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Birds South East

Number 81 April 2018

Australasian Ornithological

Conference

GEELONG 8-11 NOVEMBER 2017

I attended the recent biennial Australasian

Ornithological Conference (AOC) in Geelong, it was

a great venue, was well attended with just over 260

delegates and had a number of excellent talks on

the program.

This was my sixth AOC and the quality of talks still

amazes me, there was a great cross section of

students, researchers and academics spread across

the three days with two sessions running

concurrently, giving you a choice of talks to pick

from.

A few of the highlights for me were talks on

Cost benefits of acoustic recorders on cryptic

species.Understanding and detecting the Night

Parrot.

Managing habitat for 100,000 waterfowl at the

Western Treatment Plant.

Brolgas using multiple wetlands within their

breeding ranges.

25 years of studying the Barn Owl – a fantastic

plenary by Alex Roulin from the University of

Lausanne.

Helmeted Honeyeaters and inbreeding depression.

Measuring resource availability for ground foraging

insectivores. The use of perches by birds in the

restoration of a degraded coastal environment.

Diamond Firetails under pressure.

Birds in Black Box: Community drivers in floodplain

wetlands.

Strategic revegetation.

Contents 1. Australasian Ornithological Conference

2. Shorebird Notes

3. 2017 Twitchathon & Quiz. 2018 AGM

4. Banded birds. Social Outing. 2018 Cross Border Camp

5. Port MacDonnell Wader Outing

6. 2018 Program

7. Contacts

8 – 11. Recent Sightings

Enjoying lunch at the WTP.

Photographer Bob Green

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2 Birds South East April 2018

As you can see from my highlights it is a really

varied three days of talks, with plenty of

opportunities to mingle, discuss more in depth some

of the topics, network and discuss ideas with

various researchers and of course enable the

occasional drop of red wine to be consumed.

Another highlight for me at these conferences is

along with BirdLife Australia and Les Moore, we co-

sponsor a student prize, The Gavin Jackson

Memorial Prize. This year the recipient was Tom

Hunt from the University of Adelaide. We feel it’s a

nice way to honour and remember a good mate who

was taken far too early. Tom receives

reimbursement of his registration fees and a two-

year BirdLife Australia membership including EMU.

I had been joined for the trip by two friends from

Adelaide, and so we had planned instead of taking

the organised AOC outing we would create our own

day out, so we arranged to show a couple of visitors

around as well. Starting out our early Saturday

morning at the You Yangs, there were a good

variety of bush birds on offer, including a very

cooperative Pallid Cuckoo showing nicely. Red-

capped and Scarlet Robins were seen in the same

location on a hilltop, a quite large Brown Snake was

sunning beside the track, which was great for our

New Zealand guest (from the land of no snakes).

Grabbing some Subway on the way we next went to

the Western Treatment Plant, birds were seemingly

everywhere and at the crake ponds in T Section

Lagoons we had unbelievably close views of both

Australian Spotted and Baillon’s Crakes, as well as

an almost tame Sharp-tailed Sandpiper.

All up a total of 28 lifers for our NZ guest, lifers for

three of the five in the car and a fantastic day out

was had by all, ending another wonderful AOC

experience.

Heads up that the next AOC is scheduled for July

2019 in DARWIN, woohoo!!!

Bob Green

Shorebird Notes

Local shorebird enthusiasts have been very busy

over the previous few months, with much

happening in the region. As noted in the last notes

beach nesting birds are in full breeding mode, with

lots of nests on the beaches bringing mixed results.

Very high tides combined with a storm event in

early November last year unfortunately washed

away several nests right along the coast. Even some

nests high on the beach, including those in rocky

banks, were destroyed. Fortunately, most of these

nests and eggs were replaced soon after the storm,

and some produced chicks. In the section of beach

from Port MacDonnell to Danger Point alone I found

nine Red-capped Plover nests in November and

December 2017. We have also had quite a lot of

Hooded Plover breeding activity, with several chicks

hatching in various locations. Two Hooded Plover

nests, quite close to each other and producing a

total of five chicks, were located on the highly

popular Woolwash Beach in Port MacDonnell. This

beach is used by many Port MacDonnell residents

for regular walks, often with unleashed dogs so

would seem an unlikely area for two nests.

