Here's some data re greater Melb records of Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (see
below) since 1990 to the present day (sourced from Birdline/BOCA /Eremaea and a
few others). It's simple report data, and it obviously needs some analysis to
fully understand it. However, with this information in mind, I think Peter’s
comments were fairly succinct. Looking at the data below, here's my take on it.
It's apparent that reports of YTBC have been increasing consistently over the
last 10 years. This may be due to a number of factors such as an increased
reporting rates (for example it got to the point where I asked people not to
report YTBC sightings to Birdline), greater access to Pinus radiata in urban
spaces (although I'm not sure how this would have changed significantly in
recent times?), bush fires pushing some birds into the city due to loss of food
resources, and of course YTBC are fond of eating the seeds of Casuarina,
Eucalyptus, Acacia, Banksia and Hakea, as well as the larvae of tree-boring
beetles and moths, so the re-establishment of local bushland in suburban
Melbourne has certainly had an effect. Recently I saw a flock of nearly 200
birds feeding in re-established eucalyptus bushland at Yarra Bend. For the
record, the City of Melbourne has approximately 25,000 native and 25,000 exotic
trees. Interestingly Sean Dooley discussed this very issue last night on Derek
Gilles ABC 774 radio show. Sean raised the point that although YTBC have moved
into urban spaces due to food availability, however there may be insufficient
access to nesting sites. So it's possible that the current urban YTBC are fated
to disappear once these (long lived) birds die out.
Indecently Sean also discussed the place that introduced birds - such as the
Common Myna - play in our urban spaces. An interesting discussion, something
featured in the new Wingspan (which got a plug from Derek Gilles). Without
wanting to put words in Sean's mouth, he essentially argued against the notion
that inner urban landscapes are 'natural wildernesses', and perhaps there is
room for birds such as the Common Myna in our cities. I'm o.k. with that.
The other day I listed the most common birds that I see in my unban (Northcote)
backyard. Only a few were really natural, although the majority were native -
something very different from just a few years ago. The most common birds in my
backyard are (in no real order) Noisy Minor, Crested Pigeon, Spotted
Turtle-Dove, Rock Dove, Common Myna, Australian Magpie, Rainbow and Musk
Lorikeet, Silver Gull (there's a pool and park next door), Masked Lapwing
(pool), Red-rumped Parrot, White-plumed Honeyeater, Red Wattlebird, Starling,
Grey Butcherbird (for example heard nearly every day), Common Blackbird, House
Sparrow, Pied Currawong, Willie Wagtail, Welcome Swallow, Magpie Lark, Little
Raven and Pacific Black Duck (pool). Of those only 6 are introduced, while the
rest (17) are 'native'. Of the native species I'd say at least 4 or 5 do not
'naturally' occur in the region, such as Rainbow Lorikeet. However they are all
now a standard ornithological feature of inner Melbourne. Compare this to 20
years ago (perhaps more) and it would have been a totally different urban
landscape. The only birds I would have seen would have been lost of Starlings,
Sparrows and Rock Doves.
Cheers,
Tim Dolby
2507 7/6/1991 Healesville Sanctuary Tania Ireton 2
2805 8/17/1992 Jells Park Tania Ireton about 12
403 9/7/1992 Britannia Park Pauline and Arthur Spurgeon
2518 12/5/1992 Healesville Sanctuary Tania Ireton 3
1/1/2011 Lochabar Ct Ivanhoe Peter Thomson Fly-over
22711 8/8/2001 Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne Bruce Wedderburn
53807 8/28/2001 46 Frater Street Kew East Bill Stent Flying
over bottom of Princess st towards the Yarra
54089 10/14/2001 Chelsworth Park, Ivanhoe Bill Stent
Excellent! Being divebombed by a kookaburra
22731 12/16/2001 Upper Yarra Reservoir Park Bruce Wedderburn
5342 10/9/2002 Banyule Flats Reserve Bird Observation & Conservation
Australia
163 12/7/2002 Michaeldene Walking Track Richard & Margaret
Alcorn
474 4/11/2003 The 100 Acres Reserve, Park Orchards Richard &
Margaret Alcorn
5348 4/14/2003 Jumping Creek Reserve (Warrandyte State Park) Bird
Observation & Conservation Australia
518 4/18/2003 Clydebank Morass State Game Reserve Don Ripper
3
53893 6/1/2003 Banyule Flats Reserve Bill Stent
3686 8/13/2003 Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne Pauline and
Arthur Spurgeon
3946 8/25/2003 Westerfolds Park Pauline and Arthur Spurgeon
5351 10/8/2003 The 100 Acres Reserve, Park Orchards Bird
Observation & Conservation Australia
17634 10/24/2003 Merri Creek Trail, Fitzroy North to Coburg Adam
Edmonds
8997 10/25/2003 Koomba Park, Wantirna Tania Ireton
5217 12/6/2003 Grovedale David A Richardson a flock feeding
in old cyprus trees in parkland along Warn Ponds Crk.
