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Birds South East
Number 95 August 2021
First confirmed, Photos Bob Green
Orange-bellied Parrot
sighting in SA since Contents
2013. Bob Green 1. First confirmed Orange-bellied Parrot sighting
3. Fairview Conservation Park Outing
Heading to Hindmarsh Island each year for a 6. The Terrestrial Birds of Padthaway CP.
Neophema Identification workshop is one of my 11. Who’s Who?/BirdLife Site Action Plans
annual highlights, a great place to go birding,
12. Shorebird Notes
visiting a few favourite spots along the way through
13. Flocking Forest Ravens/Quiz
the Coorong and using Wyndgate (former Parks
office) as a base always ensures a good 3-4 day trip 14. Contacts/Program
with plenty of variety of birds usually seen. 15. Recent Sightings
Birds South East
Having only recently done a Birds SA webinar What I really wasn’t expecting as we made our way
version of the workshop I was fairly sure that along the central ridge was when we flushed two
numbers for this face to face workshop might be parrots from close by, the alarm call of an Orange-
lower than usual, and so it proved to be with six bellied Parrot sounded, shocked I said to the others
people registered, four of whom had not done the “watch closely where these birds go as one of them
workshop before, as well as regulars Ross Brittain is an OBP”. Even more stunning was that they only
and Janette Diment. flew about fifteen metres and landed in the open in
the top of a shrub. Sitting there was a juvenile OBP
Following the PowerPoint session and a bite for and an adult male Elegant Parrot, side by side for
lunch we head out in search of Elegant Parrots to an amazing comparison (see picture). As we were
put the newly learned skills and tips into practice, watching and trying to read the leg bands a second
getting up close and looking at the features OBP was heard going up close by but wasn’t seen.
discussed during the workshop while it’s fresh in the
mind. We drove along a few roads where there are
sometimes parrots perched conveniently on fence
lines, but the parrots were nowhere to be seen.
There are always parrots around the Murray Mouth
so we headed there next and decided to walk across
the sand to Bird Island which hasn’t been an island
for a few years now. This island is a great spot with
low sometimes flooded saltmarsh, a couple of
channels running through the saltmarsh and a
couple of low sandy ridges where shrubs and weedy
species seem to thrive so it makes for a good mix of
birds on offer.
Participants watching an OBP
Numerous photos were taken, the four participants
were very excited as it was a lifer for all of them. I
was enjoying revelling in their excitement. My main
target was to photograph the leg bands so that we
could identify the individual. This was done, see the
last newsletter for more info on that.
Since the initial finding only two others have
managed to spot the elusive bird, not without effort
by a fair number of people who tried, including the
entourage who arrived at dawn the following
morning to help me try to locate the second bird
and get band details (see pic), another bonus was
finding some Rock Parrots close by to make a nice
trifecta.
Early morning helpers at the Murray Mouth
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What a great comparison. OBP front and Elegant
Parrot rear.
FAIRVIEW CONSERVATION PARK
OUTING
6 JUNE 2021
A walk along the track on the western and northern
Jeff Campbell
boundaries produced quite a few species,
Although things did not initially augur well, after our particularly good numbers of a variety of
car would not start when leaving home, and then honeyeaters, with all of the nine species seen in the
driving into teeming rain out of Mount Gambier, park being present here. Also seen here was a
things soon looked up as we approached Naracoorte group of White-browed Babblers nest building,
in sunshine. Arriving at the meeting point after perhaps as they often do as a roosting nest rather
everyone else was not a good look, but unavoidable than for breeding purposes. Parrots aplenty were
due to the abovementioned car starting difficulties. also prevalent here, with six species seen in this
We were very pleased to find a total of 13 people area as well as elsewhere in the park.
present for the outing, excellent for a cool and
originally threatening winters morning. Three of the
participants travelled down from Adelaide on the
previous day to attend the outing to this little
visited 1349 hectare park with an interesting variety
of vegetation and landforms.
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A small group of Dusky Woodswallows soared
overhead. A rather diminutive, though feisty and
spectacular, male Red-headed Mouse Spider was a
non-avian highlight.
On the northern boundary track. Photo: Sarah
Campbell
Walking along the entrance track on the sandy flat
towards the informal picnic and camping area on Red-headed Mouse Spider. Photo: Peter Barnes
the limestone ridge, produced a few more bird
species including a single Brown Falcon, the only
raptor for the day. A nest, possibly used by the
After driving to the picnic and camping area we
falcon, was seen on the edge of the track near our
walked down to the northern seasonally inundated
morning tea break.
flat, dry at this time, where Peaceful Doves were
plentiful on the flat open area. Back on the hill
numbers of Mistletoebirds made their presence
known with their high-pitched swee-swit calls,
males and females were observed in various areas.
