The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period
Monday, January 7, 2013 to Sunday, January 13, 2013:
Area: SA
Date: Saturday, January 5, 2013
Location: Lake Albert, Narrung Road
Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) (30) Lots of ducks close to the road with a
fresh south-westerly wind blowing.
Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) (50+) Also hundreds of Grey Teal
and Australian Shelduck across the road from the lake.
Banded Stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) (6) Only a few Banded Stilt among
the Grey Teal.
Cape Barren Goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) (20) Feeding across the road from
the lake.
Reported by: Kevin Stracey on Tuesday, January 8, 2013
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Date: Sunday, January 6, 2013
Location: Martin Washpool CP, Salt Creek, Coorong
Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis) (1) Seen from Salt Creek Road about
4km from Salt Creek. Seemed a long way north-west for this species.
Brown Quail (Coturnix ypsilophora) (2) Along the edge of the road nearby.
Beautiful Firetail (Stagonopleura bella) (4) Also along the road towards Salt
Creek.
Sightings on the way to Messent CP which held Elegant Parrot, large flocks of
Tree Martin and many Purple-gaped Honeyeaters, with Spotted Harrier quartering
the fields nearby. Earlier along the Loop Road we saw a constant stream of
100+ Tawny-crowned Honeyeaters moving south-east.
Reported by: Kevin Stracey on Tuesday, January 8, 2013
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Date: Sunday, January 13, 2013
Location: On our property on Critchley Road, Rockleigh
Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus) (3)
Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides) (2)
Brown Falcon (Falco berigora) (2)
It seems very late for birds to be breeding in such a hot dry summer. One of
the brown treecreepers was only sparrow-sized, without a streaked breast, and
as all 3 were calling almost continuously we thought the youngster was probably
still being fed.
The juvenile kestrel was adult sized but with a very fluffy white tummy and
fewer marks on its face. It called on and off all day, and one time the adult
arrived and popped something into its bill. From a distance it looked like a
wriggling millipede. Do kestrels eat millipedes ?
The brown falcons cruised around and the adult kestrel flew up higher,
dive-bombed one falcon and hit it, then zoomed away quickly before retaliation
could take place. Last time we saw a falcon attacked from above the culprit was
a Willie wagtail.
Reported by: Barbara and Peter Bansemer on Sunday, January 13, 2013
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