The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period
Monday, February 27, 2012 to Sunday, March 4, 2012:
Area: SA
Date: Sunday, February 26, 2012
Location: Most south-easterly Murray Bridge freeway exit near Jackman's lookout
Black Kite (Milvus migrans) (1) At 100kph what more can we say other than that
we saw a single black kite a few metres above the ground very close to the
freeway
Reported by: Barbara and Peter Bansemer on Tuesday, February 28, 2012
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Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Location: corner Swan Ave and Thames Ave Klemzig
Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis) (1) Australian Hobby Corner Swan Ave and
Thames Ave Klemzig, sitting poplar tree with three magpies.
Reported by: Kate Buckley on Wednesday, February 29, 2012
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Date: Saturday, March 3, 2012
Location: Cheetham Saltfields, Price
Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) (4)
Fairy Tern (Sterna nereis) (165) Estimate. May have been more. Occasional
immature and youngster seen begging for food.
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) (110) Estimate -may have been more. Some
birds beginning to colour up.
Early morning visit with David Hartland and Daniel Mantle. High tide was short
(1.3m) at 8.13am, accounting for relative decreased abundance and diversity of
waders.
Several thousand Banded Stilts present, along with a single Gull-billed Tern,
numerous Royal Spoonbill (33+), and large numbers of both Little Egret and
Eastern Great Egret.
Reported by: Michael Wood on Sunday, March 4, 2012
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Date: Saturday, March 3, 2012
Location: Kangaroo Island
Banded Stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) (500) Brackish paperbark = Birchmore
Lagoon on 26 Jan 12
Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis) (50) Brackish paperbark = Birchmore Lagoon
on 26 Jan 12
Red-kneed Dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus) (2) Brackish paperbark = Birchmore
Lagoon on 26 Jan 12
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) (50) Brackish paperbark = Birchmore
Lagoon on 26 Jan 12
Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae) (3) Middle River estuary-rarely seen on KI.
Australian Spotted Crake (Porzana fluminea) (30) in mud and dense samphire at
Busby Islet- Bay of Shoals-18 February 2012. Ventured from cover to feed along
tidal channels at low tide. Widespread throughout most of islet.
Rock Parrot (Neophema petrophila) (50) feeding in samphire-most notably Suaeda
australis and Sarcocornia. About 45 immature and 5 adults seen. Recent arrivals
as post-breeding visitors from elsewhere. Generally not seen on KI from about
June to December.
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) (1000) concentrated on Bay of Shoals -gentle low
energy seas surrounding Busby IsletCP - 9 Feb 2012
Great Egret (Casmerodius albus) (5) Duck Lagoon on the lower Cygnet River.
Roosting in Red Gums with spoonbills and Ibis
Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis) (1) American River on 26 January
2012. Follows a spate of sightings of this sp. on KI over past months.
Reported by: Chris Baxter on Saturday, March 3, 2012
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Date: Saturday, March 3, 2012
Location: Port Clinton, Yorke Peninsula
Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) (1) Seen on mudflats out from
playground on esplanade.
Fairy Tern (Sterna nereis) (40) Seen in a group out on edge of falling tide.
Grey-tailed Tattler (Heteroscelus brevipes) (4) Four birds loosely feeding
together on mudflats immediately adjacent to end of Wandilla Terrace.
Late morning visit with David Hartland. Rather unusual sight of a Brown Goshawk
slowly gliding along length of mudflats.
Reported by: Michael Wood on Sunday, March 4, 2012
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