17510 12/26/2003 Banyule Flats Reserve Adam Edmonds
54277 1/3/2004 Banyule Flats Reserve Bill Stent
5368 4/7/2004 Lysterfield Lake Park Bird Observation & Conservation
Australia
5369 4/7/2004 Lysterfield Lake Park Pauline and Arthur Spurgeon
17063 4/11/2004 Kinglake National Park (Masons Falls) Birdline
17065 4/12/2004 Lysterfield Lake Park Birdline
5524 4/19/2004 Healesville VIC Block Bird Observation & Conservation
Australia
5525 4/20/2004 Healesville VIC Block Bird Observation & Conservation
Australia
5514 4/20/2004 Tarra-Bulga National Park Pauline and Arthur
Spurgeon
5526 4/21/2004 Healesville VIC Block Bird Observation & Conservation
Australia
5527 4/22/2004 Healesville VIC Block Bird Observation & Conservation
Australia
8929 5/1/2004 Banyule Flats Reserve Tania Ireton 1
8916 5/23/2004 Healesville Sanctuary Tania Ireton
8545 6/2/2004 Jumping Creek Reserve (Warrandyte State Park) Bird
Observation & Conservation Australia
5976 6/2/2004 Jumping Creek Reserve (Warrandyte State Park) Pauline
and Arthur Spurgeon
6058 6/16/2004 Banyule Flats Reserve Ruth McKenzie big flock,
about 20-25
18645 6/17/2004 Northcote Birdline
6090 6/21/2004 Banyule Flats Reserve Ruth McKenzie
18650 6/22/2004 Essendon 10' Cell Birdline
6152 6/26/2004 Willsmere Park and Kew Billabong Pauline and
Arthur Spurgeon
18657 7/2/2004 Heidelberg 10' Cell Birdline
6203 7/3/2004 Cathedral Range State Park Richard & Margaret
Alcorn
19754 7/12/2004 Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne Birdline
19756 7/13/2004 Essendon 10' Cell Birdline
6507 7/14/2004 Yarra Bend Park Pauline and Arthur Spurgeon
19814 7/30/2004 Essendon 10' Cell Birdline
7890 8/19/2004 Banyule Flats Reserve Ruth McKenzie
8942 9/27/2004 The 100 Acres Reserve, Park Orchards Richard &
Margaret Alcorn
20546 10/4/2004 Edinburgh Gardens, North Fitzroy Birdline
9199 10/6/2004 Glynns Reserve Pauline and Arthur Spurgeon
9200 10/6/2004 Carnegie Estate, Donvale Bird Observation &
Conservation Australia
9390 10/24/2004 Jells Park Tania Ireton 11 flying through park
20659 10/30/2004 Jells Park Birdline
9451 10/30/2004 Jells Park Tania Ireton 1 seen, others heard
9495 11/1/2004 Britannia Park Pauline and Arthur Spurgeon
59616 11/2/2004
11/3/2004 Wilson Hall Clive Curson
20682 11/6/2004 Heidelberg 10' Cell Birdline
53894 11/23/2004 Banyule Flats Reserve Bill Stent heard
13817 12/1/2004 Laughing Waters Park, Eltham Bird Observation &
Conservation Australia
9792 12/2/2004 Laughing Waters Park, Eltham Pauline and Arthur
Spurgeon
21258 12/3/2004 Heyfield 10' Cell Birdline
25251 12/4/2004 Eltham Gavin Goodyear 2
18340 12/5/2004 Tidal River 10' Cell Gavin Goodyear
9893 12/17/2004 Britannia Park Pauline and Arthur Spurgeon
9924 12/24/2004 Blackburn Lake Richard & Margaret Alcorn at
least 2 feeding on large branches of a dead gum
10056 12/27/2004 Britannia Park Pauline and Arthur Spurgeon
10106 1/22/2005 Healesville Sanctuary Simon Starr
19354 1/26/2005 Lower Darebin Creek, Alphington and Ivanhoe Lawrie
Conole
17365 2/5/2005 Wattle Park, Burwood Adam Edmonds
9/2/2006 Nyerimilang Park EGBOC
11091 5/4/2005 Westerfolds Park Pauline and Arthur Spurgeon
13821 5/4/2005 Westerfolds Park Bird Observation & Conservation
Australia
11129 5/8/2005 The 100 Acres Reserve, Park Orchards Richard &
Margaret Alcorn
19363 5/8/2005 Lower Darebin Creek, Alphington and Ivanhoe Lawrie
Conole
26401 5/9/2005 Mooroolbark 10' Cell Birdline
26407 5/12/2005 Heidelberg 10' Cell Birdline
11200 5/14/2005 Lysterfield Lake Park Tim Bawden
13822 6/1/2005 Yarra Trail, Finn's Reserve Bird Observation &
Conservation Australia
11492 6/1/2005 Yarra Trail, Finn's Reserve Pauline and Arthur
Spurgeon
11548 6/6/2005 Ruffey Lake Park Pauline and Arthur Spurgeon
11654 6/18/2005 Banksia Park Pauline and Arthur Spurgeon
11656 6/18/2005 Banksia Park Bird Observation & Conservation
Australia
26473 7/1/2005 Albert Park Lake Birdline
11752 7/4/2005 Heidelberg 10' Cell Richard & Margaret Alcorn
3 birds flying north
11771 7/6/2005 Yarra Trail, Finn's Reserve Pauline and Arthur
Spurgeon
11829 7/13/2005 Yarra Flats Pauline and Arthur Spurgeon
26494 7/22/2005 Royal Melbourne Zoo, Parkville Birdline
26503 7/26/2005 Williamstown 10' Cell Birdline
11968 8/4/2005 Heidelberg 10' Cell Richard & Margaret Alcorn
14 and then another 33
12130 8/29/2005 Britannia Park Pauline and Arthur Spurgeon
26582 8/31/2005 Williamstown 10' Cell Birdline
51602 9/1/2005
9/30/2005 Kent Park, Ferntree Gully. Peter Booth
26594 9/12/2005 Williamstown 10' Cell Birdline
26633 9/20/2005 Heidelberg 10' Cell Birdline
52315 10/1/2005 Warrandyte State Park Nicole Spillane & Paul Jacobson
41216 10/1/2005 Jumping Creek - Black Flat (Warrandyte SP) Nicole
Spillane & Paul Jacobson
53818 10/2/2005 46 Frater Street Kew East Bill Stent Flying
down Frater street.
54115 10/3/2005 Yarra Trail, Kew Bill Stent
12401 10/15/2005 The 100 Acres Reserve, Park Orchards Richard &
Margaret Alcorn Several birds feeding in wattles, pines.
