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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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July 2020
| Wed 8 | | Short-tailed Grasswren
Holowiliena Station, Flinders Ranges |
| Amongst dead triodia. |
| Gary Wilson 10/7 #258287 |
| Sun 5 | | Peregrine falcon
Second Avenue, Klemzig |
| Sitting on a power line at approx. 5 pm. |
| Cristina Blumberg 5/7 #258265 |
June 2020
| Sun 28 | | White-fronted Honeyeater
Parra Wirra Recreation Park northern boundary adjacent to quarry track gate |
| Single bird being harassed by New Holland Honeyeaters in low Banksia heath open Pink Gum Native Pine woodland. This species occasionally ventures in to the Northern Mt Lofty Ranges during Winter |
| Dave and Sue Harper 29/6 #257242 |
| Thu 25 | | Curlew Sandpiper
Mulgundawa |
| A large flock of non-breeding Curlew Sandpiper (46) feeding busily in flooded saltpan with 4 Red-necked Stint. 7 other Curlew Sandpiper seen along the edge of a similar location near Boggy Lake (Lake Alexandrina). eBird checklist |
| Kelvin Sparks 26/6 #257231 |
| Mon 15 | | Black Kite
Dead Man's Pass Reserve - South Para River, Gawler |
| Viewed about 1pm from my front verandah which faces south from Gawler East over the reserve. Clear view of fork tail and fingered wing tips as it drifted over my house and out of sight to the north. |
| David Marshall 15/6 #257180 |
| 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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