The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period
Monday, July 21, 2014 to Sunday, July 27, 2014:
Area: SA
Date: Friday, July 18, 2014
Location: Thompson Beach
Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus) (6)
Details:
6 Double-banded Plovers observed from about one hour after morning high tide
viewed from the car park opposite the road into Thompson Beach. Four of the
birds were in nice bright plumage. Another band was observed a little later to
the north of this spot but by then shorebirds were moving as the tide receded
so they may have been the same birds. They were with many Red-necked Stints and
Red-capped Plovers as well as two Ruddy Turnstones and six Sharp-tailed
Sandpipers.
There was also a remarkable looking gathering of 82 Great Egrets standing in
one flock just offshore.
Reported by: Joseph Dafoe on Monday, July 21, 2014
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Date: Sunday, July 20, 2014
Location: Ovingham
Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus) (1) Feeding low in a eucalypt in our
back garden. Have only seen this once before in the inner suburbs, some years
ago.
Reported by: David Cox on Monday, July 21, 2014
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Date: Monday, July 21, 2014
Location: On our Rockleigh property
Variegated Fairy-wren (Malurus lamberti) (1) A single male in full colour
popped out from between fallen branches of a burnt-out tree. As this is the 3rd
time we have seen wrens since the bushfire (and never before) we hope they are
there to stay.
Next to the wren, a silvereye (only our second sighting) and 3 brown
treecreepers were fossicking where it is hard to imagine there can be any
tucker.
A group of 7 or 8 brown-headed honeyeaters seem to have taken up residence in
the area after first appearing very occasionally 18 months ago. They were
flying in and out of golden wattles that we planted a few years ago, and which
have now reached tree-size. The trees looked dead after the fire but they have
fully recovered, are covered in green foliage and are just starting to flower.
Reported by: Barbara and Peter Bansemer on Tuesday, July 22, 2014
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Date: Monday, July 21, 2014
Location: Hindmarsh Island near Mundoo road
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) (2) 2 birds in paddock,no cattle in paddock. First
sighting by me on the Island.
Reported by: Winston Syson on Tuesday, July 22, 2014
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Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Location: Whites Road Wetlands
White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica) (1) One bird in the company of a Great
Egret and a White-faced Heron in the first pond on the left from the entrance.
Plum coloured breeding feathers were very noticeable.
Reported by: Rod Tetlow on Tuesday, July 22, 2014
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Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Location: near sports oval at Willaston
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis) (1) Single bird heard and
observed several times over 20min period in area. It spent several minutes
perched on window ledge of a parked car vocalising incessantly apparently
directed at its own reflected image!
Reported by: Terry Dennis on Tuesday, July 22, 2014
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Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Location: Waterfall Gully Road
Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis) (1) 50 metres off Waterfall gully
road along the Winter Track - calling frequently. Heard 3 weeks ago same area
but not sighted at that time.
Reported by: Les Woods on Wednesday, July 23, 2014
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