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Birdline Australia
Published sightings for the week ending 2 Sep 2012.
| Tue 21 Aug
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Eurasian Teal
West Island, Cocos-Keeling Islands
Pam Jones photographed a Eurasian Teal on Cocos on Tuesday 21 August 2012. This has sparked a debate as to whether there has been one, two or three birds in Australia, all on West Island, Cocos. The first was found in December 2010 and was known to still be there in February 2011. Another or the same was found at the same site in late 2011 and stayed till March or even April 2012. A Teal considered by the observers to be a Grey or perhaps Sunda Teal was seen this winter but the Tuesdays bird is definitely a Eurasian Teal. There is no permanent open fresh water on Cocos so is this a different bird or is it surviving in the very saline lagoon? The species can tolerate sheltered salt water. The first two were females and this one is in similar plumage but given the date, it has been suggested may be an eclipse plumaged male. I thought I'd share this with you. Another debate is whether this constitutes one, two or three records!
Pam Jones per Mike Carter
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| Fri 10 Aug
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Princess Parrot
Sandy Blight Junction Road at 23 41 45S 129 02 59E, Northern Territory
Ivan and Sandra Reynolds
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