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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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October 2017
| Mon 16 | | Grey Honeyeater
Alice Springs Desert Park |
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| Peter Nunn 16/10 #232316 |
| Sun 15 | | Red Necked Pharlarope
Alice Springs Sewage Ponds |
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| Bird noted by visitor and brought to my attention, the eye patch could only be Phalarope, black curving stripe through eye, small mostly white bird with brown wing feathers, needle like beak, behaviour was circling and dipping beak in water. No call noted |
| Pam Walker 16/10 #232317 |
| | Red-necked Phalarope
Alice Springs Sewage Ponds |
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| First spotted by Pam Walker and Jane and Kevin from Woodonga yesterday morning. Swimming around in the second pond on the left from the gate. |
| Lisa Nunn 16/10 #232315 |
| Sat 7 | | Black Swan
McMinns Lagoon |
| Single bird seen amongst reeds in middle of lagoon |
| Russ Lamb 7/10 #232177 |
September 2017
| Fri 29 | | Dusky Moorhen
Fogg Dam wall |
| Single juv. bird close to dam road only 50m from start |
| Russ Lamb & Maria Dam 29/9 #232061 |
| Mon 25 | | Dusky Moorhen, Black Bittern, Australian Bustard.
Kakadu National Park--Yellow Water |
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| 2 non-breeding dusky moorhen were observed and photographed feeding along the bank. They are rare in the top end. A black bittern was spotted in a clump of pandanus and a bustard was seen about 500 metres into the floodplain. |
| Indra Bone 25/9 #231987 |
| Thu 21 | | Princess Parrot
Mt Mein, -23.585143 129.312093 |
| A single bird sighted in desert oak and spinifex scrub |
| Stephen & Glenda Bushell 8/10 #232183 |
| 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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