Gunbower Island is one of the largest areas of River Red Gum forest in
existence (only Barmah is bigger in Victoria), and is on the Murray
River near Cohuna (east of Kerang and west of Echuca).
A full list is attached below my signature block, but the main points of
interest to me were as follows:
* Only one Red-chested Button-quail seen this trip, though platelets
were moderately abundant at the main site on 86 Break. Only one
Painted Button-quail seen too.
* White-throated Needletails and Fork-tailed Swifts seen 3 evenings
out of 7 overhead at camp. Using the barometer in my
wristwatch/altimeter, I estimated that the swifts appeared over the
area consistently 4-6 hours after the major pressure change had
occurred. This conflicts with what the texts commonly say about
them preceding the fronts. The needletails were also the greatest
distance inland I've ever seen in Victoria.
* A new frog for me - the Giant Banjo Frog (Limnodynastes interioris)
- very impressive animal, and probably a minor range extension in
Victoria. Trapped after a thunderstorm.
* Lots of birds still breeding (Little Friarbird, Weebill, Willie
Wagtail, Olive-backed Oriole, etc.....).
* Quite young Yellow-footed Antechinus (Antechinus flavipes) entering
the Elliott traps, showing some 2 months lag behind the breeding at
Barmah. Remarkable degree of breeding season asynchrony for this
genus I think.
Cheers -- Lawrie
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Victoria 3044 AUSTRALIA. 37°44'27"S 144°56'17"E
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GUNBOWER ISLAND STATE FOREST, VICTORIA.
21-29 January 2000.
Lawrie Conole
Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae
Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
Black Kite Milvus migrans
Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus
Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
Red-chested Button-quail Turnix pyrrhothorax
Painted Button-quail Turnix varia
Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
Yellow Rosella Platycercus flaveolus
Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
Pallid Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus
Southern Boobook Ninox boobook
Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
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
Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides
Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana
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
Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
Scarlet Robin Petroica multicolor
Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii
White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus
Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera
Crested Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus
Gilbert's Whistler Pachycephala inornata
Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta
Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
Little Raven Corvus mellori
White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos
Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata
Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
Fairy Martin Hirundo ariel
Yellow-footed Antechinus Antechinus flavipes
Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
Fox Vulpes vulpes
Common Eastern Froglet Crinia signifera
Eastern Banjo Frog Limnodynastes dumerilii
Giant Banjo Frog Limnodynastes interioris
Spotted Grass Frog Limnodynastes tasmaniensis
Tree Skink Egernia striolata
South-eastern Morethia Skink Morethia boulengeri
Eastern Tiger Snake Notechis scutatus
84 species
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