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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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June 2017

Sun 25		Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo Nullarbor Roadhouse
		1 bird seen in saltbush adjacent to roadouse.
		Arthur & Denise Carew 25/6 #231221
Fri 23		Australian Spotted Crake, Black-tailed Native-hen Nullarbor Roadhouse
		4 Crakes and 1 Native-hen at a pool of water from desal run off.
		Arthur & Denise Carew 23/6 #231211
		Major Mitchell Cockatoo Gluepot Homestead
		30 Major Mitchell Cockatoos have been seen at the bird water point infront of the Visitors Centre several mornings in a row. The large numbers have been feeding on Casuarina seeds and on the ground for many days now. eBird checklist
		Ian Kerr 23/6 #231209
Tue 20		Banded Lapwing South Hummocks
		A scattered flock of 20 lapwings in a paddock, the most I've seen in this area for over 20 years.
		Paul Taylor 20/6 #231193
Mon 19		Black Falcon Maude
		Perched on dead branch of sole tree in large sheep paddock eBird checklist
		Kelvin Sparks 20/6 #231188
Sun 18		Australian Bustard Redhill
		About 5km north, standing in cropping field beside Augusta Highway.
		Lynda Pedersen 19/6 #231184
Thu 15		Brown Songlark 5 km east of Balaklava
		3 early arrival songlarks on roadside, acquiring breeding plumage but were shy and silent.
		Paul Taylor 15/6 #231153
Tue 13		Great and Little Egret Bald Hill Beach
		About 210 Great Egrets and 10 Little Egrets scattered along the shoreline at low tide.
		Paul Taylor 13/6 #231136
Mon 12		Hooded Robin 5 km north of Balaklava
		2 males and one female together in roadside mallee. Rarely seen around here now.
		Paul Taylor 12/6 #231121
Wed 7		Black-faced Cormorant Outer Harbour Breakwater, North Haven
		Well over 600 occupied nests were counted along the breakwater, mostly higher up, some perched right on top of boulders. Also, approximately 50 juveniles were observed. eBird checklist
		Kelvin Sparks 7/6 #231096
Tue 6		Gull-billed Tern Port Clinton, Yorke Peninsula
		12 Gull-billed Terns in breeding, non-breeding and immature plumages roosting at high tide.
		Paul Taylor 6/6 #231094
Sun 4		Australasian Bittern Tolderol Game Reserve
		Two adult birds seen while on a very early morning visit at the reserve. One bird was flushed from rank flooded grass alongside the main entrance track and another was seen flying over the wetlands towards the lake. Photograph on eBird eBird checklist
		Eddy Smith 6/6 #231093
		Intermediate Egret Port Clinton, Yorke Peninsula
		3 Intermediate Egrets sighted along Port Clinton foreshore. At one point, Great Egret, Intermediate Egret and Little Egret were all visible from the same spot!
		Richard Letheby & Marion Halliday 4/6 #231079
Fri 2		Freckled Duck Ephemeral lake 2km NW of Yorketown
		Saw hundreds of ducks on private property wetland from Rabbit Corner Rd near Yorketown, Southern Yorke Peninsula. Freckled Ducks unusual for this part of Peninsula; other species included Pink-eared, Chestnut Teal, Grey Teal, Australian Shelduck, Pacific Black Duck, Australian Wood Duck. Also sighted Banded Lapwing at tail end of lake and on ploughed paddock opposite, and 1 x Eurasian Coot - also unusual for this area.
		Richard Letheby & Marion Halliday 4/6 #231080
		Horsfield's Bushlark 4 km east of Balaklava
		A flock of 15 bushlarks in high roadside grass. Can be difficult to find in winter.
		Paul Taylor 2/6 #231061
		Jacky Winter 5km east of Balaklava
		3 Jacky Winters on roadside. Rarely seen here, and locally extinct in districts west of Balaklava.
		Paul Taylor 2/6 #231060

May 2017

Tue 30		Blue Bonnet South Hummocks
		15 Blue Bonnets feeding in roadside lignum. Formerly uncommon, now the most numerous resident parrot in districts west of Balaklava.
		Paul Taylor 31/5 #231043
Sun 28		Bar-tailed Godwit Hindmarsh Island
		Two Bar-tailed Godwits sighted foraging to the east of the Sugars Ave carpark.
		Mary-Ann van Trigt 31/5 #231050
Sat 27		Fairy Tern Bald Hill Beach
		About 60 flying near shore at high tide.
		Paul Taylor 27/5 #231019
		Little Eagle Port Wakefield
		2 Little Eagles, one adult and a juvenile near Port Wakefield.
		Paul Taylor 27/5 #231018
		Blue-billed and Freckled Ducks Port Wakefield
		16 Blue-billed Ducks at the temporary wetland, with only 4 males seen in breeding plumage. This is the most I've seen here, despite the water becoming shallow and saline. Also about 30 Freckled Ducks and 7 shovelers.
		Paul Taylor 27/5 #231017