The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period
Monday, November 11, 2013 to Sunday, November 17, 2013:
Area: SA
Date: Sunday, November 3, 2013
Location: Vivonne Bay Kangaroo Island
Short-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris) (1) Hundreds beach washed along
Vivonne Bay, 3ks, also more on 11/11/13. One dead bird on West Bay, K.I.
Did not visit any other leach locations while on the island.
Reported by: Heather Connolly on Tuesday, November 12, 2013
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Date: Saturday, November 9, 2013
Location: Port Macdonell
Short-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris) (500+) Many hundreds flying
east to west along the coast,and sheltering inside the breakwater.
Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva) (10-15) On rocks at the western end of
Racecourse Bay.
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (36) Flock at the western end of
Racecourse Bay.
Reported by: Nathaniel Doecke on Tuesday, November 12, 2013
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Date: Sunday, November 10, 2013
Location: Laratinga Wetlands, Mt Barker
Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) (5) At least 5 birds feeding and / or
roosting on Pond 11 (see map for Reserve).
Australian Spotted Crake (Porzana fluminea) (2) Feeding on exposed mud. One on
Pond 9, one on Pond 8.
Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes) (1) Feeding on Pond 11.
Little Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos) (4) Several nests but one
nest with two almost fully grown chicks.
Water level quite low on Ponds 9, 10 and 11.
Reported by: Martyn Price on Monday, November 11, 2013
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Date: Sunday, November 10, 2013
Location: Morphett Street, Mt Barker
Collared Sparrowhawk (Accipiter cirrocephalus) (1) First spotted sitting on
roof of one of the shops near Video Ezy. Flew off toward Morphett Street
looking for prey and landing in one of the street trees. I followed. Flew out
of tree and into a small bush, at GPS location given above, hunting for House
Sparrows. Allowed me to walk right up to bush and peer inside. Could see the
bird sitting motionless - did now move but kept a watchful eye on me. After
several minutes I moved on leaving the bird to go about its business.
Reported by: Martyn Price on Monday, November 11, 2013
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Date: Sunday, November 10, 2013
Location: Mac's Beach, south of Price Salt Field.
Gull-billed Tern (Sterna nilotica) (3) 3 Gull-billed Terns out on the flats
with hundreds of Waders. My first sighting of this species for St Vincent Gulf
and Yorke Peninsular.
Good numbers and varieties of Waders.
Reported by: Teresa Jack on Monday, November 11, 2013
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Date: Sunday, November 10, 2013
Location: Port Arthur, Yorke Peninsular.
Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) (45) So happy to arrive at high tide
and find 45 Eastern Curlew, higher than the usual numbers seen in this and
nearby locations. Mind you I am still studying the photos just incase some of
them turn into Whimbrel.
Reported by: Teresa Jack on Monday, November 11, 2013
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Date: Monday, November 11, 2013
Location: Basham's Beach Port Elliot from the car park to 1 km west.
Short-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris) (229) 218 birds were dead along
1km of beach. 2 birds were alive on the beach and 9 were struggling in the
surf. some birds had had their heads bitten off.
Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator) (4) Birds were diving about 1 km off shore.
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) (4) This is the first time that I have
observed Whiskered Terns fishing out over the surf line?
Hooded Plover (Thinornis rubricollis) (1) Single bird resting above the high
tide mark.
Reported by: Winston Syson on Monday, November 11, 2013
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Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Location: Wirrina Cove Resort
White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) (1) An adult bird flying over
the Wirrina Reservoir. It was being mobbed by several angry Silver Gulls.
Reported by: Nathaniel Doecke on Tuesday, November 12, 2013
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Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Location: Greenfields Wetland, Magazine Road
Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) (1) After some hours, appeared in shallows amongst
Sharpies close to where originally reported - late, but still good light.
(Islands past first bridge on way to hide.)
Reported by: Jim Allen on Wednesday, November 13, 2013
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Date: Friday, November 15, 2013
Location: at Magazine Rd Wetlands
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) (1) Little Egret (Breeding) at Magazine Rd
Wetlands - Photo available
First time I* have encountered a Little Egret (Breeding) at this location.
Reported by: Gordon Pateman on Sunday, November 17, 2013
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Date: Saturday, November 16, 2013
Location: Milang, SA
White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica) (7) A group of seven White-necked Heron in
lakeside paddock 3km south of Milang.
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) (200+) 200 to 300 Whiskered Terns hawking
over lakeside paddocks between Milang and Kindaruar Road.
Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis) (1) 3.5 km south of Milang.
Reported by: Bob and Maureen Snell on Sunday, November 17, 2013
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