Unfortunately, none of these chicks survived to

fledgling age. There has been some success

elsewhere however, including two Little Tern chicks

fledged at Danger Point. Our annual April/May

fledged Hooded Plover count will hopefully tell us

more about that species breeding success.

The first few months of 2018 have been very busy

ones for the Friends of Shorebirds SE. We ran three

very well attended and successful Dog’s Breakfast

days; at Port MacDonnell, Kingston and Robe in

January. The scheduled attendance at Beachport

Market was cancelled due to predicted fire and wind

conditions. Our biannual Shorebirds 2020 counts

were carried out in January, covering our two usual

coastal zones and some of the coastal lakes. The

Victorian Wader Study Group made their usual

catching and banding visit in March/April and we

also conducted a shorebird identification training

session for Nelson Coast Care in early April. This

was well received and attended by more than 20

interested Coast Care members. A quick trip to Port

Fairy was also undertaken in January in an attempt

to catch a Sooty Oystercatcher with an injured leg.

Unfortunately, after finally locating the bird

following much walking and searching, it flew off

and was not able to be relocated.

Jeff Campbell, Friends of Shorebirds SE.

Sarah Campbell

Birds South East

Birds South East April 2018 3

Twitchathon 2017. The Feather Busters -

Peter and Linda Johns, Noel and Sheila

Boyle

We spent the night in a Motel at Keith and at 5.30

a.m. we drove to Mount Monster and were on the

road leading to the park before 6 a.m. On the dot of

6 a.m. a Southern Scrub Robin whistled his heart

out on the top of a dead tree. Turning the bend to

the park we sighted 2 Zebra finches. Things were

looking good. We ended up sighting 29 birds here –

the breeze was a bit harsh but the sun was out -

eventually. We did have a rather strict timetable –

which we blew and ended up staying an extra half

hour. On to Bool Lagoon -we had not sighted the

water with waves before! – Very blustery and wet.

Black- winged Stilt and Eurasian Coot were the only

observations on the water and you can forget

Cisticola and Southern Emu -wren! Noel luckily

spotted 4 Magpie Geese that flew over our car just

as we were leaving. Further down the road we

spotted a considerable amount of water close to the

road where we picked up quite a lot of ducks –

thank goodness! We decided because of the

weather we would give Penola Conservation Park

the flick and head straight to Carpenter Rocks. Well-

we had a slight detour to Brooksbys Lane to see a

Brolga. Carpenter Rocks – no rocks and just a tiny

bit of stone and seaweed right near where we

parked the car – a bit jammy. Mind you we could

hardly stand up with the wind and pelting rain let

alone hold binoculars steady. Shorebirds were all

sitting on one tiny spot – this also included 2

pelican. The previous week we had seen lots of

birds along the causeway to Canunda – so headed

there- not a White- fronted Chat, Cisticola, Fairy

Martin, Bushlark anywhere to be seen. We decided

the beach would not be any better either so headed

to Rivoli Wetland -out of Rendelsham hoping for

Spoonbills, maybe Glossy Ibis. We did manage

Red- kneed Dotterel. Of course Lake McIntyre would

have all the birds we still wanted to include on our

list – we were up to 98 birds – the only 2 we

managed there was a Blue-billed Duck and Great

Crested Grebe. By this stage we were all freezing

cold and wet. It was undeniably a GREAT DAY.

The 2017 Quiz

Well done to Linda and Peter Johns, the winners of

the 2017 BirdLife South East Quiz. It was a tight

result, with only a few points separating all

participants. Special mention goes to John and

Moira for a hand delivered answer sheet, and to

Jean Haywood who was alone in knowing that

Jerome the circus parrot was owned by Millicent and

Flossie.

Good to see rat cunning being used to gain an

advantage. Borrow the relevant library books early

on, hang on to them, and leave the opposition in

your wake.

Thanks for the kind comments about the fun you

had.

