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Bird Report 2007

Colin Rogers

This report highlights records for the calendar be confirmed, but two Red-necked Phalaropes year 2007 for selected species listed as were recorded [Vicky Natt & Mark de Jong]. uncommon, rarely observed or vagrant in A Red-necked Phalaropes are unpredictable, Field List of the Birds of South , Fourth although regular visitors to SA in the summer. Edition (2008) hereafter referred to as SAOA (2008). No attempt is made to cover all species Lorikeets well north of their usual range included a represented in the Field List and species for flock of Purple-Crowned Lorikeet at Roxby Downs, which there are no records in a calendar year are NE, and two Little Lorikeets near Laura, MN. not discussed. The major meteorological developments of Records are provided by SAOA members in note for 2007 (Bureau of Meteorology) were the monthly record books, from field trips or the recovery in rainfall figures over southern by direct report to the record secretary, as well Australia relative to 2006 and the continuing as by visitors to SA who post reports on the trend in rising maximum temperatures, Birding-Aus Mail List (www.cse.unsw.edu. particularly in the northern regions of the State. au/birding-aus/). Comments, with suitable references, are made about identification, Malleefowl, Leipoa ocellata, U. breeding, migration, and other issues of interest. One was at Martin Washpool CP, Salt Creek, In many cases a Specified Region code is given SE, on 3 March [Helen Monterola]. A pair was to indicate the region of (SA) working a mound at Bakara CP, MM, on 11 from which records occurred. See SAOA (2008) June [Bill Alcock] and a pair was regularly for a key to the codes and a map of the regions. working the mound on the Loop Road, Salt Taxonomy follows Christidis and Boles (2008). Creek, Coorong, during July [per Terry Dennis]. One was working a mound in Lake Gillies CP, Highlight of the year was the discovery of EP, on 19 August [Robert Langdon]. Several two White-throated Nightjars in the SE during were active in Innes National Park (NP), YP, in October, a first confirmed record for SA. Other September and October [Jeremy Robertson]. notable records included Letter-winged Kites on the Strzelecki Track and Princess Parrots Brown Quail, Coturnix ypsilophora, RO (irr). and Scarlet-chested Parrots in the Mamungari At least two were at Whynunga, , Conservation Park (CP) (formally the Unnamed SE, on 29 January [Vicky Natt]. Several were CP), in the Great Desert, in September. in (GR), SE, on 23 The report of three Antarctic Terns at Admirals April [Jack & Pat Bourne]. Two were flushed Arch, Cape du Couedic, KI, in September could from near the water’s edge at Policemans not be confirmed due to lack of detailed field Point, Coorong, on 26 May [Colin Rogers]. Two notes or photographs, but in view of the record coveys numbering between 15 and 20 birds from 2006 the sighting is noted in this report. were in the Onkaparinga complex, The report of a Lesser Yellowlegs from the Fleurieu Peninsula (FP), on 2 June [Roly Lloyd]. summer wader counts in the Coorong could not Two were flushed from dense Acacia bushes at June 2010 237

Point Sturt Lake Alexandrina, MM, on 10 June [Nathaniel Doecke]. Two were flushed on the Sir Richard Peninsula, Coorong, on 28 June and two were seen at the same location on 15 July [Dean Cutten]. One was in coastal scrub at Thompson Beach, AP, on 11 December [Colin Rogers].

