| Sun 21 | | Red and Great Knots
Macs Beach, Yorke Peninsula |
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| A mixed flock of about 50 knots, with at least 15 being Great. |
| Paul Taylor 22/10 #235838 |
| | Blue Bonnets
Near Bowmans |
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| About 20 Blue Bonnets, the most I've seen in one group. Fairly common in this area, but usually only in pairs or up to half a dozen parrots. |
| Paul Taylor 21/10 #235837 |
| | Greater Sand Plover
Port Clinton, Yorke Peninsula |
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| 3 Greater Sand Plovers, 2 recent arrivals and one has overwintered. |
| Paul Taylor 21/10 #235836 |
| | Wood Sandpiper
Near Balaklava |
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| One Wood Sandpiper at an effluent pond of a piggery. |
| Paul Taylor 21/10 #235827 |
| Fri 19 | | Orange Chat
Gluepot Reserve |
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| Just left the visitor centre and heading to camp when noticed something yellow hoping along the roadside, was lucky enough to take a photo and later ID as Orange Chat. Was hanging around the Helipad during that time. eBird checklist |
| Aleks Arsoski 22/10 #235856 |
| Thu 18 | | Orange Chat
10 km north of Port Wakefield |
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| Two pairs with White-fronted Chats. Seems to be an influx of Orange Chats this spring. |
| Paul Taylor 18/10 #235809 |
| Wed 17 | | Ruff (possible)
Goolwa Wastewater Treatment Plant |
| Possible Ruff today on large pond north of bird hide |
| Phil Gilmour 17/10 #235798 |
| Sat 13 | | Red-backed Kingfisher
Near Bowmans |
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| One kingfisher on roadside, and probably another calling in nearby scrub. Uncommon, irregular spring visitor to this area. |
| Paul Taylor 13/10 #235755 |
| Fri 12 | | Orange Chat
Near Port Wakefield |
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| At least 4 Orange Chats with White-fronted Chats. |
| Paul Taylor 12/10 #235747 |
| Wed 10 | | Rufous Songlark
9 km east of Balaklava |
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| One Rufous Songlark, my first in this area this spring. |
| Paul Taylor 10/10 #235720 |
|  | Black Honeyeater
10 km east of Balaklava |
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| One, probably 2, Black Honeyeaters attracted to flowering eremophilas. |
| Paul Taylor 10/10 #235719 |
| Mon 1 | | Black tailed native-hen
Cape Gantheaume Conservation Park--Murray Lagoon |
| Large groups of native hens around the west in tea tree scrub. Probably forced down with the drought in NSW. |
| Indra Bone 2/10 #235625 |
| | Black-tailed Native-hen
Port Wakefield |
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| About 180 Native-hens on the golf course. Only recently arrived. |
| Paul Taylor 1/10 #235610 |
| Sat 29 | | Grey Currawong
Frewville |
| A pelican soaring above the suburb was noisily 'escorted' - rather than actively mobbed - by a Grey Currawong. Having been sighted here throughout the autumn and winter, such territorial behaviour in spring raises hopes of breeding, which is rare for the Adelaide Plains. eBird checklist |
| Kelvin Sparks 30/9 #235589 |
| Fri 28 | | Freckled Duck
Robe WTP |
| Approximately 50. |
| Michael Todd 4/10 #235644 |
| Mon 24 | | Pied Honeyeater
Warnes Scrub, Owen (restricted access) |
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| Found four juvenile Pied Honeyeaters in our scrub. This is a very uncommon sighting on the Adelaide Plains. The only other record I have on our property is of a single bird in April approx 10 years ago, this was also in our scrub.
White Browed and Masked Woodswallows were also present. The first sighting here for the spring season. Good numbers of Trillers as well |
| Michael Warnes, Chris Steeles 27/9 #235558 |
| | Cockatiel
6 kms NE of Balaklava |
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| One Cockatiel in a mallee scrub. An irregular spring visitor, most years not seen in this area. |
| Paul Taylor 24/9 #235536 |