The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period
Monday, April 2, 2012 to Sunday, April 8, 2012:
Area: SA
Date: Friday, March 30, 2012
Location: Gawler Airstrip, Gawler West
Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides) (1) Excellent views of a single eagle
thermalling about 100 metres up over the eastern edge of the Gawler Airstrip.
Reported by: Chris Steeles on Monday, April 2, 2012
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Date: Saturday, March 31, 2012
Location: Long Point Coorong
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) (1000) Huge numbers both in the centre and along
the edges of the channel.
Reported by: Winston Syson on Monday, April 2, 2012
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Date: Saturday, March 31, 2012
Location: Tauwichere Channel
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) (20+) Birds were swimming and diving
among rafts of Cormorants.
Musk Duck (Biziura lobata) (50) @ separate rafts were observed one consisting
of manly males and the other females? Huge numbers of mostly Little Black
Cormorants were a sight to see.
Reported by: Winston Syson on Monday, April 2, 2012
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Date: Saturday, March 31, 2012
Location: Pelican Point barrage
White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) (1) One mature Sea-Eagle seen
on Barrage nearest to Pelican Point along the Coorong.
On return at about 12.30pm, two immature birds were seen, one with a dead
Little-pied Cormorant.
Lots of Cormorants, approx 1,000, mainly Great and Little Black, on Barrages
and in the water. All barrages open.
Reported by: Peter Gower on Monday, April 2, 2012
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Date: Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Location: Education Rd Chandlers Hill
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus) (100) Flock of 100
birds flying west to east over the bottom of Education Rd , Chandlers Hill,
first large flock I have seen this year.
Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris) (1) Education Rd reserve,
Spinebills everywhere feeding on tree blossom, many more birds than I have seen
here over last ten years.
Reported by: William Brooker on Tuesday, April 3, 2012
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Date: Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Location: Whyalla
Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata) (2) 2 Malleefowl seen crossing the Highway, moving
towards the western side of the road, 58 Klm's south of Whyalla.
I had to brake very heavily to avoid hitting the birds, they did not move till
the very last second. I would have hit them at normal speed, or light braking.
Both birds were in my lane. The traffic that came along in the other direction
did not seem to notice that I had stopped.
After a short time I found one of the birds, it was heading back towards the
road, I cut back to stop him going that way, don't know where he got to (they
are like that) but could not find him.
So good to see them, no road sence at all so here's hoping for their safety.
Reported by: Teresa Jack on Wednesday, April 4, 2012
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Date: Saturday, April 7, 2012
Location: Hindmarsh Island
Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus) (1) An adult on the sandbank beyond the Murray
Mouth car park.
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) (1) Seen in the channel below the
island end of the bridge as we crossed onto the island.
Reported by: Kevin Stracey on Saturday, April 7, 2012
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