Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, November 3, 2014 to Sunday, November 9, 2014: Area: SA Location: near Hawker Australian Pipit (Anthus australis) (1) In low “near dead” scrub about 15kms from Hawker. Photo attached Reported by: Gordon Pateman on Thursday, November 6, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Monday, November 3, 2014 Location: 1.5km NE of Wirrina Cove White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) (1) Single bird – soaring along the coastline in a southerly direction. Reported by: Nathaniel Doecke on Monday, November 3, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2014 Location: Point Sturt White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) (1) A sub-adult bird soaring low over farmland adjoining Lake Alexandrina, 2km south-west of Point Sturt. Reported by: Nathaniel Doecke on Thursday, November 6, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Sunday, November 9, 2014 Location: Middle Beach Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides) (2000+) They came in their hundreds flying southwards between Middle Beach and Port Wakefield Rd. There was a lot of calling and they kept coming for over 2 hours. Where did they all come from and where did they all go? Reported by: Elizabeth MacIlwain on Sunday, November 9, 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?’ ———————————————