After a leisurely lunch near the cars we left the park
and headed off in various directions towards our
homes, to hopefully make it there before the winter
darkness descended and the kangaroos made their
way out on to the roads.
Thank you all for venturing out on what could have
been a very uncomfortable and unpleasant outing,
but which in the end turned out to be a very
pleasant south east winters day.
Possible Brown Falcon nest. Photo: Peter Barnes
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Fairview Conservation Park. 6-Jun-21. BirdLife SE
SA outing
Australian Magpie Red-capped Robin
Australian Owlet-Nightjar Red-rumped Parrot
Australian Raven Restless Flycatcher
Australian Ringneck Rufous Whistler
Australian Shelduck Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Australian Wood Duck Shy Heathwren
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Southern Boobook
Blue-winged Parrot Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Brown Thornbill Spotted Nightjar
Brown-headed Honeyeater Spotted Pardalote
Common Blackbird Striated Pardalote
Common Bronzewing Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Crested Pigeon Superb Fairy-wren
Crimson Rosella Tree Martin
Dusky Woodswallow Varied Sitella
Eastern Rosella Wedge-tailed Eagle
Eastern Yellow Robin Weebill
Eurasian Coot Welcome Swallow
Fan-tailed Cuckoo White-browed Babbler
Galah White-browed Scrubwren
Golden whistler White-plumed Honeyeater
Grey Currawong White-throated Treecreeper
Grey Fantail Willie Wagtail
Grey Shrike-thrush Wood Duck
Grey Teal Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Hoary-headed Grebe Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Jacky Winter
Laughing Kookaburra
Little Raven
Little Wattlebird
Masked Lapwing
Musk Lorikeet
New Holland Honeyeater
Pacific Black Duck
Peaceful Dove
Peregrine Falcon
Rainbow Lorikeet
Red Wattlebird
Eastern Yellow Robin. Photo: Peter Barnes
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THE TERRESTRIAL BIRDS OF
PADTHAWAY CONSERVATION PARK
Hugh Possingham, July 2021
Background
In 1983 Parker and Reid, in their comprehensive
summary of the birds of the South East (Limestone
Coast) of South Australia, noted that the avifauna of
the region was relatively poorly known, especially
the upper Limestone Coast. Padthaway
Conservation Park (984 ha) is one of the most
accessible conservation parks located in the middle
of the upper Limestone Coast of South Australia. It
sits near the north end of the Naracoorte Range
surrounded by cleared land. Given its proximity to
the Keith-Naracoorte Road and Padthaway Caravan
Park, the park has a good number of lists in eBird Figure 1: Is a 1983 vegetation map of the park
and Birdata, and a total terrestrial bird list of 108 based on aerial photos and walking a lot. The 5.1
species (Table 1). Waterbirds are very rarely km transect is marked as numbered dots. The
recorded and then only as flyovers - I am ignoring vegetation types are: A: woodland of South
them in this paper. Australian Blue Gum/Manna Gum (E. leucoxylon/E.
There are very few published density estimates for viminalis). B: Brown Stringybark (E. baxteri)
birds in South Australia. In February 1982, my woodland. C: mixed woodland with E. leucoxylon, E.
father and I set up a 5.1 km transect that traverses fasciculosa and C. preisii. D: small patches of mallee
Padthaway Conservation Park (Figure 1). The (E. diversifolia) and dry casuarina heath in the
distance to every individual bird, heard or seen, was south east of the park on limestone outcrops.
estimated enabling us to calculate densities using
standard line-transect methods.
More recently I have repeated the transect in
August 2020, February 2021, and May 2021 (see
Table 1 for density estimates).
The habitat in the park is almost entirely two kinds
of woodland: mixed South Australian Blue
Gum/Manna Gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon/E.
viminalis) through the centre of the park on clay
with little or no sand, with Brown Stringybark (E.
baxteri) low woodland on sandy soil over the
eastern and south-western sides of the park (Figure
1). There are some small patches of mallee (E. Figure 2: This map is a recent aerial photo from
diversifolia) and dry casuarina heath in the south google maps. Since 1983 the internal tracks have
east of the park on limestone outcrops (Figure 1). changed.
In the SW corner of the park there is Pink Gum (E.
ciculosafas) and native pine (Callitris preisii) mixed
in with the other habitats. The understorey has a lot In this paper I document density estimates from our
of medium to tall shrubs including Banksia ornata, transects plus data from easily accessible sources
B. marginata, Dodonaea viscosa and Acacia including four early lists dating back to 1974 (see
pycnantha. Table 1). Carefully documenting densities and
abundances provides early evidence of declines and
can be used to inform conservation actions.
