Birdline Northern Territory
Published sightings for the week ending 15 Dec 2013.
| Wed 11 Dec | Grey Wagtail Alice Springs Waste Stabilisation Ponds Grey Wagtail (1) Thanks to Will Cormack who helped me find and photograph the wagtail Richard Waring |
| Mon 9 Dec | Grey Falcon Alice Springs Telegraph Station Historical Reserve Immature Grey Falcon. White under with blackish primary tips and a black mark at carpal. Watched circling for approx. 20 minutes. Seen from below, and struck by the very pale underparts. A strongly built raptor, quite broad winged. The wings didn’t look particularly pointed in the soaring flight. Some faint streaking on the underparts. Seen in the hills going south-east from the telegraph station. I’d guess about a kilometre, not far from where the track that goes through the hills and leads back to the telegraph station leaves the riverside track – difficult to be more precise, as I’m not familiar with the area. Not seen again after initial view. Chris Watson per Rod Gardner |
| Long-toed Stint, Pectoral Sandpiper Alice Springs Sewage Treatment Works These two species were together on a boggy area between ponds near the lone palm not far from the gate. Also with them was a Pacific Golden Plover, apparently uncommon here. A good afternoon with good numbers of Wood Sandpipers, a few Common Sandpipers, Marsh Sandpipers and Greenshank and a Grey Plover made for a rather European feel to the place. No sign of the Ruff or the Grey Wagtail, though. Rod Gardner |
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