Freckled Duck, Stictonetta naevosa, U. Two were on the SA Water Lagoons, Whyalla, YP, on 23 January and were still present on 23 February [Ella Smith]. Six were at Paiwalla Wetlands,RM, on 10 March [Peter Koch & Colin Rogers]. Ten were at Stockyard Plains Spinifex Pigeon near the Innamincka to Basin, near Waikerie, RM, on 13 March [Peter Cordillo Downs Track. Jon Hornbuckle. Waanders]. One was at the Onkaparinga Wetlands, FP, White-throated Nightjar, Eurostopodus on 23 September [Birds SA]. Four were at the mystacalis, V(s). Goolwa Sewage , FP, on 25 September During September and October two were seen [Winston Syson]. Two were at Little Para Outlet in flight in Caroline Forest Reserve (FR), SE, Ponds, Globe Derby Park, AP, on 24 September [Bryan Haywood]. This is a first confirmed and the number increased to 25 on 11 October record for the State and for a full report and [John Cox]. Several were northwest of the discussion of these sightings see Haywood and Waikerie ferry, RM, on 17 October and 40 were Green (2008). reported from that location on 27 October [Peter Waanders]. Two were at the Goolwa Buller’s Albatross, Thalassarche bulleri, U(s). Sewage Ponds, Goolwa, FP, MLR, on 23 October One was west of Port MacDonnell, SE, on the [Fleurieu Birdwatchers]. Twenty-seven were on pelagic trip on 15 April [Colin Rogers, et al.] Pandurra Station, NW, on 30 November [Peter Langdon]. Twelve were at the Whites Road Common Diving Petrel, Pelecanoides , Little Para Outlet, AP, on 5 December urinatrix, RO. [John Cox]. Two were over the shelf on the pelagic trip from Port MacDonnell, SE, on 11 November [Colin Flock Bronzewing, Phaps histrionica, RO. (irr). Rogers, et al.] Fifteen came in to drink at dusk at Tooroopie Waterhole on the old Strzelecki Track, NE, on Australasian Bittern, Botaurus 9 October [Colin Rogers & Jon Hornbuckle]. A poiciloptilus. U, RO. flock estimated at 5000 was over the southern One was at Piccaninnie Ponds CP, SE, on 25 edge of Goyders Lagoon flood plain, NE, on 11 March [Lana Tinsley et al.]. At least two were October [Colin Rogers & John Hornbuckle]. at Greenfields Wetlands, AP, on 23-27 July [John Cox]. Two or three birds spent the summer of Spinifex Pigeon, Geophaps plumifera, RO. 2006/2007 at Greenfields Wetlands. Previously One was in an unnamed creek at 26 45’ S 140 they had been recorded only in winter. 147’ E on the Innamincka to Cordillo Downs One was in sedges in the southwest corner Track, NE, on 10 October [Colin Rogers & John of Kaurna Park Wetlands, Burton, AP, on 7 Hornbuckle]. September [John Cox]. Two were at Peacocks Road, Eight Mile Creek, SE, on 8 September 238 South Australian Ornithologist 35 (8)

[Gwen Young]. Two were at Greenfields Wetlands, Magazine Road (stage 3), AP, on 15 September [John Cox & David Harper] and two were at the same location on 19 September [Martyn Price]. Two were flushed from Greenfields Wetlands, Magazine Road, AP, on 29 November [Peter Kowalick] and again on 1 December [John Fennell]. At least four were resident in various parts of Greenfields Wetlands during 2007. Two were at Pick , Piccaninnie Ponds, area, SE, on 28 December [Bob Green & Birds SA]. Letter-winged Kite near the Strzelecki Track. Jon Hornbuckle. Australian Little Bittern, Ixobrychus dubius, RO (s). Letter-winged Kite, Elanus scriptus, U (irr). One was in Whites Road Wetlands, AP, on Eight were north-east of Montecolina Bore, 26 December [Kevin Stracey]. A report and Strzelecki Track, NE, on 7 August [Ian May]. At photograph was submitted to Birds South least six were reported from this vicinity until Australia Rarities Committee.(BSARC) and the early October [John Turner; Colin Rogers & Jon record accepted. Hornbuckle].

Intermediate Egret, Ardea intermedia, U. Square‑tailed Kite, Lophoictinia isura, RO (s). One was in a wetland on private property One was circling above Hale CP, Waterfall north of Waikerie, MM, on 28 October [Peter gully area, MLR, on 26 August [Smathi Chong]. Waanders] and one was at Whites Road One flew high over the Little Para Valley Wetlands, Little Para Outlet, Globe Derby, AP, on near Carisbrook Reserve, Salisbury, AP, on 19 5 December and stayed several days [John Cox]. September [John Cox]. One was at Muntiri, Milang, Lake Alexandrina, on 30 and 31 August [Andrew Black]. One flew low over a line of trees neat the Gawler Post Office, MLR, on 25 December [Murray Unkovick].

Grey Falcon, Falco hypoleucos, RO. Two flew over the Stuart Highway, south of Kulgera, inside the SA border, NE, on 13 February and one was sitting on power-lines 25 km east of Fregon (Kaltjiti) APY lands, NE, on the same day [Garry Wright]. One was on the lower Kallakoopah Creek, , NE, on 15 July [Andrew Black]. One was 20 km south of Pinnaroo, MM, on 30 August [Bob Green].

