Last Saturday (24 April) I did a recce around Banyule Flats Reserve in
preparation for a BAYBOCA outing this coming Saturday. Although the day
was rather cold, overcast and windy, I still managed 42 species. A big
surprise was an immature Olive-backed Oriole in the trees near the Yarra
Rriver as I thought it should have left for warmer areas by now. There
appeared to be plenty of water in the billabong but the number of water
birds was down, with only a pair of Black Swan, half a dozen Pacific
Black Ducks, a single Australasian Shoveler, four Chestnut Teal, an
Australasian Grebe and several Eurasian Coot, Duskt Moorhen and Purple
Swamphen. On a grassy island were about a dozen Cattle Egret. The
former Painted Snipe area only had a pair of Chestnut Teal.
Regards,
Tania
Black Swan
Pacific Black Duck
Australasian Shoveler
Chestnut Teal
Australasian Grebe
Cattle Egret
Purple Swamphen
Dusky Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Spotted Turtledove
Galah
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Rainbow Lorikeet
Eastern Rosella
Laughing Kookaburra
Superb Fairy-wren
Spotted Pardalote
White-browed Scrubwren
Brown Thornbill
Yellow Thornbill
Red Wattlebird
Bell Miner
Noisy Miner
White-plumed Honeyeater
New Holland Honeyeater
Eastern Spinebill
Golden Whistler
Grey Shrike-thrush
Magpie-lark
Grey Fantail
Willie Wagtail
Olive-backed Oriole
Grey Butcherbird
Australian Magpie
Pied Currawong
Little Raven
Welcome Swallow
Mistletoebird
Silvereye
Common Blackbird
Common Starling
Common Myna
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