Birdline Victoria Weekly Update

Birdline Victoria

Published sightings for the week ending 6 May 2012.

Sun 6 May	Square-tailed Kite Soho Road, Bellarine Peninsula 1' Cell Most likely the same juvenile bird recorded yesterday near Drysdale. Drove under it and then stopped car to get a great view of this rarely seen bird of the Bellarine Peninsula. Chris Pitfield
Sat 5 May	Square-tailed Kite Curlewis/Wallington An immature bird seen on three occassions over the last week in paddocks on the Bellarine bounded between Hermsley, Coriyule, Jetty, Drysdale-Ocean Grove, Swan Bay and Curlewis Roads. Also present in Coriyule Rd. were 2 Little Eagles. Tom Fletcher & Gordon McCarthy (1)
	Australasian Bittern Western Treatment Plant, Werribee Australasian Bittern flushed from beside coast road on second pond inside Beach Road gate. It flew across the lagoon and landed in the reed bed, where it was observed for some time in its bill pointing skywards posture. John Barkla
Fri 4 May	Pink Robin Croajingolong National Park (Double Creek Arm) Pink Robin (2) A surprising observation of a pair of Pink Robins actively feeding and squabbling in amongst a grove of mature ti trees that lined Charlie's Creek track. Len and Jacquie Axen
Thu 3 May	Grey Goshawk, Crested Bellbird Greater Bendigo Regional Park - Wellsford Crested Bellbird heard calling and Grey Goshawk observed cruising just above the canopy of the forest at the intersection of Harper and Soundry Roads. Scarlet and Flame Robin's also about in good numbers. Few honeyeater's or lorikeet's about where searched. David Parker
	Double-banded Plover Lake Hindmarsh Double-banded Plover along foreshore of lake with Red-necked Stint and Red-capped Plovers. Little Eagle (White morph) lifted from ground cover and landed nearby. Also 2 Darters and approx. 15 Shelduck resting. Arthur & Denise Carew
Wed 2 May	White-bellied Sea-Eagle Lake Fyans Caravan Park My first time at this site, excellent range of birds, well worth a visit (not just at the caravan park). Also seen White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike and Hooded Robin. Angus Hartshorn
Tue 1 May	Pallid Cuckoo Canni Creek Racecourse, Buchan South Pallid Cuckoo (1) A very late observation according to our records. Heard calling from adjacent eucalypt woodland on the eastern edge of the golf course. Moderators note: This could also be a very early record ? I have recorded Pallid Cuckoos in early and mid winter in northern Vic, which seemed to have arrived from somewhere, with a whiff of spring about them ! Len and Jacquie Axen
	Broad-billed Sandpiper Western Treatment Plant, Werribee Broad-billed Sandpiper (1) still there on Western Lagoon in company with Red-necked Stints, Red-capped Plovers and Double-banded Plovers. Richard & Margaret Alcorn
Mon 30 Apr	Slender-billed Thornbill Little Desert National Park Thornbill and Southern Scrub-robin seen at Salt Lake, also many Tawny-crowned and White-fronted Honeyeaters. Inland Thornbill at entrance to Trig Walk. Flame Robins (1 female & 2 juvenile) in bush strip between farmland and Kiata Campground road. Arthur & Denise Carew
	Swift Parrot, Peregrine Falcon Monash University, Clayton A single Swift Parrot with a large group of Musk Lorikeets - gave great views and flew off south. A few minutes later a male Peregrine flew along the tree line between the sports fields and off over the campus. Tony Keene
Sun 29 Apr	Brolga Darlington - Carranballac Rd, Skipton area Group of 20 + Brolgas in reedy wetland east of Pink Lake. Same group seen two days in a row. Two Individual pairs also seen further south on the same road on farmland. Bjorn Svensson & Shanti Fowler # 58758
	Wonga Pigeon Toolangi State Forest Very quiet day at Toolangi - most likely due to the cold weather. Only highlights were one Olive Whistler on the Wirrawalla board walk and a flushing Wonga Pigeon on the Myrtle Gully track. Otherwise very little about. Ed Williams, Tony Keene
	Ruddy Turnstone Western Treatment Plant, Werribee Ruddy Turnstone (1) single bird in almost full breeding plumage, 15E Outlet Steven Davidson - The Melbourne Birder
Fri 27 Apr	Little Friarbird Marlo The distinctive call of a Little Friarbird was heard throughout the morning from a number of secluded gardens nearby, including those with flowering eucalypts. This observation is only our second in 24 years at Marlo and comes exactly 3 years and 1 week since the first sighting in May 2009. Jacquie and Len Axen
Thu 19 Apr	Blue-winged Parrot Western Treatment Plant, Werribee Blue-winged Parrot (50) The BWPs were a nice mix of adults, immatures and some very young birds. Hedley Earl

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