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> Royal Park / Moonee Ponds Creek - Inner-Melbourne Bicycle Trip Report
>
> Hi All,
>
> Here's a trip report with a difference =96 or rather it's really just a
> bit of fun!
>
> I've recently changed jobs and as a consequence I'm now riding through a
> different part of Melbourne. Previously I rode from Northcote through
> Yarra Bend and then along the Yarra to Prahran. Not a bad ride with a
> good range of birds. I now ride from Northcote down through Royal Park
> (via the =91Capital City Trail=92), along the Moonee Ponds Creek and up
> Footscray Rd. At first I was worried that the logistics of this ride
> might be too much (i.e. time, difficultly in traffic management), but in
> fact quite the opposite is true: virtually the entire distance is on a
> bike track, I get to ride through some of Melbourne's best wooded
> parkland and along an interesting inner-city creek environ.
>
> From Northcote the first phase of the ride goes along the old railway
> line that runs beside Park St (along the Capital City Trail). Along here
> I usually see Rainbow and Musk Lorikeet, White-plumed Honeyeater,
> Magpie-lark, and a Brown Goshawk.
>
> The second phase goes through Royal Park and has produced the best bird
> of the trip so far - a Swift Parrot near the intersection of Park St.
> and Royal Pd. The Capital City Trail continues through the area behind
> Zoo, past the golf course and the old psychiatric hospital. Along here
> I've seen a Collared Sparrowhawk (at Poplar Oval), Black-shouldered
> Kite, the odd Grey Butcherbird, masses of Rainbow and Musk Lorikeet,
> Spotted Pardalote, Tree Sparrow, flocks of Welcome Swallow, Red
> Wattlebird, Red-rumped Parrot, and Eastern Rosella. Interestingly this
> is the spot that I=92d previously seem a Pale-headed Rosella and
> apparently several birds are resident here. There's also some good
> scrubland (Eastern Spinebill, Superb Fairy-wren, Silvereye) next to an
> interesting railway sandstone cutting (just before the trail reaches
> Manningham St.). This area has also been planted with native grasses.
>
> Perhaps the most interesting part of the ride is along the Moonee Ponds
> Creek, an area I=92d previously not visited. Quite apart from the concrete
> pillars of =91City Link=92, which runs along the length of the creek, it
> still contains a good range of waterbirds.
>
> From the footbridge that joins the bike track from Royal Park to the
> creek you can see a new man-made lake (next to the large orange
> =91toothpicks=92) that is usually teaming with waterbirds including Chestnut
> Teal, Black Duck, Wood Duck, Little Black Cormorant and Silver Gull. The
> creek opens up here =96 it's no longer a concrete drain - and includes
> some good areas of reeds, rushes and sedge. Waterbirds seen along the
> creek include Sacred Kingfisher, a resident pair of Great Egret, Royal
> Spoonbill, an early morning Nankeen Night Heron, Spur-winged Plover,
> Little and Hoary-headed Grebe, Black Swan, Clamorous Reed-warbler,
> Pelican, lots of Chestnut Teal, Black Duck, Little Pied and Little Black
> Cormorant. Other birds include a Little Falcon, Grey Fantail, Mudlark
> and lots of White-plumed Honeyeater. The best section of the creek is at
> the crossroads of the Moonee Ponds Creek and Footscray Rd. There are
> some excellent areas of reeds here, and could possibly be the largest
> strand in inner-Melbourne. This has the potential to be a good spot for
> crake, rail and even bittern =96 (I'll keep you posted) - I can highly
> recommend this spot as a good place to check out. (It may be an a little
> difficult to access the area by car =96 there=92s parking at the Footscray
> Rd BP service Station).
>
> The final part of the ride takes me along the bike track next to
> Footscray Rd =96 an area that runs along beside the docklands. The most
> interesting observation here has been a White-plumed Honeyeater with an
> unusual call =96 a very loud =91WHEEE, WHEEE=92.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tim
>
> Please see below for my current list for the trip - with highlights
> marked with a *:
>
> 1. Black Swan
> 2. Pelican
> 3. Royal Spoonbill*
> 4. Nankeen Night Heron*
> 5. White-faced Heron
> 6. Great Egret*
> 7. Masked Lapwing
> 8. Sacred Ibis
> 9. Little Grebe*
> 10. Hoary-headed Grebe
> 11. Chestnut Teal
> 12. Grey Teal
> 13. Black Duck
> 14. Wood Duck
> 15. Silver Gull
> 16. Great Cormorant
> 17. Little Black Cormorant
> 18. Little Pied Cormorant
> 19. Coot
> 20. Swamphen
> 21. Ducky Moorhen
> 22. Brown Goshawk
> 23. Collared Sparrowhawk!*
> 24. Australasian Hobby*
> 25. Welcome Swallow
> 26. Black-shouldered Kite
> 27. Spotted Pardalote
> 28. Sacred Kingfisher*
> 29. White-plumed Honeyeater
> 30. Little Wattlebird
> 31. Red Wattlebird
> 32. Eastern Spinebill
> 33. New Holland Honeyeater
> 34. Grey Fantail*
> 35. Musk Lorikeet
> 36. Rainbow Lorikeet
> 37. Swift Parrot!!*
> 38. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
> 39. Eastern Rosella
> 40. Galah
> 41. Superb Fairy-wren*
> 42. Willie Wagtail
> 43. Noisy Miner
> 44. Clamorous Reed-warbler*
> 45. Indian Myna
> 46. House Sparrow
> 47. Tree Sparrow
> 48. Starling
> 49. Domestic Dove
> 50. Spotted Turtledove
> 51. Little Raven
>
>
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