Marlene Lyell wrote:
> I'll be staying in Clunes for a couple of days (11th & 12th Feb)
> and was wondering if anyone has any info re the Clunes Forest.
> I've checked the archives but was hoping someone might have
> some up-to-date notes.
> Just a minor further request.....in what direction should I drive to
> find the forest?? My maps don't show it at all. Is there better
> birding to be found elsewhere in the district?
> A Painted Honeyeater would be nice.
Hi Marlene
I was there about a month ago, and the birding was quite good. I found
Painted Honeyeaters out in the forest on the boundary of the private land
where they are usually found. Please don't trespass on the private land
like many birders seem to do! Contact the owner (Graeme Suckling) through
BOCA in Ballarat perhaps - I'm not sure where he lives.
Clunes State Forest is on the Clunes - Maryborough road, about 5-10km out of
town (central Victoria). Head out of Clunes towards Maryborough down the
way a little you come to a small flora reserve on the left - skip this,
there aren't many birds other than Noisy Miners there. A bit further along
you come to a point where there is forest on both sides of the road - this
is Clunes SF. Park in the runoff immediately to your right as you enter the
forest. Birding around this spot is quite good, and I found two Painted
Honeyeaters in mistletoe there - the private land over the road is where
about 5-10 pairs of Painted Honeyeaters turn up just about every year.
Another good spot is the nest left off the Clunes - Maryborough Road
(there's a state forest sign on the corner). Go down to the railway line -
walking down by the line is good - White-browed Babbler, Restless
Flycatcher, etc. I found Painted Honeyeater in the River Red Gums near the
old brick culvert, and there are lots of Fairy Martins nesting there too.
I've attached a list of all the species I've seen at Clunes SF over the
years - see below.
The swamps near Clunes mentioned by Martin O'Brien - Merin Merin and Middle
Swamp - are both bone dry and choked up with canary-grass (Phalaris) at the
moment. Pity, because they're quite good birding spots otherwise. Middle
Swamp is a good spot for Brolga when wet, and such rarities as Little Curlew
and Garganey have turned up there. There are usually Brown and Rufous
Songlarks and Singing Bushlarks in the grassy areas too.
Cheers -- Lawrie
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CLUNES STATE FOREST - Lawrie Conole
31/01/2002
Species recorded.
Master checklist is Australia, political outliers not included.
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Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis
Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus
Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrhocephalus
Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
Brown Falcon Falco berigora
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Painted Button-quail Turnix varia
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
Brush Bronzewing Phaps elegans
Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
Little Lorikeet Glossopsitta pusilla
Purple-crowned Lorikeet Glossopsitta porphyrocephala
Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor
Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
Pallid Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus
Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus
Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus
Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
Speckled Warbler Chthonicola sagittata
Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides
Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
Southern Whiteface Aphelocephala leucopsis
Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops
White-eared Honeyeater Lichenostomus leucotis
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops
Fuscous Honeyeater Lichenostomus fuscus
White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus
Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis
Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris
White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta
New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang
Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea
Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata
Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus
Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera
Crested Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus
Crested Bellbird Oreoica gutturalis
Gilbert's Whistler Pachycephala inornata
Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
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
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis
White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus
Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor
Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
Little Raven Corvus mellori
White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos
Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata
European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
Fairy Martin Hirundo ariel
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
Common Blackbird Turdus merula
Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus
Common Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus
Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula
Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus
Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor
Fox Vulpes vulpes
Brown Hare Lepus capensis
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
104 species
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