Working out at the Western Treatment Plant (WTP), Werribee, Victoria
yesterday, these are the incidental observations - note _none_ of the
targeted Lewin's Rails on this trip!!! I did however make a confirmed
sighting of a "Peter Fuller' - often seen on this list.
Highlights - one OBP heard at Little River mouth;
Intermediate/Great/Little Egrets on Little River; Great Crested Grebes
again on Little River; huge collection of birds on mud flats out front
of Little River hide ...
Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis
Musk Duck Biziura lobata
Black Swan Cygnus atratus
Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae
Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis
Grey Teal Anas gracilis
Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
Hardhead Aythya australis
Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Darter Anhinga melanogaster
Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Great Egret Ardea alba
Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia
Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
Black Kite Milvus migrans
Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
Brown Falcon Falco berigora
Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
Australian Spotted Crake Porzana fluminea
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
White-headed Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus
Double-banded Plover Charadrius bicinctus
Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Pacific Gull Larus pacificus
Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae
Crested Tern Sterna bergii
Little Tern Sterna albifrons
Fairy Tern Sterna nereis
Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
Orange-bellied Parrot Neophema chrysogaster
Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
Striated Fieldwren Calamanthus fuliginosus
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus
New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons
Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Little Raven Corvus mellori
Skylark Alauda arvensis
Australian Pipit Anthus australis
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Little Grassbird Megalurus gramineus
Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
Common Blackbird Turdus merula
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Fox Vulpes vulpes
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
Cabbage White Pieris rapae
84 species
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*Lawrie Conole
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