| Tue 6 |  | Swift Parrot
Brewongle Walkway & Barnes Lane, Blacktown |
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| Seen 3 flocks totalling 18 feeding on Pysllids and lerps travelling a range of about 1 km to nearby gums and also along gums on the footpath next to Reservoir Road Blacktown. Noisy Miners only mildly annoying them here and there. Many Musk Lorikeets also feeding in the trees but up higher in the larger gums and seen when watching the flocks of Swift Parrots. |
| Wayne keys 6/5 #272484 |
| | Swift Parrot
Brewongle Green Blacktown |
| Viewed at least 10 swift parrots |
| Michael Connor 6/5 #272483 |
| Mon 5 | | Swift Parrot
Tingira Dr, Bawley Point |
| A single Swift Parrot was observed flying north overhead and calling around 9:30 am this morning. The first I have heard or seen for the season. Recorded here previously on the 12/04/2019 and 6/04/24. |
| Debbie Andrew 5/5 #272482 |
| Sun 4 | | Pacific Baza
Forrestville |
| A bit unusual to hear the distinctive call from two Bazas this morning. First saw one here about 10 days ago. |
| Philip Murray 4/5 #272479 |
| Thu 1 | | Silvereye (nominate)
Toorale National Park, north-west of Louth |
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| Three nominate (Tasmanian) Silvereyes found and photographed on the eastern boundary fire trail in Toorale NP today. A very westerly record for Silvereyes generally, though not surprisingly it's of the strongly migratory nominate race. |
| May Whittall et al per Mick Roderick 1/5 #272477 |
| | Pallid Cuckoo
Crawford Rd, Cooranbong |
| Had an immature Pallid around this morning, quite active in moving around the trees. Calling with a very truncated call which threw me to start with.
Also had a Wedge Tail and then one of the resident Sea-eagles use the thermals over the house and shed to soar from 20m to out of sight within 15 minutes of each other - don't usually see them as close as this. (Moderator's Note: This is an unusual report as Pallid Cuckoos are rarely reported in coastal areas in mid-autumn. AKM) |
| Paul Schofield 1/5 #272476 |
| Mon 28 | | Masked Owl
Kings Langley |
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| About twenty Noisy Miners were very agitated and I
then located several Australian Ravens attacking a Masked Owl, trying to peck at its eyes. eBird checklist |
| Michael Rutkowski 28/4 #272474 |
| Sat 26 | | Crescent Honeyeater
Werakata National Park - Stanford Merthyr section |
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| Female Crescent Honeyeater originally found by Steph Owen and Kerrie Bradley feeding on Banksia oblongifolia and Lambertia formosa blossom in the Stanford Merthyr section of Werakata NP (just off Leggetts Drive). Very rare visitor to any lowlands in the Hunter Valley and the first record of a CRHO in the Kurri-Cessnock woodlands. |
| Mick Roderick 28/4 #272473 |
| Thu 24 | | Singing Honeyeater
Warkworth (near Singleton) |
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| I saw at least 3 Singing Honeyeaters foraging in the flowering Mugga Ironbarks with Spiny-cheeked and Yellow-faced Honeyeaters outside the United Wambo Colliery beside the Golden Highway. I am aware of previous sightings of Singing Honeyeaters in nearby areas and I only found them after hearing one call while I was forced to wait at the temporary traffic lights for a "mine blast" otherwise I would not have thought about stopping there and find them. |
| Edwin Vella 28/4 #272475 |
| Wed 23 | | Spotted Quail-Thrush
Blue Mountains National Park--The Rock Lookout |
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| A male and female seen about 150m from the car park along Fairlight Road. Only 4th record for Penrith LGA. Previous sightings in Penrith LGA are 2016, 2009 and 1970 in eBird. eBird checklist |
| Martin Snowball 23/4 #272470 |
| | Flame Robin
Bushells Lagoon |
| Female adult feeding on neighbouring farmland. Rare winter migrant to this location. Photo on ebird list. eBird checklist |
| Michael Rutkowski 23/4 #272467 |
| Tue 22 | | Eastern Yellow Wagtails
Hexham Swamp Nature Reserve--Old Pipeline Track |
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| Two breeding-plumaged Eastern Yellow Wagtails seen and photographed yesterday along the old pipeline track. This is the first report there for nearly six weeks and obviously it's impossible to tell if they are part of the cohort of up to 7 birds first located there on the 27th Jan. The yellowish throat, pure yellow chest and hint of a greenish nape on the male are indicative of a possible 'similina' bird. eBird checklist |
