Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, August 18, 2014 to Sunday, August 24, 2014: Area: SA Location: Flinders Ranges NP – Bunyeroo Gorge Rd Crimson Chat (Epthianura tricolor) (1) 3 females and 1 male sighted from road. Crimson Chats flew into low bushes & noticed only as we’d stopped to track some Dusky Woodswallows. Male displayed briefly before the flock flew off. Reported by: Michelle Foster on Monday, August 18, 2014 ——————————————— Location: Basket Range – Intersection of Knotts Hill Road and Hunter Road Rose Robin (Petroica rosea) (1) Accessible from Ashton via Marble Hill Road and Pound Road. Note: Hunters Road from Adelaide-Lobethal Road is currently closed. Behaviour: Male in superb plumage flitting around in the trees above the creek (Deep Creek). Reported by: Joseph Dafoe on Monday, August 18, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Saturday, August 16, 2014 Location: Flinders Ranges NP – just N of Brachina Gorge rd & Flinders Way. Orange Chat (Epthianura aurifrons) (1) At least 10 Orange Chats of both sexes flying between low shrubs before flying across Flinders Way rd & moving down between shrubs in the directionof Brachina Gorge rd. Reported by: Michelle Foster on Monday, August 18, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 Location: -35.160332, 138.483130 Onkarparinga Estuary 1km East of Commercial Road Brown Quail (Coturnix ypsilophora) (1) 6 Adult birds flushed from low grass and rank vegetation Reported by: David Kowalick on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Thursday, August 21, 2014 Location: Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis) (1) During field trip to Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens. Three all told, one being fed. Photo attached. Reported by: Gordon Pateman on Friday, August 22, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Saturday, August 23, 2014 Location: Brimarvi Road,2.5 Km east of Finniss Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius) (1) Single adult feeding in paddock adjacent to the Acacia pinguifolia reserve. Reported by: Nathaniel Doecke on Sunday, August 24, 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?’ ———————————————