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> Subject: Fairy Dell (Bruthen - Eastern Victoria) 12th Jan 2002 -trip repor
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> On Saturday 12th January I went to Fairy Dell -(Bruthen - eastern Victoria,)
> following Paul Peake's posting.
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> I set out at 4am, nice early start with little traffic on the Princes
> Highway ( 1 hr to Moe, 2 hrs to Bairnesdale) arriving at Fairy Dell ( few
> Kms short of Bruthen) at 7.30.
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> I did not see to many birds on the way - it was dark for half the trip. (M_B
> - Melbourne to Bruthen) . The short walk into the rainforest at Fairy Dell
> (FD) signed as a 30-40 minute walk took me about 2 hours as the honeyeater
> activity was high, I saw a female scarlet honeyeater quite early on. Got
> great views of a male superb lyrebird displaying. Spent ages attempting to
> whistle up an Eastern whipbird I could hear calling. Only after I had given
> up did he eventually fly down towards me. He never stayed in any one tree
> long enough for me to take a photograph.
> When I got back to the carpark picnic area, you cross a little bridge over a
> stream. I saw almost every honeyeater I had seen on the walk in about five
> minutes - maybe I should stayed there?, I saw a male scarlet honeyeater
> having a drink. ( Not much for you Northerners - But a life tick and in
> Victoria - for someone who has not really ventured further North yet). By 11
> am I was ready to return to Melbourne - but with time on my side, I decided
> to divert in to Macleod Morass (MM) (just South of Bairnesdale), not so
> easy unless you want to get muddy. But I saw quite a few water birds from
> the dirt track).
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> Then onto Sale - first the wetlands - there is an extensive boardwalk,
> picking up most other common waterbirds in this neck of the woods. Also came
> close to stepping on a red bellied black snake that was lying close to a
> narrow path. (SW - wetlands + Lake Guyatt)
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> I t took me a while to find lake Guyatt ( it is not shown in my Vic Roads
> Directory -- 1st edition), but when I did, on the small island on the lake I
> found 2 wandering whistling ducks (another tick) - as mentioned in many
> previous postings). Also seen where a minimum 16 latham's snipe, and a
> spotted crake.
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> I then left for home ( arriving at 4 pm) to take the family on a picnic at
> Churchill NP (C NP) (outer Melbourne, few kms north of Dandenong) and
> managed a family of three Australian Hobby s. They appear to have made a
> home on the electricity pylons that run through the park. Seeing one swoop
> down and attempt to take an Eastern Rosella - who got away this time.
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> Regards,
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> Giles Daubeney
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> list follows
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> COMMON NAME M-B FD MM SW C NP
> AUSTRALIAN PELICAN No No Yes Yes No
> LITTLE BLACK CORMORANT No No No Yes No
> LITTLE PIED COROMANT No No No Yes No
> CATTLE EGRET No No No Yes No
> GREAT EGRET No No No Yes No
> WHITE FACED HERON No No Yes Yes No
> WHITE NECKED HERON No No Yes Yes No
> AUSTRALIAN WHITE IBIS Yes No Yes Yes No
> STRAW NECKED IBIS Yes No No No No
> ROYAL SPOONBILL No No Yes No No
> WANDERING WHISTLING DUCK No No No Yes No
> BLACK SWAN No No No Yes No
> MANED (WOOD) DUCK Yes No No No No
> GREY TEAL No No No Yes No
> CHESTNUT TEAL No No No Yes No
> PACIFIC BLACK DUCK No No No Yes No
> SWAMP (MARSH) HARRIER No No Yes Yes No
> AUSTRALIAN HOBBY No No No No Yes
> AUSTRALIAN CRAKE No No No Yes No
> DUSKY MOORHEN No No No Yes No
> PURPLE SWAMPHEN No No No Yes No
> EURASIAN COOT No No No Yes No
> MASKED LAPWING (PLOVER) Yes No No No No
> LATHAMS SNIPE No No No Yes No
> SILVER GULL No No No Yes No
> COMMON BRONZEWING Yes Yes No No No
> WONGA PIGEON No Yes No No No
> YELOW TAIL BLACK COCKATOO No Yes No No No
> GALAH Yes No No No No
> SULPHER CRESTED COCKATOO Yes Yes No No No
> CRIMSON ROSELLA Yes Yes No No Yes
> EASTERN ROSELLA Yes No No No No
> LAUGHING KOOKABURRA Yes Yes No No No
> SUPERB LYRE BIRD No Yes No No No
> WELCOME SWALLOW No No No Yes Yes
> TREE MARTIN No No No Yes No
> BLACK FACED CUCKOO-SHRIKE No No No Yes No
> BLACKBIRD Yes No No No No
> EASTERN WHIPBIRD No Yes No No No
> SUPERB FAIRY WREN No Yes No Yes Yes
> BROWN THORNBILL No Yes No No No
> WHITEBROWED SCRUBWREN No Yes No No No
> PINK ROBIN No Yes No No No
> EASTERN YELLOW ROBIN No Yes No No No
> RUFOUS FANTAIL No Yes No No No
> GREY FANTAIL No Yes No No No
> WILLIE WAGTAIL Yes No No No No
> CRESTED SHRIKE-TIT No Yes No No No
> GOLDEN WHISTLER No Yes No No No
> RUFOUS WHISTLER No No No No Yes
> GREY SHRIKE-THRUSH No Yes No No No
> WHITE THRTED TREECREEPER No Yes No No No
> SCARLET HONEYEATER No Yes No No No
> LEWINS HONEYEATER No Yes No No No
> YELLOW FACED HONEYEATER No Yes No No No
> WHITE NAPED HONEY EATER No Yes No No No
> CRESCENT HONEYEATER No Yes No No No
> NEW HOLLAND HONEYEATER No Yes No Yes No
> EASTERN SPINEBILL No Yes No No No
> BELL MINER No No No No Yes
> NOISY MINER No No No No Yes
> RED WATTLEBIRD Yes Yes No No Yes
> HOUSE SPARROW Yes No No No No
> COMMON STARLING Yes No No No No
> COMMON MYNAH Yes No No No No
> AUSTRALIAN MAGPIE LARK Yes No No No No
> WHITE WINGED CHOUGH No Yes No No No
> AUSTRALIAN MAGPIE Yes No No No Yes
> LITTLE RAVEN Yes No No No No
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