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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 2025
| Sat 11 | | Little Tern
Bald Hill Beach |
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| 11 Little Terns with about 30 Fairy Terns. The most Little Terns I have seen here. |
| Paul Taylor 12/1 #272075 |
| Sat 4 | | Satin Flycatcher
Kangaroo Flat Rd, Koorine |
| We went seeking the Satin Flycatcher widely reported before Christmas, and were delighted to find breeding success: we saw the male, female and a fledgling being fed. |
| Kevin Stracey and Lizzie Dodd 7/1 #272064 |
| | White-throated Needletail
Penola SF: south of Tower Road |
| One White-throated Needletail initially located at 1820. At least 4 birds relocated at 1900, appeared to be covering a broad circuit over the treetops and reappearing. Moved off westwards at around 1920.
Intriguing that this was so close to the location, date and time of day of our only previous SA sighting in 2023.
Another flock of 10 birds sighted at 1000 the following morning near the oulet walk at Piccaninnie Ponds CP, fflying rapidly west. A single Pacific Swift followed at around 1020. |
| Kevin Stracey and Lizzie Dodd 7/1 #272063 |
| Fri 3 | | Little Tern
Bald Hill Beach |
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| 2 Little Terns with a few Fairy Terns. Likely to be of the migratory population from Asia. Fairly rare but regular in small numbers in Gulf St. Vincent over summer. |
| Paul Taylor 3/1 #272056 |
| Wed 1 | | Diamond Firetail
Oyster walk, Coffin Bay townsite |
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| Glyn Yates 2/1 #272051 |
| 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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