Birdline NSW Weekly Update

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Published sightings for the week ending 21 Oct 2012.

Sun 21 Oct	Painted Snipe Warriewood Not in the wetlands but in the housing estate north of the wetlands. Two birds were seen in a new development of a large building with a stretch of water at the back. The development is surrounded by a man-proof fence covered with blue plastic. Adrian O'Neill
	Wood Sandpiper, Latham's Snipe Bottoms rd Pitt Town Today at Pitt Town Bottoms we had 2 Latham's Snipe 2 Wood Sandpipers 1 Pacific Golden Plover 4 Red-Kneed Dotterels 1 Buff-banded Rail Tony & Stephanie Dawe
	Spotted Harrier (1 adult) Satin Flycatcher (1 male) Brickpit Ringwalk, Sydney Olympic Park Excellent views of both species early this morning the harrier quartering over weedy fields in the brickpit and the Satin Fly in eucalypts between brickpit and Wentworth Common. Also of note Topknot Pigeon (3), Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo (3), Channel-billed Cuckoo (2), Glossy Ibis (1) Dion Hobcroft
	woodswallow Bellawongarah 200-300 White-browed/Masked?flew high over property heading west from northeast. 10:30am Carla Jackett
	Beach Stone-curlew Orient Point Bird is 400 metres west of the Crookhaven Heads boat ramp. Sighted at low tide. First sighted in this spot on the 17th October. Richard Brown
Sat 20 Oct	White-necked Heron, Nankeen Night-Heron, Topknot Pigeon, Scarlet Honeyeater Field of Mars Reserve, East Ryde Excellent morning at my local patch. White-necked Heron (1) Very unexpected. Flying south, high over the reserve, then circling to the west. Nankeen Night-Heron (1) Flushed from the creek at Monash Rd end. Flew up to partially concealed perch. Topknot Pigeon (12) A flock of 12 flying south over the reserve. Scarlet Honeyeater (3) At least three separate birds calling. Attracted to the reserve by excellent flowering at present. Also: Rufous Fantail, Rufous Whistler, Dollarbird. Max Breckenridge
Sat 20 Oct	Budgerigar, Banded Lapwing, Marsh & Sharp tailed Sandpipers, Red necked Avocet, Tawny Grassbird Farm Properties, 10-15km North West of Moree. My highest record on the farms - 101 Species!!! Highlights included: Dollarbirds in large numbers (in fact, this is the 2nd lot of Dollarbirds for the season), Eastern Rosellas, a Tawny Grassbird, Juvenile Whistling Kites on nest, Hundreds of Whiskered Terns on every property (on our last property about 200+ birds were seen!!!), Large numbers of Caspian, Gull billed Terns & Silver Gulls, an Intermediate Egret, Orioles, a flock of over 15 Budgerigars!, Diamond Doves, Black tailed Native Hens in large numbers, Richard's Pipit in large numbers, a single Marsh Sandpiper, a flock of over 8 Sharp tailed Sandpipers, Large numbers of Red kneed & Black fronted Dotterel, Black winged Stilts, Pink eared Ducks and Glossy Ibis!!! 16 Red necked Avocets were observed!! Grey crowned Babblers feeding juveniles, and a Spotted Harrier! Finally, a flock of 8 Banded Lapwings were seen on a paddock!!! Curtis Hayne
	Wompoo Fruit-Dove, Grey Plover, Grey-tailed Tattler, Varied Triller Pelican Point, North Shore, Port Macqaurie 2 hours spent in the littoral rainforest at Pelican Point, North Shore found a single Wompoo Fruit-Dove feeding on fruit in a Small-leafed Fig, along with many Figbirds and Olive-backed Orioles, 2 Regent Bowerbirds and many Lewin's Honeyeaters, 3+ Varied Trillers, Black-faced & Spectacled Monarchs, Rufous Fantail, Sacred Kingfisher, Yellow Robin & Golden Whistler feeding dependent young, White-headed & Wonga Pigeons, nesting Rainbow Bee-eaters and Bar-shouldered Dove. A Grey-tailed Tattler was feeding on the rocks while across the river a Grey Plover. together with Bar-tailed Godwits, Whimbrel and Eastern Curlews was seen between Pelican Island and Settlement Point Ferry,. Alan & Tim Morris
	Black and Pied Honey-eaters Woggoon Nature Reserve-40km Nth of Condobolin 15-20 Black HE males and females feeding in flowering Eremophila along Western boundary. Pieds two males and one female feeding in regrowth mallee in NE corner of reserve along with Crimson Chats, Diamond Firetails and White Wing Trillers.My First record of iether Black or Pieds in this reserve Warren Chad