Brolga, Grus rubicunda, U [br]. Three were feeding in a flooded creek crossing north of Roxby Downs, NE, on 24 February [Phil Intermediate Egret at Whites Road Wetlands. Barron]. Two were at the Nelson Road, Feast Colin Rogers. Road intersection, Browns Bay, SE, on 24 April June 2010 239

[John Berggy]. Two were at the Clayton Wetlands, Spotless Crake, Porzana tabuensis, U. Birdsville Track, NE, on 26 May [Graham Carpenter]. Six were at Paiwalla Wetlands, RM, on 15 April Two were at Pick Swamp, near Piccaninnie [Birds SA]. One was at Laratinga Wetlands, Mt Ponds, SE, 20 May [Birds South-east (BSE)] Barker, MLR, on 19 June [Kevin Stracey]. One and were still present on 23 June [Bob Green & was at Riverglades, Murray Bridge, RM, on 21 Bryan Haywood]. Twenty five records of pairs July [Bob Snell]. were received from scattered locations in the SE One was at Whites Road Wetlands, Little Para over the period June to September and several Outlet, AP, on 5 December [John Cox] and one reported successful breeding. was at Laratinga Wetlands, Mt Barker, MLR, on Two were in an unnamed creek south of 27 December [Peter Gower]. Cordillo Downs homestead, NE, on 10 October [Colin Rogers & Jon Hornbuckle]. Australian Bustard, Ardeotis australis, U. One was in a paddock at Lane, Lake St Twenty were at Bool Lagoon GR, SE, on 28 October Claire, SE, on 3 January. [M & G McCourt] and [Jack & Pat Bourne]. Two were at the was still present on 20 January [Ian Stewart]. Native Forest Reserve (NFR), SE, on 11 November One was in the vicinity of the Roxby-Olympic [Millicent Field Naturalists]. Several were at Dam Recovery area, NE, on 6 June [Phil Barron]. Pick Swamp, near Piccaninnie Ponds, SE, on 22 One was on the inside track from Birdsville, NE, November [Sue Black]. Two were in a paddock on on 11 October [Colin Rogers & Jon Hornbuckle]. Avondale and Wood Roads, Mingbool, SE, on 7 December [William Briggs]. Sixty-two, including Bush Stone-Curlew, Burhinus grallarius, U. four juveniles were at Hacks and Bool Lagoons, Seven were in the Bordertown area, upper SE, SE, on 7 December [Chris James]. on 3 January [John Fennell] and two were at

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December and three were at Port Prime Beach, AP, on 31 December [Colin Rogers].

Oriental Plover, Charadrius veredus, U (s). A juvenile was near Marree, NE, on the Birdsville Track, on 13 October [Colin Rogers & John Hornbuckle]. Four were at Point Ricaby, YP, with a flock of 80 Banded Lapwing, on 31 December [Kent Treloar].

Hooded Plover, Thinornis rubicollis, U. A breeding pair with three eggs was at Black Point Beach, Dudley Peninsula, KI, on 7 Female Painted Snipe at Rowley Road January [Chris Baxter]. Two were feeding on Wetlands, Aldinga. Colin Rogers. the shoreline at Carrickalinga Beach, FP, on 12 February [Andrew Plimer]. One adult was on Bordertown Cemetery, upper SE, on 8 February the shoreline at Deep Creek, Port MacDonnell, [Martyn Price]. One was 5-6 km east of Sedan, SE, on 3 March [Colin Rogers & Stuart Hull]. MM, on 12 June [P. Pfeiffer]. Two were at Emu Beach, YP, on 3 February [Greg Bortolussi]. Two were in Pandalowie Bay, American Golden Plover, Pluvialis YP, on 11 February [Enid Pascoe]. Two were at dominicus, V. Back Beach, Little Dip CP, SE, on 22 February The bird reported in the 2006 Bird Report was [William Brooker]. Four were at Maslins last photographed in Dry Creek Saltfields, AP, Beach, near the car park, Fleurieu Peninsula, on 8 January [Colin Rogers et al.]. The bird was on 1 March [Rosemary Taplin]. Three were in in heavily worn plumage with moult of mantle Canunda CP, 9 km SE of Oil Rig Square, SE, and some scapulars in progress. At this date the on 11 March [Merilyn Browne]. Six were on distinction from Pacific Golden Plover, P. fulva, Bashams Beach, FP, on 15 March and two, an is all but impossible as key field identification adult and an immature bird were on Parsons features are lost once the plumage is worn. Beach, FP, on 27 March [Winston Syson]. Twelve were on Lake George between Packin Point and Lesser Sand Plover, Charadrius Wooleys Point, SE, on 15 April [Ian Stewart]. mongolus, RO (s). Four were in Lighthouse Bay, , Three were at Port Prime Beach, AP, on 21 SE, on 25 April [Sue Black]. February [Colin Rogers]. One was at Black Two were at Stokes Bay, KI, on 8 May [Graham Point, YP, on 5 March [Margaret Tiller]. Gould]. Five were on Parsons Beach, FP, on 13 One was at Thompson Beach, AP, on 11 May [Philip Hicks]. One was at Parsons Beach, December [Colin Rogers]. Three were at Black FP, on 16 May [Winston Syson]. One adult was Point, YP, on 26 December [Margaret Tiller]. in Dry Creek Saltfields, AP, on 14 June [Colin Rogers]. This may represent the first record of Greater Sand Plover, Charadrius Hooded Plover in the Saltfields and the bird was leschenaultii, RO (s). still present on 21 July. Two were on Parsons Eight were at Port Prime, AP, on 21 February Beach, FP, on 6 August [Colin Rogers]. Three [Colin Rogers]. One was at Black Point, YP, 3 were at in Lighthouse Bay, SE, on February [Margaret Tiller]. 27 July [Sue Black]. Two were at Watson Gap, Nine were at Thompson Beach, AP, on 11 Port Elliot, FP, on 7 August [Winston Syson]. Two adults and a chick were at Pennington Bay, June 2010 241

