Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, June 2, 2014 to Sunday, June 8, 2014: Area: SA Location: Toronto St, Ovingham Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris) (1) This was in a grevillea outside our front fence. Had a great view for a couple of minutes. I haven’t seen one in our suburb (next to Prospect) in the close to 30 years we have lived here. Reported by: David Cox on Tuesday, June 3, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Saturday, May 31, 2014 Location: Felixstow, Adelaide Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis) (1) First seen on neighbours clothes line much to the distress of surrounding New Holland and White-plumed honeyeaters, Red Wattlebirds and Noisy Miners. Later seen being chased out from our almond tree by a Magpie lark. Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum) (1) Seen in tree in front of house at the same time cuckoo on line. Last saw Mistletoebird in that tree in 2011. Also seen and photographed by Andrew Humpage Reported by: Sandy Dickson on Thursday, June 5, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Thursday, June 5, 2014 Location: Field River mouth-Hallett Cove Eastern Reef Egret (Egretta sacra) (1) Single white morph bird, foraging on rocks,about 300 metres south of the Heron Way Reserve Reported by: Nathaniel Doecke on Sunday, June 8, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Friday, June 6, 2014 Location: Newland Head CP approx. 3 Km west of Kings Beach White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) (1) Single adult bird flew low over the cliffs moving west and then was sighted inland being mobbed by Little Ravens and chased off out to sea and then moving East towards West Island and the Bluff. Reported by: Winston Syson on Friday, June 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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