Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, December 1, 2014 to Sunday, December 7, 2014: Area: SA Location: Magazine Road Wetlands Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) (3) 3 birds seen from bank of the path approx. half way to bird hide, near brackish water & rocks on track area running along western boundary. Excellent view of birds on ground only 10 metres from observors. 3 birds also seen 30 mins later on mud in front of bird hide. Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta) (3) Much to our amazement and after extended observation 3 LTS seen in and out of reeds in shallow water edge of middle pond. Seen from central path. Also observed in flight. Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) (2) Red-kneed Dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus) (50) Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia) (4) Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes) (1) Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus) (9) Excellent view from Bird Hide Shorebirds 2020 Survey 07.00-11.15 Sue Winwood, Margaret Moxon and Chris Bates-Brownsword Reported by: Sue Winwood on Monday, December 1, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2014 Location: Magazine Rd Wetlands Great Egret (Casmerodius albus) (1) Photo attached Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) (1) Photo Attached Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus) (1) Photos attached Australian Spotted Crake (Porzana fluminea) (1) Photo Attached Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) (1) Photo Attached Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae) (1) Photo Attached Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) (1) Photo Attached Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) (1) Photo attached Singing Honeyeater (Lichenostomus virescens) (1) Photo attached Reported by: Gordon Pateman on Thursday, December 4, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Saturday, December 6, 2014 Location: Clayton Bay Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) (1) Single bird was feeding in the water close to the far bank as viewed from the road. Reported by: Winston Syson on Sunday, December 7, 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?’ ———————————————