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Rainbow Lorikeet 3 12 13 11 0.16
White-throated
4 6 19 9
Treecreeper 0.22
Brown Treecreeper 3 7 17 7 0.10
Variegated Fairy-wren 3 2 14 7 0.33
Superb Fairy-wren 3 12 28 13 1.01
New Holland Honeyeater 4 16 19 10 1.38
White-eared Honeyeater 4 4 20 8 0.52
Black-chinned Honeyeater 2 0.01
Brown-headed Honeyeater 4 3 12 4 0.34
White-naped Honeyeater 3 3 2 0.28
Tawny-crowned
3 1 5 3
Honeyeater 0.06
Eastern Spinebill 1 1 0.01
White-fronted Chat 2 0.00
Little Wattlebird 3 15 2 3 0.05
Red Wattlebird 4 18 17 9 0.27
Yellow-plumed Honeyeater 1 1 0.01
Fuscous Honeyeater 1 0.00
White-plumed Honeyeater 4 16 10 2 0.49
White-fronted Honeyeater 2 1 1 0.00
Yellow-faced Honeyeater 2 3 20 11 0.81
Noisy Miner 3 5 11 7 0.00
Spotted Pardalote 3 11 27 11 0.83
Striated Pardalote 3 8 20 5 1.04
White-throated Gerygone 1 0.00
Weebill 3 6 21 9 0.46
White-browed Scrubwren 2 4 1 0.06
Chestnut-rumped
3
Heathwren 0.01
Shy Heathwren 1 5 3 0.02
Yellow-rumped Thornbill 4 3 5 0.00
Striated Thornbill 4 1 2 1 0.33
Inland Thornbill 0.00
Brown Thornbill 3 5 18 6 0.50
Buff-rumped Thornbill 3 1 15 7 0.79
White-browed Babbler 3 9 15 9 0.20
Varied Sittella 2 0.00
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike 2 2 5 1 0.02
White-winged Triller 1 1 0.00
Rufous Whistler 2 1 5 1 0.07
Golden Whistler 3 2 9 5 0.10
Grey Shrike-thrush 4 7 16 3 0.10
Crested Shrike-tit 2 1 0.01
Grey Currawong 3 11 22 9 0.11
Australian Magpie 4 22 41 12 0.06
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Grey Butcherbird 3 1 0.00
Masked Woodswallow 1 1 0.00
White-browed
3 1
Woodswallow 0.00
Dusky Woodswallow 4 5 1 0.05
Willie Wagtail 3 15 28 7 0.00
Grey Fantail 3 9 29 8 0.19
Little Raven 1 1 4 1 0.02
Australian Raven 3 8 12 4 0.00
Restless Flycatcher 2 1 1 1 0.01
Magpie-lark 1 4 1 3 0.00
Scarlet Robin 4 6 3 2 0.01
Red-capped Robin 1 0.00
Jacky Winter 1 2 1 0.00
Southern Scrub-robin 3 3 5 3 0.04
Eastern Yellow Robin 2 6 1 0.01
Hooded Robin 3 5 13 5 0.09
Mistletoebird 2 5 2 2 0.01
House Sparrow 2 1 0.00
Australasian Pipit 2 0.00
European Goldfinch 2 2 1 0.00
Eurasian Skylark 1 0.00
Brown Songlark 1 0.00
Rufous Songlark 1 1 0.00
White-backed Swallow 1 0.00
Tree Martin 3 3 6 2 0.05
Welcome Swallow 3 3 3 0.01
Silvereye 2 3 9 2 0.32
Common Starling 4 3 0.01
Common Blackbird 5 2 0.00
Total Density 13.52
Table 1: counts, densities and numbers of lists from various visits to Padthaway Conservation Park. Birds
that may be disappearing are rows highlighted in orange. There may be overlaps between some of the lists –
for example, some eBird data has been included in Birdata.
Column A: The number of lists on which the species was recorded on lists before 1983: 4/4/1974 Joan
Paton; 30/11/1981, 19-23/2/1982 and 30/5-1/6/1982 my father and me.
B: The number of lists from 29 Birdata lists before 2011 (downloaded late 2011).
C: The number of lists from 39 Birdata lists between 2011 and 2020 inclusive.
D: The number of lists from 14 eBird lists between 2011 and 2020 inclusive.
