Sightings
30 May
3 Brolgas were seen in a paddock near the Austin Road
Lagoons, looking towards Avalon Airport, in the Western Treatment Plant, thanks
David Stabb.
26 May
A morning trip to the You Yangs revealed among many active birds 3
Diamond Firetails and 2 Painted Button-Quail, thanks
Paul Rose.
26 May
Highlights of an excursion to the Werribee Treatment Plant were
copious numbers of Freckled Duck, an Australasian Bittern, and two
White-bellied Sea Eagles (1 adult and 1 juvenile), thanks Debra
Saxon Campbell.
25 May
Fifteen White-throated Needletails hawking over Wesley
College - Glen Waverley campus, thanks Paul Rose.
23 May
Four Brolgas feeding in a stubble field near Reedy Lake
Wildlife Reserve Moolap, thanks Ron Corinaldi.
19 May
Singing Honeyeaters and Spiny-cheeked Honeyeaters have been seen since the
10th of April, near Sandringham Harbour on the cliff above Sailboard HQ, thanks
Michael Norris.
17 May
A flock of 9 Hooded Plovers including one juvenile feeding
at the eastern end of Lake Victoria near the Emily St entrance of Lake Victoria,
Point Lonsdale, thanks Ron Corinaldi.
14 May
Two Swift Parrots were sitting on a nearby tree on the east
side carpark of the Southland Shopping Centre, thanks Albert Shirlton.
12 May
Chris Coleborn saw a Major Mitchell's Cockatoo on the edge
of Cohuna township with a flock of Galahs.
12 May
A single grey morph Eastern Reef Egret was seen at Swan Bay
(Queenscliff) next to where the train line intersects with Fellows Rd, thanks
Tim Dolby.
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Stuart
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