Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, September 29, 2014 to Sunday, October 5, 2014: Area: SA Location: Old Kersbrook Forest Pallid Cuckoo (Cuculus pallidus) (1) Mature bird seen along one of the fire tracks sitting quietly in a tree. Didn’t hear it calling at all. Old Kersbrook Forest (near Para Wirra Conservation Park) is Forestry SA land and not open to the public. Sighting occurred while carrying out a site survey as part of the Mount Lofty Ranges Woodland Bird Monitoring Program. Reported by: Ali Ben Kahn on Thursday, October 2, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Monday, September 29, 2014 Location: Effluent lagoon 2 (the lagoon nearest the wetlands) and ponds, 8, 9, Laratinga wetlands, Bald Hills Road, Mount Barker. Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis) (1) Fully-coloured male swimming near a group of Pink-eared Duck. Dived when it saw me, and reappeared quite a distance away. Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) (9) At least 9 birds, 1 on effluent lagoon 2, the others on ponds 8 and 9. Reported by: Kevin and Lyn Williams on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Monday, September 29, 2014 Location: St Peters Red-rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus) (1) Red-rumped parrots are very scarce near where we live. A single male was fossicking in the grass in a little park on the corner of Winchester St and 7th Ave. Not long afterwards Pete saw 5 birds in the large eucalypt in our own back garden. This is another new sighting for us ! Now our list has 32 birds that have actually put down their feet in our garden. Reported by: Barbara and Peter Bansemer on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Monday, September 29, 2014 Location: Pengelly Scrub Singing Honeyeater (Lichenostomus virescens) (1) Singing near the entrance gate. Photo attached Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) (1) Near the nest. Photo attached Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) (1) On the nest. Photo attached Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (Acanthagenys rufogularis) (1) Many throughout the scrub. Photo attached Reported by: Gordon Pateman on Friday, October 3, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Monday, September 29, 2014 Location: 6 Gregory Street Port Elliot Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus) (1) Single bird was calling from a Eucalyptus leucoxylon in my garden. Reported by: Winston Syson on Monday, September 29, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Monday, September 29, 2014 Location: Opposite 23 Haddington St, Valley View Little Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos) (1) Nesting again in this area. Photo attached Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) (1) Resting quietly. Photo attached Reported by: Gordon Pateman on Friday, October 3, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Thursday, October 2, 2014 Location: Black Point, Y.P. Painted Button-quail (Turnix varius) (1) While doing some weeding in the garden at Black Point I was fascinated to see a female Painted Button-quail foraging in some leaf litter by rotating in a circle standing on one leg while scratching the ground with the other, thereby creating a circular depression, or ‘platelet’. I had to sneak away to get my camera & was lucky enough that she was still in the same area, & I was able to take some photos. Reported by: Margaret Tiller on Saturday, October 4, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Thursday, October 2, 2014 Location: Murray mouth Hindmarsh Island Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) (80) Birds were feeding along with Red-necked Stint on the sand and in shallow water on the Island side of the channel. Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) (300) Good numbers of birds on both sides of the channel. The Highlight of this sighting was a single bird still in full breeding plumage. Reported by: Winston Syson on Friday, October 3, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Thursday, October 2, 2014 Location: Chappel Road Hindmarsh Island Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae) (170) This large flock was resting on a sand spit in the middle of the channel along with hundreds of Grey Teal. Reported by: Winston Syson on Friday, October 3, 2014 ——————————————— Date: Sunday, October 5, 2014 Location: Laratinga wet-lands Mt Barker Australasian Shoveler (Anas rhynchotis) (1) seen on dam 2 with 18 chics Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) (6) seen on effluent pond Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) (1) male with 4 young chics, first sighting of chics for some years at Belair N.P. Reported by: Heather Connolly on Sunday, October 5, 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?’ ———————————————