	Australian Painted Snipe (4), Pacific Golden Plover (3), Zebra Finch, Dollarbird Riverstone (private property) - near Blacktown We had another good morning at Riverstone today with a list of 100 species!. Here we saw around 60 Sharp-tailed Sandpipers with 3 Pacific Golden Plovers. Other shorebirds seen included 4 Australian Painted Snipe (3 males and a female which may be breeding here this season!), 48 Black-winged Stilts and 20 or so Black-fronted Dotterels. Other water birds at the ponds included 16 Pink-eared Ducks, a male Australasian Shoveler, similar numbers of other ducks as per previous weekend, Australian Spotted Crake and Baillon's Crakes, White-necked Herons amongst other water birds. Other birds present on the property included a Brown Falcon; Bar-shouldered Dove; Pallid Cuckoos, Fan-tailed and Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoos, Sacred Kingfishers, Dollarbird, White-winged Triller, Scarlet Honeyeaters, nesting Tree and Fairy Martins, Brown Songlarks, 3 Crested Shrike-tits, White-throated Gerygones, Olive-backed Orioles and 3 Zebra Finches. Edwin Vella and Tony Dawe
	Hoary-headed Grebe Moss Vale (livestock sale yards dam area off Berrima Rd.) 8 Hoary-headed Grebes and a Black-tailed Native-hen present on Charlston Dam. 3 Rufous Songlarks (calling continuously) and a Brown Quail in nearby paddocks. Lorne Johnson
	Topknot Pigeon City West Link (western Distributor), Leichhardt/Haberfield 13 birds flew over at 10:15 this morning heading south west. Not common in the inner west. Simon Gorta
Fri 19 Oct	White-breasted Woodswallow Orient Point White-breasted Woodswallow (1) One bird observed sitting on a branch over mangroves. First time I have seen this species down here. Duade Paton
Fri 19 Oct	Regent Honeyeater Oxford Road, Ingleburn 1' Cell While having lunch on my front porch, I noticed a Regent Honeyeater and managed to get a few rushed photos. First time I have recorded this species in the area. Anthony & Vicki Katon
Fri 19 Oct	Black Falcon Gilgandra NSW Block Black Falcon (1) Bird soaring over farmland just a few kms west of Gilgandra. Good views of identification features just as shorter outer tail feathers giving notched appearance and sold colouring in underwing and undertail. Steve Murray
	Plum-headed Finch Tiger Bay Wetlands & STP, Warren Plum-headed Finch (6) Several pairs in long grass at western end of Tiger Bay Wetlands and in adjacent farmland. Not far from bird hide. Steve Murray
	White-throated Gerygone, Pallid Cuckoo, White-winged Trillers and Leaden Flycatchers Eastlakes Golf Course A mobile Pallid Cuckoo was singing this evening (near the fence that separates the area from Bonnie Doon G.C.) as was the White-winged Triller (with a courting female) reported on Wednesday. Another male Triller was on the cauaseway near the Southern end of 'Wagtail' pond (north of Lang ave.) The White-throated Gerygone (which I have never seen here before) was also in the same area, along with the two Leaden Flycatchers. Bush regeneration is really working here, so please be mindful of freshly planted native flora. Brown Quail are calling everywhere and the place looks very healthy for birds atm. David Mitford
	Brush Cuckoo Bola Creek, Lady Carrington Drive, RNP Two or three birds heard, and one seen (first report this spring for Sydney? Moderator) Colin Scouler
	Grey Goshawk Orient Point Gliding over Inlet being chased by 3 Silver Gulls at 10:00am. Photo attached. Carla Jackett
Thu 18 Oct	Southern Emu-wren Evans Head 2 in heath Greg Roberts
	Buff-banded Rail, Black Bittern, Figbird, Scally-breasted Lorikeet, Musk Lorikeet Narragingy Reserve, Doonside, Blacktown A late afternoon visit to the reserve produced: Buff-banded Rail with 3 chicks (near Lorikeet Marsh), Black Bittern, 20 Figbirds, 3 Scally-breasted Lorikeets ( in huge flock of Musk Lorikeets on feeding on flowering gum tree) and Brown Goshawk (feeding on killed Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike on the pathway) Ted Wnorowski