E: Average densities calculated from seven 5.1km transects: 20 and 22 Feb 1982; 22 and 24
July 2020; Jan 31 and Feb 2, 2021; May 12, 2021
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In Table 1 I did not include two species recorded in A few species typical of wetter areas appear to be
Birdata –Chestnut-rumped Thornbill from increasing: White-throated Treecreeper, Eastern
Padthaway Caravan Park on 9 September 2007 and Spinebill, Golden Whistler, Eastern Yellow Robin and
a record of Blue Bonnet in the park on 26 March White-browed Scrubwren. The numbers of
2000. While there are populations of Chestnut- honeyeaters are highly variable depending on which
rumped Thornbills east of Padthaway, they seem to eucalypts are in flower, so it is hard to comment on
be almost entirely restricted to buloke (e.g., around the abundance changes. It is encouraging that some
Frances or Wolsley). typical decliners – Brown Treecreeper, Hooded
Robin, and Southern Scrub-robin, are holding their
Are there changes in the abundance of
numbers.
terrestrial birds in the park? While more data,
especially transects, would help – here are some This is one unusual location where the two
speculations about what has happened over the heathwren species coexist, highlighting the
past 45 years. intriguing nature of the upper Limestone Coast
where more mesic and xeric faunas overlap. Neither
Four species have all but disappeared from the
is common and it will be interesting to try and
park. The last record I have of Black-chinned
untangle their habitat preferences.
Honeyeater is when I found five in June 1982. The
habitat of mixed manna gum-blue gum seems ideal. Intensively managing fire and ferals will be
There are no records in eBird or Birdata. Most important for the future of many species in this
recent records for this species in the Limestone isolated Conservation Park. Reconstructing
Coast region have come from the Bangham- vegetation corridors to connect the park to other
Geelgeela area (25 km east). areas of native vegetation is urgently required.
Varied sittellas only seem to have been recorded Hugh Possingham, 11 July 2021, 0434079061 (text
three times, by me in June 1982 and January 2021. or email if you want a chat about birds of the
They seem to be more common in Conservation Limestone Coast) h.possingham@uq.edu.
Parks to the north and east, like Desert Camp and
Bangham Conservation Parks.
I found Crested Shrike-tit in February and June
1982, there is one Birdata record from September
2000. The species is sparse in the region. Dusky
Woodswallows were not uncommon in February and
June 1982, and they were observed on all four of
the early bird lists; but there are only five Birdata
records, the last one being a February 2017
sighting. Regionally the reporting rate in Birdata
seems to be going down.
There are at least two more mid-sized insect eaters Red-capped Robin.
that are probably in slow decline. Scarlet Robin is
still being recorded in the park, but given it was
recorded on all of the first four visits, but very few
since, I suspect its numbers are reduced. The same
can probably be said for Restless Flycatcher. Both
are known to be declining woodland birds across
south-eastern Australia and the Mount Lofty
Ranges, so this is not surprising. While Grey
Butcherbirds are not uncommon along the coast,
their presence away from the coast in this region is
sparse. The last nearby record was 2003. Purple-
crowned Lorikeets were common in my 1982
censuses but now seem sparse, a pattern consistent
Hooded Robin. Photos by Dr Mat Gilfedder
across the region. Striated Thornbills were once
common but are now uncommon. gilfedder.smugmug.com
10 August 2021Birds South East
Who’s who in BirdLife South East SA.
Name: Jeff Campbell What do you like/enjoy about BirdLife South
East SA? The friendships and the possibilities to
Occupation: Retired. Previously employed in many
learn more about birds and their environments, and
and varied occupations.
to visit new birding places. It is a wonderfully
What got you interested in birds? I have always friendly group.
had an interest in birds but became deeply involved What are your interests/experience that may
after attending an adult education course on benefit others on outings? I hope I can pass on
ornithology when living in the Mildura area in the some knowledge after nearly 50 years of
1980’s. This led to the formation of the Sunraysia involvement with watching and studying birds,
Bird Observers Club (now a BirdLife branch). Later particularly shorebirds.
while living in Melbourne I became involved with the
Victorian Wader Study Group in cannon-netting
waders (shorebirds) and met Sarah who became my
wife. Our honeymoon was a nine week shorebird
banding expedition in North West Australia in
February/March!
How long have you been interested in birds?
All my life, though more so in later years. I grew up
in Ferntree Gully in Victoria’s Dandenong Ranges,
with thousands of hectares of bushland at our back
fence (up steep paths).
Favourite bird/ bird group? Probably Red-capped
Plover/Shorebirds – real birds eat mud. I am the
Photo: Max Arney
Chairman of Friends of Shorebirds SE and the
regional coordinator for our November and April
Hooded Plover counts and summer and winter
shorebird Population Monitoring Counts.
