Birds South East

Number 72 February 2015

Golden-headed Cisticola common in the open grassy wetlands and fringing sedges at Wandilo

Best birds for this year's effort include Baillon's Wandilo Pasture Strip crake, Striated Fieldwren and lots of Golden-headed cisticola's. monitoring continues By Bryan Haywood

Another year of monitoring birds at the Wandilo 'Pasture Strip' went ahead last November with an enthusiastic bunch of birdo's from all round the South East participating. They came from far and wide to participate and the results although early on in the restoration phase were still treated with some great birds. Wetlands, areas of paddock grass, Contents scattered remnant trees and revegetation areas were all surveyed for 20min over a 2 hectare area 1. Wandilo Pasture Strip monitoring continues in 8 locations throughout the 400ha site. 2. Rainbow Report #31 Restoration began back in 2011 with amazing 2. Long Swamp Bird Monitoring opportunistic observations of five Painted Snipe back in 2011, and White-bellied Cuckoo-shrikes in 3. Wader News 2013, Brolga's have nested at the site since the 5. Nature’s Notes cows were removed in 2009, 2010 and again in 2014. Although by the time our surveys were 6. Barking Owls scheduled last November the Brolga family had 8. Calendar of Events and Contacts already moved on from their nursery wetland as all wetlands were nearly dry. 9. Sightings from November 2014 to January 2015

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RAINBOW REPORT # 31 After just ten days at home, the pneumonia relapsed and it was another ambulance, this time Bird wise, 2014 has been a forgettable year. The to Horsham for a week. I am now promoted to annual list has only a few over 100 on it and I outpatient which, I gather, means they can all have not been able to get away. Trapped in monster me at will. Rainbow because of the need for weekly and sometimes twice weekly blood tests for warfarin I have been birding locally a couple of times that started in December last year and should since getting back home only to find that my have ceased by April or, at the latest, May this walking (skulking?) range has been halved to year. But they went on under an incompetent about 50 yards and I can only remain on my feet doctor until late August when the annual visit to for about five minutes at a time. The doctor and the cardiologist led to the equivalent of a small specialist are trying to rehash my pain killing bomb landing in the local medical practice when medication and both are amazed at how much the cardiologist voiced his opinion of their mal morphine or its derivatives I can absorb without practice. Two thirds of the year wasted, but at any apparent effect. Apparently this is not all least the warfarin stopped. that uncommon, but it does make the prescription of pain killers more difficult as the The cardiologist’s outburst led to other main option, a morphine derivative, is almost appointments in Ballarat with a physician who ruled out. was equally scathing of the local doctors, but put it more diplomatically then the cardiologist. It Bill the dog has done his last bird watching and was the end of September by the time all this claims to have over 500 ticks, but I don’t believe brue-ha-has cooled off and Bill, the now aging him and I think he’s only about half a dozen dog and I got away in the caravan. First stop ground birds and several snakes. Just this year Barham, NSW, for the regulation Ostrich and a he has aged a lot and can no longer jump up into short list including, sadly, a road killed Barn Owl. the Nissan. I can’t bend down to lift him and Two nights later at Paringa I developed huge anyway he doesn’t like that. He has now chest pains which were not angina and in the assumed the rank of Birdwatcher Grade 1, morning had to call an ambulance to Berri (Ret’d). Hospital. After a careful and thorough By John Berggy examination, the visiting doctor astutely diagnosed chest pains. Well derr. By this time I Rainbow, 26 November 2014 could hardly breathe and was on oxygen and next morning the diagnosis had become pneumonia and I was flown to Adelaide. I was barely installed in the ER ward when this doctorish looking bloke turned up and without LONG SWAMP BIRD MONITORING introductions or any other preliminaries, started talking birds. I must have looked startled because he paused and said “You are John Just a quick update on the results so far for Long Berggy, aren’t you?” When I nodded assent he Swamp bird monitoring using sound recording went on about birds. He turned out to be one of devices. Three volunteers have taken up the task the registrars on my specialist team, but how he of listening to sounds recorded over the Sept-Nov knew I was a bird watcher remained a mystery, period 2014 from five locations throughout the but having lived in Adelaide for 15 years I knew Long Swamp wetland complex. Sites include the most of the locations he talked about and even Glenelg River Estuary, White Sands area, Nobles got a word in edgewise advising him to take up Rocks (two sites) and one north of Lake an offered posting to Broome. That should be far Mombeong. enough away. Recording devices (Olympus) were left out in the I had been admitted to Berri hospital on 3 bush with an external microphone to record at October and did not get back to Paringa until 26 dawn and dusk in the hope of hearing various October and in slightly shaky condition drove target bird species. home a couple of days later. So much for the bird trip to Eyre Peninsula and with it the prospect of finding the recently split Western Grasswren.

