| Fri 14 | | White-bellied Sea-eagle
Whites Road Wetland (Bolivar) |
| 2nd-3rd year/Sub-adult. Flew in from north and circled around lake briefly until chased off by silver gulls. Flew out west towards the Torrens Island/Barker Inlet general area. |
| Jeff Krieg 17/12 #236368 |
| Wed 12 | | Pacific Swift
Waitpinga Beach |
| Over 90 Pacific Swift drifting West over the beach and dunes this morning |
| Simon Fahey-Sparks 12/12 #236329 |
| | Diamond Firetail
Opposite Wilmington caravan park Horrocks Hwy |
| One Diamond Firetail flying with a small flock of sparrows. Landed on fence and then firetail and sparrows when different directions with firetail alighting by itself on fence.
They are known from Mt Maria east of town. Haven't seen one in town for a while but not much seed on Mt Maria right now-very dry |
| Gary Wright 12/12 #236324 |
| Tue 11 | | Yellow tail black cockatoo
Military Road, West Beach, opposite caravan park |
| A pair was observed flying across the road eastwards, presumably toward the pine trees.
The next day (today), a single bird was observed flying across the road eastwards, further south, closer to the cabin village.
I have never previously observed this type of bird in the area (resident 25+ years) |
| Jenny Marshall 12/12 #236325 |
| Sun 9 |  | Oriental Pratincol
Tolderol Game Reserve |
| 2 observers at 11 am on a perfect morning, no wind and cloud cover. 2 birds seen, an adult and a juvenile. They came out of the lignum on a sandy track and settled down briefly until they saw us and disappeared. We were on a track separated by a channel of water so it was difficult to follow them up. The markings on the front of the adult made identification easy. Also the short legs, head and bill. |
| Elizabeth Macilwain 11/12 #236321 |
| | Eastern Spinebill
Frewville |
| Heard calling in our suburb yesterday and again today. After calling constantly through autumn and winter, this is the first record since early September. I'm presuming they 'go bush' to breed.
Moderators note: This is a late record for this species in the suburbs of Adelaide as they are predominately a Winter visitor on the plains. Most birds have returned to the Adelaide Hills by September/October to breed |
| Kelvin Sparks 9/12 #236312 |
| Mon 3 | | Square-tailed Kite
Panorama |
| Single bird floating over eucalypts in hillside suburb. Last seen here in January. Came close (to within 50m) but no camera to hand. |
| Jim Allen 3/12 #236271 |