Wed 31 | | Brahminy Kite Bonna Point Reserve, Kurnell, NSW |
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An immature bird seen and photographed at 10:403 am (Moderator's Note: Just like the Osprey, Beach Stone-curlew, White-breasted Woodswallow, Channel-Billed and Koel Cuckoos, Brahminy Kites have joined the list of birds species whose range continues to spread south. AKM) eBird checklist |
Anthony Katon 1/6 #269337 |
| | Little Friarbird Warriewood Wetlands |
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Immature Little Friarbird seen feeding in Swamp Mahogany at 11:07am - observed for 15 seconds and photographed before being chased off by a Noisy Friarbird. Only the second record for this location on eBird (the previous record was back in 2014). Little/Musk/Rainbow lorikeets also feeding in the same tree. Black Bittern & Striated Heron also sighted. eBird checklist |
Martin Allen 31/5 #269336 |
| | Noisy Pitta Olen Close, Wooli |
2 Noisy Pittas seen separately yesterday and today. Been hearing them on and off recently but this was the first time I've seen them here. (I have lived here for 30 years so it seems significant). (Moderator's Note: In autumn, Noisy Pittas move out of the rainforests that are located along the top of the eastern slopes of the Great Divide, and spend winter in coastal rainforest pockets and littoral rainforest. AKM) |
Ethel Cooper 31/5 #269334 |
Tue 30 | | Black-necked Stork, Wandering Whisting Duck Sewerage Settlement Ponds, Port Macquarie |
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A pair of BNS seen together at the Sewerage Settlement Ponds, Port Macquarie in the afternoon. First seen by Dave Whitfield, who lives near this site and is a long term member of the Hastings Birdwatrchers. As far as Dave is aware, there have been no previous reports of BNS at this site even though they breed regularly at a location with 8 km of Port Macquarie CBD. (Moderator's Note. It is unusual to have BNS at this site but what is more unusual, since late April, up to 462 Wandering Whistling Ducks have been roosting at the site by day (some of which can be seen in the background). That is the most ever Wandering Whistling Ducks ever reported at the one location in the Hastings/Macleay area. AKM) eBird checklist |
Ian Kerr, Dave Whitfield & Tony Morton 30/5 #269331 |
Mon 29 | | Topknot Pigeon Max Ruddock Reserve, Winston Hills |
Flock of 12 Topknot Pigeons flying south-west over M2 and Max Ruddock Reserve, Winston Hills. |
Kurtis Lindsay 5/6 #269353 |
| | Australian Shelduck Swamp Near Ironbark Creek,Minmi Road. Wallsend |
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Spotted Australian Shelduck Roosting on the Edge of The Lagoon, With Australian Ibis. eBird checklist |
Gordon Arthur 29/5 #269327 |
Sun 28 | | Australian Spotted Crake Barton Park South--Landing Lights Wetland |
A Spotted Crake, possibly two, seen foraging on exposed mud. Also 3 Brown Quail and a male Scarlet Robin are regularly seen. |
Allan Richards and Raz Datta 29/5 #269326 |
Sat 27 | | Spangled Drongo Strathfield |
Sitting on powerline across from industrial area, unusual location for this species. |
Nicholas Henson 2/6 #269340 |
| | Osprey St Matthews farm reserve, Cromer |
Pair of Ospreys have a nest on the light pole closest to the creek. Not seen them here before, at least 2kms to Narrabeen Lake from this point. |
Tom Petty 27/5 #269324 |
|  | Swift Parrot Clarence Town |
Swift Parrot heard flying low overhead. Not much in flower nearby, maybe just passing through. |
Graham Turner 27/5 #269323 |
Thu 25 | | Glossy Black Cockatoo Vincentia |
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Pair in Eucalypts on the side of the road near VIncentia shopping centre. |
Nicholas Henson 2/6 #269341 |
|  | Australian Bustard private property 50km NEast of Hay just off Mid Western HWAY |
I was alerted by a local farmer to this bird and was only an hour away so went to have a look. Was a single young male bird just feeding quietly beside a farm road. Had only been spotted there that morning. |
Warren Chad 26/5 #269314 |
Mon 22 | | Glossy Black Cockatoos Fred Caterson Reserve, Castle Hill |