10/26/2005 Coranderrk Bushland Bird Observation & Conservation
Australia
19366 10/30/2005 Lower Darebin Creek, Alphington and Ivanhoe Lawrie
Conole
12752 11/1/2005
11/30/2005 Doulton Road, Blackburn Richard & Margaret Alcorn One
flying overhead
12658 11/13/2005 Candlebark Park Templestowe Richard & Margaret
Alcorn
12776 12/17/2005 Blackburn Lake Richard & Margaret Alcorn
12794 12/29/2005 Blackburn Lake Richard & Margaret Alcorn heard
12815 1/2/2006 Yarra Ranges National Park (McMahons Creek) Richard
& Margaret Alcorn
12867 1/15/2006 Blackburn Lake Richard & Margaret Alcorn 1
13829 2/1/2006 Bolin Bolin Billabong Bird Observation & Conservation
Australia Heard only.
51818 2/28/2006 Taylors Lake Clive Curson
15699 5/27/2006 Western Treatment Plant, Werribee Birdline
14179 6/17/2006 Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne Pauline and
Arthur Spurgeon
15475 6/25/2006 Warrandyte Birdline
14405 6/25/2006 Jumping Creek - Black Flat (Warrandyte SP) Albert
Vrielink 6 flying West
15488 7/1/2006 Essendon 10' Cell Birdline
14303 7/5/2006 Yarra Bend Park Pauline and Arthur Spurgeon
17021 7/5/2006 Yarra Bend Park Bird Observation & Conservation
Australia
53820 7/20/2006 46 Frater Street Kew East Bill Stent Flying
over
14500 7/30/2006 Banyule Flats Reserve Pauline and Arthur Spurgeon
15296 8/15/2006 East Melbourne Birdline
15230 8/19/2006 Alphington Wetlands Birdline
14862 9/2/2006 Black Flat Reserve (Warrandyte SP) Albert Vrielink
2
14964 9/6/2006 Yarra Bend Park Pauline and Arthur Spurgeon
17023 9/6/2006 Yarra Bend Park Bird Observation & Conservation
Australia
16071 10/18/2006 Armadale 10' Cell Birdline
16082 10/22/2006 Sweeneys Flats Albert Vrielink 5
16144 10/29/2006 Melton South Birdline
58854 10/30/2006 City of Hobsons Bay Steve Davidson
70632 10/31/2006 Dr Ken Laversha Reserve Lawrie Conole
17025 11/1/2006 Yarra Bend Park Bird Observation & Conservation
Australia
16521 11/6/2006 Frankston 10' Cell Birdline
16400 11/7/2006 Blackburn Lake Richard & Margaret Alcorn
16508 11/8/2006 Mooroolbark 10' Cell Birdline
16833 11/23/2006 Blackburn Lake Richard & Margaret Alcorn 1
12/31/2006 Doulton Road, Blackburn Richard & Margaret Alcorn
17183 12/6/2006 Bayswater Birdline
18346 2/25/2007 Candlebark Park Templestowe Pauline and Arthur
Spurgeon
20464 5/20/2007 Yarra Bend Park Birdline 20
21693 7/12/2007 Heidelberg 10' Cell Birdline 1
21649 7/13/2007 Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne Birdline
40
22273 8/2/2007 Essendon 10' Cell Birdline 1
23189 8/31/2007 Heidelberg 10' Cell Birdline 15
26249 9/15/2007 Kallista 10' Cell Birdline 6
26237 9/17/2007 Essendon 10' Cell Birdline 6
40366 10/9/2007 All Nations Park, Northcote Lawrie Conole
24333 10/27/2007 Royal Park West Birdline 3
25033 11/11/2007 Royal Park, Parkville Nicole Spillane & Paul Jacobson
3 roosting in tall gum tree near the wetland
12/3/2007 Pakenham Gavin Goodyear 3 flying over McGregor Rd on
the 30th Nov
29039 3/24/2008 Diamond Creek - Eltham trail Damian Kelly
29351 3/29/2008 Candlebark Park Templestowe Paul Dodd & Ruth
Woodrow 3 seen in pine trees near tomato fields
55538 3/29/2008 Peg & Phil’s Block McCutcheons Rd Samantha Greiner
40368 4/18/2008 All Nations Park, Northcote Lawrie Conole
30554 5/2/2008 Heidelberg 10' Cell Birdline 1
30995 5/20/2008 Yarra Bend Park Birdline 15
31772 6/9/2008 Melbourne (suburb of Melbourne) Birdline
25
31766 6/9/2008 Banyule Flats Reserve Adam Edmonds flock flying
over, heard and glimpsed through trees
31942 6/12/2008 Banyule Flats Reserve Birdline 40
32385 6/27/2008 Banyule Flats Reserve Birdline 20
32733 7/5/2008 East Melbourne Birdline 16
32538 7/6/2008 Banyule Flats Reserve Pauline and Arthur Spurgeon
32877 7/23/2008 Longridge Farm, Warrandyte Pauline and Arthur
Spurgeon
32897 7/27/2008 Royal Park West Nicole Spillane & Paul Jacobson flock
of around 50
33070 8/1/2008 Essendon 10' Cell Birdline 25
33114 8/3/2008 Melbourne (suburb of Melbourne) Birdline
40
60221 8/3/2008 Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve Bird
Observation & Conservation Australia
33091 8/3/2008 Lysterfield Lake Park Richard & Margaret Alcorn
at least 2
33159 8/5/2008 Essendon 10' Cell Birdline 50
33592 8/17/2008 Melbourne (suburb of Melbourne) Birdline
11
33624 8/20/2008 Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne Adam Edmonds
Approx 20 seen flying over the gardens in two groups
