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Victoria Update No. 152
For the week ending: 7 March,
2004
Sightings
7 March
At Victoria Lagoon near
Holland's Landing this morning, a huge concentration of several thousand
Silver Gulls, Approximately 750 Banded
Stilts, 75 Black-winged Stilts, 1000 plus
Red-necked Stints, 25 Caspian Terns, thanks
Duncan Fraser.
3 March
The Goshawks were gone,
but Peter Fuller, on a return trip to Buckley's Falls, near Fyansford saw 70-80
Gang Gang Cockatoos.
2 March
At the BOCA
Midweek Outing to Reef Island, Western Port Bay the best birds were:
Little Eagle over the mainland; Grey-tailed
Tattler (3); Ruddy Turnstone (30+); Pacific
Golden Plover (20+); Double-banded Plover (20+),
thanks Bill Ramsay.
2 March
There was a possible single
Black-breasted Buzzard flying south over property approximately
10 km north of Warragul. The bird was quite low and although the observer did
not have binoculars, the short tail and bulleyes made the bird very easy to
identify, thanks Rob Gully Nilma North.
1 March
There were 3
white morph Grey Goshawks down at Buckleys Falls near
Fyansford, Geelong on Monday evening, thanks Peter Fuller.
1
March
There was a dead Shy Albatross washed onto the beach
at Point Lonsdale, thanks Rod Corinaldi.
29 February
There were
at least 50 Freckled Duck lounging on tree roots on the islands
at Lake Lorne, Drysdale. Also present were 4 Black-winged
Stilts, 2 Latham's Snipe, Blue-billed
Ducks with ducklings, Australasian Shoveller and
others, thanks Richard Case.
28 February
There were 5
Double-banded Plovers at Alston Rd. Werribee first pond, and a
Little Eagle near the You Yangs--along the road in front of the
gates, thanks John & Sue O’Malley.
26 February
One female
Red-capped Robin seen along Glenelg River Road in the Grampians
N.P., thanks Steve Clark.
25 February
There were approx 200
Sanderlings and 8 Hooded Plovers plus one
young on Killarney Beach, there were also 4 Pomarine Jaegars
and several Fluttering Shearwaters off shore, VicRoads Ref Map
89 Grid G7, thanks Bill Ramsay.
25 February
There were 100 plus
Brolgas in a paddock 10 km NE of Glenthompson, on the north
side of the Maroona-Glenthompson Road, at about 8.30 am, VicRoads Ref Map 74
Grid B3, thanks Bill Ramsay.
24 February
On Reedy Lake at the
Moolap Station Rd entrance there were 42 + Magpie Geese and a
Single Glossy Ibis, thanks Peter Fuller.
23
February
3 White-winged Chough in
plantation on farm about 10km south of Hamilton. Unusual because the nearest
regular sightings are 25km to the north and 30km to the south, thanks Steve
Clark.
22 February
There was a Pectoral
Sandpiper and 11 Double-banded Plovers at the Eastern
Treatment Plant during the monthly census of the plant, thanks Mike
Carter.
22 February
Highlights of a BAYBOCA trip to Mud Island
were a White-faced Storm-Petrel seen whilst approaching Mud
Islands, Greater and Lesser Sand Plover,
Double-banded Plover, 30+ Grey Plover, 100+
Bar-tailed Godwit, large numbers of Great and
Red Knot, a single Sanderling, and a
Fluttering Shearwater seen on the trip back to Portsea, thanks
Tania Ireton.
22 February
There were 2 Black-faced
Cormorants on Eagle rock near the lighthouse at Airey’s Inlet, thanks
John & Sue O’Malley.
22 February
A single Latham's
Snipe was seen in a small swamp just on the Centenary Trail bike track
at Wesburn in the Yarra Valley, as well as a single Dusky
Woodswallow in Rosella Road, also in Wesburn, thanks Michael
Veitch.
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Regards,
Stuart
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