Sue Black

Annual General Meeting 24 March 2018

Pick Swamp Shearing Shed

Here’s a rundown of the outcomes of our AGM, 18

people turned up following our wader outing.

Minutes from the AGM and our General Meeting will

be emailed out soon.

Your committee for the next year is as follows.

Convenor: Bob Green

Deputy Convenor: Wayne Bigg

Secretary: Angela Jones

Treasurer: Bryan Haywood

Committee members: Jeff Campbell, Cassie Hlava,

Abigail Goodman, Sue Black.

Non-elected roles:

Conservation Officer: Bob Green

Newsletter Editor: Jeff Campbell

Sightings Database: Bob Green

Monitoring Officer: Cassie Hlava

KBA Coordinator: Cassie Hlava

OH&S Officer: Wayne Bigg

Noel Boyle

Birds South East


Banded Birds at Lake McIntyre

In 1997 Adrian Boyle started a project banding birds

to look at movements and populations at Lake

McIntyre- Millicent.

In May 1998 a Brown Thornbill aged 1 + years was

banded and was recaptured in March 2013 making

it nearly 16 years old. The oldest Brown Thornbill

was at the time 17.5 years old.

Between early 2016 and December 2017 there were

several reports of a Masked Lapwing at Lake

McIntyre with a metal band on its leg. On the 18

December 2017 Adrian visited the lake and

managed to photograph the lapwing revealing the

full number on the band. The bird had been banded

by Adrian as a small chick on 8 November 1998 at

Lake McIntyre. This then revealed the bird to be 19

years old and making it the oldest known Masked

Lapwing in Australia. The Lapwing was also with 2

recently fledged chicks.

It just goes to show how, in many way, banding can

help in our knowledge of our feathered friends.

Sheila Boyle

February 18 Social outing to “The Apple

Farm” OB Flat, (between Mt Gambier and

Nelson)

We decided for our first outing for the year we

would have a long overdue social get together, so

with the Apple Farm chosen as the venue it just

remained to see how well attended it would be.

Well to be honest it was pretty staggering really

with a total of 34 people attending, including a few

new people, one of whom is a member but hadn’t

attended any of our events.

The food was great, a bit of background music was

nice, the venue terrific and the conversation flowed

as well as some beverages.

I think it showed that we should make sure that we

offer a few of these type events, many of us catch

up at our outings and it was nice to be able to chat

freely without the distraction of those feathered

things we enjoy chasing so much, and also so we

didn’t feel guilty spending the whole time chatting.

If you’d like to give some feedback on types of

social outings we could offer and how often you

think we should do it that would be appreciated.

Feel free to either email suggestions, give me a call

or chat to me at one of our outings.

Bob Green

2018 BIRDLIFE CROSS BORDER CAMPOUT

On behalf of the 2018 host branch, Birdlife Nhill, I am pleased to invite you to the fourth Birdlife Cross Border Campout. The combined biennial campout between the five Birdlife “border” branches; Warrnambool, Hamilton, Horsham, Nhill and South East SA. Friday 28th September – Monday 31st September 2018 The location “BASE” for the weekend will be Little Desert Lodge. Nhill 1457 Nhill-Harrow Rd, Little Desert VIC 3418. This is the middle weekend of the Victorian School Holidays. This is a notification of the date and location only More information and accommodation prices will be forwarded ASAP as the Little Desert lodge is under new management and they are going to give us a group booking pricelist. You will receive an official attendance form as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. 2018 Birdlife Cross Border Campout Coordinator Cindy McDonald, 6 Webb St. Kaniva Vic 3419 Phone: 0429922370 Email:[email protected]

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Port MacDonnell wader outing

24 March 2018

Starting at the Port MacDonnell jetty carpark at 8am

we were entertained by three Nankeen Kestrels

swapping perching spots on the Customs House

building.

Moving up to Breakwater Beach an Australian Hobby did a

quick fly-by, and there were a small number of waders

spread out across a receding tideline. Mostly Ruddy

Turnstone, Red-necked Stint and Red-capped Plovers were

seen.