33672 8/23/2008 Yarra Flats Adam Edmonds Heard but not seen
33686 8/23/2008 Westerfolds Park Paul Dodd & Ruth Woodrow
2 in flight
35887 9/14/2008 Heidelberg 10' Cell Birdline 1
35891 9/14/2008 Heidelberg 10' Cell Birdline 40
34821 9/30/2008 Essendon 10' Cell Birdline 40
34814 10/2/2008 Armadale 10' Cell Birdline 8
34847 10/8/2008 Essendon 10' Cell Birdline 1
35418 10/24/2008 Essendon 10' Cell Birdline 1
35769 11/4/2008 Ringwood Birdline 6
35791 11/8/2008 Blackburn Lake Richard & Margaret Alcorn 7
36264 11/16/2008 'GlenArd', Cottle's bridge - Strathewen road Matthew
Roach a pair possibly looking for a nesting hole
36360 11/27/2008 Banyule Flats Reserve Pauline and Arthur Spurgeon
76788 11/28/2008 La Cote Road Reserve, Greendale Chris Lindorff
36317 11/28/2008 Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne Colin Mulvogue
Lone Bird Flying Over Wetlands Area
36497 11/29/2008 Craigieburn 10' Cell Richard & Margaret Alcorn
36552 12/7/2008 Dandenong Ranges NP (Mount Evelyn Forest) Richard
& Margaret Alcorn
36687 12/9/2008 Essendon 10' Cell Birdline 1
12/31/2009 The 100 Acres Reserve, Park Orchards Carl Hansen
12/31/2009 Victoria Tim Dolby : First seen Jan, regularly
seen in inner city including on backyard list, July and August;
37439 1/5/2009 Knox 10' Cell Birdline 1
37790 1/14/2009 Greater Melbourne Tour Steve Davidson h Bunyip SP
37771 1/14/2009 Blackburn Peter Shanley
37800 1/15/2009 Yarra Junction 10' Cell Colin Mulvogue 7 Birds Flying
Overhead
38249 1/17/2009 Blackburn Lake Birdline 1
38044 1/21/2009 Blackburn Peter Shanley heard only
38285 1/23/2009 Balyang Sanctuary Jackson Airey Flock of 20
flew over
38207 1/26/2009 Greater Melbourne Tour Steve Davidson
38794 2/12/2009 Williamstown 10' Cell Birdline 1
2/20/2009 Greater Melbourne Tour Colin Mulvogue North of Whittlesea
5/29/2009 Greater Melbourne Tour Colin Mulvogue 3 Birds Overhead
Cranbourne 24/2
50160 3/6/2009 Donvale Birdline 10
51211 3/17/2009 Wilson Reserve, Ivanhoe Birdline 3
40451 3/25/2009 Great South West Walk (Fitzroy to Moleside) Richard
& Margaret Alcorn
40071 3/25/2009 Yarra Trail, Finn's Reserve Pauline and Arthur
Spurgeon
63869 3/25/2009 Yarra Trail, Finn's Reserve Bird Observation &
Conservation Australia
64055 3/25/2009 Yarra Trail, Finn's Reserve Bird Observation &
Conservation Australia
51064 3/26/2009 Bundoora Birdline 6
50887 4/1/2009 Doncaster East Birdline 1
51035 4/3/2009 Ivanhoe Birdline 50
50976 4/6/2009 Royal Park, Parkville Birdline 9
50975 4/7/2009 Hawthorn Birdline 9
40441 4/9/2009 Kinglake West 10' Cell Colin Mulvogue Flying Overhead
at Hazeldene
58002 4/10/2009
50938 4/10/2009 Avalon Airport Birdline 50
40570 4/14/2009 Blackburn Mark Bennett 19 over pine trees
behind Fir St
40590 4/14/2009 Albert Park Lake Paul Dodd & Ruth Woodrow
41574 4/17/2009 Albert Park Lake Birdline 50
50883 4/18/2009 Richmond Birdline 1
50885 4/18/2009 Mount Waverley Birdline 40
40695 4/18/2009 Dandenong Ranges National Park (Doongalla) Richard
& Margaret Alcorn several seen
40715 4/18/2009 Lower Darebin Creek, Alphington and Ivanhoe Lawrie
Conole 3
40703 4/19/2009 Collingwood Children's Farm Steve Davidson 4
41573 4/19/2009 Bendigo 10' Cell Birdline 6
50870 4/20/2009 Richmond Birdline 140
58233 4/20/2009 Banyule Flats Reserve Bird Observation & Conservation
Australia
62974 4/20/2009 Banyule Flats Reserve Bird Observation & Conservation
Australia
40925 4/22/2009 Yarra Trail, Finn's Reserve Pauline and Arthur
Spurgeon
50871 4/22/2009 Mont Albert North Birdline 30
40999 4/25/2009 Banyule Flats Reserve Pauline and Arthur Spurgeon
40980 4/26/2009 Richmond Steve Davidson About 25 birds heading
south-west over Bridge Rd, Richmond toward the Yarra
50839 4/30/2009 Yarra Yarra Golf Course, East Bentleigh Birdline
15
50846 5/1/2009 Richmond Birdline 1
50836 5/2/2009 North Geelong Birdline 15
62743 5/2/2009 Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne Bird
Observation & Conservation Australia
60258 5/3/2009 Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve Bird
Observation & Conservation Australia
50832 5/3/2009 St Kilda East Birdline 9
50794 5/5/2009 Narre Warren Birdline 1
41340 5/5/2009 Albert Park Lake Matthew Roach A flock of
around 100 flying slowly over mid-late afternoon, calling loudly. Some landed
in pine trees in southern part of the park. Were reasonably spread out, and one
gave great views as it flew quite low.
