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Published sightings for the week ending 5 Feb 2012.

Sun 5 Feb	Freckled Duck Coolart Wetlands & Homestead Five seen on the lagoon (2 also seen on the 4/2/12 by Sue and Steve King). Also one Australian Spotted Crake on the wetlands. Brian Thomas
	Spotted Quail-thrush, Cicadabird, Turquoise Parrot Stanley State Forest (Gapsted Block) A great morning walk through the forest with a great diversity of species. Great views of a female Spotted Quail-thrush along West End Track casually walking in front and around for a while giving great views. Also a Cicadabird and Turquoise Parrot at the end of Stoney Creek Track. This is my most southerly record for Turqs in north-east Victoria, I don't think they would occur much further south. Plenty of White-throated Needletails about as well, some so close they could be heard calling. Michael Ramsey
	Satin Flycatcher Point Cook Coastal Park Satin Flycatcher (1). Adult male amongst cypress at the homestead. Peter Bennet
Sat 4 Feb	White-throated Needletail Emerald The sky was alive with needletails a couple of kilometres north of Emerald. Though only a small section of sky visible, 241 WTNTs were counted. Mark & Emily Bennett
	Rufous Fantail Dorset Road Croydon One seen in trees on nature strip near corner of Dorset Road and Parsons Street. Dorine and Brian Bending
Fri 3 Feb	Grey Butcherbird, Little Lorikeet Northcote Grey Butcherbird heard in the vicinity of the Northcote Railway Station at 10am and a few minutes later a flock of 6 Little Lorikeets heard and seen flying over Northcote Primary School. Craig Morley
	Great Crested Grebe Yan Yean Reservoir As previously reported, Great Crested Grebe, > 100 in a raft off the point opposite the South end of the wall Terry Gourley
	White-breasted Woodswallow Dutson Downs, south of Sale Three adults and a juvenile seen. An adult was observed at this site back in October, so they appear to have possibly bred there. (Moderators note: a very rare bird south of the Great Divide) Rohan Bilney
	Australian Bustard Hamilton 1 in paddock on Department of Primary Industries research farm about 10 km south of Hamilton. Steve Clark
	Square-tailed Kite One Eye State Forest, Heathcote. Seen about 1 km along the One Eye Road entrance from McIvor Hwy. Marlene Lyell
	Nankeen Night Heron Taylors Lakes, VIC One adult bird flushed about 100m from the Parmelia Rd bridge. 2nd sighting for me in this area over the past 3 months. Andre Rasquinha
Thu 2 Feb	Nankeen Night Heron (immature) Lake Wendouree, Ballarat One immature bird looking very bittern-like on water's edge and one roosting low down in a willow tree. Four seen flying at evening - all immatures. Circa12 Spotted Crakes on shore and floating vegetation around western side of lake. Two male Blue-billed Duck and one juvenile have been here for at least a month. Up to three seen at one time. Latham's Snipe seen three times in the last week. Never seen Lake Wendouree with such abundant birdlife. Also recorded two Buff-banded Rails. We walk a part of the lake most evenings. Campbell Vincent
	Spotted Quail-thrush Mount Samaria State Park One female foraging on Mt. Samaria Road (just a track really). On the rocky section below the Lake Nillahcootie lookout bend. Bill Morecraft
	Freckled Duck, Mallard Balbirooroo Wetlands, Balnarring Following on from recent postings, there were 11 Freckled Duck on the main lagoon today, firstly loafing on posts in water then later retiring to shelter of willows on far side. Also there a pure-looking Mallard that appeared to be a male in eclipse, a pair of Blue-billed duck and a Black-fronted Dotterel. Steve, Wren & Jan Davidson
