Short report - Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, Vic

haha...a new tick for lawrie! : )

Just to add to the sightings, there
were about 50 Curlew Sandpipers near the bird hide. One was flagged with
a yellow and an orange leg flag on it right leg.  (Yellow above...i
think).
 
Peter





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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