| Wed 18 | | Orange Chat
Stockport Road, Freeling |
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| A surprise this morning with a couple of male Orange Chats sitting on a fence not far out of Freeling...
First time I have come across this species in this area. |
| Chris Steeles 18/10 #232338 |
| Mon 16 | | Wood Sandpiper
Port Wakefield |
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| One Wood Sandpiper at the temporary wetland, which is now brackish so would not be ideal habitat. |
| Paul Taylor 16/10 #232321 |
| | Gull-billed Tern
Port Wakefield |
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| 4 at the temporary wetland. Uncommon in this area. |
| Paul Taylor 16/10 #232320 |
| Sun 15 |  | Australian Painted Snipe
Whites Road Wetland (Bolivar) |
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| eBird checklist |
| Steven Pike 15/10 #232301 |
| | Eastern Osprey
Port Clinton, Yorke Peninsula |
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| One with half eaten fish. Rarely seen in northern Gulf St. Vincent. |
| Paul Taylor 15/10 #232297 |
| | Eastern Curlew
Port Clinton, Yorke Peninsula |
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| 40 Curlews have recently arrived. |
| Paul Taylor 15/10 #232296 |
| Sun 8 | | Grey Plover
Bald Hill Beach |
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| 24 Grey Plovers this morning, with most recent arrivals. |
| Paul Taylor 8/10 #232181 |
| Sat 7 | | Red-backed Kingfisher
Balaklava |
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| One on TV antenna in town. An uncommon spring visitor to this area. |
| Paul Taylor 7/10 #232172 |
| Fri 6 | | Redthroat
Gluepot Reserve |
| 1 Redthroat observed at Kelly Dam calling from the top of low bushes before darting away to repeat this from another location. eBird checklist |
| Steven Edwards, Lorne Johnson, Steven Cooper 9/10 #232229 |
| | Red Backed Kingfisher
Gluepot Entrance at Taylorville Station |
| 1 bird seen when leaving Gluepot. The GPS coordinates are in the Checklist. A second bird was heard at a gate further South eBird checklist |
| Lorne Johnson, Steven Edwards, Steven Cooper 9/10 #232226 |
| | Freckled Duck, Hardhead, Shelduck
Hart Lagoon |
| 1 Freckled Duck was seen among numerous Grey Teal, Shelduck and Hardhead. eBird checklist |
| Lorne Johnson, Steven Edwards, Steven Cooper 9/10 #232222 |
| Wed 4 | | Blue-winged Parrot
Australian Arid Lands Botanic Gardens |
| At least eight sighted during an early morning walk around the gardens, near the bird hide in the dunes. |
| Darryl Smedley 5/10 #232152 |
| | Blue-winged Parrot
Port Clinton, Yorke Peninsula |
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| 5 Blue-winged Parrots in coastal vegetation. Seldom reported on YP. |
| Paul Taylor 4/10 #232135 |
| | Grey-tailed Tattler
Port Clinton, Yorke Peninsula |
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| One recent arrival. A regular site for a small number of tattlers. |
| Paul Taylor 4/10 #232134 |
| Mon 2 | | Scarlet-chested Parrot.
Yumbarra Conservation Park |
| Single adult male Scarlet-chested Parrot observed along the track between Inila Rock Waterhole and Yumbarra Rockhole. Two others briefly calling in the distance. A feature today was the hundreds of Masked Woodswallows hawking and cavorting right down in the Mallee. Smaller numbers flew high overhead. Excellent close up observations were also made on a pair of Little Woodswallows on the treetops. |
| Darryl Smedley 2/10 #232109 |
| Sun 1 | | Diamond Firetail
Mt Maria, Wilmington |
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| Gary Wright 1/10 #232092 |
| | Pacific Golden Plover
Port Wakefield |
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| One at the temporary flooded wetland. Rarely seen in this area. |
| Paul Taylor 1/10 #232084 |