My partner Fiona and I spent the weekend at Chiltern Box-Ironbrk
NationalPark in north-east Victoria, with Tony Russell and Bill (insert
surname) from Adelaide.
On Saturday I came across the Regent Honeyeater's constant companion,
local birder Eileen Collins, on Greenhill Road in the forest. I had
seen Regents at this spot a couple of winters ago, and she was searching
the park. She told me that the group of 40 which had been frequenting
the area near Frog's Hollow had broken up during the very cold weather
on Thursday, and she could only find 6 there now. She hadn't been
successful at that stage in locating the other 34. When we went to the
Frog's Hollow area at about 3:45, we found no Regents there, but at
about 8:00AM the next day there were 4 birds there in the roadside Mugga
Ironbarks. One bird was colour banded (left - green over metal; right -
green over yellow).
The Mugga Ironbark is coming to the end of flowering and although a box
species (White Box?) is getting under way, there is very little blossom
in the park. Some honeyeaters and most lorikeets were generally scarce
throughout.
The other point of interest was at the end of Klotz Track where we saw a
couple of Yellow Rosellas 9ie. 'yellow' Crimson Rosellas) feeding on
GoldenWattle flowers, and not far away some 'crimson' Crimson Rosellas.
Don't think I've seen them so close together before!
Attached are BirdInfo survey forms for 4 locations in the forest
(lat/long in DMS from GPS; you'll need to set font to Courier 10 to get
the columns to line up properly).
Cheers, Lawrie
Lawrie Conole
58 Holden Street, Fitzroy North 3068
Victoria, Australia
37°46'57"S 144°58'45"E
Tel +61 3 9486 4575
http://www.users.bigpond.com/ocoineoil/
Surveys: 12/07/1998
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Fref: BART1 Obs: LEC Dates: 12/07/1998 - / / Site: BART
Survey: Time: Area:
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Country: 36.030 Locality: Bartley's Paddock, Chiltern NP, Victoria
Habitat: Box ironbark C1/2:CH /11
Lat: 36 7 45 S Long: 146 36 29 E A Accuracy: 10 Altitude: 300 M LR:
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CODE--- Count Age S St Br T R Species
8490.0 S Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
8533.0 S Red Wattlebird
8526.0 S Noisy Miner
8503.0 S Blue-faced Honeyeater
8500.0 S Black-chinned Honeyeater
8253.0 S Australian Raven
8277.0 S Australian Magpie
8431.0 S Crested Shrike-tit
8444.0 S Grey Shrike-thrush
8317.0 S Superb Fairy-wren
8486.0 S White-plumed Honeyeater
8480.0 S Fuscous Honeyeater
8486.0 S White-plumed Honeyeater
8544.0 S Spotted Pardalote
8181.0 S Crimson Rosella
8426.0 S Eastern Yellow Robin
8184.0 S Eastern Rosella
8404.0 S Willie Wagtail
8045.0 S Australian Wood Duck
8367.0 S Weebill
8287.0 S White-winged Chough
8523.0 S Eastern Spinebill
8042.0 S Australian Shelduck
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Fref: FROGH1 Obs: LEC Dates: 11/07/1998 - 12/07/1998 Site: FROGH
Survey: Time: Area:
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Country: 36.030 Locality: Frog's Hollow, Chiltern B-I NP, Victoria
Habitat: Box ironbark C1/2:CH /11
Lat: 36 8 50 S Long: 146 38 18 E A Accuracy: 10 Altitude: 300 M LR:
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CODE--- Count Age S St Br T R Species
8486.0 S White-plumed Honeyeater
8533.0 S Red Wattlebird
8490.0 S Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
8404.0 S Willie Wagtail
8286.0 S Magpie-lark
8181.0 S Crimson Rosella
8317.0 S Superb Fairy-wren
8497.0 S White-naped Honeyeater
8526.0 S Noisy Miner
8253.0 S Australian Raven
8188.0 S Red-rumped Parrot
8500.0 S Black-chinned Honeyeater
8522.0 4 S Regent Honeyeater
4 birds (Eileen Collins reported 6 the
previous
day). In roadside Mugga Ironbarks
between
Frog's Hollow and the Hume Fwy roadside
stop.
One colour banded bird: left - green
over
metal, right - green over yellow.
8045.0 S Australian Wood Duck
8203.0 3 S Turquoise Parrot
8480.0 S Fuscous Honeyeater
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Fref: GHR1 Obs: LEC Dates: 11/07/1998 - / / Site: GHR
Survey: Time: Area:
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Country: 36.030 Locality: Greenhill Rd., Chiltern Box-Ironbark NP,
Victoria
Habitat: Box ironbark C1/2:CH /11
Lat: 36 7 18 S Long: 146 37 29 E A Accuracy: 10 Altitude: 300 M LR:
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CODE--- Count Age S St Br T R Species
8490.0 S Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
8544.0 S Spotted Pardalote
8302.0 S White-throated Treecreeper
8459.0 S White-browed Babbler
8444.0 S Grey Shrike-thrush
8426.0 S Eastern Yellow Robin
8152.0 S Little Lorikeet
8248.0 S Tree Martin
8496.0 S Brown-headed Honeyeater
8299.0 S Brown Treecreeper
8500.0 S Black-chinned Honeyeater
8287.0 S White-winged Chough
8431.0 S Crested Shrike-tit
8448.1 S Bassian Thrush
21027.0 S Yellow-footed Antechinus
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Fref: KLOTZ1 Obs: LEC Dates: 12/07/1998 - / / Site: KLOTZ
Survey: Time: Area:
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Country: 36.030 Locality: Klotz Track, Chiltern B-I NP, Victoria
Habitat: Box ironbark C1/2:CH /11
Lat: 36 6 45 S Long: 146 38 13 E A Accuracy: 10 Altitude: 300 M LR:
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CODE--- Count Age S St Br T R Species
8555.0 S Diamond Firetail
8523.0 S Eastern Spinebill
8402.0 S Restless Flycatcher
8496.0 S Brown-headed Honeyeater
8500.0 S Black-chinned Honeyeater
8490.0 S Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
8480.0 S Fuscous Honeyeater
8526.0 S Noisy Miner
8431.0 S Crested Shrike-tit
8444.0 S Grey Shrike-thrush
8406.0 S Grey Fantail
8404.0 S Willie Wagtail
8409.0 S Jacky Winter
8413.0 S Scarlet Robin
8367.0 S Weebill
8359.0 S Brown Thornbill
8366.0 S Striated Thornbill
8459.0 S White-browed Babbler
8302.0 S White-throated Treecreeper
8299.0 S Brown Treecreeper
8305.0 S White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
8182.0 S Yellow Rosella
8184.0 S Eastern Rosella
8160.0 S Galah
8426.0 S Eastern Yellow Robin
8415.0 S Flame Robin
8253.0 S Australian Raven
8287.0 S White-winged Chough
8277.0 S Australian Magpie
8544.0 S Spotted Pardalote
8488.0 S White-eared Honeyeater
8248.0 S Tree Martin
8181.0 S Crimson Rosella
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