twittering from Annette

Majestic Sea Eagle perched on the rocks in Skeleton Bay, Nov 19th

The Blue Wren chasing the female was a fluke, as I was trying to photograph the Blackheaded Honeyeater which was picking probably nest building material out of the lawn

A variety of sea-birds in Georges Bay chasing a big school of bait-fish, they have been around for about a week now, but this was the biggest gathering we have seen so far

2 Blackheaded Honeyeaters enjoying an early morning bath

Ansons Bay to Eddyston Point

Attached is the bird list from our sea spurge and shorebird walk on the 17th November.
We found some sea spurge and removed small patches. PWS will return to remove the larger patches soon.

Best birding wishes,
Liz

Maurice and Brad, checking for kangaroo tails

AUSTRALIAN PELICAN	Pelecanus conspicillatus
BLACK-FACED CORMORANT	Phalacrocorax fuscesens
RUDDY TURNSTONE	Arenaria interpres
RED NECKED STINT	Calidris ruficollis
SANDERLING	Calidris alba
PIED OYSTERCATCHER	Haematopus longirostris
SOOTY OYSTERCATCHER	Haematopus fuliginosus
HOODED PLOVER	Thinornis rubricollis
RED-CAPPED PLOVER	Charadrius ruficapillus
SILVER GULL	Larus novaehollandiae
PACIFIC GULL	Larus pacificus
WHITE-BELLIED SEA-EAGLE	Haliaeetus leucogaster
HORSFIELDS BRONZE-CUCKOO	Chalcites(Chrysococcyx) basalis
SHINING BRONZE-CUCKOO	Chalcites (Chrysococcyx) lucidus
SUPERB FAIRY-WREN	Malurus cyaneus
BROWN THORNBILL	Acanthiza pusilla
LITTLE WATTLEBIRD	Anthochaera chrysoptera
EASTERN SPINEBILL	Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
WHITE-FRONTED CHAT	Epthianura albifrons
GOLDEN WHISTLER	Pachycephala pectoralis
OLIVE WHISTLER	Pachycephala olivacea
GREY FANTAIL	Rhipidura albiscapa
BLACK-FACED CUCKOO-SHRIKE	Coracina novaehollandiae
GREY BUTCHERBIRD	Cracticus torquatus
FOREST RAVEN	Corvus tasmanicus
WELCOME SWALLOW	Hirundo neoxena
TREE MARTIN	Hirundo nigricans
SILVEREYE	Zosterops lateralis
COMMON BLACKBIRD	Turdus merula

Evercreech

Another beautiful sunny spring morning and a great bird list for Evercreech. Also noted on the bottom of the list are a few additional species spotted on the way home from a few cars along the Mathinna Road. Unfortunately we saw a Wedge-tailed eagle that had only recently been hit by a car/truck? dead in a paddock.

Next month, 7th December lets have a look at the migratory and resident shorebirds around the Dora Point mudflats. If time persists or the birds are not around Dora point, we could also go to Pelican Point on the other side of the bay or Scamander. There are Fairy terns, Bar-tailed Godwits and red-necked stints around at the moment. Bring your scope if you have one and of course morning tea.

Best birding wishes,
Liz

WEDGE-TAILED EAGLE	Aquila audax
YELLOW-TAILED BLACK-COCKATOO	Calyptorhynchus funereus
GREEN ROSELLA	Platycercus caledonicus
FAN-TAILED CUCKOO	Cacomantis flabelliformis
SHINING-BRONZE CUCKOO	Chrysococcyx lucidus
SUPERB FAIRY-WREN	Malurus cyaneus
STRIATED PARDALOTE	Pardalotus striatus
SCRUBTIT	Acanthornis magna
TASMANIAN SCRUBWREN	Sericornis humilis
BROWN THORNBILL	Acanthiza pusilla
TASMANIAN THORNBILL	Acanthiza ewingii
STRONG-BILLED HONEYEATER	Melithreptus validirostris
CRESCENT HONEYEATER	Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera
EASTERN SPINEBILL	Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
PINK ROBIN	Petroica rodinogaster
FLAME ROBIN	Petroica phoenicea
SCARLET ROBIN	Petroica boodang
GREY SHRIKE-THRUSH	Colluricincla harmonica
GOLDEN WHISTLER	Pachycephala pectoralis
OLIVE WHISTLER	Pachycephala olivacea
GREY FANTAIL	Rhipidura fuliginosa
BLACK CURRAWONG	Strepera fuliginosa
FOREST RAVEN	Corvus tasmanicus
WELCOME SWALLOW	Hirundo neoxena
BEAUTIFUL FIRETAIL	Stagonopleura bella
SILVEREYE	Zosterops lateralis
EUROPEAN BLACKBIRD	Turdus merula
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ON MATHINNA ROAD
AUSTRALIAN SHELDUCK	Tadorna tadornoides
WEDGE-TAILED EAGLE	Aquila audax (dead)
SWAMP HARRIER	Circus approximans
DUSKY WOODSWALLOW	Artamus cyanopterus
AUSTRALIAN MAGPIE	Cracticus tibicen

Links

Video of local birds from John H, the best shot would be the Bassian Thrush, with its quiet, insistant, seeeep seeeeeeep. On YouTube, 100 Mb


Sarah Lloyd describes that magnificent bird often seen on the Bay, the Pelican

http://www.disjunctnaturalists.com/articles1/pelican.htm

 "What seems amazing about Australian pelicans (Pelecanus conspicillatus) is not that they fly far from water, but that such bulky birds can fly at all. Like other birds, however, they are superbly adapted to their lifestyle with some fascinating internal structures and interesting strategies for weight reduction"

 November 2011, thanks to Annette

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 Crikey's Bob Gosford's Northern Australia field trip
http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/2011/10/30/birds-of-the-week-white-bellied-sea-eagle-and-more/

"Earlier this week I drove out to the west coast of the NT’s Gulf of Carpentaria for work. On the first morning out bush I was lucky enough to be up before dawn and wandered down to the foreshore to see what might wander past and into my camera. I’d seen a pair of adult White-bellied Sea-eagles (Haliaeetus leucogaster) the previous evening and the next morning I spotted this bird about a kilometre away roosting on the highest branches of a dead tree."