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WADER NOTES On the 20th December Jeff and Sarah Campbell discovered 3 pairs of small terns back at Danger Point. Their observations: On 20 December 2014 two pairs of Little Tern and one mixed Fairy and Little Tern pair were found breeding at Danger Point near Port MacDonnell. All nests contained eggs, one and two in the case of the Littles and three in the case of the mixed pair. A temporary rope and garden stake fence was erected around the loose colony and signs asking people to take care were put up. On 26 December we visited the site and found that all the nests had been washed away and the fence that was partly down was removed. Only one Little Tern was seen in the area. On 18 January 2015 a mixed Little and Fairy Tern nest was found containing two eggs. A little Tern sitting on two eggs was located but the partner was not seen and another mixed pair was making scrapes for a nest site. The nesting area, which Bob Green also contained two Red-capped Plover nests, each with two eggs, was again fenced. Results are indicating that it is easy to detect species of regional significance including the Unfortunately on 24 January we again found that Southern Emu-wren, Rufous Bristlebird and Olive all of the nests had been washed away and the Whistler, however currently no detections of the fence was, once again, removed. Australasian Bittern or Ground Parrot can be On 29 January at least five Fairy and one Little confirmed. The monitoring program set up Tern were present at Danger Point and one pair through a Coastcare Victorian Community Grant of Fairy Tern was sitting on a nest containing one is aimed at assisting our understanding of egg. The other pairs, one of mixed species, were changes in the wetland complex as hydrological exchanging fish. A temporary fence was again restoration continues. erected around the site. Other species of interest heard on the recordings We can only hope that on this occasion there include the migratory Latham's Snipe, Brolga and may be some success with this breeding event. – Blue-winged Parrot. Jeff and Sarah Campbell. If you’d like to know more about this restoration project please refer to following Nature Glenelg Trust webpage; http://natureglenelg.org.au/current- projects/long-swamp-fish-study/ Thanks to Bob Green and Jeff Davies for assistance with designing this monitoring program and/or offering field expertise on Ground Parrot habitat. By Bryan Haywood Senior Ecologist

Nature Glenelg Trust Maureen Christie

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Hooded Plover numbers have been a real puzzle 11 am Equipment maintenance; noon Barbecue this year. Numbers for the November count were ($5.00/head to cover costs), Please bring a plate the lowest that I can remember. But there is of salad or dessert if you can. good news – the pair at Long Beach, Robe, 2 pm Meeting. Subscriptions can be paid on the fledged a chick before Christmas, then lost a day. RSVP to Jeff and Sarah (for catering) - clutch, and are now sitting on their third clutch of [email protected] the season. Keep track of their progress on their facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/robeneighbourhoodie SHOREBIRDS 2020: Feb: Sun 22nd February. Counting various sites along the lower SE coast A pair at Piccaninnie Ponds has fledged 2 chicks. and selected inland sites. If you would like to be The pair at Beachport has 2 fledged chicks. Last involved please contact our either Jeff or me. week I received a report of 2 small chicks at Nene Valley but I suspect that they have VWSG visit – 3rd April to 13th April. perished. However, it was very windy each time GEOLOCATOR RETRIEVAL Catching to retrieve I checked so they may have been tucked away, geolocators from turnstone may be organised at out of the wind and out of sight! There is also a short notice. pair on a nest in Gerloff Bay, within walking distance of my home. So, the season still has a THOMPSON BEACH Catching to deploy satellite long way to go. transmitters on Bar-tailed Godwit may be organised at short notice. During November all roads seemed to lead to Pelican Point, to see the Semi-palmated Plover WEEKLY OUTINGS first seen in the Carpenter Rocks area on 4th We usually go out each Tuesday…….so that you November. It stayed about a month. A low can be told where and when the activity will be - pressure system and big swell resulted in an ring on landline Monday evening – 8738 0014. unexpectedly high tide on the afternoon of 13th January. Virtually all of Pelican Point reef was FLAG SIGHTINGS – PLEASE NOTE CHANGED covered with water and waders were REPORTING DETAILS concentrated on the weed at the head of the Oystercatcher flag/coloured band sightings to be point. A large flock of stint, 50 turnstone, 5 made to David Trudgen - [email protected]. Sooty Oystercatchers, a few sharpies, a few Turnstone engraved flag sightings and Hooded curlew sands, and one Eastern Curlew! But no Plover colour flagged sightings made Vic coast Semi-palmated Plover! through to Kingston – [email protected]. All other flag sightings – whenever possible – via the AWSG website - http://www.awsg.org.au/reportform.php. If required, email contact - [email protected]. Roger Standen has taken on the huge task of managing the AWSG flag data base. Banded Stilt observations can be sent to Reece Pedler - [email protected], or me. Maureen Christie, Friends of Shorebirds, SE. 08 87380014, mobile 0427380014, 30th January, 2015 EMAIL ADDRESSES: Mine - [email protected] Maureen Christie The Campbell Family – FoSSE AGM Saturday 14th February at the [email protected] Campbell’s residence, 22 Lindsay Street, Mt Gambier.

