G'day All,
Last weekend was the BOCA Bird Challenge Count. On Saturday 4th the Cohuna
Team from Nth Vic set out in its various groups and covered the diverse
habitat within 40km of Cohuna. We missed some of the migrant birds that
often are around this time of the year, such as Black Honeyeater,
Budgerigar, Red-backed Kingfisher, Pallid Cuckoo, Australian Pratincole etc.
We also missed some of our usual birds such as Hooded Robin & Banded
Lapwing. Still, we notched up about 150 species, many of them breeding (B)
and generally in good numbers. We had hoped to pick up a Letter-wing Kite
because there was a report of one just over the border last week, but none
was to be seen in our area - yet! Some of the more interesting birds for the
area were Australasian Bittern, Painted Snipe, good numbers of Glossy Ibis &
Orange Chats at Hird Swamp, Brolgas breeding out on the Plains together with
Cockatiel, Little Button-quail, White-winged Fairy-wren, Singing Bushlark,
Brown Songlark and Skylark and the usual woodland birds of the Terricks and
other forested areas - Gilbert's Whistlers, Southern Whiteface, Rufous
Songlark, Bush Stone-curlew, Grey-crowned Babblers, Australian Ringneck &
Dollarbird. There were plenty of Rainbow Bee-eaters round the sand ridges. A
good day was had by the team consisting of Betty Waterson, Norma Sheridan,
Lorna Stutchbree, Chris Coleborn, John Pople, Wayne Hester, Simon Starr, Bob
& Herta Wheeler, Michael & Sharon O'Brien & Bill Waller. The full list is
below:
Regards,
Chris Coleborn
Emu, Musk Duck, Black Swan B, Australian Shelduck, Australian Wood Duck B,
Mallard, Pacific Black Duck B, Grey Teal B, Chestnut Teal, Pink-eared Duck,
Hardhead, Australasian Grebe B, Hoary-headed Grebe, Darter B, Little Pied
Cormorant B, Pied Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant B, Great Cormorant,
Australian Pelican, White-faced Heron, White-necked Heron B, Great Egret,
Intermediate Egret, Nankeen Night Heron B, Australasian Bittern, Glossy
Ibis, Australian White Ibis, Straw-necked Ibis, Royal Spoonbill,
Yellow-billed Spoonbill B, Black-shouldered Kite, Black Kite B, Whistling
Kite B, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Swamp Harrier, Wedge-tailed Eagle, Little
Eagle, Brown Falcon B, Australian Hobby,
Peregrine Falcon, Nankeen Kestrel, Brolga B, Australian Spotted Crake,
Purple Swamphen B, Dusky Moorhen B, Black-tailed Native-hen, Eurasian Coot
B, Little Button-quail, Latham's Snipe, Marsh Sandpiper, Common Greenshank,
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Australian Painted Snipe, Bush Stone-curlew,
Black-winged Stilt, Red-necked Avocet, Red-capped Plover, Black-fronted
Dotterel, Red-kneed Dotterel, Masked Lapwing, Australian Pratincole, Silver
Gull, Whiskered Tern, Rock Dove B, Common Bronzewing, Crested Pigeon B,
Peaceful Dove, Galah B, Long-billed Corella, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo,
Cockatiel, Musk Lorikeet, Crimson (Yellow) Rosella, Eastern Rosella,
Australian Ringneck, Red-rumped Parrot B, Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo,
Southern Boobook, Tawny Frogmouth, Azure Kingfisher, Laughing Kookaburra,
Sacred Kingfisher, Rainbow Bee-eater B, Dollarbird, White-throated
Treecreeper, Brown Treecreeper, Superb Fairy-wren B, White-winged Fairy-wren
B, Striated Pardalote B, White-browed Scrubwren, Weebill, Chestnut-rumped
Thornbill, Buff-rumped Thornbill, Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Yellow Thornbill,
Southern Whiteface, Red Wattlebird, Noisy Friarbird B, Little Friarbird B,
Blue-faced Honeyeater B, Noisy Miner, Singing Honeyeater, White-plumed
Honeyeater B, Black-chinned Honeyeater, Brown-headed Honeyeater,
White-fronted Honeyeater, Orange Chat, White-fronted Chat, Jacky Winter B,
Red-capped Robin, Eastern Yellow Robin, Grey-crowned Babbler B, White-browed
Babbler, Crested Shrike-tit, Gilbert's Whistler, Rufous Whistler B, Grey
Shrike-thrush, Restless Flycatcher, Magpie-lark, Grey Fantail B, Willie
Wagtail B, Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike, White-winged Triller, Olive-backed
Oriole, White-breasted Woodswallow, Dusky Woodswallow B, Pied Butcherbird B,
Australian Magpie B, Australian Raven, Little Raven, White-winged Chough, B
Singing Bushlark, Skylark, Australian (Richard's) Pipit, House Sparrow B,
Zebra Finch, Red-browed Finch, Diamond Firetail B, European Goldfinch B,
Mistletoebird, White-backed Swallow, Welcome Swallow B, Tree Martin B, Fairy
Martin B, Clamorous Reed Warbler B, Little Grassbird, Rufous Songlark, Brown
Songlark, Silvereye, Common Blackbird B, Common Starling B.
