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Birdline Australian Capital Territory
Published sightings for the week ending 27 Oct 2013.
| Sun 27 Oct
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Pectoral Sandpiper
Fyshwick Sewage Treatment Plant
Start 0616. Finish 0818. A sanctioned visit with FAntram. Still, cold, 1/8 cloud. Submitted from BirdLog ANZ for iOS, version 1.7.1
Pectoral Sandpiper (1) Sharp-tailed sized sandpiper with longer slightly drooping bill. Bill lighter coloured at base, legs greenish. Diagnostic feature was strikingly marked breast with strongly demarcated with white clean belly and underparts. The demarcated breast band turned up at the edges. Head darker and streaked - no hint of rufous crown. Bird kept its distance from, and was not observed to mingle with the 14 Sharp-tails. A poor digiscoped photo attached.
Alastair Smith, Frank Antram
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| Fri 25 Oct
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Swamp Harrier
Kellys Swamp & Jerrabomberra Wetlands, Fyshwick
1 Swamp Harrier flying over kellys - harassed by a magpie.
Vivien Rolland
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Pied Stilt, Whiskered Tern
Fyshwick Sewage Treatment Plant
1 Pied Stilt together with at least 9 Sharp-tailed sandpipers on pond 2b. 6 Whiskered Terns on pond 4. All birds observed from the road.
Vivien Rolland
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| Tue 22 Oct
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Diamond Dove
Dickson Wetlands
Diamond Dove (1) Flushed from the grass next to the bike path, where it resumed feeding. Possibly an escapee.
Jono Henshaw
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| Mon 21 Oct
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White-bellied Sea-Eagle
St Marks Theological Centre and Barton Grasslands
One adult White-bellied Sea-Eagle being harassed by Australian Ravens over St Marks at midday.
Alastair Smith
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| Mon 21 Oct
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Pied Cormorant
East Basin of Lake Burley Griffin
2 birds together at midday
Michael Maconachie
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| Sun 20 Oct
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Red-capped Robin
Shepherds Lookout
A single male Red-capped robin seen around 8.30am, close to start of loop track. Uncommon around Canberra.
Observers were a group of around 15 COG/Illawarra birders. Submitted by Sandra Henderson
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