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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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November 2020
| Mon 2 | | Lewin’s Rail
Heptinstalls Springs, Wine Shanty Track, Cleland CP |
| We heard a strange call and waited 15 minutes for it to come out of the vegetation to the edge of the track. |
| Elizabeth Macilwain Bronwyn Mart 2/11 #259082 |
October 2020
| Sun 25 | | Eastern curlew
Port Clinton, Yorke Peninsula |
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| 20+ Eastern Curlews. (Mod.note: numbers in the low 20's have been seen at this location for a month, and seems to be all that will arrive here this season. This is about 50% less than the number here last year). |
| Natalie Olding (Blieschke) 26/10 #259023 |
| | Common Gull-billed Tern, Terek Sandpiper
Clinton CP, head of Gulf St. Vincent |
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| 9 Common Gull-billed Terns, a good number for this uncommon species in SA. Also 5 Terek Sandpipers here, a regular location for these over summer. |
| Paul Taylor 25/10 #259020 |
| 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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