The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period
Monday, October 26, 2015 to Sunday, November 1, 2015:
Area: SA
Date: Saturday, October 24, 2015
Location: Pengilly Scrub, Molloy Road, Wasleys
Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) (10) Feeding quietly near the entrance
gate.
The scrub was very lively, including three species each of Parrots and
Woodswallows, lots of Bee-eaters and an Owlet-Nightjar. Surprisingly, no
Rufous Songlarks were observed.
Reported by: Kevin Stracey on Monday, October 26, 2015
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Date: Saturday, October 24, 2015
Location: Gawler River - diversion dam next to Northern Expressway (Two Wells
Road)
Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) (7) Birds eventually flew towards
Gawler
Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides) (2) No adults seen, just 2 ducklings
paddling out of reeds
Red-kneed Dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus) (3) I
Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops) (1)
Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca) (2)
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) (2)
Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa) (2)
Water levels dropping exposing muddy areas. The dotterel so we're in amongst
some of the exposed reeds.
Reported by: Richard Woodland on Tuesday, October 27, 2015
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Date: Sunday, October 25, 2015
Location: Magazine Road Wetland
White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica) (1) One bird flew in from the west and
settled quietly in one of the middle ponds
Hoary-headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus) (31) A single group of 31
birds was in the pond in front of the bird hide. On 18 October there was a
group of 23 birds in this pond and another 13 in the adjacent pond
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) (2) Two birds were seen, and similarly two
were also present on 18 October
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) (1) There were, I would estimate,
+30 Sharpies in and around the bird hide pond. It was fairly windy and many of
them were sheltering on the fringes of the pond so were difficult to count.
Crested Tern (Sterna bergii) (1) One bird was sitting on a bank in the first
pond than runs alongside the road into the wetland. This is my first sighting
of this species at Magazine Road.
Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) (22) In addition to the 22 in the
ponds there were at least another half a dozen flying about the area. In my
experience this is quite a large number for this site.
Reported by: Rod Tetlow on Monday, October 26, 2015
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