Tue 10 Jan	White-necked Heron Molonglo River White-necked Heron (1) Brendan Sheean
	Little Eagle Fyshwick sewage ponds A singe bird (pale morph) flying over the ponds then over the Kellys Swamp Roger Williams
Mon 9 Jan	Swamp Harrier Cnr Corin Road and Tidbinbilla Road Swamp Harrier (1) adult Alastair Smith
	Azure Kingfisher Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Azure Kingfisher observed along the creek down from the platypus viewing platform. Alastair Smith
	White-necked Heron Coree, Uriarra Road/Mountain Creek Road junction White-necked Heron (1) Alastair Smith
Sun 8 Jan	Whistling Kite Cotter Dam Whistling Kite (1) 1 seen along Cotter Rd. Brendan Sheean
	Australian Spotted Crake, Spotless Crake Fyshwick Sewage Treatment Plant Australian Spotted Crake (1) Spotless Crake (1) heard Alastair Smith
	Nankeen Night-Heron, Royal Spoonbill Kelly's Swamp & Jerrabomberra Wetland, Fyshwick Nankeen Night-Heron (3) Royal Spoonbill (3) Alastair Smith
Sun 20 Nov	Australian Hobby 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. [Moderator's comment: Originally reported as Peregrine Falcon but later corrected by observer (15/1/12).] Rick Kuhn and Mary Gorman

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