BAYBOCA (the Bayside Branch of the Bird Observers Club of Australia) had
an outing to Mud Islands, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, yesterday.
Conditions were just about perfect with high tide at The Heads around 2
pm which meant that the waders were flying in to roost at Mud Islands
after lunch. The full bird list is attached but highlights were a
White-faced Storm-Petrel seen whilst approaching Mud Islands, Greater
and Lesser Sand Plover, Double-banded Plover, 30+ Grey Plover, 100+
Bar-tailed Godwit, large numbers of Great and Red Knot, a single
Sanderling, and a Fluttering Shearwater seen on the trip back to
Portsea. Many of the waders were coming into breeding plumage,
providing a great opportunity to compare breeding and non-breeding
plumages.
Black Swan
Little Penguin
Short-tailed Shearwater
Fluttering Shearwater
White-faced Storm-Petrel
Australasian Gannet
Little Pied Cormorant
Black-faced Cormorant
Pied Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Australian Pelican
White-faced Heron
Australian White Ibis
Straw-necked Ibis
Royal Spoonbill
Swamp Harrier
Bar-tailed Godwit
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Red Knot
Sanderling
Red-necked Stint
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Pied Oystercatcher
Pacific Golden Plover
Grey Plover
Red-capped Plover
Double-banded Plover
Lesser Sand Plover
Greater Sand Plover
Arctic Jaeger
Pacific Gull
Silver Gull
Caspian Tern
Crested Tern
Common Tern
Fairy Tern
House Sparrow
Welcome Swallow
Little Grassbird
Golden-headed Cisticola
Regards,
Tania Ireton
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