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NATURE’S NOTES December 2014 Let’s start the month with the stunning th Well we have reached another milestone with Eaglehawk why don’t we! On the 6 Diamond sightings reaching 8151 observations of Firetail, Restless Flycatcher and Southern Scrub- common, rare and threatened birds throughout robin were either seen or heard, Scrub-robin the SE of SA and SW Victoria since September being a new record for the property. A summer flock of c.250 Forest Ravens was at Piccaninnie 2001. I thank you all for your contributions and th th keep up the good work in reporting the birds Ponds CP on the 7 , the 12 at Pick Swam had a you’re seeing and for being part of BirdLife South great collection with breeding Brolga, as well as East SA. Cape Barren Geese, Magpie Geese and Southern Emu-wren. Our only White-throated Needletails Seasonal notes over the last few months have for the summer were seen in a flock of 50+ East included; of the Snow Gum to Dry Creek corridor on the 13th. Common Sandpipers were found at two During this period there seemed to be a bit of a th lack of records submitted, have we been quiet locations both on the 16 , one at the Valley Lake Conservation Area and one at the Carpenter over the warmer months? Please keep sending th records in as it helps us to build a good record of Rocks cray dump. On the 20 an Eastern Curlew occurrences in the South East, and believe me was at Danger Point along with 3 Little Tern the database does get used and not just for the nests and a mixed pairing of Little/Fairy Tern nest. newsletter. November 2014 Eaglehawk Waterhole continues to produce good records, 10 Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos and 15 White-winged Choughs on the 12th. A strange location for a Rufous Bristlebird with one seen on the corner of Nelson and Lower Nelson Rd by a visiting birder on the 13th, a solitary Great Know was spotted in Riddoch Bay on the 15th. On the 16th a great record of 6 Southern Emu-wren in the Snow Gum to Dry Creek corridor, they really seem to like what the corridor is offering. Two Brolgas were again spotted close to Port MacDonnell on the corner of Lower Nelson Rd. th Pick Swamp had two Aust. Bitterns seen by and Bay Road on the 26 . Jaymee Golding, a st Adelaide birders and photographed on the 21 , student at Newbery Park school in Millicent found rd while on the 23 a single White-bellied Sea-Eagle a pair of Tawny Frogmouths with two young at th was at Padthaway. On the 26 Hooded Plover the school on the 27th. Pick Swamp regulars with th were breeding on the beach at Pick Swamp, and 2 Australasian Bittern seen on the 28 , and on th st also at Long Beach, Robe on the 28 . On the 31 the same day 15-20 Zebra Finch were spotted in 60+ Blue-billed Duck were still present at Lake Padthaway. A good collection of Olive Whistler, Edward along with a number of Mistletoebirds Pied Currawong and Rufous Bristlebird at Kywong th which seem to have become a bit scarce over the Caravan Park, Nelson on the 30 round out the st last few years in our area. Also on the 31 month. Southern Emu-wrens were at Guichen Bay wetlands and six Zebra Finches were again at Padthaway. January 2015 On the 2nd Robe sewage ponds had a good number of Pink-eared, Freckled and Blue-billed Duck but well down on the previous 1000+ Freckled which is down to 100. Guichen Bay wetlands had Beautiful Firetail, Grey Butcherbird and Brush Bronzewing on the 8th, while an Olive Whistler was heard at Lake Frome CP the same day. On the 16th at Eaglehawk Red-tails, Blue-

