Tuesday 22 November 2011

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

Thursday 17 November 2011

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

Wednesday 2 November 2011

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

Tuesday 1 November 2011

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."