Birds SA Newsletter No. 235, August 2015
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Birds SA Newsletter No 235 August 2015 Birds SA is the operating name of The South Australian Ornithological Association Inc. c/- South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000 The Aims of the Association are: To promote the conservation of Australian birds and their habitats. To encourage interest in, and develop knowledge of the birds of South Australia. To record the results of research in regard to all aspects of bird life. To maintain a public fund called the “Birds SA Conservation Fund” for the specific purpose of supporting the Association’s environmental objectives. PRINT POST APPROVED PP532699/00009 A Page of Parrots 1 2 3 5 4 6 2 Birds SA Newsletter August 2015 CONTENTS SAOA COMMITTEE 2015 – 2016 President’s Letter/Tolderol News …….…..….…4 President David Paton 8344 8891 Birds SA Notes & News .…………….…...……5 Vice President John Gitsham 0438900393 Conservation Sub-Committee Report ………….6 Vice President Daniel Rogers 8222 9517 Giving them Wings ………………...…………..9 Secretary Brian Blaylock 0448822374 Treasurer Brian Walker 8263 3433 Past General Meetings …………………......…10 Assistant Secretary Kate Buckley 8261 7197 Future General Meetings ...……..……….........12 Journal Editor Merilyn Browne 8339 6839 Past Excursions …………………...…..........…12 Newsletter Editor Cynthia Pyle 8264 5778 Future Excursions ……..…………...……...….15 Field Program Co-ordinator Lynton Huxley 7009 5038 Gluepot maps…………………… …...……….17 Bird Record Secretary Graham Carpenter 8297 5463 Bird Records …………..……….….…........….19 Membership Officer Simon Brearly 8390 3666 News from the Library ………………...….…..21 Member William Brooker 8381 8730 Members’ Photographs et al.……….………....22 Member John Spiers 8333 0272 Member Jody Gates 8391 6342 Member John Hatch 8362 2820 CENTRE INSERT SAOA HISTORICAL SERIES NUMBER 53, JOHN SUTTON’S OUTER HARBOR NOTES, PART 2 FURTHER USEFUL CONTACTS DIARY Librarian Karen Donkin 0402123960 Image Librarian John Spiers 8333 0272 The following is a list of Birds SA activities for the next few email [email protected] months. Further details of all these activities are given later in Campout Organiser Lynton Huxley 7009 5038 this Newsletter. Rare Birds Secretary Colin Rogers 8336 3325 Aug 30 Sunday Excursion to Currency Creek Gorge Sept 12 Saturday Excursion Porter Scrub CP RELATED ASSOCIATIONS Sept 17 Thursday Excursion to Mt. Lofty Gdns. BirdLife Southeast SA Sept 25 Friday General Meeting Convener, — Bob Green [email protected] 8725 0549 IBA Coordinator/Newsletter Editor — Bryan Haywood Sept 27 Sunday Excursion to Altona Reserve [email protected] 8726 8112 Fleurieu Birdwatchers October 3-5 Campout at Gluepot Contact person: Neil Cheshire 8552 7904 Oct 10 Saturday Excursion to Wyndgate, Hindmarsh I Website: www.Fleurieubirdwatchers.org Port Augusta group Oct 15 Thursday Excursion to Sandy Creek Contact people: Peter Langdon 8642 5723, Greg Bannon 8648 6630, Oct 30 Friday General Meeting Bernie Haase 0419 863 834 Nov 1 Sunday Excursion to Sir Richard Pen. Etc. WEBSITE: birdssa.asn.au Nov 14 Saturday Excursion to Tolderol 2015 SAOA SUBSCRIPTIONS Nov 19 Thursday Excursion to Hardy’s Scrub Single membership $50 Nov 27 Friday General Meeting Family/household membership $60 Single concession* $45 Dec 6 Sunday Excursion to Riverglades etc. Family/household concession* $55 Student members (full-time students under 25 years) $10 *Pensioners and people experiencing financial hardship can obtain Cover photo: Brown Falcon, photographed by Peter McKenzie th concessions. Apply in writing to the Treasurer, Birds SA. at Robe, on 28 July 2015 ABN 76 339 976 789 General meetings are held in the Hawker Centre at the Waite Institute, Waite Road, Urrbrae at 7.45pm. Doors open at ADVERTISING IN THE Birds SA NEWSLETTER 7.00pm. SAOA relies on the integrity of advertisers for the quality and nature of their products and services. We cannot guarantee them. Advertising Committee meetings are held at the above venue on the second is charged as follows: $1.00 per line, up to $40.00 per half page and Monday of each month, starting at 7.30pm. 10c per inserted leaflet (single sheet). The committee reserves the right to lower or waive these fees. Donations to the Birds SA Conservation Fund are tax- COPY DEADLINE deductible Copy for the November Newsletter is due by the October General Meeting (October 30). Contributions, ‘Word’ format preferred, can be New Members recorded on a CD, emailed to either of my email addresses, or We welcome 18 new members who have recently joined the typed/handwritten neatly. Association. Their names are listed on p23. • [email protected] • [email protected] Printed by Abbott Printers and Stationers Birds SA Newsletter, August 2015 3 President’s Message/Tolderol News Spring 2015 will be busy for Birds Australasian Ornithological migratory shorebirds. These SA and its committee, since a series Conference (AOC) at Flinders shorebirds once regularly visited the of events will be taking place in University from the 25-27 November shores of Lake Alexandrina and addition to our regular meetings and (see separate advertisement). Friday Albert but are now restricted due to outings. the 27th of November is also the final the maintenance of higher and less John Gitsham, John Hatch and John general meeting for Birds SA for variable water levels. Tolderol Game Spiers have been busy planning a 2015. There is an advertisement for Reserve Wetlands, established in the short WEA course on birds aimed this conference on page 22. 