| Sun 25 | | Eastern curlew
Port Clinton, Yorke Peninsula |
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| 20+ Eastern Curlews. (Mod.note: numbers in the low 20's have been seen at this location for a month, and seems to be all that will arrive here this season. This is about 50% less than the number here last year). |
| Natalie Olding (Blieschke) 26/10 #259023 |
|  | Common Gull-billed Tern, Terek Sandpiper
Clinton CP, head of Gulf St. Vincent |
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| 9 Common Gull-billed Terns, a good number for this uncommon species in SA. Also 5 Terek Sandpipers here, a regular location for these over summer. |
| Paul Taylor 25/10 #259020 |
| Thu 22 | | Brown Quail
Near Balaklava |
| One Brown Quail heard in a crop of lentils after sunset. Uncommon in SA and unexpected in this habitat. |
| Paul Taylor 23/10 #259002 |
| | White-breasted Woodswallow
Balaklava |
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| A single bird perched on a TV antenna in the town. Out of it's usual range and my first record in this area. |
| Paul Taylor 22/10 #258977 |
| Sun 18 | | Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
Mount Crawford Forest |
| 5 birds seen slowly gliding and heard calling through forest on the northern side of Cricks Mill Rd just past junction with Mount Rd. Unusual to see them this early in the year in the Northern Lofties. |
| David Hartland 18/10 #258947 |
| Fri 16 | | Blue-billed Duck
South Road bridge, Onkaparinga river |
| Two fully coloured birds on the back of the water that is on the western side of road going north. |
| christopher wright 20/10 #258955 |
| Wed 14 | | Koel
Lawrie Knight Reserve, Romilly Ave, Manningham, SA |
| Calling from Red Gums at 5am !
*moderators note*. This is likely the same bird that was reported from Prospect on October 9th |
| Robin Storr 14/10 #258926 |
| Mon 12 | | Cockatiel
South Hummocks |
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| A pair of Cockatiels in a mallee scrub. They have become uncommon in this area in recent years. |
| Paul Taylor 12/10 #258910 |
| Sat 10 | | Red-backed Kingfisher
North of Bower |
| 1 calling from dead tree in more open area where mallee gives way to desert oak, at Boundary Road and Winter Road. eBird checklist |
| Kelvin Sparks 11/10 #258901 |
| Fri 9 | | Eastern Koel
Prospect |
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| A male Eastern Koel was first seen, as well as heard, on 29th September 2020 in the inner northern Adelaide suburb of Fitzroy. It has been heard in the adjacent suburb of Prospect each day since and was photographed on the 9th October perched in a Chinese Elm near Marian Place.This is the 4th consecutive year that a Koel has taken up residence in this part of Adelaide. |
| Peter Christy 11/10 #258903 |
| Sat 3 | | Painted Finch
Old Peake Telegraph Station Oodnadatta Track |
| A single female observed perched on top of an eremophila sp along the entrance track to the station. A known locality for this species and birds probably resident here but rarely reported |
| Dave and Sue Harper 5/10 #258853 |
| | Naretha Bluebonet
Koonalda Homestead. |
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| A pair seen feeding on saltbush 9km in the trek. |
| Lorand Szucs 5/10 #258852 |
| Thu 1 | | Eastern Cattle Egret
Mulgundawa |
| 5 Cattle Egret feeding around cattle near to Lake Alexandrina. 4 were in breeding plumage. eBird checklist |
| Kelvin Sparks 1/10 #258813 |