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Subject: Birdpedia - Australia - Weekly Digest
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Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 00:05:05 +0930
The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period 
Monday, September 9, 2013 to Sunday, September 15, 2013:

Area: SA

Date: Sunday, September 8, 2013

Location: Stone Hut, Southern Flinders Ranges

Apostlebird (Struthidea cinerea) (2) quite tame Apostlebird fossicking for 
leftovers and another freshening up in the bird-bath at the Stone Hut Bakery

Reported by: Lisa Girdham on Thursday, September 12, 2013

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Date: Monday, September 9, 2013

Location: 175 km W of Tarcoola

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata) (1) walking alongside E-W railway line between 
Mungala and Barton sidings-175 km W of Tarcoola. This is on N side of 
Yellabinna Regional Reserve. Observed by David Baxter.

Reported by: Chris Baxter on Wednesday, September 11, 2013

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Date: Monday, September 9, 2013

Location: Onkaparinga Estuary Boardwalk wetlands on Northern pond

Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) (1) 4 individuals resting on far 
bank of northern most pond amoung the reeds. Not a species often seen in this 
area, and a first time i have seen them here

Reported by: Colin Cock on Wednesday, September 11, 2013

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Date: Monday, September 9, 2013

Location: Spear Creek

Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) (1) a group of 15 seen drinking from dam

Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus) (1) 3 seen at same waterhole

Chestnut-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus ruficeps) (1) nesting

Rufous Songlark (Cincloramphus mathewsi) (1) At least 6 singing loudly

Spear Creek is 25 kms SE of Port Augusta

Reported by: Peter Pfeiffer on Thursday, September 12, 2013

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Date: Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Location: Point Sturt Peninsula

White-winged Triller (Lalage tricolor) (2) A pair feeding in a patch of 
established revegetation, about halfway along the Point Sturt Road. First for 
the season.

Shining Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus) (2) (6-7 September) Two birds seen 
in Allocasuarinas on the family property.Second record for this location.

Reported by: Nathaniel Doecke on Wednesday, September 11, 2013

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Date: Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Location: River Torrens Adelaide, on riverbank directly opposite Jolley's 
Boathouse

Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) (1) Seen flying westwards low 
along the river before alighting opposite Jolley's Boathouse, then hopping out 
onto the river bank where it was pestered by a small group of Black Ducks.

Reported by: Ben McHenry on Tuesday, September 10, 2013

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Date: Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Location: Browns Rd,  Monarto

Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata) (4) 

Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) (2) 

Brown-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus brevirostris) (15) 

Other birds seen include: Rufous Whistler, Purple-crowned Lorikeet, 
White-winged Chough, Brown Falcon & White-browed Babbler.

Reported by: Sue Winwood & Chris Bates-Bownsword on Wednesday, September 11, 
2013

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Date: Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Location: Suva Place Happy Valley

Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis) (1) Bird singing strongly and 
moving quite quickly through trees, (probably to avoid New Hollands).

Reported by: William Brooker on Wednesday, September 11, 2013

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Date: Sunday, September 15, 2013

Location: Onkaparinga NP

Brown Quail (Coturnix ypsilophora) (1) 3 sightings of one quail at three 
different locations within the Revege site.

Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus) (1) actively hunting overhead

Red-browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis) (1) 15 feeding in introduced weeds

White-browed Babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus) (1) occasionaly seen here

Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis) (1) heard calling

Reported by: Peter Pfeiffer on Sunday, September 15, 2013

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Date: Sunday, September 15, 2013

Location: Sandy Creek CP. Beside track between YHA and Wren circuit marker.

White-winged Triller (Lalage tricolor) (1) Male calling from tree.

Reported by: Ali Ben Kahn on Sunday, September 15, 2013

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Date: Sunday, September 15, 2013

Location: Hahndorf

Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis) (15) Carlton Farm dam, Jones Road, 
Hahndorf. Fifteen Blue-billed Duck together with one Musk Duck.

Reported by: Bob Snell on Sunday, September 15, 2013

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