Birdline Northern Territory Weekly Update

Birdline Northern Territory

Published sightings for the week ending 30 Sep 2012.

Sat 29 Sep	Eastern Yellow Wagtail Alice Springs Waste Stabilisation Ponds Single juvenile bird was present and offering fairly distant views all afternoon until sunset at the eastern end of EP7. Chris Watson
Fri 28 Sep	Grey-tailed Tattler Alice Springs Waste Stabilisation Ponds Ant Molyneux tipped me off to this fantastic bird. Mostly hanging around the eastern shore of EP1 with Wood Sandpipers and Black-fronted Dotterels. Chris Watson
Thu 27 Sep	Ruff Alice Springs Waste Stabilisation Ponds Single bird allowing great views in EP7 this afternoon. Chris Watson
Mon 24 Sep	Little Ringed Plover Leanyer STW Little Ringed Plover A single Little Ringed Plover sighted through the fence at Leanyer STW, Darwin. Tim Faulkner and John Weigel
Sun 23 Sep	Grey Plover and Lesser Crested Tern Lee Point and Buffalo Creek A quick walk on the beach from Lee Point to Buffalo yielded Several Grey Plovers, Lesser Crested Terns, Little Terns, Great Crested Terns, Common Terns, Sanderlings, Eastern Curlew, Grey-tailed Tattlers and Whimberals, Tim Faulkner and John Weigel
	Little Curlew and Oriental Plover Lambell's Lagoon (the 'melon farm'). Several hundred Little Curlews, and a single Oriental Plover were seen Tim Faulknerand John Weigel
	Partridge Pigeon Umbrawarra Gorge Rd As you turn off the main road onto the Umbrawarra Gorge rd which leads to Copperfield dam, you will cross two low dips/causeways. At the second causeway, park the car and walk to the right of the causeway and at this time of year you'll find some dryed up little waterhole areas. The bush and trees on the right side, next to the narrow/shallow creek bed had Partridge pigeons x5 walking amongst the leaf litter, and at times sitting in the trees...rather well camouflaged. Kirri Hardy
	Hooded Parrot Pine Creek township N.T 40+ Hooded Parrots were observed in the trees at the mining camp car park area, opposite the railway museum. The gravel/dirt carpark borders the footy oval as you head down the main terrace r.d. They were in the trees being very vocal from 6pm till dark. I returned the next morning at 6am to see if they were still there, they were....and more and more would fly in and join the others. Feeding on the ground/grass and sitting in the tree's and on powerlines and signs, and on the edge of the roadside and being very vocal. By 7am they all started flying off into the bush next to the mining camp. Kirri Hardy
Sat 22 Sep	White-throated Grasswren Jim Jim Falls area, Kakadu An extensive (and exhausting) search for White-throated Grasswrens was rewarded with sightings at two locations in Jim Jim Falls area of Kakadu. The birds appeared to be confined to very specific patches of habitat characterised by mature Triodia and mid-level vegetation. Chestnut-quilled Rock-igeon, Partridge Pigeon, Banded Fruit-dove, Sandstone Shrikethrush, White-lined Honeyeater, Helmeted Friarbird and Variegated Fairywrens (Lavender-flanked ssp) all present. Note, a research permit is required to acsess this area. Tim Faulkner and John Weigel

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