Just to endorse Tim's comments on Bear Gully/Walkerville, I too camped there
last year. Further up the hill (on the main road to Bear Gully) there is
some excellent heath habitat where I saw many families of Southern Emu-wren,
several Beautiful Firetail, heaps of Blue-winged Parrots and Olive Whistler.
Not only does this spot have a large no. of spp. but also some of Victoria's
less common birds.
If snakes are your passion, this is the spot! We saw Brown, Tiger and
Red-bellied Black - all in a few days!
Cheers,
Greg
> From: "Tim Dolby" <>
> Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 10:22:35 +1100
> To: <>
> Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Olive Whistler & Cape Liptrap
>
> Hi,
>
> Spring is certainly here! I've just spent a couple of days camping at Bear
> Gully on Cape Liptrap (Gippsland, Victoria). Despite some rain the birding was
> excellent and fantastic flowering flora. This must be one of the best spots to
> see Olive Whistler, which are currently common in the coastal heath. At one
> point a pair visited a thicket right next to our campsite. The two birds come
> within 5 feet or so, calling beautiful, and behaved with the curiosity of
> Yellow Robin.
>
> On a dawn walk along the beach (Bear Gully to Walkerville) I saw Olive
> Whistler (x8), Hooded Plover (x2), White-Bellied Sea-eagle (x1), Kelp and
> Pacific Gull, Sooty Oystercatcher, Bassian Thrush, Crescent Honeyeater,
> Eastern Whipbird, Pied Currawong, White-winged Triller, Hobby, Australian
> Gannets, Crimson Rosella, hundreds of Silvereye (mostly in large flocks) and
> thousands Short-tailed Shearwater in a long line way out at sea - and also
> plenty of Echidna and Wombat.
>
> This is fantastic bird spot and an excellent bush campsite right next to the
> beach.
>
> Tim
>
>
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