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A family of 3 Glossy Black Cockatoos (2 males and 1 female) feasting on casuarina seeds at a nature reserve in the middle of the bustling suburb of Castle Hill, Sydney. The trio may be the same group that were observed by birders in December 2022. eBird checklist |
Veeraj Sharma 22/5 #269307 |
|  | Swift Parrot Rocky Ponds Trail, Brisbane Water National Park |
Single Swiftie heard then seen flying over woodland. While I was excitedly celebrating the sighting, a second Swiftie flew a short distance, landing close by before being chased off by a Little Wattlebird. Not a lot in flower besides Banksia ericifolia…. Swifties presumably feeding on lerp. eBird checklist |
Nick Carson 22/5 #269306 |
| | Pacific Gull Redhead Park |
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One juvenile bird seen headed north along coast towards Newcastle from Redhead. eBird checklist |
James Bennett 22/5 #269305 |
Sun 21 | | Plum-headed Finch Upper Mole River Road, Northern NSW |
A large flock of 160 Plum-headed Finches was seen feeding in tall grasses adjacent to the road. The count was most likely an under-estimate as only birds that landed on a fence were counted. I think other small flocks remained in the grass. |
David Charley 23/5 #269312 |
|  | Buller’s Albatross and Shy Albatross Green Cape Lighthouse |
121 Shy Albatross, 15 Buller’s Albatross, 1 Black-browed Albatross, 5 Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross, 2 Giant Petrel (sp), 5 Brown Skuas, 1 Arctic Jaeger (pale morph), 20+ White-fronted Terns, 2 Grey-faced Petrels, 20+ Short-tailed Shearwater and approximately 40 Fluttering Shearwater seen today in a 4 and a half hour visit to this wonderful location. |
David Mitford 22/5 #269309 |
| | Beautiful Firetail Kurrajong |
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2 birds feeding in sandstone ridge forest on the se boundary of Wollemi NP, Little Wheeny Creek catchment, Kurrajong. No eBird records for eastern Wollemi and a rare bird in the Hawkesbury. eBird checklist |
Eric Finley 22/5 #269304 |
| | Pink-eared Duck Central Coast Wetlands (Tuggerah) |
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Single Pink-eared Duck feeding in main lagoon with Pacific Black Ducks eBird checklist |
David Schuemaker, Graham Nelson, Daniel McKeon 21/5 #269303 |
| | Grey-faced Petrel Long Reef Aquatic Reserve. |
Had 19 Grey-faced Petrels in close to Long Reef Point this afternoon just before the sun went down. |
Michael Ronan 21/5 #269302 |
Sat 20 | | Wandering Whistling Ducks McPhersons Swamp Tuggerah NSW |
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11 Wandering Whistling ducks swam into shoreline and looked to be settling down to rest or sleep, observed for 30 minutes and left site. I returned approximately 90 minutes later and birds were still there resting up eBird checklist |
David Schuemaker 20/5 #269299 |
Fri 19 | | Topknot Pigeon Eraring |
Saw approx. 100 Topknots as I drove through Eraring (Point Piper Rd. etc.) yesterday afternoon doing a school run just before 3pm. They were in two main flocks flying in different directions and had obviously been disturbed feeding somewhere, possibly on Lillipilli as they're in fruit in the area. Never seen them in such a number around here before - usually flocks of a dozen to 20 passing through although rarely up to maybe 50. |
Paul Schofield 20/5 #269296 |
| | Swift Parrot Mount Annan Botanic Gardens |
around 20 Swift parrots seen this morning along side the Plant bank area, feeding on lerps and very settled. the odd flush when the noisy Minors were being aggressive towards them. hopefully number keep rising at the gardens. Others have counted around 20-25 on previous days
[Moderators Note: The location of these birds is in a sensitive area of the gardens - please keep to the paths to avoid damage to vegetation and unnecessary disturbances to the parrots]. |
Paul Heath 19/5 #269295 |
Thu 18 | | Red-necked Stint, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Red-capped Plovers and White-fronted Chats Narran Lake NR (Restricted Access |
