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

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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) [email protected]. 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

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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

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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)

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CONTACTS PROGRAM NOTE: CURRENT COVID-19 REGULATIONS MAY Convenor, Sightings Coordinator, PREVENT EVENTS FROM OCCURRING. PLEASE Conservation Contact, Bob Green CHECK WITH CONTACT PERSON. [email protected] September:

0407 649909 11/12 Orange-bellied Parrot count (DEW) (Contact Deputy Convenor, Cassie Hlava Bob Green mobile 0407 649 909 or email [email protected] ) [email protected] 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 [email protected] to suggest further locations to visit. (08) 8733 4840 (Contact Karen Hunt email [email protected] or mob 0437487687) Treasurer, Bryan Haywood October: 31 BirdLife South East SA Twitchathon [email protected] (Sheila Boyle mobile 0409 624 174) (08) 8726 8112 November: (Date TBC) Geelong campout. Visiting Newsletter Editor, Jeff Campbell Western Treatment Plant and You [email protected] Yangs, potentially other spots as well. (Contact Bob Green mobile 0407 649 (08) 8725 9493 909 or email [email protected] )

Committee Members December: (Date TBC) Cobboboonee NP (Contact Jeff Campbell, Abigail Goodman, Bob Green mobile 0407 649 909 or email [email protected] 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

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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 17 Birds 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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