The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, March 31, 2014 to Sunday, April 6, 2014: Area: SA Location: Kangaroo Island Grey-tailed Tattler (Heteroscelus brevipes) (1) roosting on tidal spit at high tide, Busby Islet CP (Prohibited Area), KI, 27 Mar 14 Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) (8) roosting on tidal spit at high tide, Busby Islet CP (Prohibited Area), KI, 27 Mar 14 Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) (37) roosting on tidal spit at high tide, Busby Islet CP (Prohibited Area), KI, 27 Mar 14 Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (112) roosting on tidal spit at high tide, Busby Islet CP (Prohibited Area), KI, 27 Mar 14 Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) (23) roosting on tidal spit at high tide, Busby Islet CP (Prohibited Area), KI, 27 Mar 14 Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) (c.800) roosting on tidal spit at high tide, Busby Islet CP (Prohibited Area), KI, 27 Mar 14 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) (10) roosting on tidal spit at high tide, Busby Islet CP (Prohibited Area), KI, 27 Mar 14 Rock Parrot (Neophema petrophila) (25) feeding on carpets of Sarcocornia quinqueflora and Saueda australis, Busby Islet CP (Prohibited Area), KI, 27 Mar 14; mostly bare-faced immature birds. White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) (2) adult and second year sub-adult feeding on freshly killed adult, breeding-plumaged Black-faced Cormorant (taken from nearby nesting rookery), southern shore of Busby Islet CP (Prohibited Area), KI, 27 Mar 14. Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) (2) roosting on tidal spit at high tide, Busby Islet CP (Prohibited Area), KI, 27 Mar 14 Reported by: Chris Baxter on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 ——————————————— Location: Kangaroo Island Fork-tailed Swift (Apus pacificus) (10+) small number over Seal Bay, KI, 1 April 14; warm, humid, heavy cloud, N wind Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) (3) pair at Panorama Park (my home), Wisanger, 22 km W of Kingscote, KI, 25 Mar 14 one (adult male), harrassing Silver Gulls, Harriet River Mouth, Vivonne Bay, KI, early morning, 29 Mar 14 Eastern Reef Egret (Egretta sacra) (2) one feeding Harriet River estuary, Vivonne Bay, KI, 29 Mar 14 one roosting on rocky boulders, Stokes Bay, KI, 1 April 14 Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) (15) roosting on dead logs; gleaning algae from emergent logs at Duck Lagoon, KI, 26 Mar 14 Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius) (c.200) c. 200 adults incubating eggs (some still lining nests with dried tapeweed), on Nitrebushes at W end of Busby Islet CP (Prohibited Area), KI, 27 Mar 14; nesting in close proximity with Black-faced Cormorants; BfC’s mostly at S and N end of Nitrebushes; Pieds mostly in central area Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens) (c.200) c. 200 adults incubating eggs (some still lining nests with dried tapeweed), on Nitrebushes at W end of Busby Islet CP (Prohibited Area), KI, 27 Mar 14 Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata) (73) ‘camped’ on freshwater dam at Wisanger, 22 km W of Kingscote, KI, 26 Mar 14; with about 100 Australian Shelduck Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa) (47) with Teal spp. on shallow seas and later roosting on samphire spit at high tide, Busby Islet CP (Prohibited Area), KI, 27 Mar 14 White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) (c.100) feeding on exposed tidal flats and shallows and later roosting at Busby Islet CP (Prohibited Area), KI, 27 Mar 14 Southern Boobook (Ninox boobook) (1) calling consistently throughout early evening, Panorama Park, Wisanger (22 Km W of Kingscote), KI, 31 Mar 14 Reported by: Chris Baxter on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2014 Location: Goolwa Effluent Ponds Spotless Crake (Porzana tabuensis) (1) An immature/sub-adult bird feeding along the margin of the main pool. Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) (19) Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides) (1) An adult, in an almost exact repeat of one I saw here two years ago, approached from Goolwa, circled overhead gaining height and left towards the South. Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) (80+) Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides) (160+) There is now water only in the large pool nearest to the road which has significant exposed margins. While I was there 2 workmen drove around the bank of the large new inaccessible pool in a sort of golf buggy and flushed a large number of ducks from that pool which separated into a flock of 160+ Australian Shelduck and a mixed flock of predominantly Pink-eared Ducks. Some dropped into the main accessible pool and the Freckled Ducks increased from 14 to 19. Most of the circling ducks then returned to the inaccessible pool. Very frustrating! Reported by: Jeffrey Crocker on Thursday, April 3, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Saturday, April 5, 2014 Location: Dry Creek Saltfields Brown Quail (Coturnix ypsilophora) (7) 7 Birds on small track just off main western track. Banded Stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) (3000) Birds spread across southern lagoons on western track, most adult in breeding plumage. Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) (400) Birds along western track and adjacent to Buckland Lake. At least 20 in pre-breeding plumage. Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) (100) Birds on shallow mudflats adjacent to Buckland Lake (which is dry), a separate mixed flock (with Red necked Stint) seen in flight away from this area so numbers probably nearer 200 birds. A number of birds in various stages of ‘colouring up’. Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae) (150) Most birds at end of ‘spit’ facing western track. Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) (4) Birds together on transmission wires near bridge, western track. First time at Saltfields that I have not seen a single Egret of any species, both species of Spoonbill present in small numbers. 1 Sharp tailed Sandpiper seen. Reported by: William Brooker on Sunday, April 6, 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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