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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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Reports published in the past 30 hours.
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January 2020
| Thu 16 | | Spotted Whistling Duck
Maxwell Creek Sewage Ponds, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, AU (-11.548, 130.566) |
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| 2 Individuals spotted in ponds by Magen Pettit eBird checklist |
| Magen Pettit 17/1 #244274 |
December 2019
| Sat 28 | | Australian Little Bittern
Palmerston Golf Course at (-12.4767861, 130.9724194) |
| "In reeds at one of the lakes. Resting still, ca. 50cm above water surface. Legs spread holding on to reeds. Beak pointing skywards. Yellowish wing plumage, white chest with central line. Ca. 25cm in size." eBird checklist |
| Holger Woyt (entered by Mick Jerram) 29/12 #243126 |
| 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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