Birding Locations for 2013, Feb-July

2013 (February-July)

Wednesday 6^th February

Grants Lagoon

Wednesday 6^th March

Lottah

Tuesday 12^th March

Spotlighting night.

Skeleton Bay

Wednesday 3^rd April

Meadstow Falls (Day trip)

Wednesday 1^st May

Winifred Curtis

Wednesday 5^th June

Winter Twitchathon

Wednesday 3^rd July

Canhams Road, St Helens

Thanks to Des, Ted, Jo and Pam for their assistance in compiling this list.
 
Best birding wishes,

Liz

St Helens BONE twitchathon

Attached is the birding list from both teams in the first ever St Helens BONE twitchathon. A combined total of 57 species was seen in 2 hours which is impressive. The highlight was a migratory shorebird, a single Grey-tailed Tattler at Beer Barrel Beach! It is still there so worth getting out there to have a look. 

Best birding wishes,
 
Liz

Scientific Name IOC English Name Total TEAM  1     57  LIZ  DES 37 Cygnus atratus Black Swan 1 x x 41 Tadorna tadornoides Australian Shelduck 1 x x 48 Anas superciliosa Pacific Black Duck 1 x x 52 Anas castanea Chestnut Teal 1 x   56 Aythya australis Hardhead 1 x x 58 Biziura lobata Musk Duck 1 x x 164 Poliocephalus poliocephalus Hoary-headed Grebe 1 x   202 Ardea alba Great Egret 1 x x 205 Egretta novaehollandiae White-faced Heron 1 x x 210 Pelecanus conspicillatus Australian Pelican 1 x x 224 Microcarbo melanoleucos Little Pied Cormorant 1 x x 226 Phalacrocorax sulcirostris Little Black Cormorant 1 x   228 Phalacrocorax carbo Great Cormorant 1 x x 246 Haliaeetus leucogaster White-bellied Sea Eagle 1   x 247 Circus approximans Swamp Harrier 1 x   289 Tribonyx mortierii Tasmanian Nativehen 1 x   290 Fulica atra Eurasian Coot 1 x x 310 Haematopus longirostris Pied Oystercatcher 1 x x 319 Vanellus miles Masked Lapwing 1 x x 335 Thinornis rubricollis Hooded Plover 1 x   352 Limosa lapponica Bar-tailed Godwit 1 x   361 Tringa nebularia Common Greenshank 1   x 366 Tringa brevipes Grey-tailed Tattler 1 x   370 Arenaria interpres Ruddy Turnstone 1 x   374 Calidris ruficollis Red-necked Stint 1 x   400 Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae Silver Gull 1 x x 404 Larus pacificus Pacific Gull 1 x   409 Hydroprogne caspia Caspian Tern 1   x 443 Phaps chalcoptera Common Bronzewing 1 x   471 Calyptorhynchus funereus Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo 1 x x 493 Platycercus caledonicus Green Rosella 1 x   586 Dacelo novaeguineae Laughing Kookaburra 1   x 634 Malurus cyaneus Superb Fairywren 1 x x 665 Lichenostomus flavicollis Yellow-throated Honeyeater 1 x x 691 Melithreptus affinis Black-headed Honeyeater 1   x 699 Anthochaera chrysoptera Little Wattlebird 1 x x 702 Anthochaera paradoxa Yellow Wattlebird 1 x x 708 Phylidonyris novaehollandiae New Holland Honeyeater 1 x x 734 Pardalotus punctatus Spotted Pardalote 1   x 737 Pardalotus striatus Striated Pardalote 1 x x 767 Acanthiza pusilla Brown Thornbill 1 x x 802 Cracticus torquatus Grey Butcherbird 1 x x 814 Artamus cyanopterus Dusky Woodswallow 1 x x 818 Coracina novaehollandiae Black-faced Cuckooshrike 1 x x 838 Colluricincla harmonica Grey Shrikethrush 1 x x 853 Rhipidura albiscapa Grey Fantail 1 x x 877 Corvus tasmanicus Forest Raven 1 x   913 Alauda arvensis Eurasian Skylark 1 x   919 Hirundo neoxena Welcome Swallow 1 x x 923 Petrochelidon nigricans Tree Martin 1   x 945 Zosterops lateralis Silvereye 1 x x 953 Sturnus vulgaris Common Starling 1 x   957 Turdus merula Common Blackbird 1 x x 974 Passer domesticus House Sparrow 1 x x 1004 Anthus australis Australian Pipit 1 x   1009 Chloris chloris European Greenfinch 1   x 1010 Carduelis carduelis European Goldfinch 1 x x   TEAM TOTALS     49 40