| Sat 29 | | Buff-banded Rail
3 Andesons Road Rocky River NSW near Washpool. |
| Not sure if rare in this area. Also sighted one juvenile very dark in colour.
Sorry could not get a closer picture. Very shy bird! (Moderator's Note: I checked eBird for any reports around Rocky River and Washpool and found no reports of Buff-banded rail in that area at all. So yes, a Rare bird at Rocky River! AKM). |
| Roland Bernett 29/11 #272889 |
| Wed 26 | | Whiskered Tern
Dairy Swamp, Central Coast Wetlands,Tuggerah |
| On Wednesday afternoon, about 1500 hrs a flock of 13 Whiskered Terns in breeding plumage, were roosting at the muddy edge of the Dairy Swamp together with a group of 32 Royal Spoonbills, 2 Black-fronted Dotterels and 3 Latham's Snipe were feeding nearby. After a while the Terns took off and were then feeding across the wetland. They were still there when I left 30 mimutes later. Allan Benson advised that this was the first sighting this spring of Whiskered Tern in the Central coast LGA eBird checklist |
| Alan Morris 28/11 #272885 |
| | Masked Owl
M1 SW of Nerong |
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| Roadkilled Masked owl, presumably a female on colouration, probably killed the previous night. eBird checklist |
| Greg Clancy, Lynne Cairns 26/11 #272883 |
| Sun 23 | | Superb Fruit-dove
Rocky Creek Dam,Nightcap National Park. |
| Seen and heard at least 10 to 15 Superb Fruit-doves in Rocky Creek Dam section of the Nightcap N.P. this morning. |
| Michael Ronan 23/11 #272881 |
| Sat 22 | | Latham's Snipe
Southern Highlands Botanic Gardens proposed site |
| 12 Latham's Snipe flushed this afternoon between 4 and 4:20pm. An impressive number. I was surprised. All took flight as I walked from west to east. |
| Lorne Johnson 22/11 #272880 |
| Wed 19 | | Beach stone-curlew
Deeban Spit nth Port Hackin |
| 4th time reported this location in about last month |
| Julie Keating 19/11 #272877 |
| Mon 17 |  | Forest Kingfisher
Stockton Cemetery (Newcastle) |
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| An adult male Forest Kingfisher was first found by James Garnham on the 12th November at Stockton Cemetery, not far from the sandspit (opposite side of Nelson Bay Rd slightly towards Fern Bay). The bird has been seen subsequently by many observers, including today (17/11). Photograph by Steph Owen. eBird checklist |
| James Garnham et al, per Mick Roderick 17/11 #272873 |
| Sun 16 | | Brown Booby, Black Petrel, Sooty Tern (x10 adults), Buller's Albatross
Offshore--Port Stephens pelagic |
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| A very entertaining day off Port Stephens yesterday, where at the recommendation of the skipper we pulled up and started berleying/drifting in 160m of water. The 2-knot south-east current took us over the shelf break and slowly into deep water, before we basically rinse-repeated for a second drift. Activity was high and for a change we actually had shearwaters, Wilson's SPs and albatross attendant at the rear of the boat for all of the drifts.An adult Brown Booby was seen flying north early in the first drift, with the Black Petrel arriving not long before we pulled up stumps. We made three separate observations of Sooty Terns, with 7 being the max count, that were following bait, completely oblivious to the boat. A Buller's Albatross rounded out the highlights of the day nicely where some usual suspects brought us to a total of 16 species for the day. The photo shows the Black Petrel arriving to contest the berley offerings with a Flesh-footed Shearwater (foreground) and a Wedge-tailed Shearwater (right-most bird), enabling a half-decent comparison between the three species. |
| Mick Roderick and all aboard MV Reel Contagious 17/11 #272874 |
| Sat 15 | | Barred Cuckoo-shrike
Wooli Wooli River, Wooli |
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| Immature Cuckoo-shrike first observed by Maureen O'Shea who was "just checking the fruiting fig to see what may be attracted to the fruits". First observed in a Port Jackson Fig Ficus rubiginosa, it then flew to a second Port Jackson Fig and then to the dead twigs of another Fig where I photographed it. It then took off and disappeared over the River. |
| Greg Clancy and members of the Clarence Valley Birdos 16/11 #272870 |
| | King Parrot
5km East of Condobolin |
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| Saw this strange parrot this morning after a tipoff. Is it a King Parrot? Maybe a King Parrot Redwing Hybrid. Have shown and discussed with Mick Roderick but would love to know anyones thoughts. Been around here for a while hanging with Redwings. Redwings here are fairly common now but Kings are really uncommon , only ever seen a few in recent years.
Or is it an aviary escape?? |
| Warren Chad 15/11 #272868 |
| Fri 14 | | Bassian Thrush, Cicadabird
Springwood |
| Bassian Thrush crossing Magdala Creek track just above Magdala Falls. Cicadabird calling a little further up the creek (both c.2pm). In the morning no fewer than six Black-faced Monarchs calling along Sassafras Creek. |
| Ted Nixon 19/11 #272879 |
| Thu 13 | | Rose-crowned Fruit-dove
Sydney Harbour National Park--North Head |
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| Dove, rose crown on grey head and chest, green wings with orange and yellow belly and underparts. High in canopy of flowering Blueberry Ash (seen feeding on remaining berries). Sighted by both of us at approximately 9.50am in the vicinity of where we first saw and reported via e-bird an immature RCFD on 26 May 2025, and 1 adult and 2 immature RCFDs on19 August 2025 (Collins Beach Road, Manly). eBird checklist |
| Bill & Nicci Raffle 13/11 #272865 |
| Sat 8 | | Brown Booby, Masked Booby
Offshore--Sydney Pelagic |
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| Highlights on today's pelagic in very challenging conditions included a female Brown Booby seen some 13km offshore and a Masked Booby seen briefly at the drift. We were buffeted by strong northeasterly winds throughout the day which increased around midday. Surprisingly water temperatures were a little cooler at 19.8C than recent October pelagic trips. This is the second offshore record of Brown Booby from Sydney pelagic since the first in December 1998. Interestingly that trip also experienced similar conditions as noted in the trip report... "A somewhat uncomfortable trip due to the strong northeasterly winds.". Other highlights included many Wedge-tailed Shearwaters closer inshore and good numbers of Flesh-footed Shearwaters offshore. A distant Sooty Tern was seen heading south. Pomarine Jaegers were also seen throughout the day. Other expected species included Hutton's and Fluttering shearwaters and Australasian Gannets. A lone Black-browed Albatross at the shelf proved to be the only albatross encountered during the day despite all of the activity we had throughout the voyage out and back. Same with Providence and Grey-faced petrels, one of each. Two Wilson's Storm-Petrels joined the slick at the drift. Photograph: Greg McLachlan. eBird checklist |
| Sydney pelagics and all on board 9/11 #272863 |
| | White-throated Needletail
Shelley Beach trail North Head |
| 6 birds seen ahead of storm front at 11 am |
| Gabrielle Rees and 8 members of BNSW 8/11 #272862 |