The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period
Monday, December 28, 2015 to Sunday, January 3, 2016:
Area: SA
Date: Sunday, December 27, 2015
Location: Tolderol Game Reserve
White-winged Black Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) (3) Seen from photo point 1
feeding on the wing with some of the hundreds (thousands?) of Whiskered Terns.
Along with many other species including large numbers of waders and ducks, the
inundated wetlands are currently a magnificent spectacle.
Reported by: Kevin Stracey on Monday, December 28, 2015
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Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Location: Goolwa Channel Hindmarsh Is
Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva) (50) Nice to see Golden Plovers back in
channel albeit well upstream of Murray Mouth (lot of disturbance from dredge)
Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens) (3) Adult and two imm birds on
channel beacon a considerable distance upstream.
Reported by: William Brooker on Wednesday, December 30, 2015
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Date: Saturday, January 2, 2016
Location: Tanunda Sewage Ponds
Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis) (50) 36 on the last upper pond and 14 on
the last lower pond.
Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) (100s) Mostly on the upper ponds.
Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) (1) Near the platform on the last upper
pond.
Musk Duck (Biziura lobata) (1) On the last lower pond.
Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata) (2) On the fence along Golf Links Road, and
subsequently on the track to the lower ponds.
Reported by: Kevin Stracey on Saturday, January 2, 2016
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Date: Sunday, January 3, 2016
Location: St Kilda - Area in front of St Kilda Beach Hotel and along pathway
towards the playground.
Banded Stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) (+1000) Not less than a few thousand
birds feeding on the receding tide. It was by far the highest number I have
ever seen feeding together at one site.
Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus) (+80) Feeding on the beach area
with some juveniles amongst the group
Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) (+200) One large group feeding together,
and a few singles running around with the Red-capped Plovers
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) (80) None were flying, all were roosting on
the sand
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) (+200) The usual number of Swans swimming just
offshore and some roosting
Also seen were small numbers of both Oystercatcher species, and another 15
species of the common birds around this area
It was very windy and not a good day for birding and using a scope was
pointless.
Reported by: Rod Tetlow on Sunday, January 3, 2016
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