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1 x Red-necked Stint, 1 x Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (with amputated leg), 2 x Brolga on receding shoreline of Clear Lake amongst large numbers of Red-capped Plovers (200+) and White-fronted Chats (100+) scattered along shoreline. Observed thru mounted scope. |
Patrick Johnston 26/5 #269315 |
| | Spiny - cheeked Honeyeater Owens Walkway - Redhead. |
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Spotted a Pair of Spiny - cheeked Honeyeater in a Old Banksia Tree. Near a Wooden Bridge at Rehead. This Afternoon. eBird checklist |
Gordon Arthur 18/5 #269293 |
Wed 17 | | Red-backed Kingfisher Lake Road at railway crossing, Ungarie |
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Stopped to checkout the honeyeaters feeding in the flowering Mistletoe and very pleasantly surprised to get a Red-backed Kingfisher hunting from the trees on the NE side of the road. eBird checklist |
Paul Lynch 20/5 #269298 |
| | White-headed Petrel Long Reef Aquatic Reserve. |
Had a classic sighting of a White-headed Petrel this afternoon the bird was heading south less than a hundred meters off the island for about 8 minutes than headed straight out to sea I would of thought that this was quite an early bird for the middle of May. |
Michael Ronan. 17/5 #269291 |
Tue 16 | | Gang-gang Cockatoo Lithgow Wastewater Treatment Plant |
7 birds seen flying west to east over treatment plant |
Deryk Engel 16/5 #269289 |
Sat 13 | | Australian Little Bittern, Black-necked Stork & Brolga Monkeygar Creek Crossing, Gibson Way, Macquarie Marshes |
An adult Australian Little Bittern was photographed on the the barb-wire fence at the Monkeygar Creek Crossing , along the Gibson Way, about 5 kms east of the property Willie Retreat, in the Macquarie Marshes. The Black-necked Stork, previously reported, has been seen again on the nearby The Mole HSD, while a group of 7 Brolgas were seen flying over Willie Retreat a few days previous to this report. |
Leanne Hall per Alan Morris 15/5 #269285 |
| | Blue Winged Parrot Menindee far west New South Wales. |
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Great to find my first Blue-winged Parrot at Menindee far west N S W. it looked like an Immature bird, it was located along a almost dry creek in a Black Box tree. I only sighted one bird. |
Geoffrey Stuart Looney 13/5 #269283 |
|  | Swift Parrot Stolen Generations Memorial walk at Mt Annan Botanic Garden |
4 Swift Parrots seen at the top of a tree above the trail this morning at about 10:30 |
Allan Richards and Raz Ratta 13/5 #269282 |
Fri 12 | | Albatross spp. and other tubenoses Terrigal Pelagic |
A solid Autumn trip out of Terrigal that saw; White-faced Storm Petrel (2), Wilson’s Storm Petrel (50+), Black-browed Albatross (9), Campbell Albatross (10), Black-browed type Albatross (12), Shy Albatross (13), Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (1), Buller’s Albatross (12), Providence Petrel (16) and a single Wedge-tailed and Short-tailed Shearwater. |
Andrew Robinson, Dean Purcell and 9 others on board 15/5 #269288 |
Thu 11 | | Glossy Black Cockatoos Kincumber Mountain car park Gosford NSW |
A pair of Glossy Black Cockatoos Kincumber Mountain Reserve car park, Gosford, feeding on Forest Oak (Allocasuarina torulosa) nuts, observed by myself.However there is a reliable report from Larry Melican of a group of 6 in that location 3 or 4 days earlier. That group comprised 4 adults and two juveniles . |
Douglas Hocking 13/5 #269279 |
|  | Plum-headed Finch. Menindee N S W 2879 |
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I found this Plum-headed Finch today at Menindee far west N S W. This is the second time I have seen them in Menindee, the last time was after the flood on the Darling River in 2011. The sighting today is also after a flood on the Darling River in the last year. There was possibly 20 to 30 of them here today well outside their normal habitat. |
Geoffrey Stuart Looney 11/5 #269277 |
| | King Quail Sydney Airport |
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A male King Quail was found hiding under some aircraft servicing equipment on the western international apron early this morning.