KI, on 21 September [Jane Renwick]. Three, two One was in Dry Creek Saltfields, AP, on 26 adults with a chick were at Long Beach, Robe, October [David Harper & John Cox]. Twelve SE, on 27 December [Bryan Haywood]. Six, were in Price Saltfields, YP, on 27 October [Colin including three fledged juveniles, were at Port Rogers et al.]. Willunga beach, Fleurieu Peninsula, MLR, on 31 December [Rosemary Taplin]. Eastern Curlew, Numenius madagascariensis, U(s) Sixteen were in Dry Creek Saltfields, AP, on 17 Plains Wanderer, Pedionomus torquatus, RO. February Birds South Australia [BSA]. Ten were A male was spotlighted during the survey on in Price Saltfields, YP, on 4 March [Margaret Boolcoomatta Station, lower NE, on 4 April Tiller]. Three were at Port Patterson, Port [Andrew Black et al.]. A male was reported from Augusta, EP, on 11 March [Peter Langdon]. Pernatty Station, NE, [per Peter Koch]. Twenty were at Price Saltfields, YP, on 6 April [William Brooker & Colin Rogers]. Australian Painted Snipe. Rostratula Two were on the at Port Arthur, YP, on australis, RO (irr). 8 June [Teresa Jack]. Five were in Price Saltfields, A female was at Greenfields Wetlands, YP, on 15 June [Colin Rogers & John Cox]. Magazine Road, AP, on 11 September [John Five were in the Dry Creek Saltfields, AP, on 19 Cox]. A male was photographed in Greenfields September [Martyn Price]. One was at Pelican Wetlands, Magazine Road on 15 September Lagoon, American River, KI, on 21 September [David Harper]. Four were photographed at [Jane Renwick]. One was at Piccaninnie Ponds a bore along the Birdsville Track, NE, on 12 CP, SE, on 8 October [Ken Jones]. Thirty-eight October [Colin Rogers & Jon Hornbuckle]. Six were in Dry Creek Saltfields, AP, on 26 October were at Woolmit Swamp, SE, on 18 October [Colin Rogers & David Harper]. Ten were [Mark de Jong & Claire Harding] and nine were at Pt Patterson, south of Port Augusta, EP, at the same location on 26 October. A female was on 30 November [Peter Langdon]. Fourteen at the Harts Road-Rowley Road Wetland, near were roosting in Dry Creek Saltfields, AP, on Aldinga, FP, on 27 November [Jan Nicholls]. 18 December [Martyn Price et al.]. Nine were This bird remained at Harts Road Wetland roosting on the beach at St Kilda, AP, on 18 for at least two weeks. One was at Edinburgh December [Marilyn & Kevin Collins] while 13 Wetlands, AP, on 11 December [John Cox].

Hudsonian Godwit, Limosa, haemastica, V. One was roosting with 60 Black-tailed Godwits in Dry Creek Saltfields, AP, on 27 March [Colin Rogers] and was last reported in Dry Creek Saltfields, AP, on 14 April [Kevin Stracey]. One was roosting with 35 Black-tailed Godwits in Dry Creek Saltfields, AP, on 26 October [Colin Rogers & David Harper]. This may be the bird that has been present for the last seven seasons.

Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus, U (s). One was in Dry Creek Saltfields, AP, on 2 February [Colin Rogers]. Fifteen were in Price Saltfields, YP, on 4 March [Margaret Tiller]. Four were at Price Saltfields, YP, on 15 June Juvenile Oriental Plover on the Birdsville Track. [Colin Rogers & John Cox]. Jon Hornbuckle. 242 South Australian Ornithologist 35 (8) were at that location on 27 December [Teresa Road, AP, on 30 November [John Cox]. Two Jack]. One was at Pelican Point, Carpenter were present in early December, but departed Rocks, SE, on 21 December [Maureen Christie]. with rising water levels [John Cox]. Twelve were at Port Prime Beach, AP, on 31 December [Colin Rogers]. Ruff, Philomachus pugnax, RO (s). One was in Greenfields Wetlands, Magazine Road, Terek Sandpiper, Xenus cinereus, RO (s). AP, on 27 November [Colin Rogers]. This bird One was in Dry Creek Saltfields, AP, on 20 remained over December and into January 2008. October [Colin Rogers & David Harper]. One was west of the breakwater at Port MacDonnell, Red-necked Phalarope, Phalaropus SE, on 28 November [Jeff Campbell]. lobatus, RO(s). Two were recorded on the Australian Waders Grey-tailed Tattler, Tringa brevipes, U (s). Study Group (AWSG) summer count of One was at French Point, Port MacDonnell, SE, the Coorong [Vicky Natt & Mark de Jong]. on 28 November [Jeff Campbell]. One was at This species is an unpredictable but regular Tauwitcherie Barrage, Coorong, on 26 December summer visitor to SA and is usually found in [Colin Rogers & John Cox]. saline ponds in saltfields or as in this case the Coorong, but is equally at home on the ocean. Lesser Yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes, V. One was reported from Mulbin-yerrok Point, Little Tern, Sternula albifrons, RO [br]. Coorong, during a wader count on 20 December One was at Stony Point, Port MacDonnell, [David & Margaret Dadd]. SE, and three were at Danger Point, Port MacDonnell, SE, on 3 March [Bob Green]. At Long-toed Stint, Calidris subminuta, U (s). least two were at Danger Point Beach, Port One was feeding with Sharp-tailed Sandpipers MacDonnell, SE, on 3 March [Colin Rogers & in Dry Creek Saltfields, AP, on 12 March [Colin Stuart Hull]. Rogers]. One was at Piccaninnie Ponds CP, SE, on 6 One was at Baltana Creek near Lake November [Jean Haywood]. Four were at Stony Cadibarrawirracanna, NW, on 12 September Point, Port MacDonnell, SE, on 28 November [Peter Koch et al.]. Two were at Greenfields [Jeff Campbell]. Single birds were reported Wetlands, Magazine Road, AP, on 13 November from Danger Point and Green Point on 28 and the number increased to five in December November and a breeding attempt was reported [John Cox]. One was in Price Saltfields, YP, on 1 from Piccaninnie Ponds CP, on 4 December December [Colin Rogers & John Cox]. [Jean Haywood & Lorraine Moore]. Four were reported breeding at Danger Point, Port Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotos, U (s). MacDonnell, SE, on 26 December [Bryan & Jean One was at Bushy Inlet, SP, KI, on 18 January Haywood]. [Chris Baxter]. Two were in Paiwalla Wetlands, RM, feeding with Sharp-tailed Sandpipers on 25 White-winged Black Tern, Chlidonias February [Chris Thomas]. One was at Murrays leucopterus, U (s) Lagoon, KI, on 28 February [Chris Baxter]. Fourteen were in Martin Washpool CP, Two were on the mudflats south of the Goolwa Morella Basin, near Salt Creek, Coorong, on 30 barrage, Goolwa, RM, on 17 March [Colin November [Chris James]. Rogers & John Hatch]. One was in Dry Creek Saltfields, AP, on 27 March [Colin Rogers]. White-fronted Tern, Sterna striata, U (w). Sixty-one were at Cape du Couedic, KI, on 18 One was in Greenfields Wetlands, Magazine September and several were at Admirals Arch, June 2010 243

