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Heathcote in January |
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Brian Fleming <> |
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Fri, 08 Jan 1999 17:04:33 +1100 |
Trip report Thurs 7th January 1999 - day trip to Heathcote area from
Melbourne - departed 7.45am (summer time)in pouring rain, very welcome
after past hot days. Forecast for northern Vic. was for maxima of 34 or
36 C, so did not take raincoats (more fool we). Rain still falling
throughout the whole day, so we got wet, but conditions otherwise
pleasant. Yellow Gums were in flower in many places. Only serious
disadvantages - rain on binocs and poor light made bird identification
tricky at times.
Many more birds were heard than seen.
Locations - C-Costerfield Jim Tk-Jim Track Tatts-Tattersalls
Track
GF-Good Friday Diggings HF-Holts Flat BC-Black Cat
Ck/Boundary Rd
Masked Lapwing C White-browed
Babblers Common Bronzewing
C,Tatts,BC Superb Blue Wrens
Crested Pigeon Argyle Buff-rumped Thornbills
Galahs Yellow-rumped Thornbills
Sulphur-crested Cockatoos -paddocks Speckled Warblers Jim Tk
Purplecrowned Lorikeets (heard) Tatts Weebills
Eastern Rosella Tatts White-throated Treecreeper
(heard) Crimson Rosellas Brown
Treecreeper Laughing Kookaburra
Tatts Yellow-tufted Honeyeater - feeding flying
Sacred Kingfisher(heard) Tatts young
Tree Martins GF, HF Fuscous Honeyeater -feeding
flying young
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike White-plumed Honeyeater
(heard) BC
White-bellied Cuckoo-Shrike HF White-naped Honeyeater Tatts
Blackbird (heard) BC Striated Pardalote
Yellow Robin Tatts Redbrowed Finch - at nest,
Tatts
Jacky Winter HF House Sparrows C
Rufous Whistlers European Starling - paddocks
Grey Shrike-Thrush White-winged Choughs
Crested Bellbird(heard) GF,BC Magpie-lark - paddocks
Restless Flycatcher BC,Mackenzie Tk Dusky Wood-Swallow - feeding
flying young
Grey Fantail HF Magpie
Little Raven -Highway, paddocks Grey Currawong
As usual, Eastern Grey Kangaroos and Swamp Wallabies were numerous
and visible. We wonder why Wallabies in particular like to sit on the
gravel road - sometimes they are enjoying a drink from a puddle, but on
this occasion they seemed to choose positions under a tree where the
ground was still dry. Do they prefer a dry spot to sit on?
Anthea and Brian Fleming
Willie Wagtails - many flying
juveniles
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