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Eremaea Birdlines
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Interesting and unusual bird observations
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Birdline
Australian Capital Territory
Birdline ACT 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. Observations interesting to you can also be reported, but please provide justification.
If you have any questions, please contact the moderators. Good birding and thanks for contributing to Birdline ACT!
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We encourage you to register and enter full lists of the species you see at http://ebird.org/content/australia/
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9/04/2014
Silver Gull Project
Mark Carey is researching the seasonal movements and urbanisation of Silver Gulls in south-eastern Australia. He has a number of colour-banded Silver Gulls around Lake Burley Griffin. Please report all sightings of gulls with alphanumeric bands to silvergullproject@hotmail.com or Twitter @silvergullproj
Recent Sightings
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Reports published in the past 30 hours.
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October 2017
| Wed 18 | | Citron-Crested Cockatoo
Near Tiny's Green Shed, Flemington Way |
| On my way to work this morning (8:15am) I noticed an odd "sulphur crested" cockatoo.
Very similar to the other sulphur crested but with an orange crest rather than the usual yellow and just the faintest blush of orange on the cheeks.
It was also slightly smaller than others in the group. I watched it for a couple of minutes from about 5 metres before it flew off and settled further away along the verge.
When I googled "orange crested sulphur crested cockatoo" the Citron Crested Cockatoo Cacatua sulphurea citrinocristata popped up which is an exact match for what I saw:
So, presumably someone's pet gone wild. It was feeding on the ground between the road and the construction fence just north of the entrance to Tiny's Green Shed on the eastern side of Flemington Way with about 1/2 dozen normal sulphur crested.
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| Peter Miller 18/10 #232358 |
| Mon 2 | | Sacred Kingfisher
Richardson |
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| Fully coloured adult in the middle of the suburb! First time I've seen or heard one here (lived here for five years now).
It sat on the line for a few minutes, before something down below caught its attention. Dropped like a rock a moment later & not seen again. |
| Adam FitzGerald 2/10 #232097 |
September 2017
| Sat 23 | | Dusky Woodswallow
Cumpston Place, Macgregor |
| 70+ Dusky Woodswallow flying westwards, high over my house |
| Lucy Wenger 23/9 #231939 |
| Outside normal range |
| Early arrival; late departure |
| Interesting behaviour |
| Threatened |
| Hard to see |
| Unusual habitat |
| Uncommon in area |
| Interesting to you as observer (must be justified) |
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| Rare |
| Endangered |
| Vagrant |
| Irruption |
| Unusual numbers |
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