Birdline Victoria Update No. 100
For the week ending: 24 November, 2002
The Yellow Wagtail was first seen and reported to Birdline on
Saturday, when its identity was not assured, however another trip on Sunday and
a review of his notes lead Ren Millson to confidently declare that the bird was
a Yellow Wagtail, a conclusion also reached by Ken Harris on Sunday.
The bird is quite flighty and nervous, flying into the reeds when
disturbed, however it is usually on the small exposed mud flat in the south-east
corner of the wetland. It can be accessed via a locked gate, with room on
Heatherton Road to pull over and is only about 50 metres from the gate.
Sightings
23
November
A Yellow Wagtail has been seen at the Heatherton
Road Wetlands Melways Reference 90 H3/J3 enter via a locked gate, 50m from the
gate in the south-east corner on some exposed mud, thanks Ren
Millson.
23 November
At least 16 Black
Honeyeaters were seen at the railway reserve at Mologa, just West of
Terrick Terrick National Park, thanks Simon Starr.
22
November
50+ Great Crested Grebes, 200+ Whiskered
Terns, 6 Little Egrets, 10 Great
Egrets, thousands of other water birds were seen at Jack Smith Lake in
Gippsland, thanks Duncan Fraser
17 November
A Black
Honeyeater was feeding with other honeyeaters in Wandin North, thanks
Tom Fletcher.
17 November
2 Sacred Kingfishers
were seen in the Treasury Gardens next to Parliament House, thanks Tim
Bawden.
16 November
A Spotless Crake was seen
at Wilson Reserve, Ivanhoe, in the pond next to southern cricket oval - along
with both male and female Red-whiskered Bulbul, thanks Tim
Dolby
16 November
A Barn Owl was seen in the
early hours in Clayton, thanks Tim Bawden.
15 & 16
November
A Grey Falcon has been sighted on 4 occasions
around Cowangie on farmland and over the Mallee Highway, thanks Lawrie Conole.
15 November
2 male Scarlet-chested
Parrots seen on Ngallo South Road about 1km south of the Mallee
Highway, in roadside mallee near Carina Park homestead, thanks Lawrie
Conole.
15 November
An escaped Port Lincoln
Parrot was seen flying over the Mornington Peninsula Freeway in
Dromana.
14 November
At the monthly Edithvale Wetland survey
there was a late leaving Australasian Bittern and a
Pectoral Sandpiper among nearly 3000 Sharp-tailed
Sandpipers, thanks Mike Carter
12 November
8
White-browed Woodswallows go over in the Mt. Burnett\Cockatoo
area, thanks Graham Beal.
10 November
A Black
Honeyeater was seen at the Merri Creek at Fawkner, it is best seen
early morning, approach from the end of Jules Road (Melway map 18, A2) and head
slightly left (north) to a fenced off treed area, thanks Mike Carter
10 November
3 Grey Teal 50 m upstream of
Dights Falls, Yarra River, Abbotsford, thanks Neville Pamment.
10
November
A Whimbrel in non breeding plumage feeding on ocean
beach with 6 Bar Tailed Godwits at Wingan Inlet in Croajinganlong National Park,
thanks Len Axen.
Updates
The
Red-whiskered Bulbuls were again seen at Wilson Reserve in
Ivanhoe on the 21st, behind the cricket pitches, thanks John Harris.
The
Terek Sandpiper could not be found at Stockyard Point on the
14th, however the Whiskered Terns were present as well as 27
Red-necked Avocets, thanks Robbie Brown.
There are now
15 White-headed Pigeons resident in Jarrahmond in eastern
Victoria, as at the 14th, thanks Len Axen
Birdline Victoria is a service for birdwatchers to report and find out about
rare and unusual birds in Victoria and is brought to you by the VicGroup of
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Regards,
Stuart
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