Just back from a week surveying birds on the Ovens River Floodplain -
the area near Lake Mulwala and adjacent to the Murray Valley Highway
about half-way between Rutherglen and Yarrawonga in North-East
Victoria. This is my third trip there in 1999, and there were a few
records of interest (to me at least). I was accompanied on this trip by
Amber Parkinson and Phil Maher (Jr.).
* Rufous Fantail - One reported by Phil Maher Jr. in riparian woodland.
The Ovens River would certainly be a corridor for migrants, but this one
is either very early or forgot to leave.
* Australasian Bittern - One calling in daylight (about 10:00am) from
reed beds on a backwater of the Ovens.
* Azure Kingfisher - One seen on the Ovens by Phil Maher Jr. (from a
boat). Although they do winter here, it's the first I've heard of this
winter.
* Western Gerygone - Many calling in the forest area. There were none
at Barmah or Gunbower recently, which is customary as they move out of
these River Red Gum forests over winter. There were none at Ovens in
May either. I'm still curious about where they might go, and how the
return is staged in different areas.
* Noisy Friarbird - Largely absent from the River Red Gum floodplain
forests in winter - one bird heard in the Ovens forest.
* Flame & Scarlet Robins - Flame Robins still present on farmland next
to the forest, and in a wetland inside the forest. I recorded my first
Scarlet Robins for this forest too.
* Interestingly, no cuckoos of any kind were recorded (contrast with
Gunbower & other areas of 2 weeks ago).
Full list below the .sig block.
L.
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BIRD LIST - LOWER OVENS REGIONAL PARK, NE VICTORIA.
19-23/7/1999.
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Black Swan Cygnus atratus
Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
Grey Teal Anas gracilis
Darter Anhinga melanogaster
Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus
Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster
Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
Brown Falcon Falco berigora
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
Peaceful Dove Geopelia striata
Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
Crimson (Yellow) Rosella Platycercus elegans flaveolus
Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
Southern Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae
Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus
Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus
Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
Western Gerygone Gerygone fusca
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana
Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus
Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis
Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris
White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
Scarlet Robin Petroica multicolor
Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea
Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera
Crested Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus
Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta
Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons
Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis
Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos
Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
Common Blackbird Turdus merula
74 species
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