| Thu 17 | | Red-backed Kingfisher
Whitwarta |
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| One in gum trees by the river. |
| Paul Taylor 17/10 #241519 |
| | Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
Frewville |
| Two overhead. First birds I've seen this spring making the 'commute' between the Hills and the pine trees in the Adelaide Parklands and suburbs. eBird checklist |
| Kelvin Sparks 17/10 #241514 |
| | Red-backed Kingfisher
St Hugo Winery Barossa Valley |
| Single bird calling from tall trees bordering Jacobs Creek |
| David Harper 17/10 #241511 |
| Wed 16 | | White winged Triller
Inner northern Adelaide suburbs |
| More sightings than usual of White winged Trillers with males calling in the inner northern Adelaide suburbs. |
| Robin Storr 16/10 #241505 |
| Wed 9 | | White-bellied Sea-eagle
Scott Creek / Brenda Park |
| Adult White-bellied Sea-eagle soaring on a thermal over the floodplain this morning, mobbed by - of all things - two Whistling Kite. Always a possibility on the Murray but rarely sighted. eBird checklist |
| Kelvin Sparks 9/10 #241447 |
| Tue 8 | | Wood Sandpiper
Cadney Homestead on Stuart Highway |
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| Wood Sandpiper (we think) flew in to the grassy camping area at Cadney Homestead, on Stuart Highway between Marla and Coober Pedy. After running around in front of the four of us for 10 minutes it adjourned to the side of the pool. It disappeared after about half an hour.
We also saw 2 of the same bird at Coward Springs wetlands on 3rd Oct. Both sightings on Ebird.
Waited till I could download better quality photos.
Found by Gary Pleming with Colin Cannard, John Catchlove and Peter Russell. More photos available if anyone interested. |
| Colin Cannard 12/10 #241477 |
| Sat 5 | | Red-backed Kingfisher
Pengilly Scrub |
| One brief close fly-by near the entrance gate. A surprise so close to Adelaide. |
| Kevin Stracey 6/10 #241401 |
| Tue 1 | | White-fronted Honeyeater
Near Balaklava |
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| One heard and seen briefly in roadside eremophilas. Not often seen in this area. Poor photo. |
| Paul Taylor 1/10 #241364 |
| Mon 30 |  | Pied Honeyeater
Para Wirra Conservation Park |
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| Pied Honeyeater sighted feeding on flowering eucalypts in Para Wirra Conservation park. First sighting (by us) of this species in 30+ years of birding in this location. Also a large mixed flock of White-browed and Masked Woodswallows, and several White-winged Trillers. |
| Richard Letheby and Marion Halliday 1/10 #241361 |
| Sun 29 | | Eastern Koel
Prospect, South Australia |
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| A male Koel was heard calling nearby on the 28 September 2019 and was seen perched in a tall Chinese Elm on 29 September. A Koel has visited our area in the previous 2 years , but this is much earlier than before. In 2017 & 2018 the Koel was first heard or seen in the first week of November. |
| Peter Christy 29/9 #241351 |
| | Common Gull-billed Tern
Bald Hill Beach |
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| One Common Gull-billed Tern with Fairy, Whiskered, Crested and Caspian Terns. |
| Paul Taylor 29/9 #241333 |
| Fri 27 | | Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo
Trott Park |
| One bird in amongst a very large flock appeared to have a mutation colour. Its head, tail and wings are black while most of the body including belly back and rump where a white colour. Unfortunately I did not get a picture as I was unprepared. The flock was circling my house after leaving pine trees at the end of my street. |
| Darren Bishop 27/9 #241311 |
| Wed 25 | | Grey-tailed Tattler, Eastern Curlew
Port Clinton |
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| 2 tattlers and 25 curlews have arrived, hopefully more still to come. |
| Paul Taylor 25/9 #241295 |
| Sat 21 | | Common Sandpiper
Port Wakefield |
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| 2 Common Sandpipers at the wharf, one recently arrived and appearing unkempt and tatty. The other arrived here around August 12. |
| Paul Taylor 21/9 #241248 |
| Fri 20 | | Crimson Chat
Near Balaklava |
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| One pair building a nest on roadside. Small numbers have been seen in southern areas of SA this month. |
| Paul Taylor 20/9 #241230 |