Today I ventured out after the showers retreated, and in brisk but sunny
conditions walked around the 'back paddock' at Woodlands Historic Park next
to Melbourne Airport. It was my first visit since December last year, and I
was pleased to find the Red-capped Robins still present. This pair (and
there are others in the park) are resident, and have been in the same
hectare or so of Grey Box woodland near Gellibrand Hill for at least two
years now - the closest reliable Red-capped Robins to the Melbourne GPO I
think. The 'back paddock' is fenced and has had predators removed as it was
the site for an experiment with releasing endangered Eastern Barred
Bandicoots (Perameles gunnii). Today I saw numerous foraging marks and
scats of bandicoots, so they persist there it seems. I saw kangaroos and
rabbits, but the other mammals were detected by tracks, scats and other
signs.
The list follows:
Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
Brown Falcon Falco berigora
Spotted Turtle-Dove Streptopelia chinensis
Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
Spotted PardalotePardalotus punctatus
Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana
Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops
White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus
Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris
Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii
Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea
Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera
Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Little Raven Corvus mellori
Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
Common Blackbird Turdus merula
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Eastern Barred Bandicoot Perameles gunnii
Koala Phascolarctos cinereus
Common Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus
Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula
Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
Common Eastern Froglet Crinia signifera
45 species
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