Congratulations to the winning Victorian Twitchathon team, "The Very
Serious Birdwatchers" on 195 species, followed by "The Brush Turkeys" on
193 ..... and then us, "The Common Driving-petrolheads" on 188
(penalised for lateness to 187!!). Overall, totals were lower than last
year (although the first & third placegetters both made big improvements
on previous best results), probably due in large part to the
unseasonally hot and windy conditions, but a few nice birds were seen
nonetheless.
After a gruelling 24 hours, I was too tired to sleep last night, and did
some brief cataloguing of our results. A few wierd omissions as usual
(perhaps exacerbated this year by the weather), but our highlights
included a Southern Whiteface feeding a young Black-eared Cuckoo
(Terrick Terrick), a Ruff and White-winged Black Terns (Hospital Swamp),
a flock of Satin Bowerbirds near Lorne, lots of crakes at Bendigo
Sewerage Farm, lots of Red-kneed Dotterels at Hospital Swamp, huge flock
of Red-necked Avocets at Werribee (with a few Glossy Ibis mixed in),
etc. .... also a few nice "sets", such as thornbills (7 species) and
honeyeaters (19 species).
Here's our list for your interest ........
COMMON DRIVING-PETROLHEADS TEAM 1997 TWITCHATHON LIST, 25-26 October
1997
TEAM: Lawrie Conole, Grant Baverstock, Stuart Dashper, Susan Myers and
Russell Woodford.
List of species, sequence & locations where they were initially
recorded:
DAY 1
TERRICK TERRICK STATE PARK
Striated Pardalote
Gilbert's Whistler
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
Australian Ringneck
Australian Magpie
White-plumed Honeyeater
Galah
Tree Martin
Rainbow Bee-eater
Red-rumped Parrot
Common Starling
Superb Fairy-wren
Australian Raven
European Goldfinch
Peaceful Dove
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
Brown Falcon
Silvereye
Diamond Firetail
Grey Shrike-thrush
Rufous Whistler
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
White-browed Babbler
Brown Treecreeper
Weebill
Black-eared Cuckoo
Southern Whiteface
Hooded Robin
Red-capped Robin
Varied Sittella
Jacky Winter
Yellow Thornbill
Dusky Woodswallow
Chestnut-rumped Thornbill
White-winged Chough
AREAS BETWEEN TERRICK TERRICK & BENDIGO
Crested Pigeon
Willie Wagtail
Welcome Swallow
Pied Butcherbird
House Sparrow
Black Kite
Pacific Black Duck
Eastern Rosella
Richard's Pipit
Common Blackbird
Magpie-lark
Nankeen Kestrel
Black-shouldered Kite
Straw-necked Ibis
White-necked Heron
Little Raven
Brown Songlark
Fairy Martin
Australian Wood Duck
Laughing Kookaburra
Little Pied Cormorant
Red Wattlebird
Noisy Miner
Masked Lapwing
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Common Myna
WHIPSTICK STATE PARK & BENDIGO STATE FOREST
Spotted Pardalote
Common Bronzewing
Golden Whistler
White-eared Honeyeater
Fuscous Honeyeater
Grey Fantail
Buff-rumped Thornbill
Variegated Fairy-wren
Brown-headed Honeyeater
White-browed Woodswallow
Inland Thornbill
Black-chinned Honeyeater
Olive-backed Oriole
Masked Woodswallow
Grey Butcherbird
Brush Bronzewing
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
Tawny-crowned Honeyeater
Crested Bellbird
Purple-gaped Honeyeater
Grey Currawong
Southern Boobook
BENDIGO SEWERAGE FARM
Black-winged Stilt
Silver Gull
Pink-eared Duck
Red-kneed Dotterel
Clamorous Reed-Warbler
Dusky Moorhen
White-fronted Chat
Australasian Grebe
Black-fronted Dotterel
Spotless Crake
Australian Spotted Crake
Black-tailed Native-hen
Little Grassbird
Black Swan
Great Cormorant
Eurasian Coot
Australian White Ibis
Australian Shelduck
Hoary-headed Grebe
White-faced Heron
Grey Teal
Hardhead
Musk Duck
Purple Swamphen
BENDIGO TO LORNE OVERNIGHT
Powerful Owl
Australian Owlet-nightjar
Tawny Frogmouth
DAY 2
ANGAHOOK-LORNE STATE PARK
Crescent Honeyeater
White-throated Treecreeper
Eastern Yellow Robin
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Brown Thornbill
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Australian King-Parrot
White-browed Scrubwren
Eastern Spinebill
Pied Currawong
Striated Thornbill
Crimson Rosella
Rose Robin
Rufous Bristlebird
Gang-gang Cockatoo
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Satin Bowerbird
Blue-winged Parrot
Rufous Fantail
Forest Raven
New Holland Honeyeater
Pacific Gull
Red-browed Finch
ANGLESEA TO BREAMLEA
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Nankeen Night-Heron
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Little Wattlebird
BREAMLEA
Royal Spoonbill
Skylark
Common Greenshank
Singing Honeyeater
Caspian Tern
Australasian Gannet
Striated Fieldwren
Crested Tern
Swamp Harrier
HOSPITAL SWAMP & LAKE CONNEWARRE
Whiskered Tern
Golden-headed Cisticola
Marsh Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Ruff
Australian Pelican
Great Egret
White-winged Black Tern
Latham's Snipe
Red-necked Stint
Whistling Kite
Spotted Turtle-Dove
Pied Cormorant
Little Black Cormorant
Rock Dove
OCEAN GROVE
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Eastern Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Chestnut Teal
POINT LONSDALE & QUEENSCLIFF
European Greenfinch
Red-capped Plover
Red Knot
Short-tailed Shearwater
Black-faced Cormorant
Pied Oystercatcher
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
"OTHER" BELLARINE PENINSULA & GEELONG
Blue-billed Duck
Cattle Egret
Little Egret
Darter
YOU YANGS REGIONAL PARK
Scarlet Robin
Little Eagle
White-naped Honeyeater
Mistletoebird
LITTLE RIVER TOWNSHIP
Banded Lapwing
WERRIBEE FARM
Red-necked Avocet
Australasian Shoveller
Curlew Sandpiper
Glossy Ibis
Black-tailed Godwit
MELBOURNE ZOO
Rainbow Lorikeet
188 species
Lawrie Conole
26/10/1997
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