Birdline South Australia Weekly Update

Birdline South Australia

Published sightings for the week ending 8 Jul 2012.

Thu 5 Jul	Australian Owlet-nightjar, Crested Shrike-tit Altona CSR Landcare Reserve Australian Owlet-nightjar (1) Single bird observed at the entrance to its hollow along the 'Blue Loop'. Crested Shrike-tit (2) Adult male foraging low in Acacia paradoxa -second bird heard when making contact calls but not seen. Seen just off 'Orange Loop'. Rebecca Zanker
Wed 4 Jul	Double-banded Plover Woods Well, Coorong 23 Double-banded Plover roosting with 3 red-capped plover amongst samphire at edge of flooded saltpan. At least 2 males in full breeding plumage. Kelvin Sparks and Simon Fahey-Sparks
	Thick-billed Grasswren, Pied & White-fronted Honeyeaters The Monument, 12 kms south of Coober Pedy In the general vicinty of the The Monument carpark a group of 5 Thick-billed Grasswrens were seen in bluebush. A pair of Pied Honeyeater, one White-fronted Honeyeater, and Crimson & Orange Chats were also located. Alan Morris & Steve Edwards
	Whimbrel, Eastern Curlew Thompson Beach Whimbrel (2) Sitting with 8 E. Curlew in tight bunch on water's edge on falling tide - viewed from last point of beach access at northern end of Esplanade. **No leg tags/bands Eastern Curlew (8) Sitting with 2 Whimbrel and approx. 200 Pied/Little Pied Cormorant in tight bunch on water's edge on falling tide - viewed from last point of beach access at northern end of Esplanade. Intially dismissed by me as small group of Grey Teal when viewed through bin's - Scope proved otherwise! **No leg tags/bands David Hartland
Tue 3 Jul	Letter-winged Kite Innaminka Regional Reserve While camping in the Innaminka Regional Reserve earlier this week lucky enough to stumble upon a colony of Letter-Winged Kites. A total of 7 birds were seen within a 1km radius of our campsite. Two active nests were also discovered within the same area. The birds did not seem at all disturbed by our presence and excellent photographs were obtained. Other notable species seen during our trip through the reserve were Australian Bustard, Australian Hobby and Red-backed Kingfisher. Joe Park
	Gibber Chat, Cinnamon Quail-thrush William Creek Road at 29 00S 135 00E 10' Cell Gibber Chat (1) in flight over road, away from raptors in area. Cinnamon Quail-thrush (2) 1 pair -male & female- feeding quietly 20m from road; quite undisturbed by presence in car. Location approx 33km east of Coober Pedy along William Creek Road. Colin T. Richardson
Mon 2 Jul	Red-lored Whistler, Black-eared Miner, Striated Grasswren Gluepot Reserve 1 male Red-lored Whistler, 5 flocks of miners, 2 of which we checked and found containing more-or-less pure-bred Black-eared Miners, 4 Striated Grasswrens, 2 of which came to within 2 metres of the observers Peter Waanders
	Yellow-billed Spoonbill, Banded Lapwing Porter Lagoon, near Burra Yellow-billed Spoonbill (1) Far southern end of lagoon; waited an age for it to turn to reveal its bill to confirm identification. Banded Lapwing (6) Far south-western edge of lagoon, viewed from main road. David Hartland
Sat 30 Jun	Grey-fronted Honeyeater, Elegant Parrot Telowie Gorge 2 Grey-fronted Honeyeater in the gorge, >20 Elegant Parrots in nearby fields Peter Waanders, Helga Kieskamp & 8 others
	Western Grasswren Whyalla Conservation Park 2 Western Grasswrens near the carpark Peter Waanders, Helga Kieskamp & 8 others
	Grey Falcon Simpson Desert, 226km west of Birdsville on the French Line Have just returned from two weeks in the Simpson Desert, Innaminka Regional Reserve and the Flinders Ranges. Many birding highlights of which the pinnacle was a single Grey Falcon. Two nice looks through the binoculars but the bird took flight before i could get to the camera. Distinctive yellow legs and smokey grey body. Joe Park
	Black-chinned Honeyeater Private Residence, Gawler East Black-chinned Honeyeater (2) Pair sighted flying across our yard just after sunrise; one of the pair calling stridently just on sunrise from taller canopy of eucalypts behind our place. David Hartland
Fri 29 Jun	Grey Falcon, Brolga, Banded Stilt, Eyrean Grasswren, Banded Whiteface, Red-browed Pardalote central & southern Birdsville track 2 Grey Falcons on repeater tower 1 pair of Brolga 1 pair of Eyrean Grasswren 6 Banded Whitefaces 2 Red-browed Pardalotes in a tree-lined creek 3 Banded Stilts on a temporary lake Peter Waanders, Helga Kieskamp & 8 others
Thu 28 Jun	Grey Falcon, Flock Bronzewing, Australian Prationcole, Gibberbird, Grey Grasswren central & northern Birdsville track 1 Grey Falcon on repeater tower several small flocks of Flock Bronzewings 6 Australian Pratincoles 2 Gibberbirds 2 Grey Grasswrens Peter Waanders, Helga Kieskamp & 8 others
Wed 27 Jun	Inland Dotterel, Crimson Chat, Orange Chat southern Birdsville track 4 Inland Dotterels on the track after dark Flock of some 50 Crimson Chats, and smaller flocks of Orange Chats Peter Waanders, Helga Kieskamp & 8 others
	Thick-billed Grasswren, Cinnamon Quail-thrush, Budgerigar, Little Button-quail Mt Lyndhurst Station 4 Thick-billed Grasswrens, a pair of Cinnamon Quail-thrushes, a small flock of Budgerigars and 2 Little Button-quails Peter Waanders, Helga Kieskamp & 8 others

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