Cape du Couedic, KI on 22 September [Chris Two were at Deadmans Swamp NFR, SE, Baxter]. on 15 November [Bryan Haywood & Troy Horn]. Fifty-four were NE of Penola, SE, on 22 Common Tern, Sterna hirundo, U (s). December [Bob Green]. One was photographed with Crested Terns on the beach at Coffin Bay NP, YP, on 2 January Glossy Black-Cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus [John Turner & Martyn Price]. lathami, RO. Eight were in Lathami CP, KI, on 8 May Antarctic Tern, Sterna vittata, V. [Graham Gould]. One was reported from Admirals Arch, Cape du Couedic, KI, on 18 September and two from Gang-gang Cockatoo, Callocephalon the same location on 22 September by a KI fimbriatum, RO. tour guide. [Chris Baxter]. Unfortunately Chris A flock of 13 was near the visitor’s reception Baxter was unable to verify these records as area at Flinders Chase National Park inadequate notes were kept and no photographs Headquarters, KI, on 29 April and regularly taken. Nevertheless, this report is noted here seen in the area during April [Chris Baxter & in view of the verified reports from the same Derek Snowball]. location in 2006. See Rogers (2009) and Baxter (2010) for details of the first mainland record of Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo, Lophochroa this species in Australia. leadbeateri, U. [br] A pair was at a nest hollow in a tree near the Kelp Gull, Larus dominicanus, U. track between Emu and Vokes Hill Corner, in Three were on the beach at Piccaninnie Ponds the Mamungari CP, NW, on 16 September [Peter CP, SE, and seven were at Danger Point, Port Koch et al.]. One was near the Eyre Highway MacDonnell, SE, on 3 March [Bob Green]. in the Nullabor CP, NW, on 23 September Twelve, including four sub-adults, were along [Colin Rogers & Stuart Hull]. A flock of 18 were the shoreline south of Port MacDonnell, SE, on flying around Loxton town centre, MM, on 21 3 March [Colin Rogers & Stuart Hull]. Twenty- December [Helga Kieskamp]. eight were at Danger Point, Port MacDonnell, SE, on 19 March [Jeff Campbell]. Seventeen were Little Lorikeet, Glossopsitta pusilla, RO. at Piccaninnie CP, SE, on 29 April [Bob Green]. Two were seen in flight and calling 5 km north One was at Piccaninnie Ponds CP, and two were of Laura, lower NW on 14 April [David Harper]. at the Port MacDonnell jetty, SE, on 13 July [Bob This is an unusual northerly record for this Green]. species. Two were on the western edge of Bool Lagoon GR, SE, on 8 June [Jack & Pat Bourne]. Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus banksii, RO. Regent Parrot, Polytelis anthopeplus, U. [br] Two were in the Yangery area, east of Six were in Brenda Park Wetland near Morgan, Nangwarry, SE, and 18 were in Topperwein MM, on 12 March [Peter Waanders]. NFR, SE, on 2 March [Bryan Haywood]. Thirty At least fifty were at Hogwash bend and were in the Nangwarry NFR, SE, on 18 March vicinity, RM, on 18 October [Jon Hornbuckle and 120 were present at the same location on & Colin Rogers]. Successful early breeding 27 May [BSE]. The annual count held in April occurred along the Murray with many birds yielded a count of 801 birds across the range in seen in flight near Waikerie [Peter Waanders]. South Australia and Victoria. For a discussion and interpretation of the count see SAOA Princess Parrot, Polytelis alexandrae, RO. Newsletter, August 2008. Six were in the Mamungari CP, NW, on 18 244 South Australian Ornithologist 35 (8)

September [Peter Koch et al.]. Two were near the Grey Grasswren, Amytornis barbatus, U. SA border with WA in the Mamungari CP, NW Five were in a lignum-lined creek at the on 20 September, [Peter Koch & Judith Dyer]. southern end of the inside track to Birdsville, NE, on 12 October [Colin Rogers & Jon Orange-bellied Parrot, Neophema Hornbuckle]. chrysogaster, RO (w). One was at Blackfellows Cave, SE, on 4 June Short-tailed Grasswren, Amytornis [Luke Geelen] and again on 6 June [Bob Green]. merrotsyi, RO. Four were on an island in the Coorong in May Two were at Stokes Hill, FR, on 6 April [Peter [Paul Wainwright] and five, possibly the birds Waanders]. Four, two adults and two juveniles, from the Coorong, were on the Younghusband were at Willow Springs, Stokes Hill Lookout, Peninsula, Coorong, in June [Terry Dennis]. FR, on 15 October [Colin Rogers & Jon Hornbuckle]. Scarlet-chested Parrot, Neophema splendida, U. [br]. Chestnut-rumped Heathwren, Hylacola Up to twenty were in Cooltong Conservation pyrrhopygia, U. reserve, MM, on 7 January [Helga Kieskamp & Two were in Nangwarry NFR, SE, on 2 March Jean Tucker]. A female was in Pinkawillinie CP, [Bryan Haywood]. EP, on 23 January [Andrew Plimer]. Nine, including four males, were in the Chestnut-breasted Whiteface, Mamungari CP, Great Victoria Desert, west of Aphelocephala pectoralis, RO. Voakes Hill Corner, NW, on 18 September [Peter Four were east of Mount Soward, NE, and two Koch et al.]. were on The Twins Station, NE, on 21 June and at least two were near the Bob Bon-Mount Elba Powerful Owl, Ninox strenua, RO [br]. boundary, NE, on 22 June [Andrew Black]. Two were in Honeysuckle NFR, SE, on 10 April Several were in the hills just south of Coober [Wayne Bigg]. A breeding pair with two young Pedy, NE, on 13 September [Peter Koch et al.]. were located in Dry Creek NFR, SE, on 28 Four were near the old mine site at Lyndhurst, August [Bryan Haywood et al.]. For a complete NE, on 7 October [Colin Rogers & Jon report of this sighting, the first breeding record Hornbuckle]. Five were under Mt Lyndhurst, for this species in the State, see Haywood (in Lyndhurst, NE, on 4 December [Phil Barron]. preparation).