Next stop was French Point and with a good vantage point

from near the cars it was fairly easy to pick waders out as

they were largely along the waters edge on the reef, Pacific

Golden Plover, Double-banded Plover and Grey-tailed

Tattlers were the standouts, as well as watching a Kelp Gull

flying up and dropping mussels onto the reef, breaking

them open.

A quick stop was made at Stony Point but with the tide out

this is a very difficult spot to find birds so we moved on to

Danger Point where with some of the group in the hide

and some just in front a good selection of waders were

found with the best being a nicely coloured Curlew

Sandpiper.

PM FP SP 8M DP

Australasian Gannet X Australian Hobby X Australian Magpie X

X Australian Pelican X

Australian White Ibis X X X X X

Black Swan

X

Black-faced Cormorant X

X Black-shouldered Kite

X

X

Brown Falcon

X

Chestnut Teal X

X Common Starling X

X

Crested Pigeon

X

Crested Tern X X X

X

Curlew Sandpiper

X

Double-banded Plover

X

X

Eastern Yellow Robin

X Forest Raven

X Galah X

Golden-headed Cisticola X Great Cormorant

X Great Egret

X X

Grey Fantail X

X Grey Shrike-thrush

X

Grey Teal X

X

X

Grey-tailed Tattler

X

Hooded Plover

X

House Sparrow X Kelp Gull

X X

X

Little Black Cormorant

X Little Pied Cormorant X

X

X

Little Wattlebird X Magpie-lark X Masked Lapwing X

X X

Musk Duck

X

New Holland Honeyeater X Pacific Black Duck

X

Pacific Golden Plover

X X

X

Pacific Gull

X Pied Cormorant X

Pied Oystercatcher

X

Purple Swamphen X Red-capped Plover X X

X

Red-necked Stint X X X

X

Rock Dove X Royal Spoonbill

X

Ruddy Turnstone X X X

X

Sanderling

X

Silver Gull X X X

X

Silvereye X

X X

Singing Honeyeater

X Sooty Oystercatcher X X X

X

Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater

X

Spotted Dove

X

Straw-necked Ibis X X

X

Striated Fieldwren

X

Superb Fairy-wren

X X

Swamp Harrier

X

Welcome Swallow X Whistling Kite

X

White-browed Scrubwren

X

White-faced Heron X X

X

White-fronted Chat X

X

Willie Wagtail X

X

PM=Port MacDonnell

FP=French Point

SP=Stony Point

8M=8 Mile Creek

DP=Danger Point

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2018 PROGRAM

For all events please register with the contact person in case of change or cancellation, if we don’t know you are coming we can’t let you know of any changes.

May 5 Red-tailed Black Cockatoo count 6 Outing- The Heath NFR, contact Bob Green mob 0407 649 909 19/20 Orange-bellied Parrot count, contact Bob Green mob 0407 649 909

June TBA Campout- Wombat Flat NFR, contact Bob Green mob 0407 649 909

July 6 Millicent Field Nats AGM, speaker Bob Green (Passenger Pigeon) TBA Outing 28/29 Orange-bellied Parrot count, contact Bob Green mob 0407 649 909

August 10-12 Campout- Cantara Homestead, Coorong NP contact Bob Green mob 0407 649 909

September 8/9 Orange-bellied Parrot count, contact Bob Green mob 0407 649 909 15 Latham’s Snipe count 28 Sep-Oct 1 Cross Border campout, BirdLife Nhill, Little Desert

October 22-26 Adelaide Ornithologists Club campout- Nelson (contact Bob Green for info) 28 Outing- Annual Twitchathon, contact Sheila Boyle mob 0409 624 174

November TBA Campout- Eaglehawk Waterhole, contact Cassie Hlava mob 0422 402 703 10 Latham’s Snipe count

December TBA Outing- Cave Range NFR, Bob Green mob 0407 649 909

DEADLINES FOR SIGHTINGS/ARTICLES IN

OUR 2018 NEWSLETTERS

30 June 2018

31 August 2018

1 November 2018

Bob Green

Birds South East


Contacts

Convenor, Sightings Coordinator, Conservation

Contact Bob Green

[email protected]

