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Birdpedia - Australia - Weekly Digest

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Subject: Birdpedia - Australia - Weekly Digest
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Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 00:05:05 +1030
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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