Birdline New South Wales Weekly Update

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Published sightings for the week ending 21 Apr 2013.

Sun 21 Apr	Freckled Duck, White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Pitt Town Lagoon 26 Freckled Ducks on 3 of the islands was the highlight at Pitt Town Lagoon this morning. Some of these ducks had red bases to their bills. A Collared Sparrowhawk and Spotted Harrier was seen amongst other raptors and a White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike and Spotless Crake were heard. I have seen both Light and dark morph White-bellied Cuckoo-shrikes over the past few weeks at this location. Note a scope would be best to be able to see the Freckled Ducks roosting during the day on the islands. Edwin Vella, Tony Dawe, Mark Fuller, Simon Blanchflower et al
	Spotted Harrier, King Quail, Great Crested Grebe young Castlereagh This afternoon we saw an adult Spotted Harrier quartering the paddock on the south side of Smith Rd where a King Quail also gave out a few calls. Beside the swamp on the other side of the road was a Swamp Harrier, a Whistling Kite, an Intermediate Egret as well as 7 Yellow-billed and 15 Royal Spoonbills. On a swamp further down along Castlereagh Rd there was a Great Crested Grebe adult with a young bird (the later about the size of a Hoary-headed Grebe) as well as other Great Crested and Hoary-headed Grebes as well as 3 more Whistling Kites circling overhead. Edwin Vella and Mark Fuller
	Beach Stone-Curlew Orient Point Sue and I observed the Beach Stone-Curlew today. It has been at Orient Pt. for quite some time. It will be interesting to see if it over-winters. John & Sue O'Malley
	Black Kite, Whistling Kite, Sooty Owl, Lewin's Rail, King Quail Gibraltar Reserve, 6892 Gwydir Hwy, Cangai Twelve Black Kites soaring over home this morning, Masked Owl monitoring last night, a distant Sooty Owl also heard. Lewin's Rail & King Quail calling and Logrunners extablishing territory, all within 150 metres of home. Gibraltar Reserve is a Wildlife Refuge supported by visiting birders. Simon Clayton
Sat 20 Apr	Gould's Petrel Mistral Point, Maroubra A single Gould's Petrel off Mistral Point the highlight of an early morning seawatch, along with many Black-browed and Shy Albatross (adults & Imms.). Also several Wedgetailed Shearwaters, a few Short-tails, a couple of Flutterings, 2 Kelp Gulls and a seal. Robert Griffin
Sat 20 Apr	Striated Heron Bicentennial Park, Glebe, Sydney 1 Striated Heron showing well in the afternoon near the newish mangrove reserve... I have never seen one here before. There isn't much decent habitat for them in Rozelle Bay so I think it quite unusual for one to be here even though they are regular in Iron Cove. Simon Gorta
	Double-banded Plover, Spotted Harrier Riverstone Single Double-banded Plover at private property Riverstone also Spotted Harrier. Tony Dawe & Edwin Vella
	Banded Lapwing Maynes Lagoon Checked out the flooded Maynes Lagoon, approx. 5km south of Boggabilla, NSW. Recent reports from others show that Black-necked Storks have been observed here. 2 Banded Lapwings flew over the causeway (identified by the two broad, white wing bars), where 2 Masked Lapwings were nearby. An adult White-bellied Sea-Eagle was also seen. Curtis Hayne
	Little Eagle Capertee Village Little Eagle (1) Soared low over a group of Cumberland Bird Observers, giving us good views of its distinctive underwing. Bird identified by Andrew Patrick. Jenny Stiles
	Budgerigar Capertee Valley (Glen Alice Road) Budgerigar (5) Unmistakeable small green parrots. Seen on a Cumberland Bird Observers Outing. Jenny Stiles
	Hooded Robin Capertee Valley ('Binalong') Hooded Robin (3) 2 Male, 1 Female Jenny Stiles
	Gang-gang Cockatoo, Speckled Warbler Capertee Valley (Glen Davis) Gang-gang Cockatoo (16) Males and females. Feeding in a large Eucalpypt. Speckled Warbler (2) Male & female. All seen on a Cumberland Bird Observers outing. Jenny Stiles
	Sooty Oystercatcher Bonnie Vale Beach - Royal National Park Three birds observed flying in and landing on beach. Conditions very stormy and overcast. Inside the river calmish whilst coast was being battered. Birds seen at 11.30. Haven't seen this species in the river. Deryk Engel
