Birdline New South Wales
Published sightings for the week ending 13 Oct 2014.
Tue 14 Oct White-throated Needletail Lower Pappinbarra
80 WTNT, 2 Wedge-tailed Eagles, and 2 White-bellied Sea-Eagles seen
flying over.
Ian Kerr
Common Cicadabird Caniaba, Lismore NSW
Common Cicadabird (female). First sighting for season.
paul griffin
Grey Plover Lake Tabourie entrance, 12km south Ulladulla
A single Grey Plover was seen morning at 10-30am, just before a huge
storm passed through, and has been hanging around for 4-5 days now. In
attendance were Black-tailed Godwits, Red-necked Stints, 2 Hooded
Plovers and Red-capped Plovers. All very approachable this morning
before moving off.
Bob Rusk
Mon 13 Oct Pacific Baza, Eastern (Australian) Koel, Dollarbird
Anchorage Holiday Park, Iluka
Adult pair of Pacific Bazas constructing nest in Flooded Gum Eucalyptus
grandis (photo of nest attached), Eastern Koel heard calling and 2
Dollarbirds were seen and heard (also record on previous 2 days).
Greg Clancy & Birdlife Northern NSW campers
Horsfield's Bushlark Turners Road, Woodberry
A male displaying. Great views, within 3 metres. Nice to see them so
close to the coast.
Grant Brosie
White-throated Needletail East Maitland
Single bird flying south
Grant Brosie
Common Cicadabird Lower Pappinbarra
First Common Cicadabird for the season here today. Wompoo Fruit-doves,
Regent Bowerbirds and Scarlet Honeyeaters are getting into the
flowering Silky Oaks.
Ian Kerr
White-throated Needletail Caniaba, Lismore NSW
First sighting for season. About 15 WTNT gliding from north to south
over a range just above tree level, riding a light 15 km/h northerley.
As they passed onto the coastal plain they grouped and circled for a
few minutes, taking advantage of a thermal, then peeled off and
continued south.
paul griffin
Double-barred Finch Denneys Lane north of Goulburn
One lone individual occasionally mixing with Red-browed Finches. Flocks
of Double-barred Finches are fewer and sparser here than previously. It
is becoming more common to see pairs or small groups. Unfortunate
perhaps to see lone individuals of this gregarious species. Sparsely
sighted in wild here.
Rodney Falconer
Sun 12 Oct Australian Brush-Turkey Leura Cascades
Male Australian Brush-Turkey seen for several minutes foraging along
the stream near the upper cascade.
Chris Chafer
Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove, Tawny-crowned Honeyeater Red Cliff, Yuraygir
National Park
One Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove flushed from tree and landed in Coast
Banksia, attacked and chased off by Little Wattlebird before photos
could be taken. Had probably been feeding in Tuckeroo nearby which was
fruiting profusely. 3+ Tawny-crowned Honeyeaters feeding in Coast
Banksia. Usually found in low heath in local area.
Greg Clancy & Birdlife Northern NSW campers
Australian Hobby, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Wedge-tailed Eagle Brooms
Head Road, Taloumbi
Pair of Australian Hobbies nesting in tall Large-leaved Spotted Gum
Corymbia henryi, one bird (? female) perched on rim of nest uttering
begging call, second bird (? male) flew in and landed on dead branch of
nest tree. Immature White-bellied Sea-Eagle perched in dead tree and
adult Wedge-tailed Eagle in flight over site.
Greg Clancy & Birdlife Northern NSW campers
Black-bellied Storm-petrel, Wandering Albatross Pelagic off Port
Stephens
A Black-bellied Storm-petrel was the highlight for yesterday's pelagic
off Port Stephens, which unfortunately was only seen by a few on board.
Seeing 5 Wandering Albatross was another highlight on a rather unusual
(and very windy) day where barely a single bird came in to our berley
at the shelf, including Wedge-tailed Shearwaters which appeared to also
be migrating (with flocks of Short-taileds). Another highlight was
having a Providence Petrel appear in the wake of the boat with
inshore-feeding shearwaters about 7 miles from the heads from where it
followed us to about 500m off the rocks before peeling off!
