Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, October 12, 2015 to Sunday, October 18, 2015: Area: SA Location: Kangaroo Island White-winged Triller (Lalage tricolor) (2) two males, 250 m S of Snellings Beach, N coast of Kangaroo Island, 6 October 2015 (Katrina Ramsay per Chris Baxter). Extremely rare visitor to KI. Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris) (1) Rocky Point/Browns Beach mallee, Dudley Peninsula, N coast of Kangaroo Island, 26 September 2015; same locality where a male and female were reported April 2000 (Hugh Rischbeith per Chris Baxter). Extremely rare visitor to KI. Hooded Plover (Thinornis rubricollis) (10) pair with one week old runners, Stokes Bay Beach, N coast of Kangaroo Island, 6 October 2015 pair with day/s old runners, Harriet River Mouth, Vivonne Bay, S coast of Kangaroo Island, 12 October 2015 Northern Giant-Petrel (Macronectes halli) (1) listed here as NGP, however, identification to species remains unknown due to it being an all dark coloured immature; seen flying close inshore, caught amongst 1,000s of westward migrating Short-tailed Shearwaters, Cape du Couedic, Kangaroo Island, 12 October 2015. Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis) (2) foraging in mud and shallows along a small samphire-lined tidal channel, American River foreshore, Kangaroo Island, 4 October 2015; also seen here, a single Australian Spotted Crake. Bush Stone-curlew (Burhinus grallarius) (12) three pair, each with 2 x recently hatched young, farmland mosaic (mallee/pasture) surrounding Bay of Shoals and W to Emu Bay, late September/early October 2015. Western Whipbird (Psophodes nigrogularis) (7+) 3 breeding pairs in S coast mallee; one pair at Bales Bay; one pair at Vivonne Bay; one pair at Remarkable Rocks, Flinders Chase NP, late September/early October 2015; pair at Vivonne Bay observed carrying food to nestling young. one scurried across South Coast Road in front of approaching vehicle, c 4 km E of Stunsail Boom River, Kangaroo Island, 28 September 2015. Banded Stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) (3000+) feeding and roosting at Wisanger Lagoon (saline wetland), inland from W shore of Bay of Shoals, Kangaroo Island, September/early October 2015. Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) (100+) very vocal as foraged (hawked) over shallows associated with Timber Creek delta at E end of Murrays Lagoon, Kangaroo Island, 13 October 2015; large concentration in small area. Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes) (3) one of the three adults was collecting sticks and constructing a nest in a River Red Gum, Duck Lagoon, lower Cygnet River, Kangaroo Island, 13 October 2015. Reported by: Chris Baxter on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 ——————————————— Date: Thursday, October 15, 2015 Location: Sandy Creek CP (outing) White-winged Chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos) (1) Seen feeding young in nest – Photo attached Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera) (1) Photo attached Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae) (1) Photo attached Red-capped Robin (Petroica goodenovii) (1) Female – photo attached Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida) (1) Photo Attached Varied Sittella (Daphoenositta chrysoptera) (1) Photo attached Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata) (1) A few seen – photo attached Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus) (1) Watching its nest – Photo attached Reported by: Gordon Pateman on Thursday, October 15, 2015 ——————————————— Date: Saturday, October 17, 2015 Location: Whites Road Wetlands Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx basalis) (1) Young bird. First time I have seen a Cuckoo at Whites Rd. Photos attached. Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus) (1) Having a good clean up. Photos attached. Reported by: Gordon Pateman on Saturday, October 17, 2015 ——————————————— Date: Sunday, October 18, 2015 Location: Whites Rd Wetlands Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx basalis) (1) This is to advise that I have been informed by 3 of the 54 viewers that the photos of a Shining Bronze-Cuckoo posted yesterday are in fact photos of a Horsefield’s Bronze-Cuckoo. After some research, I agree. Sorry for the incorrect identification. Reported by: Gordon Pateman on Sunday, October 18, 2015 ——————————————— 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?’ ———————————————