Grant Baverstock and I decided to participate in the Big Birdwatch today, to
celebrate the centenary of the RAOU and to raise some funds. We elected NOT
to bird for 24 hours, but confined ourselves to the period between dawn and
dusk - about 0730 to 1745 - and to within about 35km of Geelong (Geelong is
in coastal central Victoria, about 75km SW of Melbourne). The weather
varied spectacularly - from a bitterly cold hailstorm to almost sunburn
conditions. We started near Airey's Inlet and wandered around the Geelong &
Bellarine Peninsula area, before going to Werribee and then the Brisbane
Ranges. Our casual 10 hour day yielded 130 species - not bad for winter in
the deep south!
Best birds? Most noteworthy may have been an overwintering Olive-backed
Oriole near Anakie. Other notables included a Pink Robin in suburban
Geelong, Rufous Bristlebird (good anywhere!), Powerful Owl (a great baleful
stare from a female near Anakie), Freckled Duck (a couple at Lake Borrie,
Werribee - sorry Shirley!), Intermediate Egret (at Werribee).
Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis
Musk Duck Biziura lobata
Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa
Black Swan Cygnus atratus
Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis
Grey Teal Anas gracilis
Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
Hardhead Aythya australis
Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Great Egret Ardea alba
Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia
Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus
Brown Falcon Falco berigora
Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus
Double-banded Plover Charadrius bicinctus
Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Pacific Gull Larus pacificus
Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae
Crested Tern Sterna bergii
Rock Dove Columba livia
Spotted Turtle-Dove Streptopelia chinensis
Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
Purple-crowned Lorikeet Glossopsitta porphyrocephala
Australian King-Parrot Alisterus scapularis
Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis
Powerful Owl Ninox strenua
Southern Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus
Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus
Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
Rufous Bristlebird Dasyornis broadbenti
White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
Striated Fieldwren Calamanthus fuliginosus
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides
Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana
Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops
Singing Honeyeater Lichenostomus virescens
White-eared Honeyeater Lichenostomus leucotis
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops
White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus
Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris
White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
Crescent Honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera
New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons
Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
Scarlet Robin Petroica multicolor
Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea
Pink Robin Petroica rodinogaster
Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta
Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor
Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
Little Raven Corvus mellori
White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos
Skylark Alauda arvensis
Richard's Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
Little Grassbird Megalurus gramineus
Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
Common Blackbird Turdus merula
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
130 species
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