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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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April 2021
| Tue 6 | | Cattle Egret
27 Excelsior Parade, Hindmarsh Island |
| Around 16.23, a Cattle Egret flew over the car towards the barrages (Goolwa Barrage) with orange-buff plumes. Flight swift with rapid wing beats. Quite uncommon around the Hindmarsh Island/Goolwa area. eBird checklist |
| Sam Colgan 6/4 #259981 |
March 2021
| Mon 22 | | Sanderling
Stony Point (Riddoch Bay) |
| One large flock of 500 Sanderlings roosting at the point. Smaller numbers seen at other points along the adjacent coast. eBird checklist |
| Margaret and Richard Alcorn 23/3 #259922 |
| Sat 20 | | Straw-necked Ibis
Bald Hill Beach |
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| One immature Straw-necked Ibis, uncommon in this area. Also unusual was that it was on a tidal flat, a habitat rarely used by this species. |
| Paul Taylor 20/3 #259902 |
| 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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