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| Tue 22 | | Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Tea Tree Wetlands, Gold Coast. |
| | | Terry Dillon 22/7 #218794 |
| Sun 20 | | Noisy Pitta, but no White-throated Nightjar
Murrumba Downs--John Oxley Reserve | | Single Noisy Pitta on the track. | | Nikolas Haass, Raja Stephenson, Kevin Bartram 21/7 #218790 |
| | Magpie Goose, Black-necked Stork, Lesser Crested Tern
Bribie Island--Buckleys Hole | | 3 Magpie Geese & 1 adult male Black-necked Stork at Buckleys Hole itself. 2 Sooty and 2 Pied Oystercatchers, 1 Whimbrel, 8 Gull-billed, 2 Lesser Crested (1 ad, 1 juv) and 2 Crested Terns at the sandbank visible from the bench on the roadside at the NW end of Buckleys Hole. | | Nikolas Haass, Raja Stephenson, Kevin Bartram 21/7 #218789 |
| | Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Sandy Camp Road Wetlands | | Single male Cotton Pygmy-Goose on the first lagoon. Other birds of interest: one Glossy Ibis, one Grey Goshawk, two Brown Goshawks, one Pacific Baza, one Eastern Osprey, one Brown Falcon, one Spotless Crake. | | Nikolas Haass, Raja Stephenson, Kevin Bartram 21/7 #218788 |
| | Alberts Lyrebird
Lamington National Park--O'Reilly's |
| | Heard males calling in the distance. Female sighted, not timid, didnt mind being video'd or noisey bush walkers going past. Great long views, was just on the edge of track, as close as 1mtr. Just on enterance to border track. | | Pauline Brennan 21/7 #218787 |
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| Tue 22 | | Striated Pardalote (Yellow-tipped)
Black Hill (Newcastle) |
| | At least 4 Yellow-tipped Striated Pardalotes seen today in bushland near Black Hill, likely several others present (calling birds) but not seen. | | Mick Roderick and Tom Clarke 22/7 #218793 |
| | Bassian Thrush, Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Irrawong Reserve | | A single Bassian Thrush was seen this morning near the Noisy PItta spot at 7:10-7:40 am. 2 Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos were seen in lilly pilly and casuarinas near the small bridge adjacent to Irrawong Rd. | | Jayden Walsh 22/7 #218792 |
| Mon 21 | | Red-necked Avocet
Deeban Spit, Port Hacking |
| | 14 Red-necked Avocet along the shoreline of Deeban Spit on high tide this afternoon, roosting with some occasional feeding, standing not far from fishermen.
Attached photo has 13 of them in frame. | | Bruce Roubin and Deryk Engel 21/7 #218786 |
| | Little Penguin
Long Beach | | 1 Little Penguin &112 Great Cormorants at Long Beach. | | Tony Dawe 21/7 #218782 |
| Sun 20 | | Great-winged Petrel
Fort Drive (Nobby's, Newcastle) | | 4 Great-winged Petrels seen yesterday afternoon during a brief seawatch. Also 2 Black-browed type and one Shy-type Albatross. Notably, there were only small numbers of Fluttering Shearwaters (<50), which have been off the Newcastle coastline in their 1000's over the past week or so (including Saturday 19th, when there was also a Brown Skua, unidentified Giant-Petrel and a Shy-type seen). Also present just off the rocks yesterday were 2 White-fronted Terns and oodles of gannets. 2 Ruddy Turnstones flew past (both known to be over-wintering at in the area). | | Mick Roderick 21/7 #218780 |
| Mon 14 | | Grey Falcon x 2
Broken Hill, Stephens Creek Resorvoir | | S 3153.811 E 14132.798; approx 3.45 pm seen two birds fly over a hill from the south towards me. One was ahead of the other slightly one went to my left. The one in front went past to my right and was closer. I noticed it was all grey and lighter grey underneath with light lacing or wavy pattern underneath on wings. It had a black tear drop under its eye and it looked to have very large eyes black in colour. No other black on it at all. When they came over the hill, they dropped into the valley over me, then went over the hill behind me. They were in view for about 20 seconds before disappearing over the hill in a northerly direction. I didn't see any yellow cere and upon checking my Slater field guide when I got home it matched the juvenile description 100%. Unfortunately, I couldn't get my camera off my shoulder quick enough. I have seen 3 others over the years 2 near Cameron Corner about 2 years ago in June and one other near Broken Hill but what year i can't tell you. [Moderator's note (NH): With regards to an ongoing research project on Grey Falcons, we would appreciate if Todd and/or other observers can corroborate the sighting and ideally provide photo documentation] | | todd robert murphy 14/7 #218680 |
