Published sightings for the week ending 27 May 2012.
| Sat 26 May
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Spotted Harrier
Eynesbury Forest and Grasslands
Spotted Harrier (1) Adult seen from the display homes heading east.
Bernie McRitchie
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| Thu 24 May
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Swift Parrot
Euroa
Small group frequently feeding in flowering eucalypts for the last week on Drysdale Rd.
Dave Harrison
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| Wed 23 May
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Little Eagle
Over Eastlink adjacent to Eastern Treatment Plant, Bangholme
Stuart Cooney
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| Tue 22 May
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Little Corella
Sladen & Cameron Streets, Cranbourne
Over 500 feeding with a few Long Billed and Galahs, on a grassy roundabout on a busy main road and flying to and from a nearby pine tree .
Graham Beal
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| Sun 20 May
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Pink Robin
Mitchell St Hawkesdale
Single Pink Robin (brown form) has been hanging around in the two-year-old revegetation area for two weeks. Very inquisitive and enjoys the vege garden too. First one I have seen here in 16 years! Also regular annual visit from the Golden Whistler.
Matthew Talbot
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Grey Goshawk (white morph)
Mt Evelyn Pony Club (Bailey Road)
Sitting in a low tree on far side of paddock. Flew toward old railway.
Ruth Wilson
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White-fronted Honeyeater
Kooyoora State Park (Wehla Block)
A single bird seen in flowering White Box near junction of Grassy Flat Track and White Box Track. A rare bird in general but very unusual in non-mallee habitat.
Sean Dooley
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| Thu 17 May
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Banded Stilt
Avalon Beach
270 stilts feeding across the large pond "behind" the beach shacks, easliy observed from public road. Also 2 Black-winged Stilts in vicinity. In restricted area of saltworks: 2 Spotted Harriers, Swamp Harrier a majestic adult White-bellied Sea-Eagle and 15 Blue-winged Parrots. Also a light morph Little Eagle and a Whistling Kite.
Craig Morley, Rob Ganly
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