BirdLife Site Action Plans
The finalized Site Action Plans for nine priority sites
in South-East South Australia – Lake George;
Lake Hawdon; Lake Fox, The Pub Lake, Lake
Battye and Lake Ling; Lake Robe, Lake Eliza,
and Lake St Clair; Port MacDonnell and
Carpenter Rocks; Canunda Beach; Mullins
Swamp; Lake Bonney SE; and the Coorong -
are available on BirdLife’ s Site Action Plans
website. Additionally, the Australian Fairy Tern
Breeding Colony Site Action Plan for the Murray
Mouth is also available here:
https://birdlife.org.au/projects/shorebirds/saps
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SHOREBIRD NOTES
Jeff Campbell. Friends of Shorebirds SE
For Friends of Shorebirds SE members the coming from Pelican Point to the Murray mouth. We also
of winter means many things. Amongst these is the had Bob phoning us to tell us that he had seen two
arrival on our beaches and lakes of the Double- Orange-bellied Parrots when he saw us motoring up
banded Plovers from New Zealand and the annual the Mundoo Channel during the count!
winter shorebird counts. We were able to complete Although chances to cannon-net Ruddy Turnstone
the regular two coastal counts from Carpenter have been few and far between of late, due to
Rocks to Nene Valley and from Port MacDonnell to extremely rough weather on the coast and/or
Green Point. We also completed counts of Lake Covid-19 restrictions. We have however managed to
Bonney SE, Lake George and Lake Hawdon South. carry out two winter catches so far this season.
The total number of Double-banded Plovers counted Very few over-wintering Ruddy Turnstone have
from all of those sites was 721, with Lake George been caught in Australia, and none outside of South
topping the table with 514 birds. This was an Australia. In May we achieved a catch of 10 Ruddy
improvement on the last few years although less Turnstone at Nene Valley, and in mid-August an
than counted in 2018 when 717 Double-banded interesting small catch of 10 birds of five species.
Plovers were seen at Lake George alone, and for all We caught three Ruddy Turnstone, three Red-
sites covered 1031 were counted. capped Plover, two juvenile Hooded Plover, one
Red-necked Stint and one Double-banded Plover.
Quite a few Friends of Shorebirds SE members
assisted with the winter Coorong shorebird count An interesting shorebird seen recently was a
this year. Luckily the weather conditions were Sanderling in full breeding plumage, on the beach
mainly fine but with a couple of extremely cold near Danger Point. It is thought that this bird
frosty mornings at Cantara. So much so that our probably gained breeding plumage but for some
camper trailer had quite a thick coating of ice on reason either did not migrate at all or went part way
two mornings. Although numbers of birds were and then returned.
obviously less than the summer count numbers Weekly Outings : FoSSE members usually go out each
there were still good numbers of some species Wednesday .....so that you can be told where and
present. As all waterbird species are counted, rather
when the activity will be - ring Maureen on
than just shorebirds alone, it was quite hectic for
Tuesday evening –042738 0014. When Maureen is
Sarah, our scribe, when Maureen and I were
away please ring Helen on 0499 084496.
shouting out species and numbers at a sometimes
frantic pace, while counting from the boat travelling
Sanderling in breeding plumage. Sarah Campbell
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FOR SALE
Flocking Forest Ravens Camper Trailer. T Van 2007
Jeff Campbell
Australian built
For the past two months or so I have been aware of
a group of approximately 30 to 40 Forest Ravens VGC. Fibreglass shell with hard floor tent area.
gathering together near the top of a large deciduous Kitchen, lighting, 12v.
tree in the small National Servicemen’s Memorial POA. Jeff or Sarah Campbell
Park every morning. While there they tend to perch
near the top of the tree, in the sunshine on a fine 0448 509429
day, with a great deal of calling between birds.
Occasionally one or more birds will fly off, only to
return almost immediately or sometimes fly off out
of sight. In all there is quite a deal of coming and
going amongst the flock, always accompanied by
calling. I have checked HANZAB1 to see if similar
behaviour is recorded for this species. The
movements of this species are listed as not well
studied or described. However, it is stated that
adult breeding pairs are found in permanent
breeding territories and non-breeding adults and
subadults are found in mobile non-territorial flocks,
so I presume these birds are non-breeding adults.
If anyone has observations of a similar nature I
would be pleased to hear of them.
1
Higgins, P.J., J.M. Peter & S.J. Cowling. (Eds)
2006. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and
Antarctic Birds. Volume 7: Boatbill to Starlings.
Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
Quiz Answers to May 2021 Quiz
1. Pioneer poet Henry Kendall (1839-82) wrote Bell 1. Emus
Birds in praise of which bird? 2. Southern Cassowary
3. Apostlebird (Twelve Apostles)
2. Which penguin would you associate with pasta?
4. Tasmania (Yellow Wattlebird)
3. From which country was the Common Skylark
5. Pied (Black-winged ) Stilt
introduced to Australia?
6. Black Kite
4. Find the bird. _ ai_ _ _a_ _ i_
5. Which bird is sometimes called Stump Bird or
Spinks?
6. In Man Friday by AD Hope, who was taken into
exile by Crusoe along with Friday?