(08) 8725 0549

Secretary

Angela Jones

[email protected]

(08) 8733 4840

Deputy Convenor/OH&S

[email protected]

Treasurer

Bryan Haywood

[email protected]

(08) 8726 8112

Newsletter Editor

Jeff Campbell

[email protected]

(08) 8725 9493

Committee Members

Jeff Campbell, Cassie Hlava, Abigail Goodman and

Sue Black

Bob Green

Bob Green






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Date Common Name No. Location Observer/s

28-Oct-17 Australasian Bittern 4 Tolderol Game Reserve B Green et al

04-Nov-17 Australasian Bittern 9 Bool Lagoon B Green et al

10-Dec-17 Australasian Bittern 3 Lake Hawdon South B Green

13-Jan-18 Australasian Bittern 2 Pick Swamp B Green

22-Feb-18 Australasian Bittern 1 Cape Douglas wetland B Green & W Bigg

08-Apr-18 Australasian Bittern 2 Pick Swamp B Green

14-Apr-18 Australasian Bittern 1 Church Swamp Wildlife Reserve B Green & E Coscarelli

11-Nov-17 Australian Pied Oystercatcher 2(b) Pick Swamp beach J&S Campbell

04-Dec-17 Australian Pied Oystercatcher 16 Danger Point J&S Campbell

16-Dec-17 Australian Pied Oystercatcher 2(b) McKinnon Lane, Riddoch Bay J&M Campbell

25-Nov-17 Australian Spotted Crake C Lake Frome Conservation Park B Green & W Bigg

10-Dec-17 Australian Spotted Crake 1 Lake Hawdon South B Green

09-Feb-18 Australian Spotted Crake 1 Stratmans Pond, 8 Mile Creek B Green

29-Nov-17 Banded Lapwing 1 Tenterden Reserve Pt Mac J&M Campbell

14-Oct-17 Bar-tailed Godwit 16 Danger Point J&S Campbell

29-Oct-17 Bar-tailed Godwit 15 Danger Point, Port MacDonnell B & T Haywood

04-Nov-17 Bar-tailed Godwit 23 Danger Point J&S Campbell

19-Apr-18 Bassian Thrush 1 288 Yahl Hall Rd, Yahl J Davies

16-Mar-18 Beautiful Firetail 21 Morella Basin B & T Green

16-Mar-18 Beautiful Firetail X Salt Creek estuary B & T Green

21-Apr-18 Beautiful Firetail X Mary Seymour CP BirdLife South East SA outing

28-Feb-18 Black Falcon 1 Maaoupe Max Arney

24-Feb-18 Black Kite 1 Mingbool Wayne Bigg

10-Apr-18 Black Kite 2 5km W of Naracoorte R Miller

20-Apr-18 Black-Chinned Honeyeater 1 St Aubins, Frances C Hlava

24-Jan-18 Black-winged Stilt 170 Lake Hawdon South J Campbell & R Anderson

18-Nov-17 Blue-faced Honeyeater 2 Tarpeena BTHaywood

25-Mar-18 Blue-winged Parrot 94 Pick Swamp B Green

11-Nov-17 Brolga 6 Pick Swamp J&S Campbell

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12-Feb-18 Brolga 2 Glencoe to Kalangadoo Road Sue Black

25-Feb-18 Brolga 3 Magpie Swamp Road, Mingbool E Coscarelli

08-Apr-18 Brolga 4 Pick Swamp B Green

14-Apr-18 Brolga 7 Kaladbro Road, Strathdownie B Green & E Coscarelli

14-Apr-18 Brolga 91 Magpie Swamp Road, Mingbool B Green & E Coscarelli

21-Apr-18 Brolga 23 Moyhall Road, Bool Lagoon B Green

21-Apr-18 Brolga 10 Bool Lagoon B Green

13-Jan-18 Brown Songlark 1 Pick Swamp B Green

03-Mar-18 Brown-headed Honeyeater 3 Valley Lake Conservation Area B Green

13-Jan-18 Buff-banded Rail 1 Pick Swamp B Green

19-Nov-17 Cattle Egret 1 Drain M via Beachport J&S Campbell

25-Mar-18 Cattle Egret 16 Pick Swamp J & S Campbell

08-Apr-18 Cattle Egret 9 Pick Swamp B Green

29-Oct-17 Chestnut-rumped Heathwren 1 Nangwarry Native Forest Reserve (NA 29) B & T Haywood

