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Eremaea Birdlines
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Interesting and unusual bird observations
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Birdline
South Australia
Birdline South Australia is a site for the reporting of rare or unusual birds outside their normal range, unusually high or low numbers, early or late arrivals or departures for migrant species and interesting behaviour or unusual habitat usage.
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Recent Sightings
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Reports published in the past 30 hours.
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July 2017
| Tue 25 | | Red-necked Avocet
Port Wakefield |
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| 32 avocets at the temporary wetland. Occasional visitor in this area but usually in smaller numbers. |
| Paul Taylor 25/7 #231419 |
| | Eastern Cattle Egret
Port Wakefield |
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| One Cattle Egret by the highway about one kilometre south of the town. The first time I've seen one in this area. |
| Paul Taylor 25/7 #231417 |
| Sun 23 | | Hooded Robin
Near Avon |
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| A pair in a small mallee scrub. Now rare on Adelaide Plains. |
| Paul Taylor 23/7 #231403 |
| Sun 16 | | Black-tailed Native-Hen
Port Wakefield |
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| About 200 Native-Hens on the golf course. |
| Paul Taylor 16/7 #231366 |
| Sun 2 | | White-necked Heron
Thompson Beach (Dublin) |
| One young White-necked Heron flying offshore. |
| Paul Taylor 2/7 #231269 |
| | Curlew Sandpipers, other waders
Thompson Beach (Dublin) |
| Overwintering waders were 300 Curlew Sandpipers, 3 Red Knots, 6 Eastern Curlews, 4 Ruddy Turnstones, one Grey Plover, 17 Greenshanks and 50 Red-necked Stints. |
| Paul Taylor 2/7 #231264 |
| Sat 1 | | Australian Bustard
Goyder Hwy south of Burra on roadside |
| Male bird seen on roadside flew and landed in paddock cople of hundred metres away. |
| Nevil Amos 9/7 #231318 |
| | Musk Duck
Port Arthur, Yorke Peninsula |
| 7 Musk Ducks at sea about 300 metres offshore. |
| Paul Taylor 1/7 #231260 |
June 2017
| Wed 28 | | Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Welllington Rd, Highland Valley |
| Observed for about 10 seconds perched on power line. Rarely seen in this location since about 1992. |
| Adrian Thomas Watkins 29/6 #231255 |
| | Flame Robin
Wellington Rd, Highland Valley |
| A juvenile male observed for about 20 seconds bathing in a shallow bird bath. Last seen in this location in May 2009. |
| Adrian Thomas Watkins 29/6 #231252 |
| | Diamond Firetail
Wellington Rd, Highland Valley |
| For the last 4 weeks I've had frequent observations of a pair of Diamond Firetails on my property. I've also heard Diamond Firetail calls. In the last 2 weeks the Diamond Firetails have been visiting our bird bath to drink & bathe. |
| Adrian Thomas Watkins 28/6 #231248 |
| Tue 27 | | Letter-winged Kite
Strzelecki Track |
| One Kite at 5pm in top of Coolibah as the rain moved in last Tuesday evening... seen between Montecollina Bore and the Strzelecki Creek Crossing |
| Chris Steeles & Michael Warnes 3/7 #231277 |
| | White-backed Swallow
Near Avon |
| 3 White-backed Swallows flying with Welcome Swallows and Tree Martins. Uncommon on Adelaide Plains, and more so in winter. |
| Paul Taylor 27/6 #231241 |
| Outside normal range |
| Early arrival; late departure |
| Interesting behaviour |
| Threatened |
| Hard to see |
| Unusual habitat |
| Uncommon in area |
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| Rare |
| Endangered |
| Vagrant |
| Irruption |
| Unusual numbers |
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