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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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February 2015
| Sat 21 | | Fork-tailed Swift
Ral Ral Creek at 34 07 46S, 140 45 09E |
| 1 Fork-tailed Swift foraging high above the water at noon on a calm, sunny day. |
| Peter Waanders & Helga Kieskamp 22/2 #222322 |
| Mon 2 | | Brolga
Magpie Swamp Road, Lower South East |
| 140 Brolga at Magpie Swamp Road - the highest number either of us have seen in SA - good to see some young amongst the flock. |
| Bob Sothman, Roly Lloyd 2/2 #222082 |
| Sun 1 | | Rock Parrot
Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve |
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| After first hearing their gentle chirping calls, four Rock Parrots (Neophema petrophila) flew out of the Tea trees in a tightly packed group, circled and landed separately in the bushes again. I managed to film and photograph two of them separately. They appear to be juveniles. They sat apart calling to each other for ten minutes and then disappeared into the scrub as a group. |
| Darren Bishop 8/2 #222164 |
January 2015
| Sat 31 | | sacred kingfisher
Riverglades Murray Bridge SA |
| approx. 10/12 sighted flying about in the same area
on 5 Feb 2015 a similar no spotted in approx. the same place |
| 31/01 Jane and Mick Tibby 05/02 Jane tibby 5/2 #222129 |
| 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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