Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, January 5, 2015 to Sunday, January 11, 2015: Area: SA Location: Granite Island, Victor Harbor. Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis) (2) As we walked round Granite Island a single bird walked slowly across the path about 5m in front of us. I thought this was note worthy, this being very dry habitat, but when we got to the kiosk a second bird was feeding under the tables and hopping up onto the wicker chairs and exploring the crevices. It came within half a metre of us and even closer to the feet of a couple of customers sitting at one of the tables! Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum) (1) A single bird on the seaward side of the island seemed out of place in such a bare habitat and was rapidly chased away by a Singing Honey-eater. Reported by: Jeffrey Crocker on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 ——————————————— 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?’ ———————————————