| Sat 14 |  | Regent Honeyeater
Yengo National Park--Bucketty Dam |
| Yesss! Super exciting and unexpected sighting today. 6 ReHo seen clearly feeding on Red Bloodwood blossom. Not too bothered by Noisy Friarbirds but moving around a lot. 2 of the birds heard calling and I got a recording which has been added to eBird checklist. Unmistakable bird with black head, bare face, scalloping on breast and rump and gold wing and tail tips. Didn’t see any bands on birds but legs obscured by foliage and terrible light. eBird checklist |
| Nick Carson 14/3 #273034 |
| | Oriental Cuckoo
Blue Mountains National Park--The Rock Lookout |
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| Single bird seen. Large cuckoo, barred front, pale throat. Yellow eye ring. Yellow eye. Yellow at bottom bill, gape. Seen 10m along track from car park. Bird flew, heading back down the road. Not relocated after initial sighting. This is only the 3rd bird reported in eBird for Penrith LGA. Previous Penrith sightings in eBird in 2019 (single bird seen by two separate observers) and 1986 (single bird). eBird checklist |
| Martin Snowball 14/3 #273033 |
| Mon 9 | | White-throated Needletail, Regent Bowerbird, Spectacled Monarch, Rainbow Bee-eater
Iluka Nature Reserve |
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| 100+ Needletails over, some quite low, ahead of storm clouds,10+ Regent Bowerbirds, including 2 fully coloured males, 1 Spectacled Monarch, and 1+ Rainbow Bee-eater. The bowerbirds were flying in and out of the Reserve and into backyards nearby. The most seen at the site ever by GPC. eBird checklist |
| Greg Clancy, Megan Rush 12/3 #273029 |
| Thu 5 | | Buff-banded Rail
Mason Park Wetland Homebush |
| Successful nesting of Buff-banded Rail. two adults and two chicks.
this is the second year in succession that this species has successfully nested at Mason Park. eBird checklist |
| Gerard Duane 5/3 #273027 |
| Mon 2 | | Whie-winged Chough
Carnarvon Golf Course Auburn |
| 12 birds were seen close to Joseph St about 10.00 am. I had never seen them so close to Sydney City before. Rookwood Cemetery is not far away. |
| Ian Bailey 4/3 #273026 |
| | Spotted Harrier
S of Clarence Lawn Cemetery, South Grafton |
| Juvenile in flight low over grassland. |
| Greg Clancy 3/3 #273023 |
| | Spotted harrier
Lismore |
| Single bird cruising the setaria paddocks on bangalow road on the way out to boat harbour. Another seen last week working a fox tail swamp at nearby Corndale |
| Ian colvin 3/3 #273022 |
| Fri 27 | | Streaked Shearwater
Long Reef Aquatic Reserve |
| Hightlight of a fairly quite seawatch this afternoon considering the conditions was a Streaked Shearwater flying south past the island |
| Michael Ronan 28/2 #273017 |
| Thu 26 | | Tahiti and Black Petrels, Streaked Shearwater, Browny Booby, Red-tailed Tropicbirds, Sooty Terns
Offshore--Port Stephens pelagic |
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| It was a rather 'tropical-feeling' pelagic off Port Stephens on Thursday 26th. Perhaps the most notable thing was the number of Sooty Terns seen, with close to 100 individuals observed (rarely was there a moment when birds weren't visible during our drift). The Sooties were punctuated by some great warm water species such as a (very pale and moulting) Tahiti Petrel, adult female Brown Booby, at least three Red-tailed Tropbirds and three Streaked Shearwaters. An obliging Black Petrel was cause for excitement as well. After having a Tahiti last month, think this is the first time we've had this species on consecutive trips off Port Stephens. Good numbers of Fleshies (~100), also two Shy-types but no stormies at all. Composite image includes photos by Steph Owen, Allan Richardson and Jon Spicer Bell. eBird checklist |
| Mick Roderick and all aboard M.V. Imagine 28/2 #273018 |
| Wed 25 | | Latham's Snipe
George Kendall Park |
| There was a Latham's Snipe in one of the man made water features at George Kendall Park this morning but flew off before i could get a photo |
| Michael Ronan 25/2 #273015 |
| Sun 22 | | Rainbow Bee-eater, Eastern Shrike-tit
Gibraltar Range National Park--Surveyors Creek |
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| 5+ Bee-eaters flying N. 2+ Shrike-tits foraging in eucalypts. 3 (adult pair feeding juvenile) Shrike-tits on February 23. eBird checklist |
| Greg Clancy 1/3 #273020 |
| Sat 21 | | Varied Sittella
Gibraltar Range National Park--Dandahra Picnic Area |
| 3 Sittellas foraging in eucalypt. eBird checklist |
| Greg Clancy, Megan Rush, Paul White 3/3 #273024 |
| | Square-tailed Kite, swift sp., Glossy Black-Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Little Dandahra Creek, Gibraltar Range National Park |
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| One Square-tailed Kite in flight to NW of Gwydir Highway, 2 unidentified swifts observed briefly, a pair of Glossy Black-Cockatoos drinking at the creek and three Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos, an adult pair with a begging juvenile. The Glossy Black-Cockatoos were also 2 pairs present on February 22 and 23. eBird checklist |
| Greg Clancy 1/3 #273019 |
| Wed 18 | | Scarlet-chested Parrot
Blaxland Avenue, Luddenham |
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| Able to get quite close to it when first seen about 1 to 1.5 metres in front of us eating on the grass, before it flew into a tree beside us when we took photos to identify.(Moderator's Note: what a lucky person to find a Scarlet-chested Parrot. Presumably it is an avairy escapee as they are only known to occur in the Far west of NSW basically along the NSW/SA border, south of Broken Hill. Great find! AKM) |
| Ann-Maree Cantore and Elliott Mills 20/2 #273010 |
| | Pacific Baza
Coutts Crossing (Daam Miirlal) Village |
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| Adut pair with two juveniles foraging in eucalypts near School and Cemetery. |
| Greg Clancy 19/2 #273008 |
| | Regent Honeyeater
Hebburn Dam. |
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| Seen Three Regent Honeyeater at Hebburn Dam.
I.ve Images of One Zoo Bred Bird with Metal Ring on Left Leg and Two Lime Green on Right Legs. eBird checklist |
| Gordon Arthur. Yvonne Von Netten, David Russell. James Graham and Andrew. 18/2 #273007 |
| Tue 17 | | Painted Honeyeater
Hebburn Dam Cessnock |
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| Single male bird seen high up in dead tree , many long distance photos taken this bird outside its normal range. eBird checklist |
| Jim Stone , Ted Elks 18/2 #273006 |
| Sun 15 | | Little Bronze-Cuckoo
Coutts Crossing Village |
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| Immature male Bronze-Cuckoo foraging in low vegetation in backyard. Orbital ring orange, showing yellow in photo. Poor quality photo attached. |
| Greg Clancy 16/2 #273003 |