The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period
Monday, February 10, 2014 to Sunday, February 16, 2014:
Area: SA
Date: Monday, February 10, 2014
Location: Point Sturt
White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) (1) A sub adult bird flying
along the cliffs at Point Sturt.
Latham's Snipe (Gallinago hardwickii) (4) Feeding around the margins of the Pt.
Sturt lagoon.
Also great to see a flock of 9 Red-browed Finches in the revegetation block-
first group I've seen at this end of the peninsula.
Reported by: Nathaniel Doecke on Monday, February 10, 2014
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Date: Thursday, February 13, 2014
Location: Altona Reserve
Fork-tailed Swift (Apus pacificus) (50+) Stunning mass aerial foraging event
adjacent North para River; mixed flocks of swifts (some White-throated
Needletail present) moving through N-NE ahead of rain fronts, some just above
tree-level, most much higher; together with ~300+ Tree Martins and ~20 Rainbow
Bee-eaters, some of which were lofting and settling in the tops of large gums
on the ridge-line above the river. Swarms of flying ants were the obvious
aerial prey, while on the ground meat-ants were everywhere and hyper-active
(nts don't wear ya Tivas out birding!).
Reported by: Terry Dennis on Friday, February 14, 2014
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Date: Friday, February 14, 2014
Location: Point Sturt Peninsula
Fork-tailed Swift (Apus pacificus) (15+) Small numbers of swifts passing over,
following heavy rain.
Reported by: Nathaniel Doecke on Sunday, February 16, 2014
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Date: Saturday, February 15, 2014
Location: Clayton Bay
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis) (3) Feeding in flowering
Eucalyptus cladocalyx woodlot adjacent to the Clayton-Milang Road. BCHE have
been resident in this vicinity since around October 2012.
Reported by: Nathaniel Doecke on Sunday, February 16, 2014
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