I was present at the Edithvale hide from 4pm until closing at 5pm.
The LT Stint was visible roosting, preening and occasionally feeding with a
small group of Sharpies on the mudflat immediately in front of the hide.
Fantastic viewing of such an amazing bird ! Those not one for
little brown-coloured waders may beg to differ but I certainly enjoyed my
observations of the little fellow.
P.
>>> "Stuart Cooney" <>
02/04/02 07:22pm >>>
Birdline Victoria Update No. 62
For the week
ending: 3 February 2002
It was great to meet all the readers of Birdline
Victoria who made it down
to Edithvale Wetlands yesterday, we got a bumper
crowd of around 50 people,
but had very little luck with the Long-toed
Stint. The bird arrived at
around ten to one and only stayed for about
20 minutes. On Sunday it
appeared for another ten minutes at around
three, so its not being very
obliging!
Mike Carter went to Marlo on
Sunday to look for the reported Little Ringed
Plover, and after wading the
Snowy River he found a Ringed Plover. There
have only been a handful of
accepted sightings of this species, all of them
coming from the east coast of
Australia and HANZAB cites only 3 reports in
Victoria, two at Jack Smith's
Lake and one at Queenscliff.
2 February
Craig Morley and John Newman
saw a Red-necked Phalarope at Hospital Swamp
near Geelong. It was on the
private land near the Lake Road entrance to
Hospital Swamp; you need to ask
permission from Tony Leen at the big house
nearest the entrance. If no
one is home write your name etc on the
blackboard next to the door. The bird
was actually not on the big lake but
close to Lake Road itself, not far from
where a small drain runs under the
road - A place where there were a lot of
wood sandpipers a few years ago.
Craig can give directions if rung at a
reasonable time; 5221 4604, thanks
Margaret Cameron.
2 February
A
Spotted Harrier was seen flying over the Prince's Highway near the
Avalon
Airport, thanks Russell Woodford.
27 January
At the Western
Treatment Plant in Werribee at least one Glossy Ibis was seen
at the Austin
Road Lagoons and at least 68 Freckled Ducks on the lagoon
between Lake Borrie
and Kirk Point affording very close views, thanks
Neville Pamment.
27
January
A Long-toed Stint was seen from the bird hide at the Edithvale
Wetlands,
thanks Denise Moore.
26 January
A Dollarbird and an all
white European Green finch were seen at Bushy Park
on the Avon River in east
Gippsland, thanks Duncan Fraser.
24 January
Six Swift Parrots flew
over Debbie Colbourne and Julian Miles' block in the
morning but did not
call, 15km north of Violet Town.
24 January
Several Turquoise Parrots
were seen at Cabbage Tree Creek, East Gippsland,
beside road about 1km east
of Cabbage Tree Creek Flora Reserve, thanks
Richard Alcorn.
23
January
A Square-tailed Kite was seen on the Cape Conran Nature Trail
walk, thanks
Richard Alcorn.
22 January
One Ringed Plover,
apparently in breeding plumage, feeding at water's edge
on sandbar amongst a
flock of 500 Red-necked Stints, at the Snowy River,
Marlo, adjacent to Little
Tern breeding colony at river mouth, thanks
Richard Alcorn.
22
January
At Lakes Entrance there were three Lewin's Rails on the bank of the
estuary
behind Eastern Beach Caravan Park near the bridge on Eastern Beach
road, as
well as two Buff-banded Rails under the picnic tables at Burnt
Bridge and
eight Nankeen Night-herons in the estuary at night at Eastern
Beach, thanks
Laurie Living.
19 January
A pair of Banded Lapwings
were seen on private property west of the RAAF
base at Point Cook, chasing a
Collared Sparrowhawk, thanks Chris Tzaros.
Birdline Victoria is a
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rare and unusual birds
in Victoria and is brought to you by the VicGroup of
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Birdline can be contacted on (03) 9882 2390 or on the
Internet at
http://home.iprimus.com.au/scooney/index.htmRegards,
Stuart
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