7. Find the bird (two words)
A O D
L S M
E K W
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CONTACTS PROGRAM
NOTE: CURRENT COVID-19 REGULATIONS MAY
Convenor, Sightings Coordinator, PREVENT EVENTS FROM OCCURRING. PLEASE
CHECK WITH CONTACT PERSON.
Conservation Contact, Bob Green
shriketit@bigpond.com September:
0407 649909 11/12 Orange-bellied Parrot count (DEW) (Contact
Deputy Convenor, Cassie Hlava Bob Green mobile 0407 649 909 or
email shriketit@bigpond.com )
cassie.hlava@gmail.com
16-19 Cross Border campout at Keith. Arriving Thu,
0422 402703
with birding trips organised for Fri, Sat and Sun. Of
Secretary, Angela Jones course anyone wishing to extend their trip can do so
at either end of the campout, and locals will be able
angela.craig@bigpond.com to suggest further locations to visit.
(08) 8733 4840 (Contact Karen Hunt email gr.kehunt@bigpond.com
or mob 0437487687)
Treasurer, Bryan Haywood
October: 31 BirdLife South East SA Twitchathon
brytonwood@bigpond.com
(Sheila Boyle mobile 0409 624 174)
(08) 8726 8112
November: (Date TBC) Geelong campout. Visiting
Newsletter Editor, Jeff Campbell Western Treatment Plant and You
sarah.jeffcampbell@bigpond.com Yangs, potentially other spots as well.
(Contact Bob Green mobile 0407 649
(08) 8725 9493 909 or email shriketit@bigpond.com )
Committee Members December: (Date TBC) Cobboboonee NP (Contact
Jeff Campbell, Abigail Goodman, Bob Green mobile 0407 649 909 or email
shriketit@bigpond.com
Karen Hunt, Phil Verco
➢ Please ensure to register with the leader prior
DEADLINES FOR NEWSLETTER MATERIAL
to an outing in case of change/cancellation.
1 March, 1 May, ➢ For campouts please register potential
1 August, 1 November. Material for inclusion interest ASAP so that the leader can follow up
and knows that some people may be going.
is always welcome We have had campout cancellations due to
no expressed interest in time to organise a
camp.
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RECENT SIGHTINGS
Date Common Name Number Location Observer/s
14-Aug-21 Antarctic Tern 1 Port MacDonnell jetty M Potter, I Reid & P Coddington
15-Aug-21 Antarctic Tern 3 Hammond's Drain, Port MacDonnell E Smith, B Green & G Young
16-Aug-21 Antarctic Tern 3 Port MacDonnell jetty J&S Campbell
20-Aug-21 Antarctic Tern 1 Hammond's Drain, Port MacDonnell B Green, M Arney & C Hlava
22-Aug-21 Antarctic Tern 2 Hammond's Drain, Port MacDonnell A Rudder & D Belder
22-May-21 Australasian Bittern 3 Pick Swamp Bob Green
14-Aug-21 Australasian Bittern 4 Pick Swamp Bob Green
08-May-21 Australasian Darter 2 Wellington East wetlands Bob Green
15-May-21 Australasian Darter 3 Morella Basin B Green, L Moore, H Fairbairn, I Philip & G Moore
25-May-21 Australian Hobby 1 285 Yahl Hall Rd, Yahl Jeff Davies
12-Jun-21 Australian Owlet-nightjar 2 Cockatoo Lake, Padthaway Bob Green, Tracey Green & Scott McKenzie
08-May-21 Australian Spotted Crake X Wellington East wetlands Bob Green
14-Aug-21 Azure Kingfisher 1 Pick Swamp I Reid & P Coddington
21-Aug-21 Azure Kingfisher 1 Piccaninnie Ponds CP G Rich
15-May-21 Banded Stilt c.200 Morella Basin B Green, L Moore, H Fairbairn, I Philip & G Moore
04-Jun-21 Banded Stilt 1 Lake George Jeff Davies
12-Jun-21 Barking Owl 1 Cockatoo Lake, Padthaway Bob Green, Tracey Green & Scott McKenzie
14-May-21 Beautiful Firetail 7 Blackford Drain Bob Green
04-Jul-21 Beautiful Firetail 6 Christian's Road, Cape Douglas Bob Green
28-May-21 Black Falcon 1 McLeay Road Bob Green
04-Jul-21 Black Falcon 1 Christian's Road, Cape Douglas Bob Green
