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Birdline Victoria Update - 14 March, 2004

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Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 08:59:39 +1100
Birdline Victoria Update No. 153
For the week ending: 14 March, 2004

Unfortunately I have had no further news of the Macaroni Penguin.  I know of at least two expeditions to look for the penguin--both were unsuccessful.  Did anybody else get the bird?
 
Sightings
13 March
5 Noisy Friarbirds seen feeding on ripening Mirror Bush berries in the Marlo Hotel carpark. HANZAB suggests only "a few records East of the Snowy River", thanks Len Axen.
 
14 March
There were 5 Double-banded Plovers at Pyramid Hill, early birds for this region, thanks Simon Starr.
 
13 March
Yarra Valley BOCA members saw about 20 White-throated Needletails flying high above Cathedral Ranges National Park, Victoria at about 11.30 a.m. on Saturday 13 March 2004. Approx 37 22 56 S, 145 45 48 E, thanks Merrilyn Serong.
 
12 March
There was a single Crested Pigeon sitting on the wire over a road near a park in Camberwell (in the bit that used to be Burwood). Approx 37 50 46 S, 145 05 06 E, thanks Merrilyn Serong.
 
12 March
There were 6 Hooded Plovers at Pt Impossible near Torquay, thanks John and Sue O'Malley.
 
10 March
At the Breamlea Estuary near Geelong, there were large numbers of plovers combing the seaweed, including large numbers of non-breeding and juvenile Double-banded Plovers (probably 15-20), lots of Red-capped Plovers and 4 Hooded Plovers, including one juvenile hooded, but the highlight was a single Sanderling feeding with the Red-necked Stints. It was flagged with a orange flag below, and yellow flag above, on its right leg, thanks Peter Fuller.
 
10 March
On fast drying Lake Burrumbeet: 300 Australian Pelican, 2000+ Red-necked Avocet, thanks John Gregurke.
 
8 March
There was one fairly tired Macaroni Penguin ashore at Johanna Beach. John & Sue O'Malley.
 
7 March
At Kerang, there was a group of White-winged Fairywrens on the road into the Treatment Ponds (only about a km from the town centre). There were several Grey-crowned Babblers on Lancaster Rd. (on the way into McDonald's Swamp), thanks Greg Oakley.
 
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.
 
6 March
The spread of Crested Pigeons continues;  there were 3 feeding on the ground at Devil Bend Reservoir, on the Mornington Peninsula, thanks Tony Trood.
 
4 March
Highlights of a morning's birding at the Cabbage Tree Palms Reserve included 200+ Musk Lorikeets feeding on Eucalyptus botryoides blossom, 25 White-throated Needletails, 3 pairs of Scarlet Honeyeaters, 1 female Rose Robin and a Bassian Thrush, thanks Len Axen.
 
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.



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Regards,
Stuart






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