50790 5/7/2009 Albert Park Lake Birdline 30
50791 5/7/2009 Richmond Birdline 1
50750 5/9/2009 St Kilda Birdline 3
50755 5/12/2009 Lower Darebin Creek, Alphington and Ivanhoe
Birdline 15
50759 5/12/2009 Central Creek Grassland Reserve, Reservoir
Birdline 10
50770 5/12/2009 Northcote Birdline 10
50751 5/13/2009 Preston Birdline 6
50752 5/13/2009 CERES, Brunswick Birdline 10
64059 5/13/2009 Mill Park Lakes Bird Observation & Conservation
Australia
41776 5/13/2009 Mill Park Lakes Pauline and Arthur Spurgeon
50668 5/16/2009 Dights Falls Park Birdline 1
50661 5/17/2009 Western Treatment Plant, Werribee Birdline
40
50638 5/19/2009 Altona Birdline 4
41890 5/19/2009 Altona Adam Edmonds One over the Explosives Reserve
50618 5/21/2009 Richmond Birdline 30
50619 5/21/2009 Laverton Creek mouth Birdline 4
41931 5/21/2009 Greater Melbourne Tour Steven Davidson - The Melbourne
Birder
50495 5/24/2009 Malvern Birdline 3
50465 5/27/2009 Braeside Birdline 1
42204 5/31/2009 Blackburn Lake Pauline and Arthur Spurgeon
6/30/2009 Royal Park, Parkville Nicole Spillane & Paul Jacobson
50449 6/2/2009 Blackburn South Birdline 1
50453 6/2/2009 Rosebud West Birdline 100
50322 6/4/2009 Point Cook Coastal Park Birdline 1
49850 6/4/2009 Point Cook Coastal Park Peter Bennet
42723 6/4/2009 Point Cook Coastal Park Colin Mulvogue 70/80 birds in
trees near carpark opposite homestead
50315 6/5/2009 Chesterfield Farm, Scoresby Birdline
3
50311 6/6/2009 Baynton Birdline 30
50296 6/7/2009 Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne Birdline
4
50309 6/7/2009 Watsonia Birdline 1
42923 6/7/2009 Jells Park Peter Shanley
42900 6/8/2009 Blackburn Peter Shanley
50294 6/10/2009 Richmond Birdline 1
50292 6/11/2009 Brunswick Birdline 20
43182 6/11/2009 Belmont Common Wildlife Reserve & Wetlands Adam
Edmonds 3 flew over and landed in tree across the road
50289 6/12/2009 Parkville Birdline 1
50186 6/13/2009 Preston Birdline 6
43245 6/13/2009
6/14/2009 Seaspray Tim Bawden
43214 6/13/2009 Darebin Parklands Luke Sullivan 7 overhead
flying in SE direction
43228 6/14/2009 Royal Park West Nicole Spillane & Paul Jacobson
43442 6/15/2009 Greater Melbourne Tour Steve Davidson
50173 6/17/2009 Western Treatment Plant, Werribee Birdline
1
43416 6/18/2009 Greater Melbourne Tour Colin Mulvogue 7 Birds at
Arthurs Creek Rd Hurstbridge
50156 6/20/2009 Richmond Birdline 6
43513 6/20/2009 Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne Pauline and
Arthur Spurgeon
62378 6/20/2009 Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne Bird
Observation & Conservation Australia
50159 6/21/2009 Hamlyn Heights Birdline 10
50146 6/21/2009 Mont Albert North Birdline 75
43502 6/21/2009 Dandenong Ranges National Park (Sherbrooke Forest)
Paul Dodd & Ruth Woodrow
50143 6/22/2009
62976 6/24/2009 Banyule Flats Reserve Bird Observation & Conservation
Australia
43606 6/24/2009 Banyule Flats Reserve Pauline and Arthur Spurgeon
43607 6/25/2009 Candlebark Park Templestowe Pauline and Arthur
Spurgeon
50132 6/25/2009 Dandenong Birdline 3
49605 6/25/2009 Brighton Birdline 5
43592 6/25/2009 Banyule Flats Reserve John Gray
49607 6/28/2009 Brunswick Birdline 1
49601 6/28/2009 Carlton Birdline 1
49589 6/30/2009 Brunswick Birdline 1
49588 7/1/2009 Brunswick West Birdline 2
7/31/2009 Royal Park, Parkville Nicole Spillane & Paul Jacobson Royal
Park West
7/31/2009 Gilpin Park Nicole Spillane & Paul Jacobson flying west on
serveral mornings and flying east on serveral afternoons, once flock landed in
large gum along Pearson Stree
43912 7/2/2009 Northcote Adam Edmonds Approx 30 flew over St
Georges Rd and settled in a tree over near Merri Creek towards CERES. Late
morning
49582 7/3/2009 Northcote Birdline 20
49576 7/4/2009 Brunswick West Birdline 2
49519 7/6/2009 Mount Waverley Birdline 1
49569 7/6/2009 Brunswick Birdline 7
45805 7/17/2009 Northcote Birdline 12
49480 7/20/2009 Hoppers Crossing Birdline 2
49479 7/21/2009 Frankston Birdline 1
44487 7/22/2009 Yarra Junction 10' Cell Colin Mulvogue 3 Flying over
49475 7/23/2009 Mount Waverley Birdline 30
44615 7/25/2009 Carlton Birdline 25
44782 7/31/2009 Flemington Birdline 15
44783 7/31/2009 McCrae Birdline 35
8/30/2009 Gilpin Park Nicole Spillane & Paul Jacobson flying over
49349 8/2/2009 Carlton Birdline 20
45782 8/3/2009 Cheetham Wetlands, Avalon Birdline
1
46183 8/9/2009 Pascoe Vale South Birdline 12
45064 8/9/2009 Merri Creek Trail, Fitzroy North to Coburg Adam
Edmonds Approx 50 flying over - headed east over Northcote
45067 8/9/2009 Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne Colin Mulvogue
2 Birds Flying Over Head southwards
45852 8/14/2009 Melbourne General Cemetery Birdline
40
46024 8/23/2009 Langwarrin Birdline 4
46307 9/4/2009 Wilson Reserve, Ivanhoe Birdline 1
49312 9/5/2009 Avondale Heights Birdline 22
46368 9/6/2009 Lilydale Lake Colin Mulvogue over south west corner
of park
46379 9/6/2009 Dandenong Ranges National Park (Sherbrooke Forest)
Alan Crawford At least 2
58242 9/23/2009 Yarra Flats Bird Observation & Conservation
Australia
64184 9/23/2009 Yarra Flats Bird Observation & Conservation
Australia
48358 10/3/2009 Wilson Reserve, Ivanhoe John Gray
52643 10/3/2009 Churchill Island Elizabeth Shaw
49257 10/11/2009 Greensborough Peter Bennet
49849 10/18/2009 Point Cook Coastal Park Peter Bennet
50739 10/24/2009 Point Cook Birdline 1
51261 11/1/2009 Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne Colin Mulvogue
5 birds seen and heard all afternoon
51323 11/3/2009 Lysterfield Lake Park Tim Bawden
51316 11/3/2009 Bulleen Park Richard & Margaret Alcorn 2
51400 11/5/2009 Yarra Junction 10' Cell Colin Mulvogue 2
51716 11/10/2009 Greater Melbourne Tour Steven Davidson - The Melbourne
Birder
51779 11/11/2009 Berwick 10' Cell Colin Mulvogue 5 birds flying
towards the south
11/28/2009 Waterford Valley (City of Knox) Peter Booth 28/11, late
morning, 1 pair, low down in young Acacia melanoxylon (Blackwood Wattle),
beside creek, probably foraging for borer larvae, harassed by Mudlarks.
