The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, August 15, 2016 to Sunday, August 21, 2016:
Area: SA
Location: Upper Eyre Peninsula
Gilbert’s Whistler (Pachycephala inornata) (4) 2 pairs in seperate mallee locations E and W of Secret Rocks, mid July 2016.
Southern Scrub-robin (Drymodes brunneopygia) (10) five separate pairs in mallee/melaleuca habitat E and W of Secret Rocks, mid July 2016.
Western Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria griseogularis) (6) three separate pairs in mallee habitat E and W of Secret Rocks, mid July 2016.
Rufous Treecreeper (Climacteris rufus) (10) at several different locations in mallee habitat E and W of Secret Rocks, mid July 2016.
Blue-breasted Fairy-wren (Malurus pulcherrimus) (6) in mallee habitat E and W of Secret Rocks, mid July 2016.
Western Grasswren (Amytornis textilis) (3) photographed in chenopod habitat alongside Whyalla/Iron Knob Road, mid July 2016.
Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) (1) male accidentally flushed from nest with 9 eggs in dense mallee habitat E of Secret Rocks, mid July 2016.
Splendid Fairy-wren (Malurus splendens) (10) two separate parties in mallee habitat E of Secret Rocks, mid July 2016; one party with a single male in partial breeding plumage.
White-fronted Honeyeater (Phylidonyris albifrons) (50+) a significant concentration of this species in flowering sandhill mallee/triodia habitat, N of Poochera, mid July 2016; extremely active and vocal.
Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis) (2) photographed whilst calling in flowering sandhill mallee/triodia habitat, N of Poochera, mid July 2016.
Reported by: Chris Baxter on Sunday, August 21, 2016
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Location: Kan
Adelaide Hills
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren (Hylacola pyrrhopygia) (6) 2,1,2,1 (6 in total); Black Hill CP; in 4 separate locations surrounding Black Hill Summit.
Reported by: Chris Baxter on Sunday, August 21, 2016
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Location: Coorong NP
Rufous Bristlebird (Dasyornis broadbenti) (2) 1,1 (2 in total); in coastal dune habitat near Salt Creek; photographed; late July 2016.
Reported by: Chris Baxter on Sunday, August 21, 2016
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Location: Port Augusta
Blue-winged Parrot (Neophema chrysostoma) (10) mostly immature; chenopod plain near Yorkey’s Crossing, several km N of Port Augusta, mid July 2016.
Elegant Parrot (Neophema elegans) (10) mostly immature; chenopod plain near Yorkey’s Crossing, several km N of Port Augusta, mid July 2016; intermixed with Elegant Parrots.
Rufous Fieldwren (Calamanthus campestris) (6) single birds at six different locations surrounding Port Augusta; semi arid chenopod habitat; mid July 2016.
Redthroat (Pyrrholaemus brunneus) (10) mostly paired birds in semi arid wesern myall/chenopod habitat surrounding Port Augusta; mid July 2016.
Rufous Songlark (Cincloramphus mathewsi) (4) single birds calling consistently in wooded habitat at different locations surrounding Port Augusta; mid July 2016.
Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis) (5) single males undertaking conspicuous song flights in open chenopod plains surrounding Port Augusta; all were in partial or pronounced breeding plumage; mid July 2016.
Hooded Robin (Melanodryas cucullata) (2) a pair in Acacia/chenopod habitat N of Port Augusta (S of Bookaloo), mid July 2016.
Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) (1) foraging in mangrove habitat at Redbanks, upper Spencer Gulf (alongside Arid Lands Botanic Garden), mid July 2016.
Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca) (1) foraging in mangrove habitat at Redbanks, upper Spencer Gulf (alongside Arid Lands Botanic Garden), mid July 2016; first record of this species for Arid Lands Botanic Garden/Redbanks bird list.
Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides) (1) light phase individual on southern outskirts of Port Augusta, mid July 2016.
Reported by: Chris Baxter on Sunday, August 21, 2016
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Location: Port Augusta
Black-eared Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx osculans) (4) single birds calling from widely separate Acacia/chenopod habitat surrounding Port Augusta, mid July 2016.
Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx basalis) (7) single birds calling from widely separate Acacia/chenopod habitat surrounding Port Augusta, mid July 2016.
Pallid Cuckoo (Cuculus pallidus) (2) single birds observed in Acacia/chenopod habitat alongside Yorkey’s Crossing Road, near Port Augusta, mid July 2016.
White-backed Swallow (Cheramoeca leucosterna) (6) hawking insects over chenopod sandhills and Upper Spencer Gulf shoreline, Redbanks alongside Port Augusta, mid July 2016.
Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis) (5) single males observed and photographed calling from widely separate Acacia/chenopod habitat surrounding Port Augusta, mid July 2016.
Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata) (10) in mallee habitat at base of Dutchman Stern, Flinders Ranges (NE of Port Augusta), mid July 2016.
Tawny-crowned Honeyeater (Phylidonyris melanops) (1) in mallee habitat at base of Dutchman Stern, Flinders Ranges (NE of Port Augusta), mid July 2016.
Grey-fronted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus plumulus) (7) 4 in mallee habitat at base of Dutchman Stern, Flinders Ranges (NE of Port Augusta), mid July 2016.
3 in mallee habitat at Telowie Gorge, Flinders Ranges (S of Port Augusta), mid July 2016.
Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus) (1) single female at Telowie Gorge, Flinders Ranges (S of Port Augusta), mid July 2016.
Apostlebird (Struthidea cinerea) (10) 2 observed alongside Pichi Richi Pass road, S of Quorn, mid July 2016
8 at Warren Gorge, Flinders Ranges, mid July 2016.
Reported by: Chris Baxter on Sunday, August 21, 2016
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