31-Oct-17 Chestnut-rumped Heathwren 3 Bangham Conservation Park BTHaywood

20-Jan-18 Common Greenshank 7 Pub Lake, Robe J,S&M Campbell

14-Jan-18 Common Sandpiper 1 Fox Lake, Robe B Green

22-Dec-17 Common Tern 1 Cape Douglas B Green & W Bigg

05-Mar-18 Crested Tern 1200 Glenelg River estuary J & S Campbell

20-Apr-18 Diamond Firetail 1 Cnr MyMiMi Rd & Bordertown/Frances Rd C Hlava

08-Apr-18 Double-banded Plover 130+ French Point B Green

29-Oct-17 Fairy Tern 2 Danger Point, Port MacDonnell B & T Haywood

14-Apr-18 Flame Robin 1 Dip Road, Mingbool B Green & E Coscarelli

06-Feb-18 Fork-tailed Swift c.10 Near Tank Cave, Tantanoola Rosie Pounsett

22-Feb-18 Fork-tailed Swift 6 Keith Caravan Park David Sando

04-Nov-17 Freckled Duck 13 Robe Sewage Ponds R Miller

04-Mar-18 Freckled Duck 26 Robe Sewage Ponds R Miller

25-Mar-18 Freckled Duck 136 Pick Swamp J & S Campbell

08-Apr-18 Freckled Duck 100+ Pick Swamp B Green

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15-Apr-18 Freckled Duck 30 Robe Sewage Ponds R Miller

21-Apr-18 Freckled Duck 114 Bool Lagoon B Green

07-Nov-17 Glossy Ibis 49 Carney Lake Road, Dismal Swamp H Bawden & L Keller

11-Nov-17 Glossy Ibis 1 Pick Swamp J&S Campbell

22-Nov-17 Glossy Ibis 25 Pick Swamp, Piccaninnie Ponds area B Green

28-Nov-17 Glossy Ibis 50+ Lochaber Lane R Miller

08-Dec-17 Glossy Ibis c.300 "Iluka", between Southend and Beachport S Clarke & S Harris

10-Dec-17 Glossy Ibis c.50 Lake Hawdon South B Green

24-Jan-18 Glossy Ibis 72 Lake Hawdon South J Campbell & R Anderson

19-Nov-17 Great Egret 11 Drain M via Beachport J&S Campbell

08-Dec-17 Greater Sand Plover 1 French Point Sam Gordon

08-Dec-17 Greater Sand Plover 1 Danger Point Sam Gordon

07-Apr-18 Greater Sand Plover 1 Canunda NP VWSG visit

30-Oct-17 Grey Goshawk 1 Between Tarpeena and Nangwarry J&P Bourne

21-Mar-18 Grey Goshawk 1 285 Yahl Hall Rd, Yahl J Davies

09-Apr-18 Grey Goshawk 1 Red Gum (Lower Glenelg NP) Terry & Helen Dennis

11-Apr-18 Grey Goshawk 1 Battersbys (Lower Glenelg NP) Terry & Helen Dennis

14-Apr-18 Grey Goshawk 1 286 Yahl Hall Rd, Yahl J Davies

08-Apr-18 Grey-tailed Tattler 5 French Point B Green

21-Oct-17 Hooded Plover 5 Danger Point J&S Campbell

29-Oct-17 Hooded Plover 2 Danger Point, Port MacDonnell B & T Haywood

11-Nov-17 Hooded Plover 4 Woolwash Beach J&S Campbell

11-Nov-17 Hooded Plover 2 Blackfellows Caves J Campbell

10-Dec-17 Hooded Plover 3 Fox Lake, Robe B Green

10-Dec-17 Hooded Plover 9 Woolwash Beach J,S&M Campbell

14-Jan-18 Hooded Plover 2 Fox Lake, Robe B Green

09-Feb-18 Hooded Plover 2 Danger Point B Green

21-Oct-17 Horsfield's Bushlark 3 Wirreanda reveg, Naracoorte Caves Bob Green

19-Nov-17 Intermediate Egret 3 Drain M via Beachport J&S Campbell

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14-Oct-17 Kelp Gull 21 Danger Point J&S Campbell