Wed 1 Feb	Blue-faced Honeyeater Old St Pats School, Kilmore 2 adults, 3-4 juveniles. Didn`t think they were found this far south. (Moderators note: This species has been slowly spreading south through Seymour, Broadford and now Kilmore over the last decade or so. How long till some birds establish a population in the northern suburbs of Melbourne?) Dale Eccles
Tue 31 Jan	Banded Lapwing Usual paddock on west side of Beach Rd, Werribee - between Avalon Airport and WTP Numbers have now increased to 21. Richard Nowotny
	Great Knot Western Treatment Plant, Werribee 3 Great Knot around the rocks north of the Beach Rd boat ramp. First seen by Anders Magnusson, a visiting Swedish birder (currently living in China). Richard Nowotny
	Common Sandpiper Tooradin, Westernport One heard on the south then seen on the north side of inlet. Flew under the bridge of the South Gippsland Highway. Graham Beal
	Fairy Prion Hamilton Fairy Prion (1) A juvenile bird, down still present on crown (possibly from Lady Julia Percy Island, Port Fairy) blown inland to Iluka Processing Plant, Hamilton. Came into wildlife care this morning and was returned to the coast (and wildlife care) for release when fit. Thanks to Steve Clarke for helping with identification. This is the second time a Fairy Prion has been blown inland to Hamilton, the first was fond on Coleraine Hwy in gutter in front of local Kindergarten 02/02/2006. Also identified by S. Clarke, a very handy neighbour to have. Samantha Greiner
	Little Lorikeet, Musk Lorikeet, Rainbow Lorikeet Heatherdale Railway Station, Mitcham First day back on the trains and happy to find approx. 30 Musk , 2 Rainbow and 4-5 Little Lorikeet in the gum trees on both sides of the station. All 3 species were here last February for about a month. Seems like lots of Musk Lorikeet in the outer eastern suburbs right now. Jackson Airey
Mon 30 Jan	Common Koel, Scarlet Honeyeater Nyerimilang Park BirdLife East Gippsland's first outing for 2012 was highlighted by the observation of some 30+ Scarlet Honeyeaters throughout a dense understorey of Pittosporum and Tea-Tree. 2 Common Koels were also heard calling continuously from heavily forested slopes close to the shoreline of the Gippsland Lakes.. BirdLife East Gippsland members per Len Axen
Sun 29 Jan	Baillon's Crake x 4 Reed Cres. Wetlands, Wonthaggi Also: Australian Spotted Crake x 8 Japanese Snipe x 10 Little Grassbird x 2 All viewed from Birdhide, 8am White Throated Needletail x approx.10 @ Baxters Swamp, Sat. Jan28,8am Mike Tesch
	Eastern Reef Egret, White-throated Nightjar, White-throated Needletail Shipwreck Creek, Mallacoota 3 dark morph Eastern Reef Egrets seen around rocky headlands in evening. Flocks of 200+ needletails overhead throughout the day, and a single White-throated Nightjar observed circling over canopy above our campsite on dusk. No Ground Parrot seen or heard over the course of 4 days of searching. Single Hooded Plover on beach. Dan Weller
Sat 28 Jan	Freckled Duck Balbirooroo Wetlands, Balnarring 8 Birds on the private property dam next to Balbirooroo but can be seen from the viewing platform that overlooks it.. A few sightings of Freckled Duck in the area recently with a pair at Coolart Wetlands on the 18/12/11 and 3 (sighted by Rod Paynter) on the 20/1/12. Brian Thomas
Fri 27 Jan	Topknot Pigeon, Striated Heron Gipsy Point A single Topknot Pigeon on the spit area out from Gipsy Point. One Striated Heron on the normal boat trip that runs from there. Chris Lester
Sat 7 Jan	Lewin's Rail Coolart Wetlands & Homestead, Somers Also sighted 4 Australian Spotted Crake, 3 Spotless (including 2 juv), Brian Thomas
Thu 31 Mar	Late March. There are reports of a Black-necked Stork from Tungamah which is about 25kms South West of Yarrawonga. It was on a swamp at the NW corner of the junction of Wallden Rd & Dickie Rd, (VICROADS Country Directory p 33 F3). This is private land, a property called Sand Bank. Bob Cook per Mike Carter

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