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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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August 2018
| Mon 20 | | Gull-billed Tern
Beach (Semaphore South) |
| single flying N along the tideline eBird checklist |
| Kelvin Sparks 20/8 #235155 |
| | Whiskered Tern
Thompsons Beach |
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| More than 50 Whiskered Terns in marshy area near beach. Also 30 Common Greenshank and 4 Grey Plovers, all which have probably overwintered. |
| Paul Taylor 20/8 #235144 |
| Sun 19 | | Australasian Gannet
Bald Hill Beach |
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| One swimming close to shore. First one I've seen here. |
| Paul Taylor 19/8 #235131 |
| Fri 17 | | Black-faced Woodswallow
7 km west of Balaklava |
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| 4 on roadside. Perhaps a small influx of this species to this area. |
| Paul Taylor 17/8 #235115 |
| Thu 9 | | Black-faced Woodswallow
14 kms north of Port Wakefield |
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| A flock of 7 on roadside and feeding in paddock. Uncommon in this area. |
| Paul Taylor 9/8 #235052 |
| | Common Sandpiper
Port Wakefield |
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| One at the wharf, an early arrival here. Regular summer visitor to this location. |
| Paul Taylor 9/8 #235051 |
| Sun 5 | | Australian Bustard
Australian Arid Lands Botanic Gardens |
| Had an adult Australian Bustard cruise in and land in the chenopod near the bird hide late this afternoon in high winds, not sure how regular they are here but nice to see so close to the coast. |
| Dan& Els Pendavingh 5/8 #235026 |
July 2018
| Tue 24 | | Red and Great Knots
Thompson Beach (Dublin) |
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| More than 200 knots, mostly Red with about 30 Great. |
| Paul Taylor 24/7 #234937 |
| 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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