The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, January 6, 2014 to Sunday, January 12, 2014: Area: SA Location: Onkaparinga River large pond adjacent South Rd Fairy Martin (Hirundo ariel) (30) At least 30 birds hunting over pond, as this species is listed as uncommon in the Adelaide area (Birds SA field list) it maybe of interest to anyone wanting to see/ photograph them there are nest sites nearby so birds will be around. Reported by: William Brooker on Monday, January 6, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Monday, January 6, 2014 Location: Pareora; 319 Balaklava Rd, Pt Wakefield Australian Pratincole (Stiltia isabella) (1) Australian Pratincole; still present. Letter-winged Kite(6) have not been seen for 3-4 days. For more information ring Wendy on 0418 844 546. Reported by: Bill Alcock on Monday, January 6, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Monday, January 6, 2014 Location: Bool Lagoon Game Reserve. Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus) (9) Nine Australasian Bitterns were heard clearly at various localities with in the reserve. Sightings of five individual birds were recorded mainly around the wetlands near to the campsite. One adult Bittern was observed in a marsh along the western boundary where it is suspected it may be attending to a nest. Reported by: Edward Smith on Thursday, January 9, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Monday, January 6, 2014 Location: On our property at Rockleigh Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) (5) Last weekend Pete spotted a bee-eater going into its nest, a neat hole in sandy ground. Today there were 2 adults and 3 youngsters perching together. Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus) (4) The two young treecreepers fledged a few weeks ago. They have now found how to climb tree trunks, but not how to ‘beep’, instead giving a chittering call. They are completely unafraid. One perched little more than a metre away (no camera of course) Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae) (4) Another family of 2 adults and 2 juveniles still being fed. Reported by: Barbara and Peter Bansemer on Monday, January 6, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 Location: Horseshoe Bay Port Elliot Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis) (2) Birds were hawking over the bowling green. Reported by: Winston Syson on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 Location: Port Elliot Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea) (600) Birds are moving between paddocks on Waterport road and Lakala reserve close to town. Reported by: Winston Syson on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 Location: Whicker Road Wetland Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) (1) Seemed fairly relaxed and despite being accidentally flushed did not seem overly keen to depart site. [Thanks to Joseph Dafoe for first reporting this bird.] Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) (1) Good, close views. Reported by: Michael Wood on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 Location: Lochiel to Nantawarra Road Black-eared Miner (Manorina melanotis) (1) At the lookout on the side of the highway on the left hand side coming back from Lochiel to Nantawarra. Not the truck one on the crest of the hill, the ‘bushy’ one before that. It was doing over a tree so I had a very good and fairly long look at it. Reported by: Lynda Painter on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Thursday, January 9, 2014 Location: Whicker Road Wetlands, Gilman. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) (1) An n br adult observed at very close proximity foraging on a small muddy sand bar immediately below the end of Whicker Road. Bird showed obvious dark and clear well defined striations on the upper brown breast and a distinct white belly. The brown streaked crown and the finer more obvious decurved bill with clear yellow base was conspicuous. Reported by: Edward Smith on Thursday, January 9, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Thursday, January 9, 2014 Location: Murray Mouth western side Sanderling (Calidris alba) (16) Tight knit group of birds preening, took flight toward mouth when spooked. Reported by: William Brooker on Thursday, January 9, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Friday, January 10, 2014 Location: East-West Railway Line Australian Bustard (Ardeotis australis) (4) two near Cook siding, 2 km E of, 4 Jan 14 two near Wynbring siding, c 100 km W of Tarcoola, 4 Jan 14. Both observations by David Baxter Reported by: Chris Baxter on Friday, January 10, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Saturday, January 11, 2014 Location: Magazine Creek Wetlands, Whicker Road Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) (2) Definitely two birds. Not feeding together but both visible at same time. At the northern end of Whicker Rd. Location of Ruff 1: Google Map Location of Ruff 2: Google Map Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) (1) Feeding with Wood Sandpiper. Location: Google Map Reported by: Martyn Price on Saturday, January 11, 2014 ——————————————— 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?’ ——————————————— _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
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