After Michael Norris's ringing endorsement of Woodlands Historic Park near
Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, here's another list from about 2 hours
there this afternoon. Best bird - Black Kite - my first record at
Woodlands, though they have been recorded a few times in similar habitat
over the road at the airport. I also saw 2.5 pairs of Red-capped Robins -
one of those at a new site, bringing to 5 the number of pairs present in the
Grey Box areas at Woodlands that I'm aware of. The White-throated
Treecreeper that was new here a few weeks ago is hanging in there still.
Still a noticeable lack of Spring migrants present - no Rufous Whistlers
etc. yet. Pallid Cuckoos are always earlier than the rest, so no surprise
that they've been here a few weeks. Michael also inspired me to go down to
the quarry pit near the airport (which I usually bypass), and the result is
a few waterbirds on the list. Most abundant birds - Weebill, Yellow
Thornbill, Tree Martin (some looking at hollows), Striated Pardalote, Grey
Fantail, Red-rumped Parrot .....
Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
Black Kite Milvus migrans
Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus
Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrhocephalus
Brown Falcon Falco berigora
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Rock Dove Columba livia
Spotted Turtle-Dove Streptopelia chinensis
Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
Purple-crowned Lorikeet Glossopsitta porphyrocephala
Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
Pallid Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus
Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana
Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus
Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris
Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii
Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera
Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Little Raven Corvus mellori
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus
Common Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus
Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula
Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
Common Eastern Froglet Crinia signifera
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