	Red-necked Avocet, Black-winged Stilt, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Goran Lake, 30 km south of Gunnedah 2380 Still plenty of aquatic birds at Goran Lake, to the west of the causeway of Goran Lake Road. The numbers of Red-necked Avocet and Black-winged Stilt are down. Only one each Red-necked Stint and Double-banded Plover was seen. Note: Of the 15000 Straw-necked Ibises reported recently, only about 20 remain. The photo shows part of a flock of 120 Sharp-tailed Sandpipers. This report is related to list #175866 (kindly submitted by C. Hayne). Michael Dahlem
	Black Kite Byron LGA 3 Black Kite at Ewingsdale over earthworks associated with Pacific Hwy upgrade; at least 4 Black Kite over landfill site at Myocum. Bob Moffatt
Fri 19 Apr	Great-winged Petrel, Shy and Black-browed Albatross Mistral Point, Maroubra Great conditions this afternoon produced : 35 Great-winged Petrels(macroptera?), 45 Shy (type) Albatross, 45 Black-browed Albatross (including at least 1 impavida), 15 Wedge-tailed Shearwaters, 3 Common Terns, 1 Arctic Jaeger, 40 Australasian Gannets and 6 Fluttering (type) Shearwaters. Interestingly, we also saw what looked like a small brown gull (slightly smaller than a Silver Gull) flying south.......... David Mitford, Ray Gobbe and Fiona Brooke
Fri 19 Apr	Ground Cuckoo Shrike, Budgerigars, White-winged Fairywren, Spotted Harrier Private Property 26km west of Narrabri Four Ground Cuckoo-shrikes along with 50+ Budgerigars, White-winged Fairywrens, Blue Bonnet parrots, Red-capped Robins, Zebra Finches, Whistling Kite and a Spotted Harrier plus the usual open grassland species all observed along a 500m stretch of new fence line on our property. The cuckoo-shrikes are irregular visitors to the property and it has been several years since last observed here. James Faris
Fri 19 Apr	Swift Parrots Kurri Kurri Woodland, Hunter Valley 2 Swift Parrots heard then seen flying out of a Grey Gum, no blossom. The first birds for the Hunter this season. Steve Roderick
	Glossy Black-Cockatoo Blue Nobby, W of Oxley Wild Rivers NP, near Enmore, SE of Uralla (private property) Two Glossy Black-Cockatoos flying over open land to trees. Greg Clancy, Emily Laurie
	Brown Skuas, waders and albatrosses Burrill Lake Estuary Because of the strong winds and heavy seas, waders and birds of all sorts were sheltering in the estuary including 8 Hooded,19 Double-banded and 25 Red-capped Plovers along with 5 Bar-tailed Godwits, 20 Masked Lapwings, 6 Caspian and 30 Crested Terns . This was all on a rapidly disappearing sand spit at the entry . Off shore was as busy with over 50 Albatrosses, both Black-browed and Shy types, Brown Skuas, Australasian Gannets and Shearwaters travelling at near sound barrier speeds. Bob Rusk
	Budgerigars Tomalla Rd, Ellerston (Devil Ark) Two Budgerigars John Weigel and Kim Faulkner
	Banded Lapwings Oolambeyan National Park, Hay Around 30 Banded Lapwing at park entrance around 9am. A couple seen further into park 4 days earlier. Sandra Henderson and 6 other members Canberra Ornithologists Group
	Ground Cuckoo-shrike Sturt Hwy, 36k from Narrandera towards Carrathool 2 Ground Cuckoo-shrikes sitting on gate at roadside gave great views then moved further into paddock Sandra Henderson, Lia Battisson, Jean Casburn, Jane Green, Julie McGuinness
	Freckled Duck, Pink-eared Duck Pitt Town Lagoon At least 18 Freckled Duck on the central island, swam across to join the 30 or so Pink-eared Ducks on a sunny bank of another island (good scope recommended). No bittern but some nice raptors. Mark Fuller and John DeHeaume et al
	Spotted Harrier Levenstrath Rd Levenstrath nr Grafton 10.30am. working over a small paddock of seeding grasses and along gully. Possibly the same bird being seen almost weekly within a kilometre radius. Warren Thompson
	Blue-billed Duck Walka Water Works, Maitland 9:10-10:10. Sunny, moderate winds, 17 degrees. Quick walk around the dam. Blue-billed Duck (1) Female Grant Brosie
Thu 18 Apr	Diamond Firetail Bezzants Road, E of Deepwater Two Diamond Firetails flew across road. Greg Clancy, Warren Martin, Emily Laurie
