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| Subject: | A year on the swamp - Altona VIC |
| From: | Colin Clark <> |
| Date: | Mon, 19 Dec 2005 10:23:43 +0000 (GMT) |
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We moved into our house adjacent to Truganina Swamp in West Altona one year ago. During this time I have recorded 117 species on foot from home. The habitat is primarily wetlands and grassland with a few small trees and a creek that leads out to the sea so I have access to a fair diversity of species. I think there are around 10-20 other species that I may pick up at some stage. Anyway here is the list........ Australasian Grebe Uncommon Hoary-headed Grebe Regular Australian Pelican Common sometimes in large numbers Australian Gannet Uncommon over Sea Little Black Cormorant Regular Great Cormorant Uncommon Pied Cormorant Common Little Pied Cormorant Common White-necked Heron 1-2 present for 2 weeks in August Great Egret Common Intermediate Egret Seen once in January on main pool White-faced Heron Common Little Egret Common Cattle Egret Occasional Rufous Night-Heron Seen once in January between main pool and Laverton Ck Australasian Bittern One seen in flight 5th December Australian Ibis Fairly common sometimes in large numbers Straw-necked Ibis Seasonally common Royal Spoonbill Fairly common Yellow-billed Spoonbill Occasional Black Swan Common Australian Shelduck Fairly common Maned Duck Uncommon Gray Teal Common Chestnut Teal Common Pacific Black Duck Common Australian Shoveler Uncommon Pink-eared Duck Seen on 1-2 occasions on water treatment plant Hardhead Uncommon Black-shouldered Kite Common more so in winter Whistling Kite Uncommon Swamp Harrier Common more so in winter Spotted Harrier Seen once - fine male over Laverton Ck 17th July Brown Goshawk Uncommon Little Eagle Uncommon Australian Kestrel Uncommon Australian Hobby Fairly common Brown Falcon Uncommon Peregrine Falcon Seen on 3-4 occasions Brown Quail Common but secretive Buff-banded Rail Common but secretive Purple Swamphen Uncommon Dusky Moorhen Common on Mt St Josephs pond Eurasian Coot Common on water treatment plant Pied Oystercatcher Commonly seen at mouth of Laverton Ck Sooty Oystercatcher Uncommon seen at mouth of Laverton Ck Black-winged Stilt Common Red-necked Avocet Good numbers present throughout June Masked Lapwing Common Red-kneed Dotterel Uncommon Red-capped Plover Common in summer behind main pool Double-banded Plover Seen once at mouth Laverton Creek 12th June Black-fronted Dotterel Seen once beside mouth Laverton Creek - probably regular Latham's Snipe One pair seen in flight 6th December Marsh Sandpiper Erratic but seen on several occasions in summer Common Greenshank Common in summer Red-necked Stint Common in late summer Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Common in summer - one seen on saltworks winter Curlew Sandpiper Uncommon Pacific Gull Common near sea Silver Gull Common Great Crested Tern Common near sea Whiskered Tern Common in summer Rock Dove Sky-rats Spotted Dove Common Crested Pigeon Common Galah Fairly Common Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Fairly common Rainbow Lorikeet Common Musk Lorikeet Seasonally common Little Lorikeet Rare Purple-crowned Lorikeet Uncommon Crimson Rosella Seen once in street in October Eastern Rosella Seen on 2-3 occasions Red-rumped Parrot Generally uncommon but regular near baseball stadium Brush Cuckoo Seen once in September Fan-tailed Cuckoo Seen once in October Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Seen on 4-5 occasions in Spring Barn Owl Seen 2 consecutive evenings 31st Aug 1st Sep Southern Boobook Seen once by the house 16th Aug White-throated Nightjar Seen once by the house 4th Apr Singing Bushlark Uncommon Sky Lark Common Welcome Swallow Common Tree Martin Rare Fairy Martin Uncommon Australasian Pipit Fairly common Eurasian Blackbird Common Song Thrush Uncommon Golden-headed Cisticola Common but not always showing Clamorous Reed-Warbler Commonly in summer Little Grassbird Common Willie-wagtail Common Gray Fantail Seasonally common Flame Robin Seasonally common Crested Shrike-tit Seen once by Laverton Ck Dec 2004 Golden Whistler Female in the garden (lost record of date) Superb Fairywren Common White-browed Scrubwren Seen on 2-3 occasions Striated Fieldwren Uncommon Yellow-rumped Thornbill Common White-fronted Chat Common Silver-eye Uncommon Singing Honeyeater Uncommon mostly seen near sea White-plumed Honeyeater Common New Holland Honeyeater Common Red Wattlebird Common Little Wattlebird Seasonally fairly common Magpie-lark Common Australasian Magpie Common Little Raven Common Common Myna Common European Starling Common European Greenfinch Common European Goldfinch Common House Sparrow Common Eurasian Tree Sparrow Common
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