Birdline Victoria
Published sightings for the week ending 1 Aug 2010.
Sun 1 Aug Spotless Crake & Brolga Western Treatment Plant,
Werribee
84 species on a frightful, wet day. Best Spotless Crake (1 Lake Borrie),
Brolga (2 Western Lagoons), Wedge-tailed Eagle (1), Whiskered Tern (1
adult in breeding plumage, could not locate immatures & non-breeders
seen with it recently), Zebra Finch (10), only 2 Cape Barren Geese,
Red-necked Stint (1 in full breeding plumage - new arrival?), Fairy
Martin (2 - a few over-wintered), Australian Reed-Warbler (2 -
over-wintered), Fairy Tern (2), Double-banded Plover (only about 40;
100+ seem to have left already), duck numbers well down, but hgh numbers
of Red-capped Plover (50+) and Black-fronted Dotterel (40+). No
Red-necked Avocet or Eurasian Coot.
John Barkla, Fred Smith & Alison Street
Olive-backed Oriole, Fan-tailed Cuckoo, Yackandandah
Fan-tailed Cuckoo calling early this morning, followed by a series of
species that should not have been in the garden, including White-browed
Woodswallow, Rufous Whistler and a possible Lyrebird!! This made me get
out of bed, however I soon found the culprit - an Olive-backed Oriole in
the Claret Ash! Where has it been travelling to pick up this odd
assortment of species?
Matt Weeks
Sat 31 Jul Regent Honeyeater Chiltern Mt Pilot National Park
(Chiltern)
Single bird well seen on Green Hill Road, about 100m east of Pipeline
Track. The bird was initially seen on a tree branch above the road with
some White-naped and Fuscous Honeyeaters. It appeared to have no leg
bands, so presumably a wild bird and not a released one. The bird was
flighty and was soon flushed into the trees to the north of Green Hill
Road. As we approached it again, it flushed further and could not be
relocated.
Paul Dodd & Ruth Woodrow
Brush Bronzewing Long Hollow Reserve, Beaumaris
As in my report of 13/7, one feeding under the Cherry Ballart trees by
Gareth Avenue. I said it was a female but a yellowish tinge on the
forehead along with the extensive chestnut shoulders suggest it is
probably an immature male.
Michael Norris
Powerful Owl, Azure Kingfisher & Rose Robin Jumping Creek
Reserve - Blue Tounge Bend walking trail (Warrandyte)
Powerful Owl same location reported by Colin Mulvogue on 27/7/10. Azure
Kingfisher and Darter on fallen tree over river. Bassian Thrush (2) 100m
into walk. Rose Robin calling. White-naped (10+) and a White-eared
honeyeaters (5). Striated Pardalotes and White-throated Treecreepers
nesting at carpark.
Fiona Parkin & Jon Thornton
Scarlet Honeyeater Wurundjeri Walk, Blackburn
This morning in a flowering gum at least 2 Scarlet Honeyeaters (1 brown
bird and 1 male) with numerous Eastern Spinebills.
Richard & Margaret Alcorn
Thu 29 Jul Peregrine Falcon Balliang east
2 birds seen perched in dead tree beside road. Female flew off to
another tree, male followed soon after but landed in a different tree.
He perched there and preened himself for some minutes, remaining quite
calm as we watched and photographed. Finally he flew off as well. (2).
Janine Duffy, Roger Smith
Turquoise Parrot, Beautiful Firetail, Pallid Cuckoo, Brush
Bronzewing Cape Conran Coastal Park
Gravel Road: A flock of 12 Turquoise Parrots observed flying through the
eucalypt woodland and a pair of Beautiful Firetails seen feeding near
the junction of Gravel and the Old Coast Roads. Old Coast Road: An early
season's sighting of a pair of Pallid Cuckoos. Yerrung Gorge Road: A
late afternoon sighting of a Brush Bronzewing.
Len and Jacquie Axen
Glossy Black-Cockatoo Rules Rd Nowa Nowa
3 birds seen near road. Male and female easily identified, but a
persistent begging call of third bird suggested a juvenile, but this
could not be confirmed by sight. Significant amount of "chewings" under
allocasuarina.
Forestech Students (East Gippsland TAFE) per Roger Bilney
Wed 28 Jul Hooded Plover, Double-banded Plover and Striated
Fieldwren Snowy River estuary
4 pairs of Hooded Plovers and an immature were observed between French's
Narrows and the mouth of the Snowy River. 14 Doubled-banded Plovers (
the majority in full breeding plumage ) were sighted huddled together on
the ocean beach by the entrance and 3 Striated Fieldwrens and a pair of
Southern Emu-wrens were sighted in the primary dunes at Mots Beach this
morning.
Len and Jacquie Axen
Bush-stone Curlew City Park Wimmera township
These birds were photographed in a park at a south west wimmera town
today. Surprisingly to me they were only about 1/2k from the town centre
in a park with heavy pedestrian traffic and a lot of houses nearby. I
haven't posted the town or location as yet because I believe the birds
were nesting and could be easily disturbed.
