The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period
Monday, September 29, 2014 to Sunday, October 5, 2014:
Area: SA
Date: Monday, September 22, 2014
Location: Old Kersbrook Forest
Pallid Cuckoo (Cuculus pallidus) (1) Mature bird seen along one of the fire
tracks sitting quietly in a tree. Didn't hear it calling at all.
Old Kersbrook Forest (near Para Wirra Conservation Park) is Forestry SA land
and not open to the public. Sighting occurred while carrying out a site survey
as part of the Mount Lofty Ranges Woodland Bird Monitoring Program.
Reported by: Ali Ben Kahn on Thursday, October 2, 2014
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Date: Monday, September 29, 2014
Location: Effluent lagoon 2 (the lagoon nearest the wetlands) and ponds, 8, 9,
Laratinga wetlands, Bald Hills Road, Mount Barker.
Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis) (1) Fully-coloured male swimming near a
group of Pink-eared Duck. Dived when it saw me, and reappeared quite a distance
away.
Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) (9) At least 9 birds, 1 on effluent lagoon
2, the others on ponds 8 and 9.
Reported by: Kevin and Lyn Williams on Tuesday, September 30, 2014
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Date: Monday, September 29, 2014
Location: St Peters
Red-rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus) (1) Red-rumped parrots are very
scarce near where we live. A single male was fossicking in the grass in a
little park on the corner of Winchester St and 7th Ave. Not long afterwards
Pete saw 5 birds in the large eucalypt in our own back garden. This is another
new sighting for us ! Now our list has 32 birds that have actually put down
their feet in our garden.
Reported by: Barbara and Peter Bansemer on Tuesday, September 30, 2014
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Date: Monday, September 29, 2014
Location: Pengelly Scrub
Singing Honeyeater (Lichenostomus virescens) (1) Singing near the entrance
gate. Photo attached
Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) (1) Near the nest. Photo attached
Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) (1) On the nest. Photo attached
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (Acanthagenys rufogularis) (1) Many throughout the
scrub. Photo attached
Reported by: Gordon Pateman on Friday, October 3, 2014
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Date: Monday, September 29, 2014
Location: 6 Gregory Street Port Elliot
Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus) (1) Single bird was calling from a
Eucalyptus leucoxylon in my garden.
Reported by: Winston Syson on Monday, September 29, 2014
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Date: Monday, September 29, 2014
Location: Opposite 23 Haddington St, Valley View
Little Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos) (1) Nesting again in this
area. Photo attached
Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) (1) Resting quietly. Photo attached
Reported by: Gordon Pateman on Friday, October 3, 2014
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Date: Thursday, October 2, 2014
Location: Black Point, Y.P.
Painted Button-quail (Turnix varius) (1) While doing some weeding in the garden
at Black Point I was fascinated to see a female Painted Button-quail foraging
in some leaf litter by rotating in a circle standing on one leg while
scratching the ground with the other, thereby creating a circular depression,
or 'platelet'. I had to sneak away to get my camera & was lucky enough that she
was still in the same area, & I was able to take some photos.
Reported by: Margaret Tiller on Saturday, October 4, 2014
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Date: Thursday, October 2, 2014
Location: Murray mouth Hindmarsh Island
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) (80) Birds were feeding along with
Red-necked Stint on the sand and in shallow water on the Island side of the
channel.
Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) (300) Good numbers of birds on both
sides of the channel. The Highlight of this sighting was a single bird still in
full breeding plumage.
Reported by: Winston Syson on Friday, October 3, 2014
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Date: Thursday, October 2, 2014
Location: Chappel Road Hindmarsh Island
Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae) (170) This large flock was
resting on a sand spit in the middle of the channel along with hundreds of Grey
Teal.
Reported by: Winston Syson on Friday, October 3, 2014
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Date: Sunday, October 5, 2014
Location: Laratinga wet-lands Mt Barker
Australasian Shoveler (Anas rhynchotis) (1) seen on dam 2 with 18 chics
Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) (6) seen on effluent pond
Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) (1) male with 4 young chics, first sighting of
chics for some years
at Belair N.P.
Reported by: Heather Connolly on Sunday, October 5, 2014
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