29-Oct-17 Kelp Gull 8 Danger Point, Port MacDonnell B & T Haywood

25-Nov-17 Latham's Snipe 1 McKinnon Lane, Riddoch Bay J&S Campbell

10-Dec-17 Latham's Snipe 100+ Fox Lake, Robe B Green

20-Jan-18 Latham's Snipe 19 Fox Lake, Robe J,S&M Campbell

03-Feb-18 Latham's Snipe 1 Millard Road, Port MacDonnell B Green & E Coscarelli

20-Jan-18 Lewin's Rail 1 Pick Swamp B Green

03-Feb-18 Lewin's Rail 1 Millard Road, Port MacDonnell B Green & E Coscarelli

07-Jan-18 Litle Tern 2(b) Danger Point J,S&M Campbell

16-Dec-17 Little Tern 2 Danger Point J&M Campbell

25-Nov-17 Musk Duck 3(b) Lake Frome Conservation Park B Green & W Bigg

20-Jan-18 Nankeen Night-Heron 1 Fox Lake, Robe J,S&M Campbell

22-Oct-17 Olive Whistler B Pick Swamp, Piccaninnie Ponds area BTHaywood & K Jones

25-Nov-17 Olive Whistler 2 Lake Frome Conservation Park B Green & W Bigg

13-Jan-18 Olive Whistler 3 Pick Swamp B Green

19-Oct-17 Olive-backed Oriole 1 285 Yahl Hall Rd, Yahl Jeff Davies

17-Apr-18 Olive-backed Oriole 1 287 Yahl Hall Rd, Yahl J Davies

25-Nov-17 Pacific Golden Plover 30 Stony Point J&S Campbell

16-Mar-18 Pacific Golden Plover 32 French Point J & S Campbell

16-Mar-18 Pacific Golden Plover 42 Stony Point J & S Campbell

04-Nov-17 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Danger Point J&S Campbell

25-Nov-17 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 McKinnon Lane, Riddoch Bay J&S Campbell

30-Mar-18 Pied Currawong X Palpara Picnic Ground, Rennick B Green

14-Apr-18 Pink-eared Duck 38 Dip Road, Mingbool B Green & E Coscarelli

14-Oct-17 Red Knot 6 Danger Point J&S Campbell

20-Jan-18 Red-kneed Dotterel 8 Fox Lake, Robe J,S&M Campbell

20-Feb-18 Red-necked Avocet 12 Glenelg River estuary E Coscarelli

25-Nov-17 Red-necked Stint 565 Danger Point J&S Campbell

25-Nov-17 Red-necked Stint 800 Stony Point J&S Campbell

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24-Jan-18 Red-necked Stint 1750 Lake Hawdon South J Campbell & R Anderson

29-Oct-17 Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo 8 Nangwarry Native Forest Reserve (NA 29) B & T Haywood

31-Oct-17 Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo B Bangham Conservation Park BTHaywood

11-Feb-18 Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo 15 Grundys NFR E Coscarelli

07-Mar-18 Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo 45+ Hackett Hill NFR G Young

12-Mar-18 Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo 30 Earls Road, Glencoe Sue Black

14-Apr-18 Restless Flycatcher 1 Kerr Swamp Wildlife Reserve B Green & E Coscarelli

