G'day All
I returned to-day after three days camping at Wandown Reserve (Mallee
Reserve in North West Victoria). The weather is warming up, but there has
been recent good rain and the bush looked good - a lot of plants flowering -
quite a few wildflowers. The birding was excellent, and though the eruption
south of the special inland birds is beginning to recede, they are still
there in small numbers - even continuing to breed. There were about 70
species seen, the highlights were the Pied and Black Honeyeaters, (both with
young fledgings), Crimson Chats (several nests with eggs in them), a
Malleefowl regularly working its mound, White-fronted Chats and the special
birds of the Mallee such as the Chestnut Quail-thrush, Mulga Parrot, Regent
Parrot, Buderigar, Ringneck, Splendid Fairy-wren and Variegated Fairy-wren.
The total list is below.
Regards,
Chris Coleborn.
Emu
Malleefowl
Collared Sparrowhawk
Litle Eagle
Brown Falcon
Nankeen Kestrel
Galah
Cockatiel
Regent Parrot
Australian Ringneck
Blue Bonnet
Mulga Parrot
Budgerigar
Pallid Cuckoo
Southern Boobook
Spotted Nightjar
Australian Owlet-nightjar
Sacred Kingfisher
Rainbow Bee-eater
Splendid Fairy-wren
Variegated Fairy-wren
Spotted Pardalote
Striated Pardalote
Inland Thornbill
Chestnut-rumped Thornbill
Buff-rumped Thornbill
Yellow-rumpted Thornbill
Southern Whiteface
Red Wattlebird
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Striped Honeyeater
Yellow-throated Miner
White-eared Honeyeater
Yellow-plumed Honeyeater
Brown-headed Honeyeater
White-fronted Honeyeater
Tawny-crowned Honeyeater
Black Honeyeater (c20)
Pied Honeyeater (c6)
Crimson Chat (c20)
White-fronted Chat
Jacky Winter
Red-capped Robin
Hooded Robin
White-browed Babbler
Chestnut Quail-thrush
Crested Bellbird
Rufous Whistler
Gilbert's Whistler
Grey Shrike-thrush
Restless Flycatcher
Magpie-lark
Willie Wagtail
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Masked Woodswallow
White-browed Woodswallow
Dusky Woodswallow
Grey Butcherbird
Pied Butcherbird
Australian Magpie
Grey Currawong
Australian Raven
Little Raven
White-winged Chough
Welcome Swallow
Tree Martin
Rufous Songlark
Brown Songlark
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