Birdline Victoria Update

[S Cooney <>]

Following are highlights from Birdline Victoria over the past week:

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November - A Common Koel seen in the carpark of the Yarra Bend Public
Golf Course (Melways reference 2D, 7G)

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25
November - Painted Snipe at the Eastern Treatment Plant in Carrum, entry
is restricted, however access may be arranged contact Mike Carter on 9787
7136 for details

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2
December - No Painted Snipes were seen at the Carrum Sewage Works,
however a White-winged Black Tern was seen there

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2
December - Approximately 600 Banded Stilts, without chest bands at Lake
Linlithgow, 15 km east of Hamilton

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29
November - A Painted Button Quail was seen on the Macfalene Walk, across
the Yarra River from the Koel car park

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November - A Brush Cuckoo was heard at Mortimer Picnic Ground, Bunyip
State Park in Gembrook

Birdline Victoria is a service for birdwatchers to report and find
out about rare and unusual birds in Victoria.  Birdline can be
contacted on (03) 9882 2390 or on the Internet at
http://home.iprimus.com.au/scooney/index.htm

Regards,

Stuart