| Paul Fuller per Mick Roderick 23/4 #272469 |
| | White Wagtail
Terrigal Haven |
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| Amanda Ward-Collins photographed an adult White Wagtail (ssp. leucopsis) yesterday morning (22/4) on the rocks around from (south of) Terrigal Haven / Point - roughly below the middle lookout. The bird was subsequently briefly seen this morning (23/4) at about 7:30am before it flew strongly (while vocalising) towards Terrigal CBD. Nearby playing fields, bowling greens and other likely locations were then inspected, but the bird has not been seen again. Cracking record and photos Amanda! (Moderator's Note: Cracking on both fronts indeed. This is the first NSW report since a bird was seen briefly at Newry Bar in Dec 2013 and before that the well-known, one-legged [ssp. lugens] bird that inhabited a car park at Glendale Shopping Centre for a week in April 1998. One report from Narran Lake in November 1997 was not accepted by BARC due to the observer not having dismissed Black-backed Wagtail [lugens] which was a separate species at the time and is considered a legitimate claim of White Wagtail (per NSW Atlas Vol 3). This report will be subject to a BARC submission, though hopefully the bird is re-found before that happens! MR). |
| Amanda Ward-Collins, Andrew Robinson, Guy Dutson 23/4 #272468 |
| | Roseate Tern
Flat Rock (Ballina) |
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| Roseate Tern seen resting on Flat Rock this afternoon. (Moderator's Note: Roseate Tern is on the NSW ORAC Review List. MR) |
| Steven McBride 22/4 #272464 |
| Mon 21 | | Barking Owl
Condobolin |
| Was out this evening sitting around a fire at a BBQ and heard a Barking Owl calling from close by. Called for about five minutes and was heard again about an hour later. Bird was right in town not far from the high school. |
| Warren Chad 21/4 #272462 |
| | White-breasted Woodswallow
Hornsby Hights. |
| Seen 10+ White-breasted Woodswallows flying high traveling north over Hornsby Hights looked like they were on migration never seen them around Hornsby before. |
| Michael Ronan 21/4 #272460 |
| Sun 20 | | Spotted Harrier
Mangrove Mountain |
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| Spotted Harrier observed flying low over paddocks on Ironbark Rd, Mangrove Mountain. |
| Andrew Robinson and Guy Dutson 20/4 #272457 |
| Sat 19 | | Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
Cremorne Point |
| A lone YTBC flew over the Cremorne Point track yesterday morning, heading NE. |
| Ted Nixon 20/4 #272458 |
| Mon 14 | | Regent Honeyeater
Pilliga Nature Reserve, Dandry Road near Pilliga Pottery |
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| Our good friend Julie Squire has located a Regent Honeyeater in Pilliga NR, along Dandry Road near Pilliga Pottery on the 130425. John and I were able to get out there early morning of the 140425 and also observed it and managed to get a few sketchy photos. The lone bird was seen feeding in an isolated flowering White Box on the edge of the Dandry Road only a few hundred metres from Pilliga Pottery. Julie originally spotted it the day before (130425) morning almost by accident, she was just checking to see if there was much White Box flowering going on, and her attention was drawn to a bird being hassled by some White-plumed Honeyeaters. Lots of budding in other white box trees, could be another good flowering event for 2025. The exact spot has yielded Swift Parrots in 2023, and Painted Honeyeaters (2024). |
| Julie Squire, May and John Whittall 15/4 #272449 |
| Sun 13 | | Brown Booby, Streaked Shearwater, Wilson's Storm-petrel (130+)
Offshore--Port Stephens pelagic |
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| The highlights of today's Port Stephens pelagic were a female Brown Booby that was amongst a throng of Wedge-tailed Shearwaters at the start of our third drift in deep water. Numbers of Wilson's Stormies were another highlight with ~70 birds being the maximum count visible at the same time and an overall estimate of 130 birds minimum (including at least five birds feeding with Wedgies, Fleshies and at least two Streaked Shears <5 miles from the heads on the return leg). Brown Booby photo by Steph Owen. |
| Mick Roderick and all aboard M.V. Reel Contagious 13/4 #272440 |
| | Wilson's Storm-petrel
Long Reef Aquatic Reserve |
| There were four Wilson's Storm-petrels feeding in front of the Island off Long Reef this morning. |
| Michael Ronan 13/4 #272439 |