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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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February 2019
| Sat 16 | | Square-tailed kite
Rostrevor |
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| circled slowly over my house before moving off in a westerly direction |
| Peter Corcoran 17/2 #236827 |
| Thu 14 | | Brown Songlark
Bald Hill Beach |
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| A male songlark still in breeding plumage near the high tide mark. Most have now migrated north from local farming areas. |
| Paul Taylor 14/2 #236803 |
| Fri 8 | | Freckled Duck
Wilmington sewerage ponds |
| One bird on pond. Has been seen here before in previous years |
| Gary Wright 8/2 #236769 |
| Thu 7 | | Grey Shrike-Thrush
Frewville |
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| 1 immature spent 10 mins in our suburban garden, feeding in and under golden wattle, and briefly perched on kitchen roof (poor photo attached). Uncommon visitor to the Adelaide Plains. eBird checklist |
| Kelvin Sparks 7/2 #236763 |
| Sun 3 | | Banded Lapwing
Tolderol Game Reserve |
| 68 Banded Lapwing flushed by a White-bellied Sea-Eagle at the far end of pond 17. At the same time 25 Glossy Ibis flew up as well. |
| Elizabeth Macilwain 5/2 #236752 |
| 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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