The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period
Monday, February 18, 2013 to Sunday, February 24, 2013:
Area: SA
Date: Sunday, February 17, 2013
Location: Peninsula opposite Sugars boat ramp Hindmarsh Is
Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva) (54) 54 birds spread out across sand
flats.
Rock Parrot (Neophema petrophila) (22) 22 birds in two flocks, maybe more
present.
Reported by: William Brooker on Monday, February 18, 2013
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Date: Monday, February 18, 2013
Location: Aldinga. SA.
Spotted Harrier (Circus assimilis) (1) An immature bird sailing on a brisk SW
breeze over vineyards 1km East of Aldinga village.
Reported by: Jeffrey Crocker on Monday, February 18, 2013
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Date: Monday, February 18, 2013
Location: ~2km inland at Encounter Bay
Black Falcon (Falco subniger) (1) Frequent sightings of this species over open
paddocks at this time of year between Waitpinga and Goolwa. This particular
sub-adult falcon was flying purposefully (hunting mode) over the daily flight
path of feral Rock Dove flocks coming in from West Island and the second
sighting in same area, same time of day, in a week.
Reported by: Terry Dennis on Monday, February 18, 2013
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Date: Thursday, February 21, 2013
Location: Kangaroo Island
Fork-tailed Swift (Apus pacificus) (c150) hawking insects c30 m above sea, c20
km N of Emu Bay, Investigator Strait, Kangaroo Island, 17 February 2013. Very
hot day, N wind and associated black thunderhead clouds. Snow Dennis per Chris
Baxter
Banded Stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) (c1000) Old CSR Salt Lake adjacent
to Flour Cask Bay, S coast of Kangaroo Island. Dispersed widely across lake,
swimming, feeding, 7 February 2013.
Flesh-footed Shearwater (Puffinus carneipes) (2) Beach-washed derelicts on
Flour Cask Bay beach, Kangaroo Island, 7 February 2013.
Eastern Reef Egret (Egretta sacra) (2) one at tidal pool, Kingscote foreshore,
Kangaroo Island, 12 February 2013
one at Cape Rouge high tide roost, Bay of Shoals, Kangaroo Island, 12 February
2013.
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) (32) at Cape Rouge high tide roost, Bay of
Shoals, Kangaroo Island, 12 February 2013.
Hooded Plover (Thinornis rubricollis) (4) adult pair with two fledged
'grey-head' immatures, Harriet River estuary, Vivonne Bay, Kangaroo Island, 19
February 2013.
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) (1) immature female feeding on freshly
killed Grey Teal, Lockwood Corner, Kangaroo Island, 10 February 2013
Red-browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis) (46) larger than usual flock feeding on
short dry pasture and fallen seeds of Drooping Sheoak trees, Karatta, Kangaroo
Island, 16 February 2013.
Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) (c530) 30 at Old CSR Salt Lake, central
S coast of Kangaroo Island, 7 February 2013
c500 at Cape Rouge high tide roost, Bay of Shoals, Kangaroo Island, 12 February
2013.
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (20) 20 in seaweed piles, Emu Bay boat
ramp, Kangaroo Island, 7 February 2013
five at Cape Rouge, high tide roost, Bay of Shoals, Kangaroo Island, 7 February
2013.
Reported by: Chris Baxter on Thursday, February 21, 2013
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Date: Friday, February 22, 2013
Location: Tolderol Game Reserve, western shore of Lake Alexandrina.
Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus) (1) Just as I was packing up for
the evening a single Bittern came in out of the evening storm clouds, flying
against a stiff breeze with wings set and very nearly fancied my head as a
perch!
Reported by: Anthony John Bainbridge on Saturday, February 23, 2013
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Date: Saturday, February 23, 2013
Location: pond 9, Laratinga Wetlands, Bald Hills Road, Mount Barker
Latham's Snipe (Gallinago hardwickii) (1) Quietly feeding in full sun along the
edge of rushes.
Still, clear morning; temp about 18, prior to a max in the high 30s.
Pond 9 has shallow water over about half its area; the rest is damp mud.
Many Black-fronted Dotterels, 5 Red-kneed Dotterels and at least a dozen
Spotted Crakes were feeding on the mud-flats.
Reported by: Kevin and Lyn Williams on Saturday, February 23, 2013
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Date: Sunday, February 24, 2013
Location: Murray Mouth Road,Hindmarsh Island
Fork-tailed Swift (Apus pacificus) (50+) At least 50- flying quite low above
the road.
Reported by: Nathaniel Doecke on Sunday, February 24, 2013
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Date: Sunday, February 24, 2013
Location: Mannum Waterfalls Reserve
Pied Honeyeater (Certhionyx variegatus) (5) 3 males and 2 females seen high in
dead trees about 400m beyond the loo block
Reported by: John Fennell on Sunday, February 24, 2013
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