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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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January 2020
| Fri 10 | | Greater Sand Plover
French Point (Racecourse Bay) South East |
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| Three birds noted. eBird checklist |
| Scott Eaton 10/1 #244223 |
| Thu 9 | | Fork-tailed Swift
Middleton |
| Around 50 birds, mainly singles, drifting east with the trough in the half-hour before dusk, some very high. eBird checklist |
| Kelvin Sparks 10/1 #244220 |
| Thu 2 | | Orange Chat
Tolderol Game Reserve |
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| Single male on eastern side of basin 10 |
| William Brooker 9/1 #244210 |
December 2019
| Wed 25 | | Square-tailed Kite
Panorama |
| One adult flew past at tree top level just before 1pm - searching for Christmas dinner presumably! Recorded here 3 Decembers in a row (we moved here in 2017). |
| Jim Allen 25/12 #243102 |
| 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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