The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period
Monday, April 27, 2015 to Sunday, May 3, 2015:
Area: SA
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Location: Murray mouth Hindmarsh Island
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (2) birds were standing in shallow water
about 500mts East of the main car park
Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) (5) 2 of the 5 birds sighted were in
full breeding plumage.
Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris) (35) Birds were resting on the
beach or feeding in shallow water along with 7 Sooty OYkS
Reported by: Winston Syson on Tuesday, April 28, 2015
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Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Location: Hassel Road Ponds (Goolwa Ponds) Goolwa
Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) (1) Single bird on large pond to the right
of bird hide.
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) (1) Bird was hawking high over the wetland
Reported by: Winston Syson on Tuesday, April 28, 2015
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Date: Saturday, May 2, 2015
Location: Tanunda Sewage Ponds
Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis) (50) Mostly on the far side of the pond
with the viewing platform
Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) (80) Mostly on the next pond to
the west.
Australasian Shoveler (Anas rhynchotis) (20) Among the above, along with a
number of Grey Teal. Also several Hoary-headed Grebe, and large numbers of
Masked Lapwing on the banks.
Reported by: Kevin Stracey on Saturday, May 2, 2015
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Date: Sunday, May 3, 2015
Location: Gregory street Port Elliot
Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus) (1) Single bird was constantly
calling and and looking for prey on a large Eucalypt ( SA Blue Gum ) on the
block next to me.
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis) (1) Single bird was calling
from a blue Gum 2 blocks from me.
Reported by: Winston Syson on Sunday, May 3, 2015
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