Hi Andrew,
The following's a list of the birds I've seen recently along (or near)
the Moonee Ponds Ck (mainly between Racecourse Rd and Footscray Rd).
This list also includes birds seen at the southern end of Royal Park
(including the new wetlands called the Trin Warren Tam-boore Waterhole -
built as part of the Commonwealth games development).
Of these a few could be described as uncommon:
- Common Sandpiper: actually an uncommon wader in Victoria. Its presence
at the Bellbird Waterhole may well be because of the drought.
- Spotted Crake: seen near the reed beds at the intersection of
Footscray Rd and the Moonee Ponds Creek. This is a rare and very shy
skulking bird.
- Swift Parrot: perhaps the best example of a bird moving into the city
because of drought (seen in the southern section of Royal Park). Also
lots of other parrots, such a Musk Lorikeet, Scaly-breasted & Rainbow
Lorikeet, Red-rumped Parrot, Eastern Rosella, a couple of Pale-headed
Rosella (a zoo escapee) , Galah, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo and
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (a bird which has become increasingly
common in Melbourne, possibly because of the drought).
- Some other interesting birds along the Moonee Ponds Ck are Darter,
Great Egret, Nankeen Night-Heron, Collared Sparrowhawk, Peregrine
Falcon, Wedge-tailed & Little Eagle.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me.
Cheers,
Tim Dolby
1. Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
2. Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
3. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
4. Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
5. Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
6. Darter Anhinga melanogaster
7. Great Egret Ardea alba
8. White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
9. Nankeen Night-Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
10. Black Swan Cygnus atratus
11. Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
12. Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
13. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
14. Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
15. Hardhead Aythya australis
16. Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
17. Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus
18. Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrhocephalus
19. Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
20. Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
21. Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
22. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
23. Australian Spotted Crake Porzana fluminea
24. Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
25. Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
26. Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
27. Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
28. Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae
29. Crested Tern Sterna bergii
30. Rock Dove Columba livia
31. Spotted Turtle-Dove Streptopelia chinensis
32. Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
33. Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus
34. Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
35. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
36. Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
37. Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus
38. Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
39. Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor
40. Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
41. Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus
chlorolepidotus
42. Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
43. Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis
44. Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
45. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
46. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
47. Fairy Martin Hirundo ariel
48. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
49. Common Blackbird Turdus merula
50. Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
51. Australian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus australis
52. Little Grassbird Megalurus gramineus
53. Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
54. Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
55. Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea
56. Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
57. Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
58. White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
59. Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
60. Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
61. Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
62. Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
64. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
65. White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus
66. New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris
novaehollandiae
67. Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus
tenuirostris
68. Bell Miner Manorina melanophrys
69. Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
70. Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
71. Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
72. Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
73. Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
74. Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
75. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
76. Little Raven Corvus mellori
77. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
78. Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
79. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
80. Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
81. Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
82. European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
83. European Gold Finch Carduelis carduelis
Hi,
Have you had any rare bird sightings reported along Moonee Ponds Creek,
as a result of the drought ?
Andrew Miller
Journalist - Moonee Valley Leader
Leader Community Newspapers
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