What birds might you see in the month of February? Here’s a few to keep a look out for…
- Double-banded Plovers returning to south-eastern Australia
- Black-faced Monarchs on passage through eastern NSW and south-eastern Qld
- Departure of Sharp-tailed Sandpipers from Tasmania
- Subantarctic penguins moulting on Australia’s southern coastline
- Flocks of Hooded Plovers forming at coastal lakes in south-western Australia
- Arrival of the first Swift Parrots on the Australian mainland
Interesting records from the past
2/2/1985
Grey Petrel | Ballina, NSW | 1st record for NSW
6/2/2011
Eyebrowed Thrush | Malanda, Qld | 1st record for Australia
15/2/1987
Barau’s Petrel | off Portland, Vic. | 1st record for Australia
17/2/2009
Yellow Bittern | Christmas Island | 3rd record for Australia
20/2/1977
Asian Dowitcher | Shoalhaven, NSW | 1st record for NSW
22/2/1976
Grey Phalarope | Lake Woorinen, Vic. | 1st record for Australia
22/2/2009
Papuan Spine-tailed Swift | Saibai Island, Qld | 2nd record for Australia
22/2/2009
Yellow White-eye | Sawtell, NSW | 1st record for NSW
28/2/1987
Audubon’s Shearwater | off Wollongong, NSW | 1st record for Australia
