Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, November 30, 2015 to Sunday, December 6, 2015: Area: SA Location: Barrage Rd Goolwa Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) (1) 2nd turn in after barrage feeding on mud island in channel. Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) (3) viewed from 2nd turn in after barrage feeding with many Sharpies and a few Red necked Stint (again in this area far more Sharpies than Stints) Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) (700) 200 out from Barrage Rd , 500+ on mud island out from Chapel Rd on Hindmarsh Is , where Sharpies again out number Stints 10-1. Reported by: William Brooker on Monday, November 30, 2015 ——————————————— Date: Sunday, December 6, 2015 Location: Point Sturt Peninsula Fork-tailed Swift (Apus pacificus) (180) At least 180 swifts flying low overhead,moving in a westerly direction. Reported by: Nathaniel Doecke on Sunday, December 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?’ ———————————————