| Sun 7 |  | Cocos Booby
Marks Point - Cocos Booby Stakeout |
| Recurring bird. Bird still present to north of Marks Point Road, visible with scope from high point of road (western end). Seen initially on ‘blue’ boat (only one there - local advised seems to be regularly on that one) but flew short distance west and perched with cormorants on one of the larger crafts. |
| Deryk Engel 7/6 #273093 |
| Fri 5 | | Common Diving-petrel
Long Reef Aquatic Reserve |
| Higlight of a seawatch from Long Reef this afternoon was a Common Diving-petrel flying north past the island quite a few years since i have seen one off Sydney. |
| Michael Ronan 5/6 #273091 |
| Thu 4 | | Plumed Whistling Duck
Goolgowie water pumping station |
| About 60 birds present yesterday as I drove past visible from the highway just west of the big roundabout on the edge of town.
Havent seen too many of these out here lately due to continuing dry weather |
| Warren Chad 5/6 #273090 |
| Mon 1 | | Ground Cuckoo Shrike
Wyangala Dam |
| while doing bird surveys just a few km west of the dam wall three GCS were seen near the main road back to Cowra.
Very rare to see these birds this far East |
| Warren Chad 2/6 #273088 |
| Sun 31 | | White-fronted Honeyeater
Capertee National Park |
| One bird seen (briefly) feeding in Ironbarks around the Capertee Homestead. White-plumed Honeyeaters and Red Wattlebirds also present. |
| Tiffany Mason 2/6 #273087 |
| Tue 26 | | Cocos Booby
Marks Point, Lake Macquarie |
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| Female bird, initially thought to be a Brown Booby, first found by HBOC member Michael Murray while fishing in a small boat off the marina on 17th May. After appearing in eBird lists (and Brown Booby is a rare bird in Lake Macquarie in any case) Dion Hobcroft suggested that it was a Cocos Booby. Subsequently, numerous high quality photos emerged and the bird has been confirmed as a Cocos Booby, which is accepted by BARC would be the first record for Australia. Discussion about the ID can be found on the NSW Rare Bird Alert Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/nswrarebirdalert
It is best viewed from Marks point Road, looking north to the moored yachts and motorboats on which is loafs often, at -33.055417, 151.640840.
Photograph by Steph Owen. |
| Mick Roderick on behalf of many observers but most Michael Murray and Dion Hobcroft 28/5 #273085 |
| | Pink-eared Duck
Rosendahl Reservoir, Port Macquarie |
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| At 14:00 this afternoon 3 Pink-eared Ducks were observed close to 4 Great Crested Grebes near the centre of the reservoir. eBird checklist |
| Ian Kerr 26/5 #273084 |
| Sun 24 | | Spotted Harrier
Mount Penang Parklands |
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| Adult Spotted Harrier initially seen perched in paddock before taking flight as it was harassed by Aust Ravens and Noisy Miners and lost to view. |
| Andrew Robinson 24/5 #273083 |
| Fri 22 | | Northern Giant Petrel (2)
Munmorah State Conservation Area--Wybung Head |
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| Pair of NGPE seen in quick succession close to the headland around midday. Both birds heading south into strong southerly winds. |
| Andrew Robinson, Dean Purcell 22/5 #273080 |
| Sun 17 | | White-fronted Honeyeater
Eastlakes golf course |
| Bird found a week ago by Mike Kilburn, and seen by a lot of people since then, still present today at same location (-33.92979, 151.21976), and hawking for insects from casuarinas between 2pm and 3pm today. |
| Chris Gladwin, Tony Palliser 17/5 #273077 |
| Sat 16 | | Brolga, Glossy Ibis, Pied Stilt, Wedge-tailed Eagle, Swamp Harrier, White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Ellis Swamp near Tucabia |
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| The Clarence Valley Birdo's outing recorded 37 bird species at this site including 51 Brolgas, 40+ Glossy Ibis, 20+ Pied Stilts, 2 Wedge-tailed Eagles, 2 adult White-bellied Sea-Eagles, and adult Swamp Harrier, 45+ Black Swans as well as herons, egrets, ducks and other birds. eBird checklist |
| Greg Clancy, Russell Jago, Gary Eggins and members of the Clarence Valley Birdos 18/5 #273079 |
| Tue 12 | | Cape Petrel
Sydney Harbour National Park,North Head |
| Went for a Seawatch this afternoon and seen a Cape Petrel about 7 or 800 meters off North Head this is my first record off Sydney for at least 10 or 15 years and is also my earliest record as well.. |
| Michael Ronan 12/5 #273073 |