	Black Kite, Whistling Kite Bezzants Road, between Bow Creek and Deepwater 18 Black Kites in air with one Whistling Kite at Bow Creek, Bezzants Road then an additional 13+ Black Kites and 7+ Whistling Kites in trees at railway underpass just E of Deepwater making a total of 31+ Black Kites and 8+ Whistling Kites. Greg Clancy, Warren Martin, Emily Laurie
	Glossy Black-Cockatoo The Magistrates Trail near Cox's Road, Capoompeta National Park, E of Deepwater Three Glossy Black-Cockatoos flushed from trees as we drove past. Greg Clancy, Warren Martin, Emily Laurie
	Black Kite, Little Eagle Inverell Landfill & Gwydir Highway 25 Black Kites observed over Inverell landfill, Burtenshaw Rd. A pair of Little Eagles also seen several km east of Inverell, over the Gwydir Highway. Simon Clayton
	Budgerigar, Diamond Dove Near Wongwibinda, New England Tableland Very, but pleasantly, surprised to see small flock of 24 Budgerigars on road between Wongwibinda and the Armidale-Grafton Road (in direct line: ~8.5 km south of Wongwibinda Public School and ~17.5 km west of Ebor). Also single Diamond Dove foraging along same road, ~3.5. km from Armidale-Grafton Road. Sorry about the quality of the photo - best we could do without proper cameras. Peter Higgins, Michael Cheers and Bob Tatham
	Blue-billed Duck Near Wongwibinda, New England Tableland Adult male and adult female Blue-billed Ducks seen, with three one-third grown young following female around. Adults regularly recorded on this farm dam (visible from road; recommend not entering property) but confirmed breeding great. Peter Higgins, Michael Cheers and Bob Tatham
	Ground Cuckoo-shrike Murrumbidgee Valley NP - Banandra precinct (between Darlington Point & Narrandera) 2 Ground Cuckoo-shrike observed in open grassland in the south of the reserve (formerly Banandra State Forest). David Parker
	Glossy Ibis Badu Mangroves, Sydney Olympic Park A pair of Glossy Ibis seen at the ponds in Badu Mangroves, near the antenna. They stayed feeding between 10am and about 11am. Also eight Red-kneed Dotterel seen at Mason Ponds nearby as well as four Black-fronted Dotterel. Paul Tonkin
	Black Falcon, Black Kite, Black-necked Stork Hexham Swamp West, Lenenghan Drive Spent 20 minutes at Leneghan Drive 1600-1620 hrs looking out over Hexham Swamp. Highlights were 8 Black Kites, 5 Whistling Kites, 1 Black Falcon, 2 Swamp Harriers, one adult and one juvenile White-bellied Sea-eagle, 8+ Shoveler in the swamp below the lookout spot with 260 Grey Teal and a few Black Duck & Chestnut Teal, a Blue-faced Honeyeater, Pied Butcherbird. There were many Black Swans and Cattle Egrets, Great Egrets and Black-winged Stilts. Two adult Black-necked Storks, were seen flying over the Swamp and landed about 200 m out in the swamp from the base of the hill. Alan & Anne Morris
	Australasian Bittern Pitt Town Lagoon Australasian Bittern seen on east of mound flying from reeds. David Stowe, John Weigel, Peter Madvig, Carol & Peter Abbot
Wed 17 Apr	Spotted Harrier Paddy's Flat Road, Wards Mistake 1 adult flying low over paddock. Greg Clancy
	Black Falcon Oolambeyan National Park, Hay Black Flcon near a tank in southern area of the Park. Circling for a while then took off at speed further south. Only Black Falcon seen in the Park this visit. Sandra Henderson and 6 other Canberra Ornithologists Group members
	Australasian Bittern, Black Falcon, Glossy Ibis, Black Kite, Buff-banded Rail Hexham Swamp West (access from Lenaghans Dr and Forsythe Pde) Raptors were circling over the Equestrian Centre near Lenaghans Dr. There were over 30 Black Kites, 14 Whistling Kites, 2 White-bellied Sea-Eagles, 1 Wedge-tailed Eagle and two Black Falcons. Black Falcon were very active constantly chasing kites and trying to steal their food. In proximity 3 Swamp Harriers were flying over the swamp and a Peregrine Falcon was feeding on Cattle Egret. An Australasian Bittern flew over the swamp chased by a Swamp Harrier (near access road to 61-75 properties). In the same site Baillon's Crakes and Spotless Crake answered my tapes and a Buff-banded Rail crossed the road in front of our car. I also found a group of Glossy Ibis (6) and Red-kneed Dotterels (3) when investigating a swamp from Forsythe Parade. Ted Wnorowski
