Birdline South Australia
Published sightings for the week ending 8 Dec 2013.
| Tue 3 Dec | Banded Lapwing, Oriental Plover 26 00S 131 10E 10′ Cell Banded Lapwing (6) Amongst stubble on margins of airstrip Oriental Plover (1) Keeping within party of Lapwings David Hartland |
| Mon 2 Dec | White-necked Heron Amata Waste Water Treatment Plant Brief visit with a couple of teachers from Amata School who were interested in seeing the White-necked Herons. White-necked Heron (19) Very surprised by the number of these birds assembled on the shallow overflow pond. These birds have been present in small numbers (no more than 3) over the past two weeks and then absent for past couple of days before reappearing today in a large group. David Hartland |
| Sun 1 Dec | Soft-plumaged Petrel, Southern & Northern Royal Albatross, Pomarine Jaeger Port MacDonnell Pelagic An excellent day with lots of birds & diversity. 1 Soft-plumaged Petrel flew past. 1 Northern & 1 Southern Royal & 2 Wandering Albatross, numerous Shy & a few Black-browed, Campbells, Yellow-nosed & 1 Buller’s on way back. 1 intermediate morph Pomarine Jager hung around the boat. Also notable was the large number of White-chinned Petrel, around 40. Also Great-winged, Fairy Prion & 1 Grey-backed Storm-petrel, 3-4 Northern Giant Petrels, 3-4 Flesh-footed Shearwaters. Only 1 Short-tailed Shearwater fed behind the boat, the shearwater wreck appears to be over! Kevin Bartram, Stuart Picknowl, & the others on board |
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