The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, August 26, 2013 to Sunday, September 1, 2013: Area: SA Location: Adj our property at Rockleigh Hoary-headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus) (1) The grebe (species 75 on our list) was swimming on the very small dam opposite our entry gate. Now we have seen both hoary-headed and Australasian grebes on this dam. Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata) (2) There was a pair in the huge old gums in a gully, along with white-browed babblers, a brown treecreeper, a female rufous whistler, striated pardalotes, but unusually, no weebills. Reported by: Barbara and Peter Bansemer on Tuesday, August 27, 2013 ——————————————— Date: Monday, August 26, 2013 Location: Browns Road, Monarto. New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae) (3) Three quarters-of-an-hour spent staring at a muddy puddle, on the main track 240m NW of the water butt at Browns Road, saw the following species coming to drink and bathe. 3 New Holland Honeyeater, 2 Grey Shrike-thrush, 1 male Rufous Whistler, 2 Red Wattlebird, 1 Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, 3 Crimson Rosella, 1 Striated Pardelote, 1 Willie Wagtail, 1 Variegated Wren, 2 Diamond Firetail and a group of White-winged Chough collecting mud. Reported by: Bob and Maureen Snell on Tuesday, August 27, 2013 ——————————————— Date: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 Location: Lake McIntyre Plumed Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna eytoni) (12) Group of 12 on an island in Lake McIntyre. Rare for this area Reported by: Rosey Pounsett on Tuesday, August 27, 2013 ——————————————— Date: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 Location: Monarto Conservation Park Black-eared Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx osculans) (1) One male calling from low branch (in clear view) 10m from second bench seat on walking trail downhill from concrete water tank. Later, three seen together 150m further down the track – one pair + single bird (probable rival male). These birds were not shy, enabling easy i.d. and photography. White-fronted Honeyeater (Phylidonyris albifrons) (1) Some pairs and single birds in same location as the black-eared cuckoos. Another small group in taller trees nearer the perimeter track. Other white-fronted honeyeaters were heard calling throughout this section of the park. Would estimate >10 birds present. There appears to be an influx of white-fronted honeyeaters into the region this year (saw > 12 at Rocky Gully early June – also present on 2 subsequent visits. Others (approx. 4-6) seen at Brown’s Road on 3 recent visits). Weather warm (low 20s) and mainly sunny. Spiny-cheeked honeyeaters were the predominant species, in pairs and small groups, and were both vocal and fearless. Other common honeyeaters were there (red wattle bird, singing, New Holland, brown-headed) in expected numbers, but no purple-gaped or tawny-crowned honeyeaters were found. 31 species seen. Marg & Jeff P. Reported by: Jeff Philcox on Thursday, August 29, 2013 ——————————————— Date: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 Location: Boundary Road, 5km east of Owen White-winged Triller (Lalage tricolor) (5) Saw three male white winged trillers flitting thru the local mallee trees on the 28th plus saw a male and a female two days later in our scrub. First sighting for the season. With all the rufous songlarks around and the mid 20’s temps, it’s safe to say spring is here. Reported by: Michael Warnes on Saturday, August 31, 2013 ——————————————— Date: Saturday, August 31, 2013 Location: Browns Road, Monarto Shining Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus) (1) At least one active but silent bird along the loop track, observed after seeing the previously reported Black-eared Cuckoo at Monarto CP. Reported by: Kevin Stracey on Sunday, September 1, 2013 ——————————————— 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?’ ——————————————— =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================
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