Just back from a ramble through one of Melbourne's best kept secrets -
Woodlands Historic Park next to Melbourne Airport. At times sunny and
mild; at other times showers and cool. Two hours wandering the Grey
Box, Yellow Box, Red Box and River Red Gum open woodlands were quite
productive. List follows below.
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WOODLANDS HISTORIC PARK, TULLAMARINE, VICTORIA.
28/08/2000
Lawrie Conole
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Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus
Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
Brown Falcon Falco berigora
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Spotted Turtle-Dove Streptopelia chinensis
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
Purple-crowned Lorikeet Glossopsitta porphyrocephala
Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
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
White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus
Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris
White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii
Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea
Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera
Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
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 Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
Common Blackbird Turdus merula
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula
Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
Common Eastern Froglet Crinia signifera
53 species
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