Birdline Victoria Update - 6/5/01

[Stuart Cooney <>]

Birdline Victoria Update for the week ending 6/5/01

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A busy week of bird watching has passed, with lots of sightings from around the state, which is extremely gratifying. 

More Gang Gang sightings have been reported, especially close the city.  With winter here it would be interesting to record the movements of some of the winter migrants, that may not be particularly rare but signal the cycle of birds around the state.

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Late April
A Regent Honeyeater was seen feeding in a Yellow Gum in suburban Bairnsdale, thanks J Reside

Late April
10 Gang Gang Cockatoos have been regularly seen in Sugar Gums along Creswick Road, in the Brighton Golf Course, thanks Michael Norris

29 April
Still 2 Magpie Geese at Braeside Wetlands, thanks Giles Daubeney

29 April
10 Gang Gangs, flying in tight formation, just east of Church Street in Richmond, thanks Martin O'Brien

29 April
Two flocks of 6 and 12 Swift Parrots seen at the Killawarra State Forest 15km North East Wangaratta, feeding in Mugga Ironbark, thanks Michael Ramsey

22 April
A female Pink Robin was seen at the Chiltern Box-Ironbark National Park at Frog's Hollow Picnic Area, 5km North East of Chiltern, thanks Michael Ramsey

22 April
2 Caspian Terns, one of which had a red leg band were seen at Ricketts Point in Beaumaris, thanks Alex Farias

19 April
A Pied Butcherbird was seen at the Chiltern Forest Rest Area, 7km NE Chiltern Township on the Hume Highway, thanks Michael Ramsey

19 April
Around 6 White-fronted Honeyeaters at Leaghur State Forest, between Kerang and Boort, thanks Chris Coleborn

18 April
More than 2 Gang Gang Cockatoos heard over Elwood at 8:00 am, thanks Aaron Organ

18 April
A large flock of approximately 50 Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoos seen flying over the Geelong Race Course, Breakwater, thanks Rodney Long

16 April
Up to 10 White-fronted Honeyeaters were seen in Mistletoe, 2km north of the Hattah Store in far North Western Victoria, thanks Frank O'Connor

16 April
Replicating an earlier sighting, 15 mostly juvenile White-bellied Sea-Eagles were seen over the Sale Common

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Regards,

Stuart

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