Barking Owl, Ninox connivens, U. Two were at Bourne’s, Bool Lagoon, SE, on 28 August [Jack & Pat Bourne]. Two were at Cowarry, Killanoola, SE, on 7 October [Robin Moorhouse]

Azure Kingfisher, Ceyx azureus, RO. Two were along the , in the vicinity of Dry Creek, SE, on 19 August [Bryan & Peter Haywood]. One was at Piccaninnie Ponds CP, SE, on 1 June [Mike Hammer]. One was at Donovans Landing, Glenelg River, SE, on 27 December [Graham Gould]. Princess Parrot in Mamungari CP, Great Victoria Desert. Colin Rogers. June 2010 245

Male and juvenile Scarlet-chested Parrot in Mamungari CP, Great Victoria Desert. Judith Dyer.

Pied Honeyeater, Certhionyx variegatus, U (irr). Black Honeyeater, Sugomel niger, U (irr). [br] Two males were in Cooltong Conservation One immature was in the Arid Lands Botanic Reserve, MM, on 7 January [Helga Kieskamp & Garden, Port Augusta, EP, on 29 September Jean Tucker]. A flock of at least 10 was feeding [Peter Langdon]. Several juveniles were just in flowering Eremophila longiflora near the north of Merty Merty HS, on the old Strzelecki Woomera-Roxby road, NE, on 24 February [Phil Track, NE, on 9 October and several more were Barron]. along an unnamed creek on the Innamincka to At least 30 were recorded in 10 separate Cordillo Downs track, NE, on 10 October [Colin sightings in the SE Simpson Desert, NE, Rogers & Jon Hornbuckle]. between 7 and 13 July [Andrew Black]. Fifteeen were near Montecollina Bore, NE, on Brown Honeyeater, Lichmera indistincta, RO. 6 September [Andrew Black]. At least 20 were Several were in the vicinity of the caravan park in an unnamed creek just north of Merty Merty at Border Village, Nullabor Plain, NW, on 23 HS on the old Strzelecki Track, NE, on 9 October September [Colin Rogers & Stuart Hull]. [Colin Rogers & Jon Hornbuckle]. Black-chinned Honeyeater, Melithreptus Fuscous Honeyeater, Lichenostomus gularis, U. [br] fuscus, RO (w). At least 10 were in a garden at Johnson Several were near Blackford Drain, Kingston, Crescent, Port Noarlunga, FP, on 9 February SE, on 25 May [Chris Tzaros]. One was in Telford Scrub CP, SE, on 27 May [Jon Starks & Gavin Jackson]. Two were on the western edge of Bool Lagoon GR, SE, on 8 June [Jack & Pat Bourne].One was at Gemini Downs, Salt Creek, Coorong, on 9 June [Bryan Haywood].

Yellow Chat, Epthianura crocea, RO. [br] Several, including juveniles, were at a bore near the Birdsville Track, NE, on 12 October [Jon Hornbuckle] Yellow Chat near the BirdsvilleTrack. Jon Hornbuckle. 246 South Australian Ornithologist 35 (8)