1970’s, provide migratory sandpipers at people who have recently started As part of Birds SA’s contribution to and other waterbirds with suitable or want to start bird watching. Their the AOC we will be running a series habitat and help compensate for the course will run this spring. If you of field trips over the weekend of 28- lack of suitable lakeshore. would like to take the course please 29 November. There are three field Last year when 35 hectares were contact one of the Johns. Others on trip options planned: one to the flooded during a watering trial the committee have been busy wetlands around St Kilda conducted by Natural Resources SA guiding the design of a new look for (Greenfields, saltfields etc) another Murray-Darling Basin, nine the Birds SA website. The new to the Monarto woodlands that will nationally-listed migratory shorebird website should be launched this include a visit to Laratinga wetlands, species amongst a total of 45 water- spring. This new site will not only and a longer trip that will take in dependant species used the area. This facilitate the provision and Tolderol, and wetlands around included over 200 critically dissemination of information on Goolwa and the Murray Mouth. endangered Curlew sandpipers and birds and their conservation, but also Several people have already booked over 4000 Sharp-tailed sandpipers. encourage greater interaction on these trips and Birds SA will help Funding from Birds SA, the between members and the general by providing guides and drivers. We Australian Federal Government via public. This will also facilitate a shift already have a small list of Natural Resources SA Murray- to delivering newsletters digitally for volunteers to assist with these tours Darling Basin and the donation of those who wish to receive material in but we will need more. If you can materials from SA Water and this way. help, please contact me by email Wetland Habitats Trust and will Bird Week will occur in October ([email protected]). We allow the area of wetland to more and we are planning to run some intend to have a practice run in mid- than double and so more birds are short bird walks along the Torrens November for those helping run expected this year. Watering is for the general public as part of those these trips. expected to re-commence in early celebrations. If you would like to be David Paton October. involved and help with these please The next open day at Tolderol is contact me but we will put out a call FUNDING INJECTION TO Tuesday 2nd September where for volunteer guides closer to the TOLDEROL GAME RESERVE people can find out more about date. WETLANDS what’s happening at the site. To Around this time Tolderol Game Tolderol Game Reserve Wetlands, an register for the open day or find out Reserve should be filling with water internationally important managed more information please contact and again providing habitat for some wetland, is set to receive a $10,000 Regina Durbridge, Goolwa to of the migratory shorebirds and other funding boost by the oldest birding Wellington Local Action Planning waterbirds. Last year’s trial was a association in Australia, Birds SA. phone (08) 8537 0808 or email: great success and this year with The financial injection will help [email protected] financial help from Birds SA a much deliver environmental water to 67 Kate Mason (DEWNR) larger area will be watered. hectares of man-made wetland Spring will close with the providing rich feeding areas for See p24 for more information about the open day at Tolderol. Glossy Ibis and Black-winged Stilt observed during the environmental watering trial in 2014/15 (Photo: Helen Lewis). 4 Birds SA Newsletter, August 2015 Birds SA Notes & News YOUR CONTACT DETAILS suggested that we should also ‘show- care about what they have never Please advise me of any changes to off’ the people behind the birds, experienced”. your name, address, email address or because we are also about bird Jody Gates telephone number by emailing me at watching, which is about people. Of * ecocreative describes itself as a [email protected]. course – so obvious once pointed out creative consultancy devoted to Alternatively, ‘phone the Treasurer to us! inspiring positive change for a using the number on page 3. We have also been advised that we sustainable society. You will find Brian Walker need to make sure the language we more details on its website — use makes people feel comfortable ecocreative.com.au.