	Spectacled Monarch, Dollarbird, Crested Shrike-tit Ourimbah Creek RTA Reserve, Ourimbah An early morning visit of an hour and half produced 4+ Black-faced Monarchs, a Spectacled Monarch (for the 3rd season in a row), Scarlet Honeyeaters, 2 Dollarbirds, 2 Sacred Kingfishers, 3 Wonga Pigeons, 2 Bar-shouldered Doves, Yellow-throated and Large-billed scrub-wrens, White-browed Scrub-wrens with young, 2 Crested Shrike-tits, 2 Shining Bronze-Cuckoos, Black-shouldered Kite, Tawny Grassbird, 4 Rufous Fantails, Olive-backed Oriole, and Bul Buls and European Blackbird, 37 species all up!. Alan Morris and Nick Carson
	White-winged Triller, King Quail Wauchope A White-winged Triller was calling from behind the shops in downtown Wauchope this afternoon. A very unusual spot! I have also been hearing a King Quail calling infrequently from the gully behind my house in the evenings. I kept doubting myself, but it definitely is their single note contact call! Matt Hinze
	Pacific Golden Plover, Black-fronted Dotterel Marley Beach, Royal NP This afternoon had Pacific Golden Plover (5), Black-fronted Dotterel (11) wading across the creek which drains from Marley lagoon. Bruce Roubin
	Pheasant Coucal Eulah Creek, 20 km east of Narrabri 2390 Heard a single bird calling at the same location where a bird was spotted last season. Calling half an hour after sunrise, for a few minutes, then fell silent. Could not find it for photo ID. Michael Dahlem
Wed 17 Oct	Common Tern, Long-billed Corella Burrill Lake Estuary Common Tern (1) One bird observed on rocks at entrance to lake. It was sitting with about 10 Crested Terns. Long-billed Corella (3) Three birds seen feeding on the ground on crn of Princes Highway and Dolphin Point Rd. Duade Paton
Wed 17 Oct	Hooded Plover Lake Tabourie Hooded Plover (2) Pair observed on main sand spit on south side of river entrance. Birds were flushed twice by off lead dogs and on second disturbance left the location and I was unable to locate again. Dogs also harassed the Pied and Sooty Oystercatchers. Really surprised this sand spit is allowed dogs(On lead- which rarely happens) Duade Paton
Wed 17 Oct	Royal Spoonbill Hen & Chicken Bay (Sydney inner west) One Royal Spoonbill seen mid-afternoon, southern end of the Wareemba waterside. Quite low tide - extensive mud flats. I cannot recall seeing a Spoonbill there before. Barrie Ayres
	Black-faced Monarchs, White-winged Trillers and Leaden Flycatcher Eastlakes Golf Course Ducked in for an hour after work and saw : 4 Black-faced Monarchs, 2 male White-winged Trillers (one in full song on the par4 hole 3 fairway), 1 Dollarbird, 1 Sacred Kingfisher, 1 Leaden Flycatcher, 5 Whiskered Terns, 3 Baillons Crakes, 1 Spotless Crake, 2 Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo, 1 Latham's Snipe and 2 Sharp-tailed Sandpipers. David Mitford
	Topknot Pigeon Wolli Creek Reserve, Earlwood Topknot Pigeon (4) Flew straight over me, at Nannygoat Hill, toward Turrella Reserve and beyond. Greg McLachlan
	Beach Stone-curlew Orient Point (24 km south-east of Nowra) Beach Stone-curlew seen and photographed by Richard Brown at mid-tide on the beach north of Seagull Street, Orient Point. This may well be the bird that was sighted at Windang on 14/10/2012 (and hasn't been seen there since). Martin Potter Richard Brown
	Cicadabird Port Macquarie First Cicadabird for the season. Calling a week earlier than last years arrival date at my place. Tim Morris
Tue 16 Oct	Rufous Scrubbird Border Ranges National Park Six birds at six sites in one morning Greg Roberts
	White-throated Needletail (6), Spotted Harrier Wattamolla area, Coastal track, Royal N.P. My best score so fare at this site! Also Southern Emu-wren, Beautiful Firetail, Peregrine, Tawny-crowned Honeyeater and Chestnut-rumped Heathwren. Lorand Szucs, Oskar Lofgren
	Black Bittern, Rainbow Bee-eater and Azure Kingfishers Hawkesbury River, Yarramundi Saw my first Azure Kingfishers and Bee-eaters for the season and saw a Black Bittern on the edge of the river. Was perched in a tree, very quiet when started moving through the tree and when it took flight unlike the Nankeen Night-herons that were also there. Jake webb
	Black Honeyeater, Painted Honeyeater Yanco Reserve (near Leeton) Black Honeyeater (10) Flock in the company of Mistletoe birds. Both male & female seen at close quarters. Painted Honeyeater (4 seen) More heard. Ivor Preston