[Gayla Pelchen]. One was calling just west of were at Donegal, Mingbool, SE, on 30 May Apex Park, AP, on 27 February [Penny Paton]. [Bryan Haywood & Sharn Smith]. Two were Two were in the garden in Gregory Street, Port at Cowarry Homestead, SE, on 15 September Elliot on 7 March [Winston Syson]. Three were [Robin Moorhouse]. in a birdbath in a garden at Christies Beach, FP, One was in Telford Scrub CP, SE, on 1 October MLR, on 4 April [Rose Beager]. One was heard [Bob Green] and one was in the Woolwash NFR, 1.5 km north of Harrogate, MLR, on 18 April SE, on 20 October [Sue Black]. [Marcus Pickett]. One was on a TV antenna in the Strand at Port Elliot, FP, on 28 April Red-lored Whistler, Pachycephala [Winston Syson]. rufogularis, U. One was on the Tooperang Road, SE, of Mt Four, a pair and two young, were in the Compass, MLR, in May [Stephen Walker]. Bookmark Biosphere, MM, on 6 December One was near Seaview Road, , [Peter Waanders]. AP, on 10 May [Derek Carter]. Three, one a sub-adult, were feeding in SA Blue gum near Olive-backed Oriole, Oriole sagittatus, RO. the Torrens west of Apex Park, AP, on 22 May Two were at Keith, upper SE, on 2 November [Penny Paton]. One was west of Clare, MLR, [David Sando]. on 30 May [Travis Hague]. Five were feeding in Eucalyptus leucoxylon near Harrogate, MLR, Little Woodswallow, Artamus minor U(s). on 4 June [Marcus Pickett]. Two adults were in Twenty were along a creek near Margaret Creek the Community Centre car park at Strathalbyn, Crossing, NE, on 3 September [Andrew Black]. MLR, on 15 June [Penny Paton]. One was with New Holland and White-plumed Pied Currawong, Strepera graculina Honeyeaters at Willyaroo, Strathalbyn, MLR, on (ashbyi), RO (w). 28 August [Nathaniel Doecke]. Five were on the One was in Snow Gum NFR, SE, on 21 August southern boundary of Kaurna Park, Burton, AP, and again on 24 August [Bryan Haywood]. on 11 September [John Cox]. Several were at a property in Murray Bridge, MM, on 24 October Satin Flycatcher, Myiagra cyanoleuca, RO. [br] [Peter Koch]. One was in Whennen NFR, SE, on 1 February [Bryan Haywood and T. Courtney]. Blue-faced Honeyeater, Entomyzon A pair was constructing a nest in Telford Scrub cyanotis, U. CP, SE, on 10 November [Helga Kieskamp]. One was at Straun, SE, on 6 March and two were An immature bird was reported from the same present at the same location on 15 November location in January 2008 suggesting successful [Peter Tucker]. Two were at Murrays Cottage, breeding. Maaoope, SE, on 28 July [Robin Moorhouse]. Rose Robin, Petroica rosea, RO (w). Western Whipbird, Psophodes nigrogularis, RO. An uncoloured bird was at the Wirrabarra One was at Cape du Couedic, KI, on 16 Forest, in the old nursery, FR, on 19 July November [Chris Baxter]. One was near the [Graham Carpenter]. A male was photographed Lighthouse ruins at Admirals Arch, KI, on 28 in Mary Seymour CP, SE, on 7 April [David November [Graham Gould]. Harper].

White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike, Coracina Pink Robin, Petroica rodinogaster, RO (w). papuensis, U (s). A coloured male was at Pick Swamp, One was in Heath NFR, SE, on 8 May and two Piccaninnie Ponds area, SE, on 29 April [Bob June 2010 247

Immature Pink Robin near Sellicks Hill, MLR. Colin Rogers.

Green]. An immature was on Range Road May [Sue Black]. West, Sellicks Hill, FP, on 19 May [Judith One was at Lake Edward, Glencoe, SE, on 11 Dyer & Denzil Murfit]. A brown bird was July [Sue Black]. One was in the Honeysuckle in Honeysuckle NFR, SE, on 15 July [Robert NFR, SE, on 15 July [Bryan Haywood & Rob Farnes] and another was on the southern Farnes]. One was in the Kenneth Stirling CP, boundary track of Lake Robe GR, SE, on 18 July MLR, on 19 July [Chris Thomas]. Two were in [Bob Green]. pines at Kangaroo Flat, SE, on 20 July [Bryan Haywood]. One was at Carpenter Rocks, SE, on Bassian Thrush, Zoothera lunulata, U. 17 August [Ken Jones]. One was in Dry Creek Two were at Lake Edward, Glencoe, SE, on Native Forest Reserve, SE, on 20 September 14 January [Sue Black]. One was in Telford [Bryan Haywood]. One was on the Carro Scrub CP, SE, on 5 February [John Turner & Bill Track, Cleland CP, MLR, on 13 November Alcock]. [Chris James]. Six were along the Platypus Three were at Lake Edward, Glencoe, SE, on 9 Walk, Flinders Chase National Park, KI, on 29 April [Millicent Field Naturalists]. One was at November [Graham Gould]. Two were at Mt Wandillo NFR, SE, on 24 April [Wayne Bigg]. Lyon, SE, on 2 December [Sue Black]. One was One was at Mt Lyon, north of Glencoe, SE, on 15 in the Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens, MLR, on 9 248 South Australian Ornithologist 35 (8)

December [Martyn Price & Daphine Williams]. Haywood, B. T. and Green R., 2008. First Record of the White-throated Nightjar, Eurostopodus Painted Finch, Emblema pictum, RO. mystacalis in South Australia, Australian Field Eighteen were near an unnamed dam north of Ornithology 25: 198-202. Wood Duck Creek, approximately 43 km east Haywood, B. T. (in preparation) The Powerful of Algebuckina Waterhole, NW, on 22 August Owl (Ninox Strenua – Strigidae) in South [Andrew Black & Lyn Pedler]. Three were in a Australia. Creek at Gregorys Overflow, Oodnadatta Track, NE, on 11 September [John Fennell et al.]. Rogers, C. 2009. Bird Report 2006, South Australian Ornithologist 35 :178 – 191.

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