14-May-21 Black-fronted Dotterel 7 Blackford Drain Bob Green
13-Jun-21 Black-fronted Dotterel 13 Cockatoo Lake, Padthaway Bob & Tracey Green, M Potter, D & S Harper
14-Jun-21 Black-fronted Dotterel 22 Cockatoo Lake, Padthaway Bob & Tracey Green, M Potter, D & S Harper
22-May-21 Blue-winged Parrot 59 Pick Swamp Bob Green
28-May-21 Blue-winged Parrot 3 Jenkins, Allendale BTHaywood
09-May-21 Brolga 8 Sarnia Swamp, Naracoorte Rosemary Miller
14-May-21 Brolga 32 Lindsay, Victoria BTHaywood
16-May-21 Brolga 41 Lindsay, Victoria B & T Haywood
21-May-21 Brolga 10 Mt Burr Swamp BTHaywood & S Black
22-May-21 Brolga 2 Pick Swamp Bob Green
22-Jun-21 Brolga 22 Mt Burr Swamp B Hollitt
03-Aug-21 Brolga 1 Binnum E Roberts
05-Aug-21 Brolga 3 Binnum E Roberts
14-Aug-21 Brolga 1 "Feasts" Green Point Bob Green
13-Jun-21 Brown Treecreeper 4 Cockatoo Lake, Padthaway Bob & Tracey Green, M Potter, D & S Harper
18-Jul-21 Cape Barren Goose 2 Pick Swamp J&S Campbell
22-May-21 Cattle Egret 14 Pick Swamp Bob Green
02-Jun-21 Cattle Egret 90 Allendale East, (2km W) BTHaywood
14-Aug-21 Cattle Egret 19 "Feasts" Green Point Bob Green
16-Aug-21 Crested Tern 1200 Tenterden Reserve, Port MacDonnell J&S Campbell
16-Aug-21 Crested Tern 250 Port MacDonnell jetty J&S Campbell
16-Aug-21 Crested Tern 60 Hammond's Drain, Port MacDonnell J&S Campbell
August 2021 15Birds South East Date Common Name Number Location Observer/s 22-May-21 Double-banded Plover 91 French Point Bob Green 02-Aug-21 Double-banded Plover 54 Port MacDonnell J&S Campbell 27-May-21 Eastern Spinebill 1 Bryton Wood, Moorak BTHaywood 15-Jun-21 Eastern Yellow Robin 1 Bryton Wood, Moorak BTHaywood 22-May-21 Elegant Parrot 4 Piccaninnie Ponds CP Bob Green 29-May-21 Elegant Parrot 25 Bird Island (Murray Mouth) Bob Green, N Robinson, S Cook, M & A Dimond 08-May-21 European Greenfinch 60 Danger Point J&S Campbell 22-May-21 Fairy Tern 1 French Point Bob Green 02-Aug-21 Fan-tailed Cuckoo 1 Stony Point J&S Campbell 13-Aug-21 Fiordland Penguin 1 Nene Valley R & M McGregor 21-May-21 Flame Robin 1 Mt Burr Swamp BTHaywood 15-Jul-21 Flame Robin 1 Mt Burr Swamp BTHaywood, D Spiers, M Bachmann, & S Bourne 30-May-21 Great Cormorant 936 Ewe Isl. to Murray mouth, Coorong NP J&S Campbell, M Christie 30-May-21 Great Cormorant 1487 Pelican Point to Ewe Isl., Coorong NP J&S Campbell, M Christie 30-May-21 Grey Teal 2707 Ewe Isl. to Murray mouth, Coorong NP J&S Campbell, M Christie 30-May-21 Grey Teal 6402 Pelican Point to Ewe Isl., Coorong NP J&S Campbell, M Christie 28-May-21 Hoary-headed Grebe 1000+ Coorong NP Bob Green 30-May-21 Hoary-headed Grebe 1100 Pelican Point to Ewe Isl., Coorong NP J&S Campbell, M Christie 04-Jun-21 Hooded Plover 2 Lake George Jeff Davies 16-May-21 Kelp Gull 8 Fitzroy River mouth, Victoria BTHaywood 22-May-21 Kelp Gull 26 Danger Point Bob Green 22-May-21 Magpie Goose 500+ Pick Swamp Bob Green 05-Jun-21 Magpie Goose 100+ Pick Swamp Gwen Young 30-Jul-21 Magpie Goose 1000+ Hacks Lagoon/Bool Lagoon J&S Campbell 06-Jun-21 Mistletoebird X Fairview Conservation Park BirdLife South East SA outing 15-May-21 Nankeen Night Heron 6 Salt Creek, Princes Highway B Green, L Moore, H Fairbairn, I Philip & G Moore 14-Aug-21 Olive Whistler 4 Pick Swamp Bob Green 14-Aug-21 Olive Whistler 2 "Feasts" Green Point Bob Green 29-May-21 Orange-bellied Parrot 2 Bird Island (Murray Mouth) Bob Green, N Robinson, S Cook, M & A Dimond 16-May-21 Pacific Gull 2 Fitzroy River mouth, Victoria BTHaywood 16-May-21 