Month 2012 5 Birds South East winged Parrot, Sacred Kingfisher, White-winged BARKING OWLS Chough and the elusive Southern Whiteface made an appearance. At Bangham CP on the 17th Diamond Firetails, Brown Treecreeper, and Is anyone interested in coming out to listen and White-browed Babblers were the highlights. look for Barking Owls over the coming autumn th period in the Wattle Range/Killanoola through to At Moorak on the 28 a Spotted Harrier put in an Wrattonbully areas? appearance, there are still a few sightings of this species south of Mount Gambier but well down on The opportunity has arisen to access areas of sightings in the previous few years. bushland north and south of the Penola/Robe road to search for Barking owls. This medium Although actually February our guided walk at sized owl needs large trees with hollows to nest the Valley Lake Conservation Area produced a and prefers to forage in open woodland for small few highlights on Feb 1 with Latham’s Snipe, mammals and birds including possums and sugar Common Sandpiper and Tawny Frogmouths with gliders. Preferred habitats include River Red gum, two young. Hill gum and SA Blue gum woodlands. The latter is currently a focal vegetation community as part of the Restoring Under-represented Ecological Communities project.

Could you please forward your sightings to me on [email protected] or post them to PO Box 3211, Mount Gambier. Deadline for submitting sightings for next newsletter is 1st May 2015

By Bob Green Red-tailed Black cockatoo also frequent these parts where the Stringybark occurs and this area will also form part of the annual count being run this May. If you are interested to be involved to search for Red-tails in amongst these patches, please be in touch as many hectares of bush are Brown Stringybark, the preferred food source in this part of the South East.

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Surveys will begin outside the fire season. This project is being delivered by Nature Glenelg Trust in partnership with ForestrySA and New Forests with funding from Natural Resources South East and the Forestry Investment Trust. Register with Bryan Haywood on 0427 001 853 or [email protected].

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February 21st-22nd, 2015 Convenor, Sightings Coordinator, Conservation Watervalley Wetlands campout “Waders and Contact Bushbirds” - Didicoolum Shearers Quarters available to stay in. Has kitchen, bathrooms, Bob Green dormitory style bedding, and lounge room. Plan is [email protected] to survey for bushbirds as part of the IBA listing, but also count wetland birdlife. (08) 8725 0549 Leader Bryan Haywood. 8726 8112, 0427 001 853 Secretary Sue Black March 1st [email protected] Valley Lakes Conservation Area guided walk. PO Box 7, Glencoe, SA, 5291 8am start. Leader Sue Black 8739 4274. Deputy Convenor/OH&S March 27-29th Wayne Bigg Eaglehawk Waterhole campout and AGM - No [email protected] facilities so bush camping style. BYO. AGM Sat evening. Leaders Bob Green and Bryan Haywood. Treasurer/Newsletter Editor/IBA Liaison April 3rd - 13th Bryan Haywood VWSG visit to SA - Leader Maureen Christie. [email protected] 8738 0014 (08) 8726 8112 April 18th Committee Members Nangwarry NFR - Meet at 8am at the fire tower Maureen Christie, Wendy Trudgen, Abigail along Tower Road. Leader Bob Green. 8725 0549 Goodman and Angela Jones May 30th DEADLINES FOR SIGHTINGS/ARTICLES IN Glen Roy CP day outing - 8am at Glen Roy OUR 2015 NEWSLETTERS northern boundary. Leader Bob Green. 8725 0549 1 February 2015 May 2nd 1 May 2015 Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Count - Contact 1 August 2015 Bronwyn Perryman 1800 262 062 1 November 2015 May 16-17th Orange-bellied Parrot Count - Leader Bob Green. June 14th Allisford Farm, Beachport - 8am start. Leader Wendy Trudgen. 8735 8483

