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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.
|  | Highlight |
April 2019
| Tue 23 | | Jacky Winter
20 kms north of Balaklava |
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| 3 Jacky Winters together on roadside. Uncommon in this area. |
| Paul Taylor 23/4 #238330 |
| Wed 17 | | Pacific (Fork-tailed) Swift
Nicholson Avenue Whyalla |
| 5+ birds drifting low over the rooftops during humid overcast conditions |
| David Harper 17/4 #238269 |
| | Pacific (Fork-tailed) Swift
6km’s south-east of Lochiel over the highway |
| A flock of 15+ birds drifting low over the main highway. Getting a bit late in the season for this migratory species to still be present this far south |
| David Harper 17/4 #238268 |
| Sun 14 | | Sanderling
Bald Hill Beach |
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| One Sanderling, the first I've seen here. Rarely seen in Gulf St. Vincent. |
| Paul Taylor 14/4 #238250 |
| | Lesser Sand Plover
Bald Hill Beach |
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| One Lesser Sand Plover, a wader rarely seen in SA in recent years. |
| Paul Taylor 14/4 #238249 |
| Tue 9 | | Blue-winged Parrot
Near Bowmans |
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| About 10 in a mallee scrub, passing through on their northerly winter migration. |
| Paul Taylor 9/4 #238207 |
March 2019
| Sat 30 | | Blue-winged Parrot
Near Bowmans |
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| One Blue-winged Parrot with about 20 Elegant Parrots. |
| Paul Taylor 30/3 #238112 |
| Tue 26 | | Broad-billed Sandpiper
Section Banks aka Bird Island, Outer Harbour |
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| A single bird sighted foraging to northern end of the island. |
| Mary-Ann van Trigt 30/3 #238115 |
| | Black Kite
Largs Bay |
| Surprised to see an adult Black Kite hunting low over the beach and sea this afternoon. Present for about 6 minutes then circled up higher, inspecting the dunes for a few minutes, before drifting off to the north. eBird checklist |
| Kelvin Sparks 26/3 #238083 |
| 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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