| Fri 21 | | White-headed pigeon
Newtown |
| Thought I was seeing things as I was driving on King street! Earlier report confirms that there is a white-headed pigeon hanging about the southern end of Newtown! |
| Amit Kelkar 21/2 #245499 |
| Thu 20 | | White-throated Needletail
Munghorn Gap Nature Reserve, Wollar |
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| Approximately 45 birds flying at moderate to high altitude. Sighting sent to Professor Michael Tarburton. (Moderator's Note: An interesting Central West record. AKM) eBird checklist |
| Tom Kelly 20/2 #245496 |
| | Black Bittern
Boys Walk (Avondale College, Cooranbong) (restricted access) |
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| After chasing a Striated Heron down Dora Creek I some how stumbled upon a Black Bittern sitting in a tree... a very pleasant surprise |
| Daniel McKeon 20/2 #245494 |
| Wed 19 | | Pacific Baza, Spotted Harrier, Satin Flycatcher
Oatley Park |
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| Pacific Baza reported by a local birder on 19 Feb to north of baths at Oatley Park. I found the bird later in the evening, toward the lower entrance gate. Someone at the park told me they'd seen 3 Bazas in Baker St in recent days. Same local birder posted photo of young Spotted Harrier flying over baths on 18 Feb and male Satin Flycatcher at Webster's lookout on 16 Feb, with comment about a possible female at Jewfish Bay lookout although I didn't personally locate those two species. eBird checklist |
| Chris Rehberg 20/2 #245492 |
| | Wompoo Fruit Dove
Fig tree - waters edge opposite 68 Little Street, Forster |
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| There are a pair of these birds living in the fig tree. We first noticed these birds only a few weeks ago, having never seen them in this area before. (Moderator's Note: While it is not unusual to have Wompoo Pigeon in rainforest patches in Forster, it is unusual to see them perched on a surburban balcony. AKM) |
| Chris & Carol Jarvis 19/2 #245487 |
| Sun 16 |  | Diamond Dove
Old airfield, Hat Hill Road Blackheath |
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| Three birds seen in the burnt out area near the old airfield along Hat Hill Road at Blackheath. Very rare in the Blue Mountains. |
| Sally and Tony Garman per Mark Ley 20/2 #245495 |
| | Little Buttonquail
Cooney Creek, Argyle |
| Flushed from the millet paddock on the property, obvious white-cream flanks and dark outerwing. My second record of LB in the Armidale LGA with the first record coming from ~5km from this site in a Lucerne paddock in February 2013. eBird checklist |
| Heath Milne 20/2 #245491 |