Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, June 22, 2015 to Sunday, June 28, 2015: Area: SA Location: Port Victoria Hooded Plover (Thinornis rubricollis) (8) 4 pairs of Hooded Plover seen on the beaches north and south of Port Victoria, Yorke Peninsula. No leg tags were seen on these birds. Reported by: Graham Crooks on Wednesday, June 24, 2015 ——————————————— Date: Sunday, June 21, 2015 Location: Sturt Street, Adelaide Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris) (1) In Christie Walk (resdential) garden. Reportedly ocassional visitor but first seen by me. Reported by: Jim Allen on Tuesday, June 23, 2015 ——————————————— Date: Sunday, June 21, 2015 Location: Point Sturt Peninsula White-naped Honeyeater (Melithreptus lunatus) (2) Two birds foraging in Spotted Gums on private property, then flew off towards the east. A rare vagrant species to this area. Pallid Cuckoo (Cuculus pallidus) (1) A single bird sitting on fence posts,about halfway along the Point Sturt Road. This species is rarely observed in the district in recent years. Reported by: Nathaniel Doecke on Monday, June 22, 2015 ——————————————— Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Location: Port Elliot 5212 Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus) (60+) Large flock flying low over township Reported by: Winston Syson on Wednesday, June 24, 2015 ——————————————— Date: Thursday, June 25, 2015 Location: Port Elliot 5212 Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus) (70) 70+ birds flew from Freeman’s knob heading East towards Goolwa Reported by: Winston Syson on Saturday, June 27, 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?’ ———————————————