Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, May 18, 2015 to Sunday, May 24, 2015: Area: SA Location: Port Clinton Yorke Peninsula Barbary Dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea) (2) First time seen at this location Gull-billed Tern (Sterna nilotica) (7) Resting on sand spit with Crested Tern. Reported by: Winston Syson on Friday, May 22, 2015 ——————————————— Location: Bold Hill Port Wakefield Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus) (5) Birds were feeding along with good numbers of Red-capped Plover and Red-necked Stint. Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (18) In and close to the water line. Great Egret (Casmerodius albus) (80) This very large group were resting close into the mangroves. Reported by: Winston Syson on Friday, May 22, 2015 ——————————————— Location: Thompson Beach North Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (30) Flock were feeding on the edge of a shallow salt pan behind the shacks at the northern end of the beach. Reported by: Winston Syson on Friday, May 22, 2015 ——————————————— Date: Thursday, May 21, 2015 Location: Web Beach Banded Stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) (90) Feeding in a shallow salt pan behind the beach Reported by: Winston Syson on Friday, May 22, 2015 ——————————————— Date: Thursday, May 21, 2015 Location: Black Point Yorke Peninsula Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus) (8) Birds were resting in weed along with 15 Red-capped Plover and 15 Red-necked Stint. Reported by: Winston Syson on Friday, May 22, 2015 ——————————————— Date: Saturday, May 23, 2015 Location: Magazine Rd Wetlands Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) (1) Sharing with Pelican – Photo attached Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) (1) Sharing with Little Black Cormorant – photo attached Hoary-headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus) (1) Many on all ponds – Photo attached Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) (1) Only saw one up in the reeds – Photo attached Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) (1) Mainly in the top pond in bird hide area – Photo attached Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) (1) Four only in the distance in the top pond – (poor) photo attached Red-kneed Dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus) (1) About a dozen mainly in the top pond – Photo attached Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca) (1) Only saw 2 for the morning – Photo attached House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) (1) Here and there along the wires – photo attached Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris) (1) One in the distance hovering. It captured something and flew to a nest, dropped it in and flew away. (poor) photos attached Reported by: Gordon Pateman on Sunday, May 24, 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?’ ———————————————