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Birdpedia - Australia - Weekly Digest

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Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 00:05:08 +0930
Date: Saturday, August 2, 2014 [...] Content analysis details: (-0.5 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -0.0 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, no trust [203.59.1.226 listed in list.dnswl.org] -0.5 BAYES_05 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 1 to 5% [score: 0.0447]
The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period 
Monday, July 28, 2014 to Sunday, August 3, 2014:

Area: SA

Date: Saturday, August 2, 2014

Location: Kangaroo Island

Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops) (36) Exceptional congregation 
feeing along muddy edges of freshwater Grassdale Lagoons, Kelly Hill CP, 
Kangaroo island, 30 April 2014.

Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes) (26) Initially roosting in tight 
huddle, later spreading out to feed in shallows, freshwater Grassdale lagoons, 
Kelly Hill CP, Kangaroo Island, 30 April 2014.

Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia) (3) In close association with 26 Yellow-billed 
Spoonbill, freshwater Grassdale Lagoons, Kelly Hill CP, Kangaroo Island, 30 
April 2014.

Hoary-headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus) (60) Impressive raft for 
western KI, freshwater Grassdale lagoons, Kelly Hill CP, Kangaroo Island, 30 
April 2014.

Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae) (20) Spread out across 
freshwater Grassdale lagoons, Kelly Hill CP, Kangaroo Island, 30 April 2014.

Southern Emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus) (5) Calling/skulking about in dense 
thickets of Dryland Ti-tree (Melaleuca lanceolata) growing on primary dune of 
Vivonne Bay subdivision (village), May, June and July 2014.

Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) (1) Perched in flooded mallee/broombush 
association, massively flooded Lake Ada, central south coast of Kangaroo 
Island, 18 May 2014.

Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) (22) Feeding in flotilla 
formation, freshwater Grassdale lagoons, Kelly Hill CP, Kangaroo Island, 30 
April 2014.

Hooded Plover (Thinornis rubricollis) (13) Single flock of adults at Harriet 
River Mouth, Vivonne Bay Beach, Kangaroo island, 6 May 2014.

Rock Parrot (Neophema petrophila) (2) Feeding amongst low succulents, most 
notably Austral Seablite (Suaeda australis), Point Ellen, Vivonne Bay, Kangaroo 
Island, 16 May 2014.

Reported by: Chris Baxter on Saturday, August 2, 2014

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Date: Saturday, August 2, 2014

Location: Kangaroo Island

Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) (100+) c. 90 on freshwater Duck Lagoon and 
lower Cygnet River flood water swamps, Kangaroo Island, 15 July 2014.
13 at freshwater Grassdale Lagoons, Kelly Hill CP, Kangaroo Island, 14 May 2014

Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis) (6) Individuals from widespread 
Kangaroo Island localities commenced calling (trilling) early this year-first 
heard 15 June and have continued spasmodically since.

Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) (1) Full-coloured adult male walking 
along dis-used vehicle track in dense coastal mallee scrub, Vivonne Bay, 
Kangaroo Island, 18 June 2014

Western Whipbird (Psophodes nigrogularis) (6) Three pairs commenced territorial 
song from breeding territories along coastal mallee belt at Vivonne Bay, 
Kangaroo Island, 15 July 2014.

Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami) (29) 23 (20 adults and 3 
fledgelings) feeding in Drooping Sheoak woodland, Stokes Bay West, Kangaroo 
Island, 30 July 2014.
6 (3 pair) feeding in Drooping Sheoak woodland, Baudin CP, Kangaroo Island, 7 
July 2014

Bassian Thrush (Zoothera lunulata) (2) Pair feeding on front lawn of riverside 
cabin, deep forested wilderness along lower reaches of East Demole River, 
Kangaroo Island, 18 July 2014.

Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis) (2) A pair pay irregular visits to my 
forested Sugar Gum home ('Panorama Park')-last visit was for several days 
commencing 14 July 2014-spent most of time chasing Rainbow Lorikeets attracted 
to flowering Pink Gums, Menzies, Kangaroo Island.

Brown-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus brevirostris) (1) Individual plucking fur 
(for nest lining) from unsuspecting Koala in Brown Stringybark (Euc baxteri), 
Gregors Road, Kangaroo Island, 15 July 2014.

Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus) (12) Racecourse Swamp, Kangaroo 
Island, 28 June 2014

Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) (10) feeding in ocean and later 
congregated on Point Danger roost, Seal Bay, Kangaroo Island, 20 June 2014

Reported by: Chris Baxter on Saturday, August 2, 2014

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