This seemed to bounce the other day, but is another Melbourne Metro bird
list.
SC
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 17:11:11
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To: Birding Aus
From: S Cooney <>
Subject: A trip to Braeside Wetlands, Melbourne
Hi all and happy new year,
On the faint possibility of seeing a Freckled Duck, I went to Braeside
Wetlands in the Southern suburbs of Melbourne on Friday. I didn?t
see the Freck (a definite target for this year), but had a nice, if
somewhat muggy wander around the wetland. 1 and possibly 2 new
species for me at this site were the Pink-eared ducks and the at least
twenty hardhead, including young. There was too much water for
migratory waders; almost nothing in the way of mud-banks.
A list of the 53 species follows,
Regards,
Stuart
Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta
jubata
Black Swan Cygnus
atratus
Magpie Goose Anserana
semipalmata
Hardhead Aythya
australis
Pacific Black Duck Anas
superciliosa
Australasian Shoveller Anas
platyrhynchotis
Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
Grey Teal anas
gracillis
Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
Hoary-headed
Grebe Poliocephalus
poliocephalus
Australasian
Grebe Tachybaptus
novaehollandiae
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax
sulcirostris
Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax
melanoleucos
Australian
Pelican Pelecanus
conspicillatus
White-faced
Heron Ardea
novaehollandiae
Great Egret Ardea alba
Straw-necked
Ibis Threskiornis
spinicollis
Australian White Ibis Threskiornis
molucca
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
Brown Falcon Falco berigora
Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
Black-winged
Stilt Himantopus
himantopus
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Silver Gull Larus
novaehollandiae
Spotted
Turtledove Streptopelia
chinensis
Feral Pigeon Columba livia
Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
Eastern Rosella Platycercus exemius
Sulphur-crested
Cockatoo Cacatua
galerita
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo
novaeguineae
Superb
Fairy-wren Malurus
cyaneus
Little
Wattlebird Anthochaera
chrysoptera
Noisy Miner Manorina
melanocephala
White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus
penecilatus
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
Grey
Butcherbird cracticus
torquatus
Magpielark Grallinula
cyanoleuca
Australian
Magpie Gymnorhyna
tibicen
Little Raven Corvus mellori
Skylark Alauda arvensis
House Sparrow Passer domseticus
European
Goldfinch Carduelis
carduelis
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Clamorous Reed-warbler Acrocephalus
stentoreus
Little
Grassbird Megalurus
gramineus
Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
Common
Blackbird Turdus
merula
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Common Myna Acridotheres
tristis
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