What birds might you see in the month of September? Here’s a few to keep a look out for…
- Flocks of Yellow-faced Honeyeaters on passage along the Great Dividing Range
- Short-tailed Shearwaters returning to their breeding colonies in Bass Strait
- Return of Dollarbirds in south-eastern Queensland
- Eastern Koels and Channel-billed Cuckoos arriving back in NSW
- Return of migratory shorebirds to north-western Australia
- Arrival of Barn Swallows in northern Australia
- Swooping Australian Magpies
Interesting records from the past
2/9/2006
Antarctic Tern | Kangaroo Island, SA | 2nd record for SA
3/9/2004
Rose-backed Starling | Lake Eda, WA | 1st record for Australia
5/9/2002
Gurney’s Eagle | Saibai Island, Qld | 4th record for Australia
11/9/2002
Common Kingfisher | Christmas Island | 1st record for Australia
12/9/1967
Whiskered Tern | near Ouse, Tas. | 1st record for Tasmania
14/9/1986
Bulwer’s Petrel | off Cape Nelson, Vic. | 2nd record for Australia
20/9/1986
Hudsonian Godwit | Dry Creek Saltfields, SA | 1st record for SA
