I've just today returned from a field trip to Barmah Forest, during
which I've been censusing birds and recording foraging observations.
Barmah is about 40km east of Echuca on the Murray River in north-central
Victoria, and with the contiguous Moira and Gulpa Island forests in NSW
is the largest River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) forest in
existence.
The most interesting records for me were those of Superb Parrots feeding
a fledgling; 2 Painted Honeyeaters; Dollarbirds still feeding young in a
nest hollow (they were doing so a week or more ago when I was last
there); a Brush Cuckoo calling near camp one evening (Chris Tzaros might
be interested in that one!); a Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo making a crash
raid to lay an egg in a Superb Fairy-wren nest; the sheer amount of
late/supplementary breeding. The full list follows beneath my signature
block.
Cheers -- Lawrie
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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
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BARMAH FOREST LIST
Lawrie Conole
9 - 14/12/1999
* = species for which some breeding activity was noted (nest building,
feeding flying young, etc.).
Some species recorded in split form here (eg. Yellow Rosella, Australian
Reed-Warbler).
*Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae
Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster
Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus
Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
*Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
*Superb Parrot Polytelis swainsonii
Yellow Rosella Platycercus flaveolus
Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
Pallid Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus
Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
*Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis
Southern Boobook Ninox boobook
Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea
*Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
*Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus
*Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus
*Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
*White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
Western Gerygone Gerygone fusca
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
*Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides
Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
*Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis
White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus
Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis
*Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris
Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta
*Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii
*Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera
Crested Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus
*Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
*Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
*Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos
Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
Australian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus australis
Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
78 species
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