A day trip to Phillip Island with four other birders turned up a great 83
species. However the island was one of the first half dozen birds. At Rhyll
foreshore, a Swift Parrot flew into a eucalypt and propped, staying until we
got bored looking at it! He was happily chattering away to itself,
occasionally answered by another in a tree up behind the Yacht Club, and
busy preening much of the time. The views were excellent.
Other highlights for the day included 12 Hooded Plover at the base of the
stairs at the Forest Cave Reserve, Sooty Oystercatcher, Kelp Gull and
penguins at The Nobbies, and Cape Barren Geese at Swan Lake, although more
distant than the growing population of feral geese. From the lookout tower
at the wetlands reserve, a pair of Wedge-tailed Eagles were perched on the
same nest that I saw in use by a sea-eagle a couple of years ago.
Joy Tansey
Kensington, Vic.
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