	Black Kite, Grey Goshawk, Blue-faced Honeyeater, Blue-billed Duck, Musk Duck Walka Water Works, Maitland Black Kites were also in this reserve. Four birds were circling over the car park and stealing lunches from pensioners. Other birds: Grey Goshawk (Brush Nature trail), Blue-billed Duck (1 male), Musk Duck (2), Intermediate Egret (1), Blue-faced Honeyeater (on Grevillea flowers in the carpark), Australasian Figbird (7 - huge fruiting fig tree near ranger house). Ted Wnorowski
	Black Falcon, Black Kite, Baillon's Crake East Maitland Rubbish Tip (Mt Vicent Rd) Reading all the Birdline posting about Black Kites I also visited the tip. Black Kites were visible but very difficult to count. A very cranky council employee did not allow me to access the site until I put on my safety gear (high vibility vest, hard hat , long sleeve shirt and enclosed shoes) but it was worth it. Over 160 Black Kites were resting on the bare soil near a top of the tip. Additional 50+ Black Kites plus other raptors (Whistling Kites 12, Swamp Harrier 3, Wedge-tailed Eagle 2, White-bellied Sea-Eagle 2) were roosting in the nearby trees. Whenever a new rubbish truck arrived all birds got excited and they were picking up food from the rubbish and flying away. A pair of Black Falcon was very visible harrasing kites and stealling their food. I also saw Baillon's Crake (nearby swamp) Ted Wnorowski
	Rufous Fantail 77 Macpherson Street, Bronte Came back from a run and was stretching only to see a small Rufous Fantail dancing in the front of this block of flats garden (which is damp and dark) at around 6.25am this morning. Charles Hunter
	Australasian Bittern, Freckled Duck Pitt Town Lagoon 1 Australasian Bittern seen very well three times from 8:30-10:45. 1 - Harrassed by Whistling Kite as it flew across lagoon from Golf Course towards town side of Lagoon, where it dropped into one of the reed beds with a honking protest; 2 - again when flushed from these reeds and flew back across to the most northerly island; 3 - when it headed back from that island towards the golf course. Attached is not a great shot, but a record shot of the Australasian Bittern seen from "the mound" (north end) in the typha reeds on the east side. 4 Freckled Duck on one of the centre islands including 1 bird showing red at base of bill. Also 2 Swamp Harriers, 2 White-bellied Sea-Eagles, a Peregrine Falcon, 5 Whistling Kites, lots of Australasian Reed Warblers and Little Grassbirds, at least 4 Australasian Shoveler, 40+ Pink-eared Ducks, several Restless Flycatchers, 2 Chestnut-breasted Mannikin and a possible White-winged Triller. Tom Wilson
	Eastern Barn Owl Oakhurst Ten Australian Ravens chased an Eastern Barn Owl directly over my back yard this morning, heading toward the same stand of trees where I'd previously found a Southern Boobook and Square-tailed Kite. Unfortunately the owl took off as I arrived with my camera and was once again mobbed mercilessly by the ravens. Mark Fuller
Tue 16 Apr	Spotted Harrier Oaky Creek Dam Road near Armidale-Kempsey Road One Spotted Harrier flew over canopy and then open country. Greg Clancy
	Spotted Harrier Bakers Creek between Armidale and Wollomombi Adult flying low over paddock Greg Clancy and Warren Martin
	Black Kite Maitland Garbage Tip At the same time as Paul Baird's and Jim Smart's sighting of 60+ Back Kite at Morpeth I was driving past the Maitland tip and saw 40+ birds descending from great heights down into the tip. Unfortunately I was driving at the time so couldn't get an accurate count. So there could have been well over 100 BKites in the Maitland area today. Grant Brosie
	Jacky Winter, Weebill Vicar Park Lane, Luddenham (Western Sydney) Three Jacky Winter seen this afternoon on fence at end Vicar Park Lane Luddenham (opposite the stud). Two birds appeared paired, repeatedly chasing off a third. Also flock of 14 White-winged Chough and small group of Weebill. An interesting area worth a followup visit. Peter Ridgeway
	Black Kite Morpeth, Hunter Valley, NSW On a ploughed field between Morpeth and Hinton in the NSW Hunter Valley 62 Black Kites were observed feeding, loafing and flying away. Jim Smart, Paul Baird.
