Birdline Victoria
Update No. 116
For the week ending: 4 May,
2003
I saw the Pratincoles on Wednesday and Karen Pearson saw them
on Thursday at the T-section lagoons on the left, near the road in Western
Treatment Plant. A number of people had congregated on Saturday morning, without
luck, but I don't know how they went in the afternoon. The Northern
Shoveler, however, was seen by those birders in the ponds immediately
to the right of the Pratincole location and there have been the odd sighting of
early Orange-bellied Parrots and a pair of Black
Falcons in the area.
Sightings
3 May
Flame Robins have returned and are being seen in the
Geelong region at the You Yangs Regional Park, Inverleigh Flora and Fauna
Reserve and Anakie, thanks Peter Fuller.
1 May
An Australian
Bustard was reported on a property north of Hamilton, thanks Steve
Clark.
1 May
A possible White Wagtail was
reported from the spillway at Lake Hamilton, although it was not seen on the 2
of May, thanks Hilary & John Brooke.
1 May
Two Swift
Parrots at Deakin Waurn Ponds Campus between the library and the main
pond and a Nankeen Night-heron in roost on the island in the
main pond, thanks Peter Fuller.
27 April
There is a single
Great-crested Grebe on Lysterfield Lake, thanks Giles Daubeney.
27 April
2 Flame Robins in Coopracambra NP in
a burnt out section on the road to Beehive Falls (About 5 km past Beehive falls,
heading away from the Monaro Hwy), thanks Peter Fuller.
26
April
There were least 20 Swift Parrots were seen feeding in
flowering box at Woodlands Drive, Ocean Grove, thanks Ian Davies.
26 April
Up to 50 Brolga were seen on the
Blackwood Road, 10 kilometres south of Dunkeld, thanks Barbara
Garrett.
26 April
A single White-headed Pigeon
- Cann River Caravan Park - In roost in gum above first onsite caravan in the
centre row (closest to entrance/toilet block), thanks Peter
Fuller.
26 April
Flame Robins and 60+
Diamond Firetails on Sandy Creek Rd a 40+ Zebra
Finches on Granite Rd (all near You Yangs), thanks Russell
Woodford.
25 April
A White-headed Pigeon was
seen on the Double Creek Nature Walk in Mallacoota, thanks James
Bailey.
24 April
A Magpie Goose was seen at
Waterways Estate, Braeside, thanks Greg Cobern.
23 April
2
Oriental Pratincole, T-Section Lagoon, at the Western Treatment
Plant, thanks Michael Mules.
23 April
A male Brush
Bronzewing was seen on Sandringham Golf Links, thanks Michael Norris.
22 April
A Powerful Owl sighted on a fence in
Beamont Court Montrose, thanks Sandra and Peter Hutchinson.
21
April
2 Regent Honeyeaters, along with lots of Gang
Gang Cockatoos, were seen at Greenhills Road Dam in the Chiltern
Box-Ironbark National Park.
21 April
Over 300
Corellas (mainly Long-billed but many not
identified) flying west over Brighton, thanks Michael Norris.
21
April
A White-bellied Sea-Eagle, was reported from Cape
Paterson, thanks Michael Mules.
Updates
The Sooty Oystercatchers were still at Altona Foreshore, where
Beach Rd joins esplanade, thanks Peter Fuller
The male Musk
Duck near Middle Brighton Pier first seen on 2/4 was still there on the
21st, thanks Michael Norris
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Regards,
Stuart
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