Hi birders
I spent today birding at the You Yangs and Werribee sewage farm west of
Melbourne; doing recce for the Twitchathon, and showing UK birder Stan
Davis around. We had a pretty nice time of it, in fairly noxious
weather. Here's the list:
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SUNDAY, 15/10/2000, YOU YANGS & WERRIBEE
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1 Musk Duck Biziura lobata
1 Black Swan Cygnus atratus
1 Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
1 Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
1 Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis
1 Grey Teal Anas gracilis
1 Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
1 Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
1 Hardhead Aythya australis
1 Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
1 Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
1 Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
1 Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
1 Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
1 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
1 Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
1 White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
1 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
1 Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
2 Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
1 Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
1 Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
3 Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
2 Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus
1 Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
2 Brown Falcon Falco berigora
1 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
1 Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
1 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
1 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
1 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
1 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
1 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
1 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
1 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
1 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
1 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
1 Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
1 Pacific Gull Larus pacificus
1 Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae
1 Crested Tern Sterna bergii
1 Fairy Tern Sterna nereis
1 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus
1 Spotted Turtle-Dove Streptopelia chinensis
1 Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
1 Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
1 Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
2 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
1 Purple-crowned Lorikeet Glossopsitta porphyrocephala
1 Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
1 Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
1 Pallid Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus
2 Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
1 Black-eared Cuckoo Chrysococcyx osculans
2 Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis
1 Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
1 Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
1 White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus
3 Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
2 Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
2 Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
1 Striated Fieldwren Calamanthus fuliginosus
1 Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
3 Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
1 Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana
1 Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
2 Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
2 Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops
2 White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus
1 Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis
1 Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris
2 New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
1 Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
1 White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons
1 Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
1 Scarlet Robin Petroica multicolor
1 Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
1 Crested Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus
2 Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
2 Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
2 Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
2 Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
2 Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
2 Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
1 White-winged Triller Lalage sueurii
2 Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
1 Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
3 Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
1 Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
3 Little Raven Corvus mellori
2 White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos
1 Skylark Alauda arvensis
1 Richard's Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
1 House Sparrow Passer domesticus
2 Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
1 Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata
1 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
1 Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
3 Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
2 Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
1 Fairy Martin Hirundo ariel
1 Clamorous Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
1 Little Grassbird Megalurus gramineus
1 Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
2 Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
2 Common Blackbird Turdus merula
2 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
1 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
108 species
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