2011 - Illawarra Birders

Huskisson 20 Feb (IBOC), 1 x Primbee 19 Mar (IBOC), Thirlmere Lakes 19 Mar
(IBOC), 1 x Killalea Reserve 3 May (TN), Heard x Windang 25 Oct (DW), 1 x
Hayward’s Bay 6 Nov (GB), 1 x St Georges Basin 17 Dec (PJ)
Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus Atlas Number 336 Rare, (JAMBA),
(CAMBA)
1 x Bangalee Reserve Nowra 4 Mar (AM)
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STRIGIFORMES
Strigidae
Powerful Owl Ninox strenua Atlas Number 248 Uncommon, Vulnerable
(NSW)
1 x Heard Excelsior Mine Site Thirroul 23 Mar (MM), 1 x Heard Excelsior Mine
Site 31 Mar (MM), 1x heard Bundanoon 17 Apr (LJ), heard x Bellawongarah 4
May (CJ), 1 x Bellawongarah 10 Nov (CJ), 1 x Bellawongarah 8 Dec (CJ), 1 x
Mt Pleasant 31 Dec (ER)
Barking Owl Ninox connivens Atlas Number 246 Rare, Vulnerable (NSW)
No records for 2011
Southern Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae Atlas Number 242 Common
Heard calling Bundanoon 16 Jan (LJ), 1 x Mt Kembla 21 Jan (TN), 1 x Primbee
28 Feb (CD), 1 x Tom Thumb Reserve 30 Mar (LP), 2 x Bellawongarah 23 Aug
(CJ), 5 x Bundanoon 24 Oct (LJ), 1 x Albion Park 29 Oct (AF), Bundanoon 5 Dec
(LJ)
Tytonidae
Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa Atlas Number 253 Uncommon, Vulnerable
(NSW)
1 x Bundanoon 16 Jan (LJ), 1 x Bundanoon 5 Dec (LJ)
Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae Atlas Number 250 Rare, Vulnerable
(NSW)
No records for 2011
Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica Atlas Number 249 Uncommon
1 x heard Bundanoon 4 May (LJ), 1 x Warilla 22 Sept (CB), 1 x Swamp Rd
Jamberoo 10 Oct (TN), 1 x Warrawong 6 Dec (LP)
CORACIIFORMES
Alcedinidae
Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus Atlas Number 319 Uncommon
1 x Albion Park Rail 31 Jan (BH), 1 x Dapto 13 Feb (IM), 1 x Hyams Ck
Jamberoo 10 Mar (BH), 1 x Griffins Bay 5 Jun (MC), 1 x Fred Finch Park 1 Jul
(DW), 1 x Penrose Forest 15 Aug (IBOC), 1 x Bundanoon 16 Oct (LJ)
Halcyonidae
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae Atlas Number 322 Common