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Eremaea Birdlines
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Interesting and unusual bird observations
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Birdline
South Australia
Birdline South Australia 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.
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Recent Sightings
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Reports published in the past 30 hours.
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June 2021
| Tue 8 | | Northern Shoveler
Chappel Rd., Hindmarsh Island |
| One bird with hundreds of Grey Teal, a few Australian Shoveler, one Chestnut Teal. No sandbank as tide was in, so birds all out on the water from boat ramp off Cooinda Drive.Weather was very rough, water choppy. eBird checklist |
| Tony Russell and Hazel Cowie 9/6 #260299 |
| Fri 4 | | Common Gull-billed Tern
Clinton CP (head of Gulf St. Vincent) |
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| 2 Common G-b Terns, one in breeding plumage. With 7 Australian Gull-billed Terns. |
| Paul Taylor 4/6 #260273 |
May 2021
| Sat 29 | | Australasian Darter
Port Wakefield |
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| One young darter at the wharf. The first I've seen here, and unusual to be fishing in sea water and roosting in mangroves. |
| Paul Taylor 29/5 #260251 |
| Outside normal range |
| Early arrival; late departure |
| Interesting behaviour |
| Threatened |
| Hard to see |
| Unusual habitat |
| Uncommon in area |
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| Rare |
| Endangered |
| Vagrant |
| Irruption |
| Unusual numbers |
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