Just back from 9 days lounging about at Wye River, between Lorne and
Apollo Bay on the Otway coastline of SW Victoria. A very leisurely time
was had by all, and some of these bird records were made whilst boogie
boarding daily in the excellent surf! Almost no serious birding took
place, but the King Parrots, Crimson Rosellas and Sulphur-crested
Cockatoos were rather self-serve. Rufous Bristlebirds serenaded us from
the back yard each morning and afternoon - as did Yellow-bellied Gliders
and Koalas by night.
Most interesting other records by my estimation were:
Black-tailed Native-hen - one bird in the park next to the swings and
see-saws; chasing and being chased by a Buff-banded Rail; probably the
most southerly BTNH I've ever seen.
Rainbow Lorikeet - not many other records down this way.
Spotted Turtle-Dove - still rare in Wye River (1-2 birds); not sure how
much longer that'll last.
Grey (White) Goshawk - always good value to see these ...
Grey Shrike-thrush - surprisingly UNcommon around Wye River.
Koala - plague proportions in the Wye-Kennett River hinterland.
Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae
Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
Black-tailed Native-hen Gallinula ventralis
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Pacific Gull Larus pacificus
Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
Crested Tern Sterna bergii
*Rock Dove Columba livia
*Spotted Turtle-Dove Streptopelia chinensis
Brush Bronzewing Phaps elegans
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus
Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum
Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
Australian King-Parrot Alisterus scapularis
Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
Blue-winged Parrot Neophema chrysostoma
Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
Southern Boobook Ninox boobook
Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus
Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
Rufous Bristlebird Dasyornis broadbenti
White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
Brush Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops
White-eared Honeyeater Lichenostomus leucotis
Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris
White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
Crescent Honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera
New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
Rose Robin Petroica rosea
Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
Olive Whistler Pachycephala olivacea
Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons
Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor
Forest Raven Corvus tasmanicus
Little Raven Corvus mellori
Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
*House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
*European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
Bassian Thrush Zoothera lunulata
*Common Blackbird Turdus merula
*Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus
Koala Phascolarctos cinereus
Yellow-bellied Glider Petaurus australis
Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps
Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula
Red-necked Wallaby Macropus rufogriseus
Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor
Gould's Wattled Bat Chalinolobus gouldii
Eastern False Pipistrelle Falsistrellus tasmaniensis
Large Forest Bat Vespadelus darlingtoni
*Fox Vulpes vulpes
Brown Tree Frog Litoria ewingii
Cool-temperate Water-skink Eulamprus tympanum
Eastern Tiger Snake Notechis scutatus
Common Grass-Blue Zizina labradas
Common Brown Heteronympha merope
Imperial White Delias harpalyce
91 species
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Lawrie Conole
Senior Ecologist
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