Pied Oystercatcher 62 Fitzroy River mouth, Victoria BTHaywood 22-May-21 Pink Robin 1 Piccaninnie Ponds CP Bob Green 14-Aug-21 Powerful Owl 2 Dry Creek NFR B Green, W Bigg, M Potter, I Reid, E Smith & P Coddington 20-Aug-21 Powerful Owl 3 Dry Creek NFR B Green, M Potter, S Potter, C Young, A Rudder & D Belder 30-May-21 Red-necked Avocet 165 Pelican Point to Ewe Isl., Coorong NP J&S Campbell, M Christie 30-May-21 Red-necked Stint 930 Pelican Point to Ewe Isl., Coorong NP J&S Campbell, M Christie 12-Jun-21 Red-rumped Parrot c.50 Cockatoo Lake, Padthaway Bob & Tracey Green 29-May-21 Rock Parrot 1 Bird Island (Murray Mouth) Bob Green, Ross Brittain & Janette Diment 30-May-21 Royal Spoonbill 62 Mundoo Channel, Coorong NP J&S Campbell, M Christie 02-Aug-21 Sanderling 5 Danger Point J&S Campbell 30-May-21 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 6 Pelican Point to Ewe Isl., Coorong NP J&S Campbell, M Christie 18-Jul-21 Shining Bronze-Cuckoo 1 Pick Swamp J&S Campbell 12-Aug-21 Shining Bronze-Cuckoo 1 Bryton Wood, Moorak Bryan Haywood 12-Jun-21 Sooty Oystercatcher 12 Brown Bay J&S Campbell 16 August 2021
Birds South East
Date Common Name Number Location Observer/s
08-May-21 Southern Boobook 2 Frank Potts Reserve, Langhorne Creek Bob Green
26-May-21 Southern Boobook 1(H) Lindsay St, Mount Gambier J&S Campbell
12-Jun-21 Southern Boobook 2 Cockatoo Lake, Padthaway Bob & Tracey Green
14-May-21 Southern Emu-wren 3 Pateanbury Track, Coorong NP Bob Green
16-May-21 Southern Emu-wren 1 Fitzroy River mouth, Victoria BTHaywood
14-Aug-21 Southern Emu-wren X Pick Swamp Bob Green
08-May-21 Southern Scrub-robin 1 Geegeela Nature Reserve, Bangham BTHaywood
08-May-21 Spotless Crake 2 Wellington East wetlands Bob Green
28-May-21 Striated Fieldwren 2 Jenkins, Allendale BTHaywood
14-Aug-21 Striated Fieldwren 5 "Feasts" Green Point Bob Green
06-Jun-21 Tawny-crowned Honeyeater X Fairview Conservation Park BirdLife South East SA outing
30-May-21 Whiskered Tern 222 Pelican Point to Ewe Isl., Coorong NP J&S Campbell, M Christie
12-Jun-21 Whistling Kite 14 Cockatoo Lake, Padthaway Bob & Tracey Green
28-May-21 White-bellied Sea-Eagle 2 Long Point arera, Coorong NP J&S Campbell
30-May-21 White-bellied Sea-Eagle 3 Ewe Isl. to Murray mouth, Coorong NP J&S Campbell, M Christie
14-Aug-21 White-bellied Sea-Eagle 1 Pick Swamp Bob Green
05-Jul-21 White-faced Heron 72 Flooded paddock, Riddoch Bay J&S Campbell
17-Jul-21 White-fronted Tern 35 Port MacDonnell boat ramp Colin Rogers
17-Jul-21 White-fronted Tern 4 Robe breakwater Colin Rogers
17-Jul-21 White-fronted Tern 3 Beachport Colin Rogers
16-Aug-21 White-fronted Tern 30 Port MacDonnell jetty J&S Campbell
16-Aug-21 White-fronted Tern 10 Hammond's Drain, Port MacDonnell J&S Campbell
21-May-21 White-naped Honeyeater 200 Mt Burr Swamp BTHaywood & S Black
06-Jun-21 White-naped Honeyeater X Fairview Conservation Park BirdLife South East SA outing
19-Jun-21 White-winged Chough 12 Eaglehawk Waterhole, Frances BTHaywood
27-May-21 Yellow Thornbill 3 Sandwood Plantation, Edenhope BTHaywood
06-Jun-21 Yellow Thornbill 3 Naracoorte Parklands BTHaywood
21-May-21 Yellow-faced Honeyeater 500 Mt Burr Swamp BTHaywood & S Black
Antarctic Tern. Photo: Bob Green
August 2021 17Birds South East Antarctic Tern. Photo: Bob Green Magpie Geese. Photo: Sarah Campbell 18 August 2021
Birds South East
White-fronted & Crested Terns
Photo: Sarah Campbell
White-faced Herons. Photo: Sarah Campbell
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