Morning watch in Darebin Parklands

["Mules, Michael" <>]

Hi all,

 

I went to Darebin Parklands for a first-time exploratory birdwatch this morning.  Temperature was about 10 oC, and it was overcast and still.

 

The Parklands are a mixture of hillside, alluvial flat and creek valley, in Ivanhoe (inner eastern Melbourne).  The park is a mosaic habitat of open parkland, former farm-estate orchards and back-engineered wetlands and native plantings.  It is also an off-leash dog park in many places.

 

Anyway, for the amount of people and dogs around, it was an enjoyable and profitable watch.  The highlight bird was Yellow Thornbill (2) in the casuarinas and acacia at the "summit" of the park.   Also, Australasian Grebe already in breeding plumage, and an Hoary-headed Grebe starting to enter it.  The most common bird by far was Blackbird.  All in all, 33 spp. in a cold, winter solstice hour.

 

Hoary-headed Grebe

Australasian Grebe

Chestnut Teal

Mallard

Black Duck

White-faced Heron

Dusky Moorhen

Coot

Spotted Turtledove

Rainbow Lorikeet

Crimson Rosella

Tawny Frogmouth

Kookaburra

Superb Fairy-wren

Yellow Thornbill

Brown Thornbill

Striated Thornbill

Red Wattlebird

White-plumed Honeyeater

Eastern Spinebill

Grey Shrike-thrush

Grey Fantail

Willy Wagtail

Grey Butcherbird

Magpie

Grey Currawong

Little Raven

Welcome Swallow

Red-browed Finch

Silvereye

Blackbird

Common Mynah

Starling

 

Regards,
Michael Mules

Carey Baptist Grammar School
Kew Campus
349 Barkers Road Kew Victoria Australia 3101
Telephone: +61 3 9816 1325
Facsimile: +61 3 9816 1263

www.carey.com.au

 

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