	Whiskered and Little Terns Burrill Lake. Ulladulla There were 8 Whiskered Terns roosting on a mud flat with the usual Caspian & Crested Terns on the west side of the road bridge. The Little Tern was spotted at the entrance to the lake, near where a pair last season successfully raised 2 chicks . Two pair of Pied Oystercatchers unsuccessfully nested earlier with 2 eggs being flooded and the other 2 although hatched disappeared, they were suspected to have been taken by a Pelican. Both pairs are in the process of nesting again Bob Rusk
	Red-backed Kingfisher, White-backed Swallow Tuckerbil Swamp, Leeton Species within 2 metres of each other breeding in a sand quarry adjacent to the reserve. Other nesting holes looked like Striated Pardalote and Rainbow Bee-eater (not active). Ivor Preston
Mon 15 Oct	Eastern Bristlebird Border Ranges National Park 2 watched for an hour... this population is critically endangered Greg Roberts
	Barking Owl Castlereagh near Smith Rd. While tending to our horse at around 20:45 I heard the distinct screaming woman call twice in succession. My best guess is that the owl was within 100 or so meters. Observed a Tawny Frogmouth ten minutes later too, which is not quite the same on the excitement scale. Ákos Lumnitzer
Sun 14 Oct	Freckled Duck Gum Swamp Forbes Amongst the 100s of ducks currently at Gum Swamp there were at least 10 Freckled Ducks. while many were in the far distance, two birds gave us some very good views just a few metres from the shore. Thanks Chaddy for alerting us to them being there Peter West and Sue Proust
	Leaden Flycatcher Near Whittaker's Lagoon, 20km West of Moree A single Male Leaden Flycatcher was observed for a while calling and allowed close views and photographs, this is on the western edge of the range of this species in NSW. Over 30 Red-kneed Dotterels were observed with the usual 30+ Black-fronted Dotterels. Black-tailed Native Hens have arrived back onto the lagoon. They allowed very close views resulting in good photos. The previous large numbers of Pink-eared Ducks has decreased and only 2 were seen on the 3 quarters of the lagoon which were walked. 3 Night Herons and male White-winged Trillers were in abundance - seen nearly everywhere, although no females were seen throughout the day. A Channel-billed Cuckoo was heard and a Wedge-tailed Eagle spotted! Curtis Hayne
	Olive Whistler New England NP On stepping out of the vehicle at the Point Lookout birds were heard instantly. Took a little patience and stalking to finally obtain good views. Birds were then happy to foraging and call in the open in front of my for some time after initial detection. Flame Robins also present in good numbers Brendan Cook
	Sooty Owl Picton Road, NSW Vehicle struck bird found on Picton Road. Location was approximately 200m west of the Mount Kiera - Picton Road intersection (west of Wollongong NSW). Deryk Engel
	Red Knot (1) Waterbird Refuge, Sydney Olympic Park Still present on Sunday afternoon with 27 Sharp-tailed Sands and 1Curlew Sand. Dion Hobcroft
	Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Sydney University/Victoria Park Broadway 4 Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos flew from trees on Sydney University into Victoria Park, Broadway. Not often seen this close to the CBD. Andrew
	Beach Stone-curlew Lake Illawarra entrance, Windang This bird was seen on the north side of the inlet west of the breakwater. Many thanks to 'Coxy' for reporting the sighting on the 'Feathers and Photos' website, and to Mick Crosland who alerted us to that report via the Illawarra Birders forum. As far as we are aware, this is the first sighting in the Illawarra since 1998. Martin & Penny Potter
	Australian Painted Snipe (3), Pacific Golden Plover, Red-necked Stint, Crakes Riverstone (private property) - approx 10km NW of Blacktown CBD A single Red-necked Stint was seen amongst 60 Sharp-tailed Sandpipers and a single Pacific Golden Plover. Other shore birds seen included 3 male Australian Painted Snipe, 70 or so Black-winged Stilts and 20 or so Black-fronted Dotterels. Other birds present included 23 Pink-eared Ducks, Australain Shoveler; hundreds of other ducks, 3 Australian Spotted, 6 Baillon's and a Spotless Crake, a Swamp Harrier, a pair of Nankeen Night Herons, a Collared Sparrowhawk, Peregrine Falcon, Pallid and Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoos, both Sacred and Azure Kingfishers, a male White-winged Triller, Brown Songlarks, lots of nesting Little Pied Cormorants and nesting Darters as well as nesting Tree Martins amongst 97 species seen today on the one property! Edwin Vella, Tony and Stephanie Dawe
