Birdline Victoria Update No. 180
For the week ending: 17 October 2004
Sightings
17 October
Painted Honeyeater (1, possibly 2) Bartley's Block. Chiltern-Mt Pilot
National Park. Thanks Michael Ramsey.
17 October
Pacific Black Duck (leucistic plumaged) Chiltern No.1 Dam. Same size, shape
and a strong flight as normally plumaged Black Ducks. However this bird was
off white on the upperparts, had a pale fawn eye-stripe and blotchy fawn and
off white underparts. Thanks Michael Ramsey.
16 October
There are approximately twenty thousand Banded Stilts at White Lake near
Douglas, NW Victoria. Thanks Simon Starr.
16 October
Rainbow Bee-eaters and Noisy Friarbirds have arrived in Maffra, Thanks
Duncan Fraser.
15 October
Black Kite (1) Mokoan Rest Area. One observed over the Hume Freeway and
adjacent padddocks. Thanks Michael Ramsey.
15 October
There were still 3 White-fronted Terns (juvs.) at Mornington Harbour. This
sighting is getting late in the season. Thanks Mike Carter.
11 October
There was a lone Osprey gliding over beach area at “Petticoat Creek” along
the Great Ocean Rd. east of Apollo Bay. Thanks John & Sue O’Malley.
10 October
A Black-eared Cuckoo was sighted in trees along Emily St, leading to Lake
Victoria at Point Lonsdale. Both Shining Bronze-cuckoos and Fan-tailed
Cuckoos have also been regularly calling in this area over the last two
days. Thanks Rod Corinaldi.
10 October
A Brown Gerygone on the main track north of the car park of the Ferntree
Gully NP. The bird was about half way between where the three tracks from
the car park converge and the start of the 'thousand steps'. It was singing
briefly and feeding in vegetation at about head height on the left hand side
of the track as you head uphill. Also Red-browed Treecreeper, a few Rose
Robins, Long-billed Scrubwren and two Wedge-tailed Eagles over. Thanks Simon
Mustoe.
10 October
A pair of Banded Lapwings are currently nesting in grassland adjoining
Bulmans Road in West Melton. Thanks Micah Kawalek.
9 October
4 Hooded Plovers were seen at Marlo. Thanks Dick Turner.
8 October
A pair of Satin Flycatchers were seen nesting in a Blackwood next to Sailors
Creek, at the Tipperary Springs picnic ground on the western outskirts of
Daylesford. This picnic area is a part of the Hepburn Regional Park. Thanks
Micah Kawalek.
8 October
At the Western Treatment Plant at the Conservation Ponds were approx 15
Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Marsh Sandpiper and 8 Glossy Ibis (in long grass near
lots of Purple Swamphens ). Thanks Ben Sinclair.
7 October
A small flock of White-browed and Masked Woodswallows were seen at Lake
Linlithgow, sw Victoria. Thanks Steve Clark.
5 October
Some highlights of the Western Treatment Plant, Werribee: an adult
White-bellied Sea-eagle and Black Kite over paradise Ponds; 2 Bar-tailed
Godwits feeding on outgoing tide south side of little River; 1 Golden Plover
in part breeding plumage feeding with Red-necked Stints, Sharp-tailed
Sandpipers and Curlew Sandpipers in same area as Godwits; 16 Black-tailed
Godwits roosting at conservation ponds and 25 Whistling Kites together along
beach front, western end of area 3 on access map. Thanks Wendy Dunn.
6 October
Whilst scanning the Paradise Rd Lagoon (in vain) for the Ruff at about 0900
this morning Dave Torr saw a male Northern Shoveler (presumably the one that
was there earlier this year) on the long spit of land that nearly reaches
the road. Shortly after it flew off with other shovellers - towards Lake
Borrie. Other good birds were two Bar-tailed Godwit (on Paradise Rd), 6 or
so Glossy Ibis (Conservation Ponds), 3 Black-tailed Native-Hens (road near
hide) and a Pacific Golden Plover (mouth of Little River).
4 October
15 Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos flying west over Edinbourough Gardens,
North Fitzroy. Thanks Sean Dooley.
3 October
Highlights of this month's Port Fairy Pelagic include a huge raft of
Short-tailed Shearwaters that may have exceeded 1,000,000 birds! Other birds
include a Hutton's Shearwater, a Northern Royal Albatross and 2 Southern and
10 Grey-backed Storm-petrel. Thanks Mike Carter.
3 October
A Blue-billed Duck was at the Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne in Wylies
Wetland on Sunday -a first recorded sighting of this species for the
Gardens. Thanks Arnis Dzedins.
3 October
There were at least 3, White-fronted terns at Table Rock near Ricketts
Point, Beaumaris. Thanks Vin Lam.
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rare and unusual birds in Victoria and is brought to you by Birds Australia
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Regards,
Stuart
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