The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period
Monday, April 1, 2013 to Sunday, April 7, 2013:
Area: SA
Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Location: Rockleigh
Galah (Cacatua roseicapilla) (1)
Thank you to everyone who inquired about our property after the March 26th-27th
bushfire. Luckily the CFS succeeded in stopping the fire from crossing
Rockleigh Road, which is about 2km from our boundary. Had it crossed Rockleigh
Road it we and our neighbours would have been burnt out. Many many thanks to
the CFS.
Tragically the Bushland Conservation property a little further north, which
Birds SA regularly visits, was very badly damaged. Most of the fences and about
70% of the land was completely burnt out. It will be a long time before it
starts to recover and the birds come back. The fire started just north of the
Bushland northern boundary. The fire started about 12 noon on the 26th March
when a sparks from a loader being used to unearth quartz rocks ignited stubble
on an adjacent property, and with the strong gusty winds and hot dry conditions
it travelled about 12km before being stopped.
Reported by: Barbara and Peter Bansemer on Tuesday, April 2, 2013
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Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Location: Laratinga Wetlands, Mount Barker.
Banded Stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) (1) An adullt in breeding plumage
feeding in shallow water close to shore on Pond 11.
Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus) (1) One male in Eucalypts between
ponds 7 and 8.
The Stilt had been found by Kevin Williams at around 14.00 who then phoned me
(Bob Snell) with the news. The Crested Shrike-tit was seen whilst searching the
'swale' for Spotless Crake. The Crake was showing before and after Bob Snell's
visit, but NOT during! Kevin reports that the Shrike-tit has been present in
this area for about a week.
Reported by: Kevin Williams and Bob Snell on Thursday, April 4, 2013
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Date: Thursday, April 4, 2013
Location: Behind the Barrage Goolwa, second pull in.
Red-kneed Dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus) (60) Large flock on mud flat.
Reported by: Winston Syson on Friday, April 5, 2013
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Date: Thursday, April 4, 2013
Location: Goolwa Ponds Hassel Rd Goolwa
Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) (2) Birds were among 7 species of Ducks in
the large pond to the bright of the hide.
Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) (40 +) Birds were in the large
pond to the right of the hide.
Reported by: Winston Syson on Friday, April 5, 2013
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Date: Thursday, April 4, 2013
Location: Finniss, South Australia
Spotted Harrier (Circus assimilis) (1) Spotted Harrier flew low over
Strathalbyn to Goolwa Road approximately 15km north of Goolwa.
Reported by: Bob Snell and John Hatch on Friday, April 5, 2013
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Date: Sunday, April 7, 2013
Location: Kangaroo Island
Rock Parrot (Neophema petrophila) (50) mostly immature birds feeding on fruits
of Ruby Saltbush Enchyleana tomentosa along rock wall embankment at Kingscote
foreshore (near jetty); Kangaroo Island, 4 April 13.
Sanderling (Calidris alba) (3) camped at back of beach with 10 Hooded Plovers
(8 adults; 2 immature), Vivonne Bay Beach c 1km E of Eleanor River Mouth,
Kangaroo Island, 6 April 13
Hooded Plover (Thinornis rubricollis) (16) 8 adults and 2 immature together;
adult pair; adult pair; adult pair; spread across 4 km of Vivonne Bay Beach,
Kangaroo Island, 6 April 13
Eastern Reef Egret (Egretta sacra) (2) 1 at Seal Bay, S coast of Kangaroo
Island, 5 April 13
1 at Stokes Bay, N coast of Kangaroo Island, 5 April 13
Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) (10) brief look revealed four birds
roosting on dead paperbarks on edge of brackish shoreline of NW Murrays Lagoon
(Curly Creek Mouth), Kangaroo Island, 5 April 13
6 birds at freshwater Becky's Lagoon, Karatta, SW Kangaroo Island, 2 April 13
Banded Stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) (200) mostly at roost in tight
flock; others feeding in shallows, NW corner of Murrays Lagoon, Kangaroo
Island, 5 April 13
Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae) (1) roosting at Chapman River estuary,
Antechamber Bay, Kangaroo Island, 4 April 13
Brown Quail (Coturnix ypsilophora) (7) feeding along edge of dense dry Phalaris
beds, Shoal Bay Winery, Bay of Shoals, Kangaroo Island, 15 March 13. Earlier
unconfirmed reports suggest birds were present from late February 13 to mid
March 13. Very few obs of this sp on KI and this the first confirmation of a
significant covey of birds on KI.
Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis) (2) feeding atop carpet of
Sarcocornia samphire, exposed at low tide, American River foreshore, Kangaroo
Island, 5 April 13
Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus) (4) 3 adults and 1 sub adult,
roosting in two large Monterey Pines P. radiata, American River foreshore,
Kangaroo Island, 5 April 13
Reported by: Chris Baxter on Sunday, April 7, 2013
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Date: Sunday, April 7, 2013
Location: Dry Creek Saltfields
Black Falcon (Falco subniger) (2) A pair sitting on power pole on eastern
track, photos taken. With the pair so close together gave good view of size
difference between male and female.
Reported by: William Brooker on Sunday, April 7, 2013
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