| Wed 25 | | Latham's Snipe
George Kendall Park |
| There was a Latham's Snipe in one of the man made water features at George Kendall Park this morning but flew off before i could get a photo |
| Michael Ronan 25/2 #273015 |
| Wed 18 | | Scarlet-chested Parrot
Blaxland Avenue, Luddenham |
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| Able to get quite close to it when first seen about 1 to 1.5 metres in front of us eating on the grass, before it flew into a tree beside us when we took photos to identify.(Moderator's Note: what a lucky person to find a Scarlet-chested Parrot. Presumably it is an avairy escapee as they are only known to occur in the Far west of NSW basically along the NSW/SA border, south of Broken Hill. Great find! AKM) |
| Ann-Maree Cantore and Elliott Mills 20/2 #273010 |
| | Pacific Baza
Coutts Crossing (Daam Miirlal) Village |
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| Adut pair with two juveniles foraging in eucalypts near School and Cemetery. |
| Greg Clancy 19/2 #273008 |
|  | Regent Honeyeater
Hebburn Dam. |
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| Seen Three Regent Honeyeater at Hebburn Dam.
I.ve Images of One Zoo Bred Bird with Metal Ring on Left Leg and Two Lime Green on Right Legs. eBird checklist |
| Gordon Arthur. Yvonne Von Netten, David Russell. James Graham and Andrew. 18/2 #273007 |
| Tue 17 | | Painted Honeyeater
Hebburn Dam Cessnock |
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| Single male bird seen high up in dead tree , many long distance photos taken this bird outside its normal range. eBird checklist |
| Jim Stone , Ted Elks 18/2 #273006 |
| Sun 15 | | Little Bronze-Cuckoo
Coutts Crossing Village |
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| Immature male Bronze-Cuckoo foraging in low vegetation in backyard. Orbital ring orange, showing yellow in photo. Poor quality photo attached. |
| Greg Clancy 16/2 #273003 |
| Wed 11 | | Grey Goshawk
Coutts Crossing Village |
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| Adult previously reported on 27 January and 05 February also observed on 06, 09, 10 and 11 February. With prey of domestic pigeon on 09 February. |
| Greg Clancy 16/2 #273004 |
| | Brown cuckoo dove
Hornsby Quarry |
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| These 2 flew into the back deck from the surrounding bush , looking towards the quarry site this afternoon. |
| Rodney 11/2 #272998 |
| Tue 10 | | Diamond Firetails
Megalong Valley |
| Mix of adults and juveniles feeding along the road edge of Peach tree road and paddocks. Many Yellow rumped thornbills, juvenile red rumped parrots and others along feeding here |
| Joe Deluca’s 17/2 #273005 |
| Sat 7 | | Little Heron
Nepean River Penrith |
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| eBird considers this species rare at Penrith although it is frequently recorded at the Penrith Weir site. I am reporting this as it seems to be a very young juvenile so they might have bred locally eBird checklist |
| David Ongley 21/2 #273012 |
| | Brown Goshawk
Near Berridale |
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| Flew into window but recovered and flew off. Picture is through the window. (Moderator' Note: This would appear to a juvenile Brown Goshawk, one can see the vertical breast streaks of a juvenile. AKM) |
| Jude Murray per Phil Murray 8/2 #272995 |
| | Whiskered Terns (5)
Eastlakes golf course |
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| 5 x Whiskered Terns feeding together over the big lake here. First record in 3 years. They are more likely seen here in dry years. |
| Richard Murray 7/2 #272993 |
| | White-fronted Chat
Bushells Lagoon |
| Single male WF Chat seen in bushes at the SW corner of the lagoon (far end of the smaller lagoon on the right if walking down the slope). Although distant scope views, the grey back, black nape and black breastband separating the white face and chest all very clear. Also seen 2 Spotless Crakes, 6 Pink-eared Duck, a Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo, 3 Tawny & 6 Little Grassbirds and several raptor species. No sign of the 3 Freckled Duck reported on 6 Feb. eBird checklist |
| Tom Wilson 7/2 #272992 |
| Fri 6 | | Australian Shelduck
Macquarie University, North Ryde Campus |
| A pair on the main lake - first reported on eBird on 4 Feb. Seen at 7am, and still there at 6pm today. Also a Royal Spoonbill on the small pond by the child care centre this morning at 8:45 (but not there later in the day). Assume this is the Spoonbill reported a week ago but hasn't been on that pond all the time. |
| Tom Wilson 6/2 #272991 |
| Thu 5 | | White-Tailed Tropic-Bird
Burradoo NSW |
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| Brought into Vet practice in Southern Highlands and Birdlife Southern Highlands was contacted for ID. I did not find the bird but was contacted as part of the committee of BLSH. |
| Anna McConnochie 5/2 #272989 |
| | Grey Goshawk
Coutts Crossing Village |
| Adult Grey Goshawk again present in neighbour's yard flew into Silky Oak in our front yard. It was being mobbed by a number of Blue-faced Honeyeaters. |
| Greg Clancy 5/2 #272987 |
| Wed 4 | | Magpie Goose
Wetland along Big River Way, Clarenza |
| More Geese have returned to this regular daytime roost with numbers probably exceeding 100, rising from about 50 in recent weeks. Number estimated as I drove past so not a definitive count. |
| Greg Clancy 5/2 #272988 |
| | Oriental Cuckoo
Killalea State Park--River Walk |
| One adult bird was observed feeding on grubs; it then landed on a branch, allowing us good views. A rare bird for the Illawarra, this being only the seventh record. Four of the records were recorded in February. eBird checklist |
| Terrill Nordstrom, Dave Rower 4/2 #272986 |
| Sun 1 | | Channel billed cuckoo
Mortdale NSW |
| 3 Channel billed cuckoos, grouped together, have been in the area for a week or two. Difficult to say for sure but it does appear only 1 magpie is feeding them. |
| Graham Hughes 1/2 #272983 |