The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, February 17, 2014 to Sunday, February 23, 2014: Area: SA Location: On our Rockleigh property White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) (1) 30 days after the devastating bushfire we had 118mm rain, most over 24 hours. The waterholes filled and a heron appeared. Restless Flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta) (1) The restless flycatcher returned after an 8-month holiday somewhere else. The day after the January fire we recorded 6 species of bird, this weekend there were 20, which is well over the average for a pre-fire summer weekend. Unburned eucalypts have put out a lot of new growth, usual at this time of year, and the weebills and a striated pardalote were back. The pipits were back in their usual haunt, despite there being not a blade of grass, just rocks. Swallows flew around the shed after being absent for a month. After the rain insects were abundant. A party of white-browed babblers were foraging in what seemed to be a large totally dead Acacia bush. Brown treecreepers were climbing (partly-blackened) trunks. Little ravens have moved in. Pre-fire we used to see just a few. This weekend there were 40. Reported by: Barbara and Peter Bansemer on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 Location: Kangaroo Island Fork-tailed Swift (Apus pacificus) (50) flying low into North wind, Vivonne Bay, KI, 2 Feb 14; thunderstorm activity; heavy dark cloud Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) (56) at Cape Rouge high tide roost, KI, 16 Feb 14 Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) (2) at Cape Rouge high tide roost, KI, 16 Feb 14 Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) (100) at Cape Rouge high tide roost, KI, 16 Feb 14 Eastern Reef Egret (Egretta sacra) (1) at Cape Rouge high tide roost, KI, 16 Feb 14 Grey Teal (Anas gracilis) (450) at Cape Rouge high tide roost, KI, 16 Feb 14 Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea) (40) at Cape Rouge high tide roost, KI, 16 Feb 14 Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami) (4) feeding in planted Drooping Sheoaks on ‘Naturally Farm’ near mouth of Stunsail Boom River, SW KI, 2 and 3rd Feb 2014 (4 on 2nd Feb; 2 on 3rd Feb); thought to be the most southerly observation of this species on KI; presumed to have travelled to this location by following NW or NE River downstream, both these rivers originate in Gosselands, Flinders Chase NP ( they join to form the Stunsail Boom); both have limited amount of naturally occurring pockets of sheoak growing along them. Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis) (6) three pairs; males resplendant in full breeding regalia, Kingscote sewage ponds, 16 Feb 14 Painted Button-quail (Turnix varius) (3) in south coast mallee near Prospect Hill, KI, 17 Feb 14 Reported by: Chris Baxter on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Thursday, February 20, 2014 Location: Goolwa Barrage Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) (1) Goolwa ‘Bird Sanctuary’. Seen from roadside 100m south of the bird hide. Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) (20) Approximately 20 Curlew Sandpiper around the island on salt water side of barrage. Other birds present around the island included 60 Red-necked Avocet, 3 Common Greeshank, one Marsh Sandpiper, three Black-winged Stilt, four Red-kneed Dotterel, about 40 each of Sharp-tailed Sandpiper and Red-necked Stint. one Royal Spoonbill and one Little Egret. Reported by: Bob Snell, Neil Cheshire and John Hatch. on Saturday, February 22, 2014 ——————————————— Need more information about a sighting? Login and contact the poster directly. Receive sightings via email or SMS immediately they are posted. Not a member of Birdpedia? Membership is free and gives you access to information for over 230 countries. To sign up go to the Birdpedia Web Site (http://www.birdpedia.com/). To find out more about Birdpedia and what it can do for you, see ‘What is Birdpedia?’ ——————————————— _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
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