A couple of times over the last week, I've visited Woodlands Historic
Park next to Tullamarine Airport, Melbourne. The park features the
historic Woodlands homestead, but also has a large fenced nature reserve
with remnants of Red Box, Grey Box and River Red Gum woodland towards
the Gellibrand Hill end of the park. This area has a predator-proof
fence and an active 'fox-off' program, where NRE have been releasing
Eastern Barred Bandicoots to establish a free-ranging population. The
woodland remnants offer some reasonable birding as well, with birds such
as Red-capped Robin and Weebill more typical of drier inland areas
occurring quite close to the Melbourne GPO. I've attached the list of
birds from the last week, and can recommend it as a place to go for a
short day trip.
Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus
Brown Falcon Falco berigora
Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana
Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus
Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris
White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii
Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea
Rose Robin Petroica rosea
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
Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Little Raven Corvus mellori
Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
Common Blackbird Turdus merula
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
45 species
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