	Grey Goshawk, Budgerigar, Jacky Winter Farm Properties, 10-20km North West of Moree Another Grey Goshawk was seen today, this time in a different location around farmland. Budgerigars were seen in large flocks at several farms. Possibly the last Sacred Kingfisher for the season was seen, they left a while ago. 2 Jacky Winters were also seen which are the first birds recorded in the area. Other highlights included: flocks of Emus in the cotton fields, hundreds of Pink- eared Ducks, Tree and Fairy Martins, Plum-headed Finches, Yellow-rumped Thornbills and many Spotted Harriers. Large flocks of Caspian Tern and Silver Gull were seen at one dam while the ever so common Gull-billed Terns were everywhere. Curtis Hayne
Mon 15 Apr	Barking Owl Condobolin Golf Course At 10pm I could hear one owl calling loudly from my backyard. I drove abour 500m and found it sitting in top of a gum tree in the golf course still calling continually. A second bird was returning the call from near the railway crossing on the Cobar road. I have only ever seen or heard these birds here once before Warren Chad
	Freckled Duck Wonga Wetlands, West Albury 3x Freckled Ducks in Lagoon 1, seen from track past birdhide. At 1530 Jon Spicer-Bell
	Grey Goshawk, Brown Goshawk, Golden Whistler, Budgerigar Biniguy, NSW A flock of at least 25-30 Budgerigars flew in a flock quickly over the small village. On a farm property, 2km to the west of the village were a Grey Goshawk and a Brown Goshawk on the Gwydir River. Other special observations included Olive backed Oriole, immature Golden Whistler, King Parrot, Tawny Grassbird, Red browed Finch and Common Bronzewing. Curtis Hayne
	Black Kites North Orange At least 20 birds spiralling over what appeared to be the old abbatoir site (difficult to tell from my vantage point). Two birds later seen closer to the CSU campus. Co-ords: 149 06 26E, 33 14 13S. Note that the NPWS were carrying out Hazzard reduction birds in the Mullion Range SCA on the weekend which may have attracted the Kites in. Tiffany Mason
	Red-kneed Dotterel, Crested Shrike-tit, Spangled Drongo Sydney Olympic Park Saw some good birds this morning including 3 rarely reported at this site; Red-kneed Dotterel (1) Waterbird Refuge. Have poor photo. Crested Shrike-tit (2) Louise Savage Walkway, in the casuarinas. Thrilled to finally see these here! 1 male, 1 female. Spangled Drongo (1) Louise Savage Walkway, in the casuarinas. Have photograph. Jenny Stiles
	Crested Shrike-tit, Dusky Woodswallow South Gundagai Cemetery Pair of Shrike-tits feeding in box canopy adjacent cemetery, also around 20 Dusky Woodswallows perched in canopy. 1200 midday. Jon Spicer-Bell
Sun 14 Apr	Rose Robin Orara River, Coutts Crossing Adult male Rose Robin in riparian vegetation. First record for the season where it is an autumn-winter migrant. Greg Clancy
	Glossy Black-Cockatoo Yellow Rock Glossy Black-Cockatoo (1) sex unknown. Heard at first, then it flew near edge of the western bank of Nepean River. Ákos Lumnitzer and Peter Phelan
	New Zealand Storm-Petrel Swansea Pelagic (S 33 16 27, E 152 16 51) Single New Zealand Storm-Petrel seen on the Swansea pelagic yesterday. The bird was first picked up by Mike Kuhl as it made a pass along our starboard side, flying towards the bow. The bird was then lost and was re-seen in the slick a few minutes later. It was a generally quiet day at sea (probably owing to the complete lack of wind) but our cod-liver oil slick had attracted reasonable numbers (maybe 30-40 all up) of Wilson's Storm-Petrels and the NZSP was associating with these. The bird appears to be a fairly "classic" NZSP based on our current knowledge. Image by Allan Richardson. Mick Roderick, Allan Richardson, Alan Morris, Mike Kuhl and 12 other observers