51993 11/16/2009 Scotchmans Creek, Oakleigh Peter Booth 2
flying overhead across Monash Freeway
52066 11/17/2009 Wantirna South Peter Booth 2 in flight to the
north of Lewis Park, heading east
52091 11/17/2009 Taylor's Lake Reserve Tim Mintern
53021 11/18/2009 Port Albert (township and jetty) Elizabeth Shaw
52141 11/18/2009 Greater Melbourne Tour Steven Davidson - The Melbourne
Birder
52142 11/19/2009 Greater Melbourne Tour Steven Davidson - The Melbourne
Birder
52148 11/21/2009 Banyule Flats Reserve Michael Livingston
52303 11/21/2009 Toolangi State Forest - Wirrawilla Rainforest Walk
Elizabeth Shaw
52416 11/25/2009 Yarra Trail, Ivanhoe Golf Course Pauline and
Arthur Spurgeon
52623 11/26/2009 Fitzroy North Peter Bennet
52520 11/28/2009 Colac 10' Cell Peter Bennet
52604 11/29/2009 Oswin Roberts Reserve, Phillip Island Alan Crawford
53042 11/29/2009
12/6/2009 Wye River Lawrie Conole
52595 11/29/2009 Oswin Roberts Reserve, Phillip Island Elizabeth Shaw
52660 12/1/2009 Banyule Flats Reserve Adam Edmonds
55890 12/1/2009
12/31/2009 Gilpin Park Nicole Spillane & Paul Jacobson Small flock
flew through park around 7am
53121 12/3/2009 Berwick 10' Cell Gavin Goodyear 4 at
Beaconsfield
52871 12/5/2009 Banyule Flats Reserve Michael Livingston
52870 12/5/2009 Banyule Flats Reserve Ian L. heard in the distance
52937 12/6/2009 Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne Colin Mulvogue
3
53049 12/8/2009 Sandy Point Bruce Wedderburn 6 birds
tely 12 - only noticed these in the neighbourhood over the last month.
53152 12/12/2009 Jells Park Peter Booth heard in Acacia
mearnsii (Black Wattle)
53724 12/21/2009 Dandenong Ranges National Park (Sherbrooke Forest)
Bruce Wedderburn 4 birds
53827 12/22/2009 Wilson Reserve, Ivanhoe Peter Bennet
1/31/2010 Fairfield/Alphington 1' Cell Ian L. 8 roosted in a tree at
Fairfield Primary School one evening. Reasonably frequent visitor.
