Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, April 28, 2014 to Sunday, May 4, 2014: Area: SA Location: Black Point, Y.P. Fairy Tern (Sterna nereis) (3) 3 Fairy Tern in non- breeding plumage were seen on the sand spit at high tide, one of which had a silver coloured band on the left tarsus. Reported by: Margaret Tiller on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Thursday, May 1, 2014 Location: Green Valley Strawberries, Woodside Rd, Nairne Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis) (1) It was in a tree adjacent to the carpark, being mobbed by various other birds. I would have taken a photo if my arms weren’t full of punnets of strawberries – which I nearly dropped in amazement! It flew on before I could get one ***please note – this is not a contrived ad for Green Valley Strawberries!!!….but their strawberries are very yummy Reported by: Phil Barron on Thursday, May 1, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Thursday, May 1, 2014 Location: Laratinga wetland, Mt Barker Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) (17) 17 seen. 15 on pond 11 and 2 on the effluent ponds Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis) (1) One seen very well on muddy edges in the northern corner of pond 11 Spotless Crake (Porzana tabuensis) (2) 2 seen well in the northern end of pond 5. Reported by: Sally Smith on Friday, May 2, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Thursday, May 1, 2014 Location: just north of Frahns Lane, Monarto Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata) (15+) 12+ were in one flock. Others heard in the wider area as well. Reported by: Phil Barron on Thursday, May 1, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Friday, May 2, 2014 Location: private property adjoining Hale Conservation Park Bassian Thrush (Zoothera lunulata) (1) Bassian Thrush foraging amongst leaf litter around house garden Reported by: Amanda Pearce on Friday, May 2, 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