Hi birders
Just back from doing a roadside assessment (flora & fauna) between Bairnsdale
and Bruthen in East Gippsland, Victoria. Even mostly clapped out roadsides
like these harbour a few gems. Charmed by the gerygones - almost nipped by
the Tiger Snake!
Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus
Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Wonga Pigeon Leucosarcia melanoleuca
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus
Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
Australian King-Parrot Alisterus scapularis
Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
Pallid Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus
Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana
Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
Bell Miner Manorina melanophrys
Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii
Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops
White-eared Honeyeater Lichenostomus leucotis
White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
Crescent Honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera
New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus
Crested Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus
Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis
Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
Skylark Alauda arvensis
Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
Clamorous Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
Bassian Thrush Zoothera lunulata
Common Blackbird Turdus merula
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus
Long-nosed Bandicoot Perameles nasuta
Common Wombat Vombatus ursinus
Yellow-bellied Glider Petaurus australis
Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus
Water-rat Hydromys chrysogaster
Dingo and Dog Canis lupus
Fox Vulpes vulpes
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
Common Eastern Froglet Crinia signifera
Eastern Banjo Frog Limnodynastes dumerilii
Spotted Grass Frog Limnodynastes tasmaniensis
Martin's Toadlet Uperoleia martini
Tyler's Toadlet Uperoleia tyleri
Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink Lampropholis guichenoti
Weasel Skink Saproscincus mustelinus
Copperhead Austrelaps superbus
Eastern Tiger Snake Notechis scutatus
91 species
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