12/31/2010 Wilson Reserve, Ivanhoe Peter Thomson
54552 1/4/2010 Greater Melbourne Tour Steven Davidson - The Melbourne
Birder
54605 1/6/2010 Point Cook Coastal Park Peter Bennet
55244 1/16/2010 Dandenong Ranges National Park (Sherbrooke Forest)
John Watson
55260 1/16/2010 Wilson Reserve, Ivanhoe Adam Edmonds Heard
55223 1/16/2010 Greater Melbourne Tour Steven Davidson - The Melbourne
Birder
55303 1/17/2010 Merri Creek, Quarries Park, Clifton Hill Pauline
and Arthur Spurgeon
55706 1/20/2010 Blackwood 10' Cell Pauline and Arthur Spurgeon
55406 1/20/2010 Dandenong Ranges National Park (Sherbrooke Forest)
Bruce Wedderburn
55458 1/21/2010 Dandenong Ranges National Park (Sherbrooke Forest)
Colin Mulvogue 3
1/24/2010 Heyfield 10' Cell Colin Mulvogue 3 Glenmaggie
55725 1/25/2010 Banyule Flats Reserve Adam Edmonds
56865 2/20/2010 Wilson Wetlands, Wantirna Peter Booth 1
perched low down in tree, unworried by copious numbers of cyclists, walkers,
joggers on the trail
557213 2/26/2010 Blackburn Lake Richard & Margaret Alcorn
2
63609 2/27/2010 Jells Park Bird Observation & Conservation
Australia
57340 2/27/2010 Jells Park Pauline and Arthur Spurgeon
57606 3/5/2010 Banyule Flats Reserve Wulan Dirgantoro & Dirk Tomsa
1 flying overhead 1
3/27/2010 Jells Park Peter Booth
58043 3/14/2010 Dandenong Ranges National Park (Sherbrooke Forest)
Wulan Dirgantoro & Dirk Tomsa
58623 3/17/2010 Eastern Freeway at Middleborough Road Richard &
Margaret Alcorn
58673 3/25/2010 Frankston 10' Cell Colin Mulvogue In pines near
recycled water tank 22
3/28/2010 Albert Park Lake Paul Dodd & Ruth Woodrow
58836 3/29/2010 Yarra Junction 10' Cell Colin Mulvogue Yarra Junction
near Railway Museum 7
59004 4/3/2010 Banyule Flats Reserve Wulan Dirgantoro & Dirk Tomsa
flock of more than 50 flying over
59874 4/13/2010 Bourke Road Bridge over Yarra Bill Stent
60102 4/14/2010 Eastern Freeway at Middleborough Road Richard &
Margaret Alcorn
60037 4/15/2010 Greater Melbourne Tour Colin Mulvogue Ballan 4
60076 4/15/2010 Emerald Lake Park Peter Booth 2
60077 4/15/2010 Mount Evelyn Peter Booth 1
4/24/2010 Greenhills, Mount Taylor Ken Norris
5/31/2010 Fairfield/Alphington 1' Cell Ian L. One heard then seen
flying over some time later 1
67825 5/5/2010 Bentleigh East James Bailey
67593 5/16/2010 Merri Creek (Hall Res-Quarries Pk) Clifton Hill Friends
of Merri Creek
61365 5/16/2010 Dandenong Ranges National Park (Sherbrooke Forest)
Peter Bennet
61818 5/26/2010 Burnley Gardens Lawrie Conole
61848 5/27/2010 Bentleigh East Tim Bawden
65761 5/30/2010 46 Frater Street Kew East Bill Stent
6/5/2010 Kent Park, Ferntree Gully. Peter Booth
62521 6/6/2010 Blackburn Lake Gavin and Mal
63090 6/13/2010 Royal Park West Nicole Spillane & Paul Jacobson Skink
habitat
67830 6/24/2010 Bentleigh East James Bailey
7/24/2010 Bayswater Peter Booth mid morning 22/7 cnr Dorset and
Canterbury Roads 1
65454 7/25/2010 Alphington Wetlands Wulan Dirgantoro & Dirk Tomsa
flying over 2
7/30/2010 St Leonards College Tom Humphreys
65812 7/28/2010 Eastern Freeway at Middleborough Road Richard &
Margaret Alcorn
65832 8/3/2010 Newport Lakes Park Steve Davidson Feeding in
pines along northern end of Paveys Park 12
8/15/2010 Greenhills, Mount Taylor Ken Norris
8/19/2010 Foster 10' Cell Peter Booth
66420 8/18/2010 Spavin Drive Lake Roger McGlashan
66587 8/22/2010 Newport Lakes Park Steve Davidson seen late
afternoon when I went back to look for Powerful Owl 3
66583 8/22/2010 Point Cook Coastal Park Gavin and Mal
66723 8/23/2010 The Lakes National Park Peter Booth
/29/2010 Royal Park, Parkville Nicole Spillane & Paul Jacobson Near
Australian Garden
66716 8/24/2010 Banyule Flats Reserve Pauline and Arthur Spurgeon
66775 8/28/2010 Dandenong Ranges National Park John Gray
66872 8/28/2010 Plenty Gorge Park (Yellow Gum Park) Pauline and
Arthur Spurgeon
667029 9/2/2010 Greater Melbourne Tour Steven Davidson - The
Melbourne Birder Bunyip Sp 8
67232 9/6/2010 Royal Park, Parkville Nicole Spillane & Paul Jacobson
7 Feeding in wattles along Macarther Road
9/19/2010 Greenhills, Mount Taylor Ken Norris
67948 9/16/2010 Greater Melbourne Tour Colin Mulvogue Frankston
7
67680 9/16/2010 Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne Rohan Long Heard
call from a distance. Saw single individual flying over gardens and then away
towards the south.
67699 9/16/2010 Mill Park Birdline
67941 9/19/2010 Koomba Park, Wantirna Alan Crawford Flew S into
park 17.30 17
68356 9/24/2010 Plenty Gorge Park (Collandina Crt area) Peter Bennet
6
9/26/2010 Victoria Steven Davidson - The Melbourne Birder Mt Ida
5
10/3/2010 Greenhills, Mount Taylor Ken Norris
10/31/2010 Fairfield/Alphington 1' Cell Ian L.
10/4/2010 Panyyabyr Roger McGlashan
10/9/2010 Greenhills, Mount Taylor Ken Norris
69073 10/6/2010 Greater Melbourne Tour Steve Davidson Flinders
1
69317 10/11/2010 Greater Melbourne Tour Steven Davidson - The Melbourne
Birder
69410 10/14/2010 Greater Melbourne Tour Steven Davidson - The Melbourne
Birder
10/18/2010 Greater Melbourne Tour Steven Davidson - The Melbourne Birder
10/19/2010 Greater Melbourne Tour James Bailey
69754 10/21/2010 Greater Melbourne Tour Steven Davidson - The Melbourne
Birder
10/31/2010 Greenhills, Mount Taylor Ken Norris
70175 10/27/2010 Bentleigh East James Bailey Flying towards coast.