G'day All,
Last weekend was the BOCA Bird Challenge Count. On Saturday 4th the Cohuna
Team from Nth Vic set out in its various groups and covered the diverse
habitat within 40km of Cohuna. We missed some of the migrant birds that
often are around this time of the year, such as Black Honeyeater,
Budgerigar, Red-backed Kingfisher, Pallid Cuckoo, Australian Pratincole etc.
We also missed some of our usual birds such as Hooded Robin & Banded
Lapwing. Still, we notched up about 150 species, many of them breeding (B)
and generally in good numbers. We had hoped to pick up a Letter-wing Kite
because there was a report of one just over the border last week, but none
was to be seen in our area - yet! Some of the more interesting birds for the
area were Australasian Bittern, Painted Snipe, good numbers of Glossy Ibis &
Orange Chats at Hird Swamp, Brolgas breeding out on the Plains together with
Cockatiel, Little Button-quail, White-winged Fairy-wren, Singing Bushlark,
Brown Songlark and Skylark and the usual woodland birds of the Terricks and
other forested areas - Gilbert's Whistlers, Southern Whiteface, Rufous
Songlark, Bush Stone-curlew, Grey-crowned Babblers, Australian Ringneck &
Dollarbird. There were plenty of Rainbow Bee-eaters round the sand ridges. A
good day was had by the team consisting of Betty Waterson, Norma Sheridan,
Lorna Stutchbree, Chris Coleborn, John Pople, Wayne Hester, Simon Starr, Bob
& Herta Wheeler, Michael & Sharon O'Brien & Bill Waller. The full list is
below:
Regards,
Chris Coleborn
Emu, Musk Duck, Black Swan B, Australian Shelduck, Australian Wood Duck B,
Mallard, Pacific Black Duck B, Grey Teal B, Chestnut Teal, Pink-eared Duck,
Hardhead, Australasian Grebe B, Hoary-headed Grebe, Darter B, Little Pied
Cormorant B, Pied Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant B, Great Cormorant,
Australian Pelican, White-faced Heron, White-necked Heron B, Great Egret,
Intermediate Egret, Nankeen Night Heron B, Australasian Bittern, Glossy
Ibis, Australian White Ibis, Straw-necked Ibis, Royal Spoonbill,
Yellow-billed Spoonbill B, Black-shouldered Kite, Black Kite B, Whistling
Kite B, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Swamp Harrier, Wedge-tailed Eagle, Little
Eagle, Brown Falcon B, Australian Hobby,
Peregrine Falcon, Nankeen Kestrel, Brolga B, Australian Spotted Crake,
Purple Swamphen B, Dusky Moorhen B, Black-tailed Native-hen, Eurasian Coot
B, Little Button-quail, Latham's Snipe, Marsh Sandpiper, Common Greenshank,
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Australian Painted Snipe, Bush Stone-curlew,
Black-winged Stilt, Red-necked Avocet, Red-capped Plover, Black-fronted
Dotterel, Red-kneed Dotterel,
Masked Lapwing, Australian Pratincole, Silver Gull, Whiskered Tern, Rock
Dove B, Common Bronzewing, Crested Pigeon B, Peaceful Dove, Galah B,
Long-billed Corella, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo,
Cockatiel, Musk Lorikeet, Crimson (Yellow) Rosella, Eastern Rosella,
Australian Ringneck, Red-rumped Parrot B, Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo,
Southern Boobook, Tawny Frogmouth, Azure Kingfisher, Laughing Kookaburra,
Sacred Kingfisher, Rainbow Bee-eater B, Dollarbird, White-throated
Treecreeper, Brown Treecreeper, Superb Fairy-wren B, White-winged Fairy-wren
B, Striated Pardalote B, White-browed Scrubwren, Weebill, Chestnut-rumped
Thornbill, Buff-rumped Thornbill, Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Yellow Thornbill,
Southern Whiteface, Red Wattlebird, Noisy Friarbird B, Little Friarbird B,
Blue-faced Honeyeater B, Noisy Miner, Singing Honeyeater, White-plumed
Honeyeater B, Black-chinned Honeyeater,
Brown-headed Honeyeater, White-fronted Honeyeater, Orange Chat,
White-fronted Chat, Jacky Winter B,
Red-capped Robin, Eastern Yellow Robin, Grey-crowned Babbler B, White-browed
Babbler, Crested Shrike-tit, Gilbert's Whistler, Rufous Whistler B, Grey
Shrike-thrush, Restless Flycatcher, Magpie-lark,
Grey Fantail B, Willie Wagtail B, Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike, White-winged
Triller, Olive-backed Oriole,
White-breasted Woodswallow, Dusky Woodswallow B, Pied Butcherbird B,
Australian Magpie B, Australian Raven, Little Raven, White-winged Chough, B
Singing Bushlark, Skylark, Australian (Richard's) Pipit, House Sparrow B,
Zebra Finch, Red-browed Finch, Diamond Firetail B, European Goldfinch B,
Mistletoebird, White-backed Swallow, Welcome Swallow B, Tree Martin B, Fairy
Martin B,
Clamorous Reed Warbler B, Little Grassbird, Rufous Songlark, Brown Songlark,
Silvereye, Common Blackbird B, Common Starling B.
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