Birdline Victoria Update No. 89
For the week ending: 2 September, 2002
Quite a few people have visited the location of the sightings of the
Letter-winged Kites, including myself, but have failed to locate them. Not
to worry, however, as the last time they were seen in some numbers in Victoria,
January 1977 during a mouse plague, they stayed around for five months, so
perhaps we will see a lot more of them in the coming months.
Sightings
2 September
One male and one female Red-capped Robin was
seen at Avon River at Bushy Park, Gippsland, thanks Duncan Fraser
1
September
A Pallid Cuckoo was seen and heard at the Seaford
Wetlands, thanks Jacqui Sheppard.
31 August
A
Black-eared Cuckoo was seen at 10.30am just past the RAAF
carpark on the northern side of the road at the Point Cook Coastal Park, thanks
Marlene Lyell
29 August
A Letter-winged Kite
was seen among many Black-shouldered Kites and
Kestrels along Sneydes Road, Point Cook, between Point Cook
Road and Hacketts Lane (Melway ref 207 F7), thanks Paul McDonald
29
August
A flock of 20 Scaly-breasted Lorikeet in Eucalyptus
leucoxylon on Yarra Bend Road, opposite the old Fairfield Hospital gatehouse,
Yarra Bend, thanks Tim Dolby
27 August
An Olive-backed
Oriole was heard calling at Maffra, thanks Duncan Fraser
26 August
A Noisy Friarbird has been seen
between Carpenters and St Andrews Streets in Brighton, where there are about six
eucalypts, Melways 67 D/E11, thanks Michael Norris
25 August
A
pair of Blue-billed Ducks were seen on the Merri Creek near
Lower Heidelberg Road, thanks Jocelyn Priest.
24/5
August
White-naped and Fuscous Honeyeaters
were seen at Swan Hill, thanks Chris Coleborn
24 August
An
Olive-backed Oriole was heard calling from the You Yangs,
thanks Merrilyn Serong.
22 August
Over 200 Double Banded
Plovers were seen on the westside of Lake Tutchewop, near Lake Boga, as
well as a flock of Orange Chats and a flock of what appeared to
several observers to be Elegant Parrots, though they may have
been Blue-winged, thanks Chris Coleborn
18 August
15-20
Diamond Firetails and 5 Zebra Finches were
seen along Sandy Creek Road (north of the You Yangs, adjacent to the Ford
Proving Ground), thanks Aaron Organ.
18 August
2 Swift
Parrots were seen near the Point Wilson Road turn off the Princess
Freeway and a non-breeding White-winged Black-tern was seen at
the mouth of the Little River in the Werribee Sewage Plant, thanks Edwin
Vella.
17 August
A Latham's Snipe was seen at
Point Cook Coastal Park, along with 9 Brown Quail,
Singing Honeyeaters and a Spiny-cheeked
Honeyeater, thanks Edwin Vella.
12 August
A
Peregrine Falcon and a Spiny-cheeked
Honeyeater were seen close to Melbourne at the Yarra end of
Williamstown Rd in the wasteland along the riverbank, thanks Richard Nowotny
8 August
A Buff-banded Rail was on the
Elsternwick Golf Course and there was also a Black-tailed
Native-hen at the larger lake in the south of Elsternwick Park, thanks
Michael Norris
2 August
A Great Crested Grebe
was seen near Sandringham Harbour, thanks Michael Norris
Early
August
An Australian Bustard has been 3-4 km south east of
Lake Boga within a radius of several km (Tresco area) since the first week of
August. The last sighting reported was on Thursday the 22nd at the Burke
& Wills Clump, a couple of km east of Lake Boga on the Murray Valley Highway
others have also been over the last couple of weeks near Robinvale and at
Boundary Bend ('Brie's Reserve, near the charcoal pits) near Swan Hill, thanks
Chris Coleborn
August
There is a pair of Great-crested
Grebes at Lysterfield Lake Park, probably nesting, that tend to be in
the vicinity of the hide, thanks Laurie Living.
Updates
The Diamond Firetails were again seen on Sandy Creek Road at
the You Yangs on the 27th, adjacent to the Ford Proving Ground, thanks Martin
Symes
The Red-whiskered Bulbul was again seen at
Chelsworth Park on the 25th of August, Ivanhoe, thanks P Baitz
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Regards,
Stuart
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