Birdline Victoria Update - 28/1/01

[Stuart Cooney <>]

A very quiet week this week in terms of sightings, I guess you were all
rushing off to see the House Crow at Phillip Island.

No new sightings to report this week despite a new record of nearly 100
hits to the website this week!  Remember to report those birds when
you come to see what's new.  

Highlights of the last couple of weeks include:

20 January
A Red-chested Button-quail, seen at Gunbower Island, thanks Chris
Coleborn
19 January
A Wood Sandpiper, not seen since 1987 by this observer, was seen at
Seaford Swamp, among a flock of 200 Sharp-tailed Sandpipers, thanks Sean
Dooley
19 January
A female White-winged Triller was seen feeding a juvenile at Langwarrin
Flora and Fauna Reserve, confirming breeding of this bird reported in
November on Birdline, thanks Sean Dooley
19 January
A female Painted Button-Quail at Langwarrin Flora and Fauna Reserve, the
first seen by the observer for 22 years! It was seen at the junction of
Centre Break and Reservoir Rd, thanks Sean Dooley
17 January
A House Crow was seen at Cowrie Beach (about 400 m before the Nobbies) on
Phillip Island, where it probably jumped ship from a container liner,
thanks Mike Carter
13 January
Only the second record, if confirmed of a Pectoral Sandpiper from the
Bendigo region at the Bendigo Mining Evaporation Ponds on the road to
Dingee and Mitiamo at Woodvale, 20 km's north of Bendigo, thanks Chris
Tzaros
12 January
A Lesser Yellowlegs (adult, non-breeding), has been reported from the
Werribee Sewage Plant, the bird was seen in the T-Section Lagoons area,
at the western end of the westernmost lagoon, associating with a small
flock of Marsh Sandpipers, thanks Hugo Phillipps
11 January
3 Australian Pratincoles at the Swan Hill Sewage Farm, thanks Chris
Coleborn

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

Stay tuned for an exciting development on Birdline in the
next couple of days!

Regards,

Stuart