Greg McKay
Tue 27 Jul Powerful Owl Jumping Creek Reserve
One Bird observed above walking Track 25m East of Info box ( heading
upstream from bottom carpark) directly above track only 2mts from
ground. (1).
Colin Mulvogue
Shearwater sp. ? Lakes Entrance and Lake Tyers Ocean
Tens of thousands of Shearwaters rafting and travelling along the
coastline in a westerly direction from Lake Tyers. Unsure if sp. is
Fluttering or Short-tailed. Very early arrival if it is the later sp.
into Victoria from Alaska. Definitely worth a look.
Faye Bedford
Australasian Bittern Western Treatment Plant
One bird seen in same location as last siting. Flushed at the approach
of vehicle and took off towards Lake Borrie. Bird seen at approx. 9am.
Paul Randall (wingsonwire.com)
Mon 26 Jul Wedge-tailed Eagle, Restless Flycatcher Buchan Caves
Reserve
Interesting sightings from today's EGBOC outing included 3 Restless
Flycatchers, a pair of Wedge-tailed Eagles, half a dozen early returning
Fan-tailed Cuckoos and observations of Yellow-rumped Thornbills already
carrying nesting material.
Len Axen per fellow EGBOC members
Grey Currawong, Cape Barren Goose, Little Eagle Seaford Swamp
One Grey Currawong seen in buffer zone to the north of the swamp and one
heard (possibly a second bird) along Wells Rd to the east. Only second
record at this site- the first after the 1983 Ash Wednesday fires. Also
single Cape Barren Goose and Little Eagle.
Sean Dooley, Andrew Silcocks
Lewin's Rail Cheetham Wetlands
>From new Boardwalk. Bird still present at same site reported by Peter
Shute late last month. (1).
Colin Mulvogue
Sun 25 Jul Australasian Bittern Hallam road wetlands
1 Aus Bittern, sighted at Hallam road wetlands ( about ½ km East of
Hallam road on Sunday 25th July pm.
Giles Daubeney
Black Kite Geelong Ring Road, Bell Post Hill, Geelong
Five seen soaring in a loose flock, just before midday, on the west side
of the Geelong Ring Road.
Charles Silveira
Pink-eared Duck Lilydale Lake
To our surprise we found 2 Pink-eared Ducks on smaller lake (quite
close, but no camera on us today). Also seen at site were approx 28
Hardheads, 10 Darters, 12 Little Black Cormorants, 5 Little Pied
Cormorants, 25 Australasian Grebes, 1 Black Swan, 1 Pelican, plus other
more common wetland species.
Claire & Eva Wolinski, Barbara & Philip Richardson
Waders galore but no Semipalmated Plover Clonmel Island, Corner
Inlet
There appears to have been few follow-up visits to Clonmel Island since
the initial reports in June so we decided to go and have a look. On a
very nice winter's day, birds present were Australian Pied Oystercatcher
(20), Sooty Oystercatcher (50), Grey Plover (10), Red-capped Plover
(50), Double-banded Plover (200), Greater Sand Plover (10), Hooded
Plover (2), Bar-tailed Godwit (1-2,000), Eastern Curlew (50), Ruddy
Turnstone (1), Red Knot (200), Sanderling (100), Red-necked Stint (200),
Curlew Sandpiper (5), Little Tern (7), Crested Tern (20), Pacific Gull
(50) and Silver Gull (50) along with assorted gannets, pelicans,
cormorants, herons, raptors, bronzewings and passerines. But,
Semipalmated Plover (0), unfortunately.
Chris Lester with Paul Dodd, Ruth Woodrow and Rosemary Lester
Brown Goshawk Taylors Lakes
Single bird sighted along the creek walk (between Sunshine Ave and
Burrowye Crs). Have seen a pair in this area about a month ago.
Andre Rasquinha
Superb Parrot, Black Falcon, Western Gerygone, Rufous Songlark,
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Barmah, Picola West area
Single Superb Parrot in roadside trees near Picola. Felt like early
spring with some early migrants as well, with Western Gerygone, Rufous
Songlark in full voice. Many Red-capped Robins along roadside vegetation
in the area. Couple of Black Falcons hawking over farmland. Open forest
areas greenest in years.
Greg Oakley
Australasian Bittern Western Treatment Plant, Werribee
At the second pond from the Beach Road gate - flew from side of River Rd
West (road along coast) across pond to reeds on far side, 5.30 pm. Also
good views of Hobby nearby.
Alan Crawford, Elizabeth Shaw, Ruth Minifie
Nankeen Night-heron Boathouse Rd, Yarra Bend Park, Kew
Grooming itself in a eucalypt overhanging the Yarra near Studley Park
Boathouse.
Therese Quinlan
Fri 16 Jul Grey Goshawk Metung
Late Report: A Grey Goshawk ( white morph ) was observed by a number of
people around Metung today.
Bob White per Len Axen
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