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Date Common Name Abundance Location Observer/s 28-Nov-14 Australasian Bittern 2 Pick Swamp, Piccaninnie Ponds area G & J Young 21-Dec-14 Australasian Bittern 2 Pick Swamp, Piccaninnie Ponds area D & P McCreadie 2-Jan-15 Australasian Shoveler 30 Robe Sewage Ponds BTHaywood 5-Jan-15 Australian Hobby 4 Robe Harbour BTHaywood 29-Nov-14 Bar-tailed Godwit 2 Glenelg River Estuary, Victoria BTHaywood 8-Jan-15 Beautiful Firetail A(h) Guichen Bay wetland BTHaywood 31-Dec-14 Blue-billed Duck 60+ Lake Edward, Glencoe B Green & J Davies 2-Jan-15 Blue-billed Duck 10 Robe Sewage Ponds BTHaywood 22-Nov-14 Blue-winged Parrot A Earls Lane, Wandilo BirdLife SE SA outing 16-Jan-15 Blue-winged Parrot 2 Eaglehawk Waterhole, Frances BTHaywood 26-Nov-14 Brolga 2 cnr. Lower Nelson Rd & Bay Rd Gwen Young 12-Dec-14 Brolga 6(b) Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park/Pick Swamp BTHaywood & J Davies 12-Dec-14 Brolga 4(b) Pick Swamp, Piccaninnie Ponds area BTHaywood & J Davies 17-Jan-15 Brown Treecreeper 1 Bangham CP Karen Hunt 17-Jan-15 Brown-headed Honeyeater 1 Bangham CP Karen Hunt 8-Jan-15 Brush Bronzewing 1 Guichen Bay wetland BTHaywood 01-Feb-15 Buff-banded Rail 1 Valley Lake Conservation Area, Mt Gambier BirdLife South East SA outing 12-Dec-14 Cape Barren Goose 2 Pick Swamp, Piccaninnie Ponds area BTHaywood & J Davies 16-Dec-14 Common Sandpiper 1 Valley Lakes Wildlife Park, Mt Gambier Wayne Bigg 16-Dec-14 Common Sandpiper 1 Carpenter Rocks cray dump J Haywood & H Bawden 01-Feb-15 Common Sandpiper 1 Valley Lake Conservation Area, Mt Gambier BirdLife South East SA outing 6-Dec-14 Diamond Firetail 1(h) Eaglehawk Waterhole, Frances BTHaywood 17-Jan-15 Diamond Firetail 6 Bangham CP Karen Hunt 20-Dec-14 Eastern Curlew 1 Danger Point Jeff Campbell 20-Dec-14 Fairy Tern 1 Danger Point Jeff Campbell 07-Dec-14 Forest Raven 250 Piccaninnie Ponds CP Jeff Campbell 2-Jan-15 Freckled Duck 100 Robe Sewage Ponds BTHaywood 22-Nov-14 Golden-headed Cisticola B Earls Lane, Wandilo BirdLife SE SA outing 8-Jan-15 Golden-headed Cisticola A(h) Guichen Bay wetland BTHaywood

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Date Common Name Abundance Location Observer/s 15-Nov-14 Great Knot 1 McKinnon Lane beach, Riddoch Bay Jeff Campbell 29-Nov-14 Great-crested Grebe 1 Glenelg River Estuary, Victoria BTHaywood 8-Jan-15 Grey Butcherbird 1(h) Guichen Bay wetland BTHaywood 12-Dec-14 Hooded Plover 2 Pick Swamp, Piccaninnie Ponds area BTHaywood & J Davies 26-Dec-14 Hooded Plover 5 (b) Pick Swamp beach Jeff Campbell 28-Dec-14 Hooded Plover 3(b) Long Beach, Robe (first ramp) BTHaywood 2-Jan-15 Hooded Plover 3 Long Beach, Robe (first ramp) BTHaywood 30-Nov-14 Latham's Snipe 1 Valley Lake Conservation Area, Mt Gambier Bob Green 16-Dec-14 Latham's Snipe 1 Valley Lakes Wildlife Park, Mt Gambier Wayne Bigg 21-Dec-14 Latham's Snipe 2 West of Gower to Windy Hill corridor Bob Green 01-Feb-15 Latham's Snipe 1 Valley Lake Conservation Area, Mt Gambier BirdLife South East SA outing 20-Dec-14 Little Tern, 7 Danger Point Jeff Campbell 12-Dec-14 Magpie Goose 28 Pick Swamp, Piccaninnie Ponds area BTHaywood & J Davies 31-Dec-14 Mistletoebird B Lake Edward, Glencoe B Green & J Davies 31-Dec-14 Mistletoebird A Mt Lyon, Glencoe B Green & J Davies 5-Jan-15 Nankeen Night Heron 2 Robe Harbour BTHaywood 5-Jan-15 Nankeen Night Heron 2 Drain L, Lake Battye (Robe) BTHaywood 30-Nov-14 Olive Whistler B Kywong Caravan Park, Nelson (Vic) BTHaywood 06-Dec-14 Olive Whistler 2 Snow Gum NFR Bob Green 07-Dec-14 Olive Whistler 1 Snow Gum NFR Bob Green 8-Jan-15 Olive Whistler 1(h) Lake Frome Conservation Park BTHaywood 16-Nov-14 Pied Currawong X Snow Gum NFR Bob Green 30-Nov-14 Pied Currawong A Kywong Caravan Park, Nelson (Vic) BTHaywood 07-Dec-14 Pied Currawong X Dry Creek NFR Bob Green 13-Dec-14 Pied Currawong X Snow Gum NFR Bob Green 20-Dec-14 Pied Currawong X Dry Creek NFR Bob Green 21-Dec-14 Pied Currawong 4 (b) Snow Gum to Dry Creek corridor Bob Green 12-Dec-14 Pied Oystercatcher 2(b) Pick Swamp, Piccaninnie Ponds area BTHaywood & J Davies 20-Dec-14 Pied Oystercatcher 4 (b) Pick Swamp beach Jeff Campbell 2-Jan-15 Pink-eared Duck 220 Robe Sewage Ponds BTHaywood