	Yellow-faced Honeyeater inner west sydney Last 10 days are the largest movement of YFHE I've observed through inner Sydney in 10+ years. Yesterday sporadic flocks ~10-20 YFHE moving north where ever I was in was in inner west - Pyrmont (9:30am), Glebe, Annandale, Camperdown, Sydney University(4:30pm). On 11/4 several flocks of ~50 passed over my home Annandale on 11/4 with total number passing over on 11/4 likely >1000. Smaller movement over my home on 9/4 -likely 300+. Also party of ~50 on 8/4 over Canterbury Rd Petersham. And several flocks of 10-20 Riverwood 13/4 Andrew Taylor
	Crested Shrike-tit, Rufous Fantail Bellawongarah - private property One Crested Shrike-tit seen, a pair was seen last week also. One Rufous Fantail is still around quite late but unusually warm weather. One Rose Robin and many Yellow-faced Honeyeaters passing through and feeding on property. Habitat is wet forest. Carla Jackett
	Black Falcon, Black Kites, Brown Goshawk, Hobby, Wedge-tailed Eagles Lenaghan Drive, west side of Hexham Swamp, Newcastle Black Falcon (photoed) tried to steal offal from a Whistling Kite. Also seen Brown Goshawk, 2 Wedge-tailed Eagles, Hobby, 2 Swamp Harrier, 20+ Black Kites, 15+ Whistling Kites. Eric Yan
Sat 13 Apr	Pied Honeyeater Lake Cargelligo Sewage Treatment Works Seen on a warm afternoon walk at the sewage ponds. Pied Honeyeater (2) Anthony & Vicki Katon
Fri 12 Apr	Grey-fronted Honeyeater Nombinnie Nature Reserve, Mt Hope One bird located 100 metres along Cactus Track after its junction with the Old Wheatfield Track from the first bend to the left. The Old Wheatfield track connects to the Mt Hope-Lake Cargelligo Road. Bernie OKeefe
Wed 10 Apr	Spotted Harrier Private land immediately E of Bolivia Hill Nature Reserve, S of Bolivia, S of Tenterfield Adult Spotted Harrier flying low over paddock being mobbed by a flock of Australian Magpies. Harrier flew off to east. Greg Clancy
Fri 5 Apr	Restless Flycatcher, Dusky Woodswallow Retreat Bridge, McDonald & Namoi River Junct. Manilla One Restless Flycatcher and two Dusky Woodswallows in paddock. Both woodland species that are probably declining. Greg Clancy
Thu 4 Apr	Diamond Firetail Bezzants Road, E of Deepwater A total of 10+ Firetails observed along road in three groups (2, 2, 6+), in addition there were 4 Dusky Woodswallows Greg Clancy
Wed 3 Apr	Barking Owl, Southern Boobook, Tawny Frogmouth Wonga Wetlands, West Albury I went spotlighting at the wetlands from dusk til 1830, saw a Southern Boobook, Tawny Frogmouth, and heard a Barking Owl in the distance. On dusk small flocks of common starlings started to fly onto a large dead gum tree, eventually building into several hundreds, covering every bit of space. An Australian Hobby then attacked but missed. The starlings flew off and did not return. A great spectacle to witness. Jon Spicer-Bell
Thu 28 Mar	Square-tailed Kite Jack's Creek State Forest, 20 km south of Narrabri 2390 A single bird was seen flying low above trees on a bank of Bohena Creek, one of the major creeks coming out of the Pilliga scrub, following the course of the creek bed about 3 km north of the former cosmic-ray station. Michael Dahlem

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