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| Mon 21 | | Azure Kingfisher
Bolin Bolin Billabong | | Lone bird hunting in the last remaining body of water next to Bulleen Road. Watched it flying between perches and even hovering. Great to have one back, first time in several years I've seen one in the area. eBird checklist | | Owen Lishmund 21/7 #218783 |
| | Australasian Bittern
Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands--Edithvale |
| | About 1.30 pm an Australasian Bittern flew in front of the viewing platform at Edithvale Wetlands and disappeared into the reeds south of the bird hide. | | Wayne Butterworth 21/7 #218781 |
| Sat 19 | | Swift Parrot, Scarlet Honeyeater, Gilberts Whistler
Bailieston Historic Area Block 3 | | Sixteen members birded Blocks 1,3 & 4 in the box ironbark. The 2 Swift Parrots were quietly feeding on lerps in the tree canopy at Block 3. Scarlet Honeyeater & female Gilberts seen at about 3.30 near the quarry (Block 1). Many eucalypts blooming there. eBird checklist | | BirdLife Murray Goulburn 21/7 #218778 |
| Tue 15 | | Pacific Golden Plover
Gippsland Lakes |
| | One bird, presumed to be first year juvenile, on sand islands at south end of Jones Bay. Photo by John Saxton. | | BirdLife East Gippsland (per Chris Healey) 21/7 #218784 |
| Sat 12 | | Lewin's Rail
Opposite St Cuthberts Church, Gembrook-Belgrave Road, Menzies Creek | | Spotted foraging on the grassy verge of Gembrook-Belgrave Road 10 meters from any cover. Turned our vehicle around and watched for 5 minutes. Didn't seem to be worried by the cars travelling past at 60kph but when we crawled past to have a better look he put his head down and scurried for cover. Occasionally flush them in our paddocks in summer and have had the broken wing act so they are breeding. Never seen any in this location, in winter nor as bold. | | Will Ashburner and Jessica Ashburner 14/7 #218672 |
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Birding Katherine, Northern Territory
Observe and discover the endemic species of the 'Top End'. Many sites in the region are home to sought after species such as Red Goshawk, Gouldian Finch, Northern Crested Shrike-tit, Hooded Parrot, Banded Fruit Dove, White and Chesnut Quilled Rock Pigeon, White-throated Grasswren, Purple-crowned Fairywren, Rainbow Pitta, Rufous Owl etc.
Katherine is situated 324 kilometres south of Darwin. It is closer than Darwin to Top End iconic locations such as, Kakadu, the Kimberley and the Gulf Region. Its premier icon is the Nitmiluk National Park and the Nitmuluk (Katherine) Gorge.
The Katherine Region itself is the heart of Australia's 'Tropical Savanna', an area which is environmentally significant and diverse. It starts about 150km South of Darwin and reaches Eastward to the Gulf of Carpentaria and Westward to Keep River National Park on the WA border.
There are over 240 species of birds situated within the 336,674 sq km area of Escarpment country, Savanna Woodland and Spring fed Rivers.
Basing yourself in Katherine, (a town of 10,000 people), will well position you for day visits to Southern Kakadu, Mataranka, Nitmiluk NP, Gregory NP, (Victoria River) and the many great birding sites available locally. Extended stays in those location will afford you time to travel further afield and increase opportunity for some magnificent observations
If you require help to locate your target species, there are experienced guides available:
Mick Jerram: 0419 656 888
Matt Leigh: 08 8972 2224
Mike Reed: 0429 723 370
For information about this site or area, please feel free to contact Mick Jerram 0427 067 154
For other information, Katherine Visitor Information Centre:
Freecall. 1800 653 142
ph. 08 8972 2650
fax. 08 8972 2655
visitor@ktc.nt.gov.au
info@ktc.nt.gov.au
Well serviced by; Sealed roads, bus, plane, hire car and 4WD operators, it is an easy place to travel to.
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