Sat 13 Oct	Painted Honeyeater, Turquiose Parrots, Hooded Robins, Gilberts Whistlers Sutherland Rd, Morongola.... east of Koorawatha 2 Painted Honey-eaters sighted on the Sunday during last weekends Cowra Woodland Bird Program surveys ....at a private property with multiple CWBP sites. Birds seen at site 2. Great morning at these sites....inc. Black-chinned Honeyeaters, Brown Tree-creepers (site 2), Turquoise Parrots, Hooded Robins & Gilberts Whistlers (at Jim's Ironbark). John French & Fiona Lumsden
	Dollarbird, Painted Snipe, etc. Park Road, Riverstone After checking out Riverstone on Saturday and catching many, but not all species by Edwin on Sunday, I was pleased to see my first Dollarbird of the season. There are issues with the wetland site as it is on private property, however, Park Street had good bushbirds including Double-barred Finches, Scarlet Honeyeater, Shining Bronze- Cuckoo and White-throated Gerygone. Mark Fuller
	White-throated Needletail Lake Cathie near Port Macquarie 6 birds seen at lake Cathie, early date! Darin Rounsevell
	Cook's Petrel, Fairy Prion, Northern Giant Petrel Sydney Pelagic A Cook's Petrel over the shelf came uncharacteristically close to the boat 3 times over an hour. Up to 5 White-faced and 5 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels, lone Fairy Prion, Northern Giant Petrel, Brown Skua. Pomarine Jaeger and ‘comic’ tern. Up to 7 juvenile New Zealand Shy (White-capped = steadi) Albatrosses. Plus the usual suspects. Full report on Birding-Aus soon. Photo by Colin Bradshaw. David James for all on the Halicat
	Pied Butcherbird Jubilee Park, Glebe A possible Pied Butcherbird was seen on an overhead wire on Eglington Road, Glebe and it then flew towards the creek over Jubilee Park. Slightly out of range? (Moderators Note: There are no previous records for Pied Butcherbirds in the inner city, so the observation was published in th hope that the record could be confimed-AKM.) Simon Gorta
Fri 12 Oct	Painted Snipe Cudal - Canowindra Road, 33 23 06 S 148 41 48 E 2 Painted Snipe seen at 6.20pm crouched on bank of small drain below farm dam on eastern side of road. Noticed on way to Cowra Woodland Bird Survey weekend and 1 still there Saturday afternoon when checked out by some other surveyors. Not present Sunday afternoon. Rosemary Stapleton
Thu 11 Oct	King Quail Hexham Swamp near Newcastle 1 female King Quail flushed and others heard at S 32.84393 E 151.65562. Michael Kearns
Wed 10 Oct	Australsian Bittern, Painted Honyeater, Magpie Geese Macquarie Marshes, various sites A good species list for the Marshes from a week's monitoring work preceding the environmental flow there. Highlights include Aust Bitterns calling at two sites, a Caspian Tern, Painted Honeyeater in the Myall and a good range of other waterbirds typical of the Marshes (Egrets x 4, Magpie Geese, Brolgas, crakes and ducks etc). A noticeable absence of any migratory waders - they must still be on the way! Tim Hosking and various others
Sun 7 Oct	Square-tailed Kite Nelson Lagoon, Mimosa Rocks National Park A single Square-tailed Kite was soaring low just over and through the tree tops almost at the end of a walking track to the mouth of Nelson Lagoon. Andrew McCutcheon
Fri 5 Oct	Figbird, Australian Koel Tathra Six Figbirds were feeding on yellow berries in a bare tree on a very warm morning. Later in the day heard and saw a single Koel on the edge of a steep forested gully. (Moderator's Note: Both species are near the southern edge of their range in NSW at Tathra. AKM) Andrew McCutcheon
Sat 29 Sep	Willie Wagtail (albino), Crimson Chat Goobang National Park Willie Wagtail (2) An all-white individual accompanied by a 'normal' Willie Wagtail. Crimson Chat (4) At least 4 birds, including 1 male and 3 juveniles or females. Chris Lindorff
	Superb Lyrebird Terrys Creek, Epping NSW In neighbours garden who adjoins bushland at Terrys Creek, near Epping Photograph & video Virginia Hall

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