I spent most of today birding at various places in and around Bendigo in
central Victoria, as I begin to reconnoitre sites for the upcoming 1999
Twitchathon. I managed 111 species in about 6-7 hours without trying
too hard - it's looking like a great year!! The list is attached below
my signature block.
Highlights included close views of a Spotted Harrier plucking a small
bird (Skylark or pipit??); a flock of 50+ Red-kneed Dotterels; lots of
Cockatiels; Pink-eared Duck on a nest; lots of honeyeater species; a
pair of Spotted (Yellow-rumped) Pardalotes nesting in a road bank; a
splendid pair of courting Great Crested Grebes; ..........
It's not too late to get involved in the Twitchathon - either as a
competitor or sponsor ...... check out my Twitchathon home page .... and
get on board.
http://www.users.bigpond.com/ocoineoil/sections/cdph.html
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LAWRIE CONOLE
3 Gezireh Street, Pascoe Vale South
Victoria 3044 AUSTRALIA. 37°44'27"S 144°56'17"E
Phone (03) 9354 2484; Mobile (0419) 588 993
E-mail: <>
My home page: http://www.users.bigpond.com/ocoineoil/
Twitchathon: http://www.users.bigpond.com/ocoineoil/sections/cdph.html
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TWITCHATHON RECCONOITRE TRIP
Lawrie Conole; 2 October 1999
11 locations in the Greater Bendigo area (Whipstick, Kamarooka, Axedale,
Strathfieldsaye, Epsom, Lake Eppalock, Redesdale).
111 species
Numbers beside species indicate frequency, ie. how many lists out of 11
they occur on.
Anatidae Ducks
1 Black Swan
1 Australian Shelduck
1 Australian Wood Duck
2 Pacific Black Duck
1 Grey Teal
1 Chestnut Teal
1 Pink-eared Duck
Podicepedidae Grebes
1 Hoary-headed Grebe
1 Great Crested Grebe
Anhingidae Darters
1 Darter
Phalacrocoracidae Cormorants
1 Little Pied Cormorant
1 Little Black Cormorant
1 Great Cormorant
Ardeidae Herons
1 White-faced Heron
2 White-necked Heron
1 Great Egret
Threskionithidae Ibis, Spoonbills
1 Australian White Ibis
2 Straw-necked Ibis
1 Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Accipitridae Hawks, Eagles
1 Spotted Harrier
1 Wedge-tailed Eagle
Falconidae Falcons
1 Brown Falcon
1 Nankeen Kestrel
Rallidae Rails
1 Baillon's Crake
1 Australian Spotted Crake
1 Dusky Moorhen
1 Black-tailed Native-hen
Recurvirostridae Stilts, Avocets
1 Black-winged Stilt
Charadriidae Plovers
1 Red-kneed Dotterel
2 Masked Lapwing
Laridae Gulls, Terns
1 Silver Gull
Columbidae Pigeons
2 Common Bronzewing
1 Brush Bronzewing
1 Crested Pigeon
Cacatuidae Cockatoos
5 Galah
2 Long-billed Corella
2 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
3 Cockatiel
Loriidae Lorikeets
2 Musk Lorikeet
1 Little Lorikeet
Psittacidae Parrots
2 Crimson Rosella
4 Eastern Rosella
3 Red-rumped Parrot
Cuculidae Old World Cuckoos
7 Pallid Cuckoo
1 Fan-tailed Cuckoo
2 Black-eared Cuckoo
2 Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
1 Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Halcyonidae Halcyonid Kingfishers
3 Laughing Kookaburra
3 Sacred Kingfisher
Climacteridae Australian Treecreepers
1 White-throated Treecreeper
1 Brown Treecreeper
Maluridae Fairywrens
3 Superb Fairy-wren
1 Variegated Fairy-wren
Pardalotidae Pardalotes, Thornbills, allies
5 Spotted Pardalote (both ssp 'punctatus' and 'xanthopygius')
4 Striated Pardalote
8 Weebill
1 Brown Thornbill
1 Inland Thornbill
3 Buff-rumped Thornbill
2 Yellow-rumped Thornbill
1 Striated Thornbill
Meliphagidae Honeyeaters, Chats
6 Red Wattlebird
1 Blue-faced Honeyeater
4 Noisy Miner
3 White-eared Honeyeater
2 Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
1 Purple-gaped Honeyeater
1 Yellow-plumed Honeyeater
2 Fuscous Honeyeater
4 White-plumed Honeyeater
2 Black-chinned Honeyeater
6 Brown-headed Honeyeater
1 New Holland Honeyeater
1 Tawny-crowned Honeyeater
Petroicidae Australo-Papuan Robins
2 Jacky Winter
2 Scarlet Robin
Pachycephalidae Whistlers
3 Crested Bellbird
1 Gilbert's Whistler
1 Golden Whistler
5 Rufous Whistler
6 Grey Shrike-thrush
Monarchidae Monarchs
2 Restless Flycatcher
Grallinidae Magpie-larks
3 Magpie-lark
Rhipidurini Fantail tribe
3 Grey Fantail
3 Willie Wagtail
Campephagidae Cuckoo-shrikes
5 Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
1 White-winged Triller
Oriolidae Orioles
3 Olive-backed Oriole
Artamidae Woodswallows
1 Masked Woodswallow
4 White-browed Woodswallow
3 Dusky Woodswallow
Cracticidae Butcherbirds
2 Grey Butcherbird
5 Australian Magpie
3 Grey Currawong
Corvidae Crows
8 Australian Raven
2 Little Raven
Corcoracidae Mud-nesters
6 White-winged Chough
Passeridae Sparrows
1 House Sparrow
Estrildidae Grassfinches
1 Zebra Finch
Fringillidae Finch,Tanagers,etc
1 European Goldfinch
Hirundinidae Swallows
3 Welcome Swallow
1 Tree Martin
1 Fairy Martin
Sylviidae Warblers
1 Clamorous Reed-Warbler
1 Little Grassbird
3 Rufous Songlark
Zosteropidae White-eyes
1 Silvereye
Turdidae Thrushes
1 Common Blackbird
Sturnidae Starlings
2 Common Starling
1 Common Myna
111 species
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