Unusual for this area. 20
11/6/2010 Greenhills, Mount Taylor Ken Norris
71063 11/3/2010 Yarra Junction 10' Cell Colin Mulvogue
71064 11/4/2010 Greater Melbourne Tour Colin Mulvogue
70687 11/4/2010 Yarra Junction Peter Booth 1
71097 11/5/2010 South Yarra Birdline
11/27/2010 Chesterfield Farm, Scoresby Peter Booth overhead, 27/11
am 6
11/26/2010 Jells Park Peter Booth with young, south end of park
in Black Wattles by creek
11/7/2010 Upper Yarra Reservoir Park William Paul
11/8/2010 Panyyabyr Roger McGlashan
11/14/2010 Greenhills, Mount Taylor Ken Norris
71750 11/9/2010 Koomba Park, Wantirna Bird Observation & Conservation
Australia
70965 11/9/2010 Eastern Freeway at Middleborough Road Richard &
Margaret Alcorn
71266 11/13/2010 Berwick 10' Cell Paul Dodd & Ruth Woodrow
73345 11/14/2010 Merri Creek (Kirkdale St Park - Merri Park) Friends
of Merri Creek
71292 11/15/2010 Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne Wayne
Butterworth
71523 11/18/2010 Bentleigh East Tim Bawden 3
11/21/2010 Heathmont William Paul
71734 11/18/2010 Mount Waverley Peter Booth
71665 11/20/2010 Royal Park, Parkville Adam Edmonds Flew over
wetland 2
11/26/2010 Amphitheatre 10' Cell (37 10S 143 20E) Dan Weller
72273 11/28/2010 Blackburn Lake Richard & Margaret Alcorn
1
72347 11/30/2010 Edithvale Seaford Wetlands (Edithvale) Bird
Observation & Conservation Australia
72348 11/30/2010 Edithvale Seaford Wetlands (Edithvale) Pauline and
Arthur Spurgeon
12/31/2010 Fairfield/Alphington 1' Cell Ian L. Saw one fly past but
there may have been a few more with it. 1
72475 12/3/2010 Lake Guy Walking Track Richard & Margaret Alcorn
2
72454 12/3/2010 West Footscray Birdline
72416 12/5/2010 Quinn Street, Frankston North James Bailey In
trees outside house no. 27. 3
12/19/2010 Greenhills, Mount Taylor Ken Norris
73507 12/21/2010 Greater Melbourne Tour Colin Mulvogue Blairgowie
2
73595 12/22/2010 Blackburn Lake Peter Shanley
73593 12/22/2010 Bonnyvale Wetlands, Ocean Grove Chris Pitfield
2
73594 12/22/2010 Collendina Wetlands Chris Pitfield
73660 12/23/2010 Greater Melbourne Tour Steven Davidson - The Melbourne
Birder
1/2/2011 Greenhills, Mount Taylor Ken Norris
74102 12/29/2010 Greater Melbourne Tour Steven Davidson - The Melbourne
Birder
74107 12/29/2010 Yarra Ranges National Park (McMahons Creek) Peter
Shanley
76769 12/30/2010 Blackburn Lake Pauline and Arthur Spurgeon
1/26/2011 Waterford Valley (City of Knox) Peter Booth 11/1, pm. pair
did a wheeling descent to top of a Pinus radiata (Monterey Pine) on Ferntree
Gully Road almost opposite Scoresby Road 2
1/23/2011 Greenhills, Mount Taylor Ken Norris
1/29/2011 Greenhills, Mount Taylor Ken Norris
76023 1/26/2011 Cottles Bridge - Watts Lane Damian Kelly
76134 1/28/2011 Greater Melbourne Tour Steven Davidson - The Melbourne
Birder
76327 1/31/2011 Greater Melbourne Tour Steven Davidson - The Melbourne
Birder
78704 3/7/2011 Narr Maen Wetlands Reserve (Jumping Creek) Croydon
Caroline MacDonald Flying overhead
78819 3/9/2011 Bentleigh East James Bailey
79782 3/27/2011 Cheltenham Park Birdline
79974 3/29/2011 Dandenong Ranges National Park (Sherbrooke Forest)
Birdline
80843 4/17/2011 Banyule Flats Reserve John Gray 2
80808 4/17/2011 The 100 Acres Reserve, Park Orchards Richard &
Margaret Alcorn 64
81138 4/21/2011 Malvern Tim Bawden Appeared to be examing a phone
tower for nesting.... good luck with that 2
81247 4/22/2011 Banyule Flats Reserve Wulan Dirgantoro & Dirk Tomsa
flying over 3
81317 4/24/2011 Bend of Islands Robyn Duff 1
81863 4/26/2011 Heathmont William Paul Feeding in nearby pines
11
81852 4/26/2011 Banyule Flats Reserve Bill Stent
81844 4/30/2011 Banyule Flats Reserve Adam Edmonds Heard
82160 5/6/2011 Deep Creek Drive, East Doncaster Sonja Ross
The first for a while. 2
83836 5/21/2011 Blackburn Lake Sonja Ross
83912 5/21/2011 Blackburn Lake Bird Observation & Conservation
Australia
84110 5/25/2011 Fitzroy North Birdline 26
84273 5/29/2011 Heidelberg 10' Cell Birdline 50
84304 5/29/2011 Richmond Birdline 150
84328 5/29/2011 Parkside St, Blackburn Peter Shanley Uncommon
visitor. Actually perched for 10-15minutes in 'lemon scented gum', one with
take-away pine cone, until appearing to be seen off by noisy miners. 6
84278 5/29/2011 Point Cook Coastal Park Peter Bennet 2
84426 5/31/2011 Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne Rohan Long Sighted
a flock of Black Cockatoos, not exactly in Fitzroy Gardens but in trees either
side of Wellington Parade Sth. 5 were roosting in a large gum on the eastern
side of the road, 3 were in a conifer on the west side. I could hear them
calling from the south-eastern corner of Fitzroy Gardens. 8
84467 6/1/2011 Caulfield Park David Fleming Landed in tree, hung
around for half an hour or so. 6
84549 6/2/2011 Rosella Road, Clarendon 1' Cell Chris Lindorff Heard
as they passed overhead.
85455 6/18/2011 Elsternwick Park, Brighton Debbie Lustig
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