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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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January 2019
| Thu 17 | | Pectoral Sandpiper
Magazine Road Wetlands (Dry Creek) |
| Two foraging together slightly apart from a small group of Sharpies towards northern end of wetland |
| Jim Allen, Richard Allen 18/1 #236612 |
| Mon 14 | | Fork-tailed Swift
Middleton |
| Around sunset, 2 swifts heading south with the latest trough from the northwest - not overly high. I was unable to see if they headed out over the ocean but I have seen them in previous years coming in off the ocean after a south-moving thunderstorm. |
| Kelvin Sparks 16/1 #236603 |
| | Pacific Swift (Fork-tailed Swift)
Coorong National Park |
| Around 950 swifts observed this morning while walking on the western side of the Coorong near Parnka Point. The group was spread over around 8 km, and appeared to be feeding on midges. Several birds were also seen by a colleague at Tea Tree Crossing (~45 km south), so there were possibly many more birds present than we were able to count, and foraging over a much larger area. eBird checklist |
| Ashwin Rudder and Donna Belder 14/1 #236592 |
| Wed 9 |  | Ruff
Danger Point |
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| Slightly larger than Sharp-tailed Sandpipers. A little plumper overall, pale above bill. ID discussed on ABID group. eBird checklist |
| Scott Eaton 10/1 #236562 |
| Tue 1 | | Wood Sandpiper
Whyalla Wetlands |
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| 2 Wood Sandpipers at the wetlands. |
| Paul Taylor and Pam Smith 2/1 #236489 |
December 2018
| Thu 27 | | Citrine Wagtail
Whyalla Wetlands |
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| Australias 5th and South Australias 2nd record of Citrine Wagtail at Whyalla wetlands this afternoon. Thanks to Bill O’Neil for the heads up and to the original finders. |
| First reported on Birdline South Australia Facebook 28/12 #236447 |
| 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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