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Date Common Name Abundance Location Observer/s 31-Dec-14 Red-capped Plover 3 (b) Stony Point Jeff Campbell 12-Nov-14 Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo 10 Eaglehawk Waterhole, Frances BTHaywood 16-Jan-15 Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo A Eaglehawk Waterhole, Frances BTHaywood 6-Dec-14 Restless Flycatcher 1(h) Eaglehawk Waterhole, Frances BTHaywood 13-Nov-14 Rufous Bristlebird 1 Cnr Nelson and Lower Nelson Roads Rob Farnes 30-Nov-14 Rufous Bristlebird B Kywong Caravan Park, Nelson (Vic) BTHaywood 21-Dec-14 Rufous Bristlebird 1 adjacent to Dry Creek corridor on roadside 200m N of ruin Bob Green 26-Dec-14 Rufous Bristlebird 1 Dry Creek NFR (opp. corridor) Bob Green 28-Dec-14 Rufous Bristlebird A Long Beach, Robe (first ramp) BTHaywood 2-Jan-15 Rufous Bristlebird A Long Beach, Robe (first ramp) BTHaywood 5-Jan-15 Rufous Bristlebird B Beacon Hill area, Robe BTHaywood 17-Jan-15 Rufous Whistler 1 Bangham CP Karen Hunt 30-Nov-14 Sacred Kingfisher 1 Valley Lake Conservation Area, Mt Gambier Bob Green 16-Jan-15 Sacred Kingfisher 1 Eaglehawk Waterhole, Frances BTHaywood 07-Dec-14 Shy Albatross 1 (b/w) 8 Mile Creek beach Jeff Campbell 16-Nov-14 Southern Emu-wren 6 Snow Gum to Dry Creek corridor Bob Green 12-Dec-14 Southern Emu-wren B Pick Swamp, Piccaninnie Ponds area BTHaywood & J Davies 31-Dec-14 Southern Emu-wren A Guichen Bay wetland BTHaywood & V Natt 6-Dec-14 Southern Scrub-robin 2 Eaglehawk Waterhole, Frances BTHaywood 16-Jan-15 Southern White-face 3 Eaglehawk Waterhole, Frances BTHaywood 23-Nov-14 Spotted Harrier 1 near corner Springs Rd-Princes Hwy (Glencoe) Bob Green 28-Jan-15 Spotted Harrier 1 Bryton Wood, Moorak Bryan Haywood 15-Nov-14 Stubble Quail 1 Green Point track, 'Green Point' Jeff Campbell 27-Nov-14 Tawny Frogmouth 4 (b) Newbery Park Primary School, Millicent Jaymee Golding 01-Feb-15 Tawny Frogmouth 4 (b) Valley Lake Conservation Area, Mt Gambier BirdLife South East SA outing 23-Dec-14 White-bellied Sea-Eagle 1 Padthaway Luke Leddy 17-Jan-15 White-browed Babbler 4 Bangham CP Karen Hunt 13-Dec-14 White-throated Needletail 50+ East of Snow Gum - Dry Creek corridor Bob Green 12-Nov-14 White-winged Chough 15 Eaglehawk Waterhole, Frances BTHaywood 20-Dec-14 White-winged Chough 1 Caroline Road, Myora Bob Green

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Date Common Name Abundance Location Observer/s 16-Jan-15 White-winged Chough C Eaglehawk Waterhole, Frances BTHaywood 28-Nov-14 Zebra Finch 15-20 Cnr Edwards Road and Pennys Road, Padthaway Luke and Kathy Leddy 31-Dec-14 Zebra Finch 6 cnr Edwards Road and Pennys Road, Padthaway Luke Leddy

Abundance Code: A = 1-3, B = 4-10, C = 11-30, (h) = heard only, (b) = breeding, b/w = beach-washed

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