Mick Roderick and all on board the M.V.Argonaut
Albert's Lyrebird, Paradise Riflebird, Wompoo Fruit-dove Protesters
Falls, Nightcap NP
Good but brief views of female Albert's Lyrebird as it walked across
road at protesters and scratched around. Paradise Riflebird adult male
displayed well for over ten minutes jumping from branch to branch and
probing palms and bark upside down at times, within 6-8 meters of us.
Uncoloured bird sighted later near same spot as coloured male. Wompoo
Fruit-doves calling and seen well, Pale Yellow Robin and Spectacled
Monarch also sighted.
Tom Petty
Sat 11 Oct Brush Cuckoo, Black-fronted Dotterel, Forest Kingfisher,
Sacred Kingfisher James Creek Road, Harwood
Brush Cuckoo heard calling (observer's first for season), Black-fronted
Dotterel at wetland and two Forest Kingfishers in trees, one chasing
Sacred Kingfisher.
Greg Clancy & Birdlife Northern NSW campers
Eastern Grass-Owl Harwood Bridge, Clarence River
Road killed Eastern Grass-Owl on road edge on bridge. ID confirmed by
Stephen Debus.
Stephen Debus, Greg Clancy & Birdlife Northern NSW campers
Beach Stone-curlew, Mangrove Honeyeater Iluka Bay, Iluka
Two adult Beach Stone-curlews on beach. One Mangrove Honeyeater heard
calling.
Greg Clancy & Birdlife Northern NSW campers
Mangrove Honeyeater, Beach Stone-Curlew, Pied Oystercatcher Dart
Island, Clarence Estuary
2+ Mangrove Honeyeaters heard calling, adult Beach Stone-curlew on
sand, adult pair of Pied Oystercatchers mating on sand near shoreline.
Greg Clancy & Birdlife Northern NSW campers
Powerful Owl N of Johnsons Lane, Iluka
Powerful Owl heard calling at night.
Greg & Val Clancy
Red-necked Avocet, Eastern Osprey, Caspian Tern Wooloweyah Lagoon,
Clarence Estuary
c.100 Red-necked Avocets roosting on sand bar in Lagoon, 5+ Eastern
Osprey hunting and interacting over lagoon. 1 Caspian Tern in flight.
Greg Clancy & Birdlife Northern NSW campers
Fri 10 Oct Common Cicadabird Anchorage Holiday Park, Iluka
Common Cicadabird heard calling. Observers first record for the season.
Greg Clancy & Birdlife Northern NSW campers
White-eared Monach Iluka
Pair of birds sighted well within the first ten minutes of arrival.
Spectacled Monarch seen, but was only there for 30 minutes.
Tom Petty
Sun 5 Oct Rawnsley's Bowerbird Kalang NSW
I spotted this bird perched on my outdoor furniture at the front of my
house in Kalang NSW 5th October 2014. By the time I got my camera it
had gone to a nearby tree where I took the photo. It then flew away.
Although I could not get a decent photograph of the undersides of its
wings, I did notice that they were a brighter yellow than what can be
seen on the outer wings in the photograph, I would say that it is a
little more like the colour of the Regent Bowerbird. I frequently see
the Satin Bowerbird, and sometimes see the Regent Bowerbird on my
property, but I have never come across one of these before. From what I
have learned this is a very rare bird, and I consider it to be a very
exciting find. [Moderator's note on 'Rawnsley's Bowerbird' (NH;
'stolen' from Lloyd Nielsen's comment on this bird to Birding-Aus):
"The original bird was collected near Brisbane on 14 July, 1867 by
Henry Rawnsley. A second bird was seen and photographed at Beachmont
(near Binna Burra) south of Brisbane during 2003 & 2004. Cliff Frith
and Daniel Blunt have a good article in Australian Field Ornithology -
22:2:53 on Rawnsley's Bowerbird. It is presumed that Rawnsleys
Bowerbird is a hybrid between Satin and Regent which has to be the
case. However, it is interesting that all three birds seem to be
similarly marked with yellow generally confined to the primaries."]
Carol Seidl
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