19-Nov-17 Royal Spoonbill 13 Drain M via Beachport J&S Campbell

29-Oct-17 Rufous Bristlebird 1 Cape Northumberland B & T Haywood

16-Mar-18 Rufous Bristlebird 2 Salt Creek estuary B & T Green

12-Nov-17 Sacred Kingfisher 1 Bryton Wood, Moorak BTHaywood

25-Nov-17 Sanderling 200 Danger Point J&S Campbell

17-Feb-18 Sanderling 600 Danger Point J & S Campbell

04-Nov-17 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 320 Stony Point J&S Campbell

24-Jan-18 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 865 Lake Hawdon South J Campbell & R Anderson

31-Jan-18 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 619 Lake Bonney SE J Campbell & B Schriever

22-Feb-18 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 100+ Cape Douglas wetland B Green & W Bigg

29-Oct-17 Sooty Oystercatcher 5 Danger Point, Port MacDonnell B & T Haywood

17-Oct-17 Southern Emu-wren A Picks plantation wetland, Caroline Forest BTHaywood

18-Oct-17 Southern Emu-wren 2 Old Comaum School Road, Wrattenbully BTHaywood

18-Oct-17 Southern Emu-wren 1 Yakkum Downs Plantation, Victoria BTHaywood

22-Oct-17 Southern Emu-wren B Pick Swamp, Piccaninnie Ponds area BTHaywood & K Jones

21-Apr-18 Southern Emu-wren X Mary Seymour CP BirdLife South East SA outing

16-Mar-18 Southern Scrub-robin 1 Salt Creek estuary B & T Green

22-Nov-17 Spotless Crake 2 Pick Swamp, Piccaninnie Ponds area B Green

25-Nov-17 Spotless Crake B Lake Frome Conservation Park B Green & W Bigg

09-Feb-18 Spotless Crake 1 Stratmans Pond, 8 Mile Creek B Green

18-Feb-18 Spotted Harrier 1 Earls Cave Road, 8 Mile Creek Gwen and Jeff Young

08-Apr-18 Spotted Harrier 1 Pick Swamp B Green

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03-Feb-18 Striated Fieldwren 1 Millard Road, Port MacDonnell B Green & E Coscarelli

18-Dec-17 Tawny Frogmouth 2(b) Valley Lake Conservation Area B Green

21-Apr-18 Varied Sittella 6 Mary Seymour CP BirdLife South East SA outing

21-Apr-18 Varied Sittella 9 Glen Roy CP B Green

11-Nov-17 Whiskered Tern 250 Pick Swamp J&S Campbell

10-Dec-17 Whiskered Tern c.4000 Lake Hawdon South B Green

25-Nov-17 White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike 1 Gower CP B Green

21-Apr-18 White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike 1 Mary Seymour CP BirdLife South East SA outing

21-Apr-18 White-bellied Sea-Eagle 2 Bool Lagoon B Green

19-Oct-17 White-browed Woodswallow E(b) Eaglehawk Waterhole, Frances BTHaywood

16-Nov-17 White-browed Woodswallow 2 5km W of Naracoorte R Miller

06-Feb-18 White-throated Needletail c.50 Near Tank Cave, Tantanoola Rosie Pounsett

10-Feb-18 White-throated Needletail 200 Pick Swamp J & S Campbell

21-Feb-18 White-throated Needletail 50+ Blackfellows Caves G Young,H Bawden,J Haywood

23-Mar-18 White-throated Needletail 4 Honeysuckle NFR C Hlava

30-Mar-18 White-throated Needletail 11 Palpara Picnic Ground, Rennick B Green

10-Dec-17 White-winged Black Tern 1 Lake Hawdon South B Green

27-Nov-17 White-winged Chough 9 Pines adjacent Snow Gum corridor B Green

16-Dec-17 White-winged Chough 10 Donovans Road, Donovans B Green

07-Nov-17 Yellow-billed Spoonbill 2(b) Lagoon Road, Dismal Swamp G Young,H Bawden,J Haywood

Abundance Code A=1-3, B=4-10, C=11-30, D=31-100, E=101-300, F=301-100, G=1000+ (h)= heard only, (b)= breeding, (b/w)= beachwashed. Common name code **= subject to SARDS review

birds south east - birdlife.org.au · boyle we spent the night in a motel at keith and at 5.30 a.m....

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