Birdline ACT Weekly Update

Birdline ACT

Published sightings for the week ending 19 Feb 2012.

Sun 19 Feb	White-throated Needletail Hughes 10 WTNT hawking low over suburb around 19:00 John Leonard
	Brown Quail Fraser near the site of old Charnwood homestead One bird calling just on dark. Stephen Wallace
	Spotted Harrier, White-throated Needletail Stony Creek Nature Reserve A single Spotted Harrier and about 50 White-throated Needletails observed this morning. Alastair Smith, Frank Antram
Sat 18 Feb	Rufous Fantail Australian National Botanic Gardens Two sighted in Northern Rainforest Gully Robin Eckermann
	White-throated Needletail, Brown Treecreeper Riverview, Cotter Rd White-throated Needletail (at least 300-500) circling as a flock in a thermal and then darting across the sky in smaller groups. Watched for about 30 minutes and looked hard for Fork-tailed Swifts but none observed. Also 2 Brown Treecreepers heard. Alastair Smith
Thu 16 Feb	Australian Koel Antill St Watson/Hackett ACT A Koel chick has fledged today from its nest on Antill St, Watson/Hackett. Parent wattlebirds are busy feeding as well as fending off other wattlebirds. Koel summer population has increased in Canberra for some years and several breeding events have now been recorded. Yarden Oren
Wed 15 Feb	White-throated Needletail Kambah White-throated Needletails seen in small flocks - about half a dozen - high in the sky and hawking insects - so variously travelling fast and then banking and turning, or almost stalling, to catch their prey. Seen on Monday afternoon (14th) around 5.30pm and again this afternoon at around 4pm and again at 7.30pm. Matthew Frawley
	White-throated Needletail Deakin White-throated Needletail (7) observed hawking over Deakin. Alastair Smith
	Restless Flycatcher Cotter Road near Riverview horse agistment Just where Cotter Road begins its final descent down to the Murrumbidgee. Initially identified by call, then seen as it flew between trees, with the completely white chin and underside quite evident. Nick Payne & Ann Armstrong
Tue 14 Feb	Brush Cuckoo Kellys Swamp Juvenile cuckoo was feeding in the small casuarinas just outside the Bittern hide Roger Williams
Mon 13 Feb	Swamp Harrier Kama NR Grey adult flying low over a themeda patch along the Molonglo corridor in Kama. Felicity Hatton
Sun 12 Feb	Barn Owl Apollo Rd Barn Owl (1) Seen 1km from the beginning of the road. Brendan Sheean, Darcy Ginty and Renee Osterloh
	Chestnut-rumped Heathwren, Diamond Firetail Mt Tennent, Namadgi National Park Chestnut-rumped Heathwren (1) seen near Cyprus Pine lookout. Diamond Firetail (1) juv seen at the beginning of the track. Brendan Sheean, Darcy Ginty and Renee Osterloh

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