Sightings
13
July
There
were a pair of Purple-crowned Lorikeets feeding in an
introduced deciduous birch type tree in the gardens of the Glenrowan roadside
stop on the Hume Freeway, thanks Sean Dooley.
13
July
There
was a Spotted Harrier in Braeside Park that was actively
hunting over the now dry wetlands on the Governor Road end of the park, thanks
Richard Walsh.
11
July
A
Pied Currawong was seen very close to the city flying across
the intersection of St Kilda Road and Moubray Street, the same intersection that
has the Royal Victoria Institute for the Blind on the corner, thanks Tania
Ireton.
7
July
There
are at least two, maybe three Scarlet Honeyeaters outside the
Whispering Gums Motel, in Newstead, thanks Sean Dooley & John
Alexander.
3 July
There
was a Eastern Curlew at Ricketts Point, Beaumaris, thanks
Michael Norris.
2
July
There
were 3 Brolgas (2 adults and 1 immature bird ) at the end of
Venturers Lane, Lake Connewarre, Geelong, thanks Ian Davies.
2
July
There
was an Osprey at the mouth of the Thurra River today. The bird
was seen at a distance of about 100metres before it flew by very close, thanks
Rohan Bilney.
Early
July
There
have been as many as 400 Swift Parrots in Pomonal, thanks Steve
Clark.
27
June
There
was a Cattle Egret on the nature strip beside Upper Heidelberg
Rd just near the bridge over the railway, thanks Brian Fleming.
27
June
There
were 2 over-wintering Cape Barren Geese in a roadside paddock
about 5km south of Cressy on the Colac road, there were also Brolgas trumpeting
in a paddock near Colac and 2 in a paddock west of Hexham, thanks Steve
Clark.
26
June
There
were 2 Cape Barren Geese observed in pasture near the Phillip
Island Airfield, thanks Sally Koehler.
25
June
There
were 2 Pacific Herons at the Haileybury College grounds at
Berwick\ Beaconsfield (Edrington Campus), thanks Graham Beal.
24
June
There
was a flock of Swift Parrots (at least 50) in the trees at the
Waanyarra picnic ground between Tarnagulla and Dunolly, thanks Naomi
Blackwell.
23
June
There
were at least eight Chestnut-crowned Babblers on the Ouyen-
Manangatang road, outside RMB 6372, thanks Naomi Blackwell.
23
June
There
was a very early sighting of a Shining Bronze-cuckoo in Port
Fairy, thanks Steve Clark.
Updates
The
Regent Honeyeater outside the Whispering Gums Motel, in
Newstead is no longer there, however there are at least two, maybe three Scarlet
Honeyeaters, thanks Peter Fuller.
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