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Eremaea Birdlines
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Interesting and unusual bird observations
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Birdline
Northern Territory
Birdline NT 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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November 2018
| Tue 6 | | Star Finch, Oriental Plover
Timber Creek Airfield |
| Large flock of 500+ Star Finches feeding both sides of runway. Eventually all flew off to west in sep flocks of 50-100. Also 10 Oriental Plover on grass next to runway. eBird checklist |
| Darryl Eggins 7/11 #236045 |
October 2018
| Sat 27 | | Fork-tailed Swift
Mac Clark Conservation Reserve |
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| Hundreds of birds present after strong northerly winds and stormy weather overnight. Not seen the previous day. |
| Peter Nunn 28/10 #235903 |
| Sun 21 |  | Ruff
Katherine Wastewater Treatment Plant |
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| Wader seen feeding with Sharp-tailed Sp's distinctly larger. Appears to be juvenile bird.
Great pictures to be seen on https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S49352198 compliments of Marc Gardner
Also still present is Broad-billed Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, Yellow-billed Spoonbills and Yellow Chats eBird checklist Further information |
| Marc Gardner, Erin Britton, Mick Jerram 22/10 #235845 |
| Sat 20 | | Broad-billed Sandpiper
Katherine Wastewater Treatment Plant |
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| Seen by Marc Gardner, this evening at 6PM. Also present, Yellow Wagtail eBird checklist |
| Marc Gardner 20/10 #235821 |
| 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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