Birdline Victoria Update No. 215
For the week ending: 14 August 2005
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Sightings
14 August
Highlight of the quarterly BOCA outing to Pinkerton Forest/Bush's Paddock
(between Melton and Werribee) on a very cold and windy day was extended
close views of a Spotted Harrier hunting low over the native grasslands.
Other highlights included two pairs of Wedge-tailed Eagles, good numbers of
Jacky Winters and two Diamond Firetails. There were also a number of Tree
Martins present, which seems to be a rather early return? Thanks Dave Torr.
13 August
Fairly quiet at Truganina Swamp, Altona at present but recent sightings
include White-necked Heron Sunday 14th Aug 8am in for NE corner of swamp
near the railway line and Yellow-billed Spoonbill on Laverton Creek. Thanks
Colin Clark.
8 August
During the EGBOC outing to Lonely Bay (Lake Tyers) a pair of Whistling
Kites, a Brown Goshawk, 2 White-bellied Sea-Eagles (one adult and one
immature) and a pair of Peregrine Falcons were observed. Little Corellas
were heard on the opposite site of the bay in farmland and again highlight
the expansion of this species into areas east of Lakes Entrance. Excellent
views were also obtained of a Spotted Pardalote gathering nesting material
from the trunk of an Ironbark. Thanks Len Axen.
8 August
Glowing in the sun today, four male Flame Robins and 5 female at the
northern end of Seaford Wetlands, on the Wells Rd side, keeping company
mainly on the ground with Yellow-rumped Thornbills. Thanks Jacqui Sheppard.
7 August
At Wychitella Black-chinned Honeyeaters were fairly common (saw at least a
dozen), 3 White-backed Swallows over the old Korong Vale reservoir. Thanks
Euan Moore.
7 August
At Mangalore Flora and Fauna Reserve there were 8 Swift Parrots, 11
White-browed Babblers, 3 Black-chinned Honeyeaters, a White-bellied
Cuckoo-shrike, 5 early return or overwintering Dusky Woodswallows and a
Black Kite. Thanks Michael Ramsey
7 August
At Seymour Bushland Reserve there was a Speckled Warbler. Thanks Michael
Ramsey
6 August
There was a Juvenile White-bellied Sea-Eagle soaring above Point Addis.
Thanks Peter Fuller.
6 August
There was a Spotted Harrier at Mt Pollock near Inverliegh. Thanks Peter
Fuller.
6 August
A pair of Red-capped Robins were back at their old haunts on the Avon River
at Bushy Park today. Thanks Duncan Fraser.
4 August
One Black-browed Albatross was seen at 9.15 am on 4 August from the
Queenscliff - Sorrento Ferry, approximately midway across the Bay - Strait
passage in open water. Conditions were windy (15 knots from the south),
showery and cold (10 C?) following the passage a major cold front about 12
hours earlier. Thanks Andrew Walter.
3 August
An Eastern Curlew was observed foraging on the sand flats adjacent to the
mouth of the Snowy River. An uncommon sighting in Marlo during early August.
Thanks Len Axen
2 August
Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club Tuesday 2 August: 3 Gang-gang Cockatoos. Thanks
Richard Nowotny.
1 August
During the EGBOC outing to Raymond Island uninterrupted views of a Grey
Goshawk soaring high above the former primary school site were recorded by a
number of observers. Chris Healey/Len Axen.
1 August
Approximately 2km from Genoa on the Melbourne side, feeding in thick
roadside Casuarinas, were 3 Glossy Black-Cockatoos -male, female and
probable juvenile. Also one Tree Martin at Genoa. Thanks Steve Davidson.
1 August
A Purple Swamphen was seen saw at the Elster Creek on 1st August is the
first definite report for the City of Bayside that Michael Norris knows of
since February 1958. Thanks Michael Norris.
1 August
A single Major Mitchell's Cockatoo was observed for some ten minutes in the
Jackson's Creek Valley at Sunbury. It was with a Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
and the two acted together. The Major Mitchell was in no way distressed or
concerned, sitting for some time in a tree and preening. The pair eventually
flew off upstream. Thanks Roger McGlashan.
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Regards,
Stuart
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