It was relocated to a grassy area away from aircraft movements and promptly disappeared in a matter of seconds into grass that was no more than 3 inches thick! |
Nigel Coghlan 11/5 #269276 |
| | Musk Lorikeet Nelson Bay |
Not an uncommon species or location but there are thousands upon thousands here at present, outnumbering Rainbows at least 10 to 1. I've been coming here regularly since Feb 21 and I've never seen numbers of ML anywhere near this. |
Lewis Benham 11/5 #269275 |
Wed 10 | | Brown Booby Tacking Point Lighthouse |
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One immature Brown Booby was seen flying back and forth close to the lighthouse this morning.(Moderator's Note: first found by an unkown photographer on 9/5/23. AKM) eBird checklist |
Ian Kerr 10/5 #269272 |
Tue 9 | | Malleefowl, Gilberts Whistler, Spotted Nightjar, Mulga Parrot Woggoon Nature Reserve, 40km Nth of Condobolin |
Spent the day in the reserve yesterday checking Malleefowl mounds as part of a local LLS project. There are only about 5 mounds left but one had a feather and freshish scat on it so there are still at least one bird left. Reserve is now totally surrounded by cleared farmland so think their days are numbered. Flushed a Nightjar off the ground next to a mound and had good views of a calling Gilberts Whistler. Mulga Parrots are still there in good numbers but a lot of the Honeyeaters, particularly Yellow-plumed and Brown-headed have not recovered at all since the drought and were very hard to find |
warren Chad 10/5 #269271 |
| | Kelp Gull Norah Head |
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Seen 2 Imm Kelp Gulls late afternoon flying low around main headland and Lighthouse Beach (Moderators' Notes: a juvenile Kelp Gull was also photographed standing on Newcastle Beach on the 8th May ( MR), note that there are 5 previous records for the Central Coast, the last 3/4/2018.AKM). |
Luke Ullrich 10/5 #269269 |
| | Yellow-faced Honeyeater . Yuragir NP Coastal Walk Mara Creeknear Brooms Head |
Large Flocks of Yellow-faced Honeyeaters flying North . Flocks continued for two hours.. |
Jeanette Lawson , Pam Kenway, Maureen O"Shea . 10/5 #269267 |
Sun 7 | | Spotted Quail-Thrush Great North Walk, Cowan |
My son saw a bird he did not recognise but a poor photo of its head reveals it as a Spotted Quail-Thrush. |
Phil Murray 8/5 #269261 |
| | Black-necked Stork Central Coast Wetlands (Tuggerah) |
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Single juvenile Black-necked Stork was in main lagoon feeding where I watched the bird for an hour, I then headed to McPersons Rd Swamp Tuggerah aprox 2minutes away where female Stork and another juvenile were feeding. Watched them for another hour when female flew off westwards while juvenile remained eBird checklist |
David Schuemaker 7/5 #269255 |
Sat 6 | | Black Bitterm Centennial Park (Sydney) |
1 adult seen at Model Yacht Pond; flew from island to reeds on side flanked by Grand Drive. Blackish grey, yellow streak on throat and side of neck obvious on landing before it disappeared from view quickly in the reeds. Another highlight was Mistletoebird which was unusual locally although probably not birdline worthy. eBird checklist |
Frank Hemmings 7/5 #269252 |
| | Yellow-billed Spoonbill Central Coast Wetlands (Tuggerah) |
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A single Yellow-billed Spoonbill was in the dairy Swamp at the Central Coast Wetlands Tuggerah feeding with Royal Spoonbills. I observed the bird for approximately an hour before scared off by a White-bellied Sea-eagle and flew off in a north easterly direction (Moderator's Note: this is the first Central Coast Region report for some months. AKM) eBird checklist |
David Schuemaker 6/5 #269249 |
| | Glossy Black-Cockatoo, Superb Lyrebird Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park--Bobbin Head |
Prolonged close views of a pair of feeding Glossy Black-Cockatoos and a Lyrebird mid-afternoon at the start of the Warrimoo Track just beyond the marina. |
Iain Blake 6/5 #269248 |
| | Australian Shelduck Pitt Town Lagoon |
On a Birding NSW outing we saw a female Australian Shelduck, several Pink-eared Duck and Australasian Shovelers. |
Trevor Waller 6/5 #269247 |