Birdline South Australia Weekly Update

Birdline South Australia Published sightings for the week ending 25 Jan 2015. Sun 25 Jan Wood, Marsh Sandpipers Balaklava 2 Wood Sandpipers and 1 Marsh Sandpiper at former Balaklava effluent ponds. Normally dry, this area now has some water after nearly 80 mm. of rain. Unfortunately, all Balaklava’s effluent water is now diverted to the local racecourse. This has been to the detriment of ducks, some waders and many other water birds with the loss of permanent water habitat. Over the last few years, I have recorded over 80 bird species in, around and over the effluent ponds. Paul Taylor Mon 19 Jan Australian Reed-Warbler Balaklava An unusual sighting of a single Reed-Warbler in our front garden in Balaklava for 3 days, well away from water and reed beds. It has been actively catching insects, including grasshoppers, in shrubs. The only call was an occasional single “chet”, repeated at intervals, but it it often quiet. Probably migrating north after breeding. Paul Taylor