Birdline Victoria Weekly Update

Birdline Victoria

Published sightings for the week ending 3 Jun 2012.

Sun 3 Jun	Red-necked Avocet Carmichaels Road West, Yarrawonga A small flock roosting on the northern side of a wetland by the roadside. A very rare bird in North East Victoria with only a handful of recent records. Michael Ramsey
Fri 1 Jun	Black-faced Cormorant Mornington Black-faced Cormorant, on rock at Linley point, Fishermans Beach. Anthea Stubbs
Thu 31 May	Brown Thornbill Railway Club Hotel, cnr Raglan & Princes Sts Port Melbourne At least 5 birds in street tree (some kind of large-leafed non-local eucalypt). I've never seen them in the streets of Port Melbourne before! The railway reserve is close by, but the habitat there isn't ideal Brown Thornbill bush either. Time: 10.45 All flew off towards the south. Janine Duffy
	Little Eagle Pipemakers Park, Maribyrnong River I was surprised to see an immature Little Eagle just south of Pipemakers park on my ride to work. Stephen Nutt
	Possible Pacific Black Duck X Chestnut Teal hybrid Newport Lakes Park This odd looking bird was with 4 Chestnut Teal, a Grey Teal, 2 Pacific Black Duck and a Hardhead. Also lerp abundance and much flowering of Spotted Gums has attracted good numbers of White-naped Honeyeater and at least one Yellow-faced HE. Steve Davidson
Wed 30 May	Double-banded Plover Fosters Swamp, Kerang Two Double-banded Plovers with Red-necked Stints and Red-capped Plovers in ponds on north side. Malcolm Cousland
Tue 29 May	Hooded Robin Rail Trail near Alexandra A pair of Hooded Robins observed in same area they appeared last year and then disappeared for summer. Very rare in this district. Unfortunately no camera but I got excellent views. Bob Tate
	Lewin's Honeyeater Mt Evelyn A couple of Lewins at the native plant nursery in Mt Evelyn this morning. Still half a dozen or so present most of the time in my mother's garden at Kalorama. Seems like these birds will be over-wintering in these parts. Steven Creber
	Tree Sparrow Thomastown East Reserve, near Murchison Way (melway 9,E9) We walked up the track on west side of Darebin Ck. A large flock of Sparrows rose from the mown grass and flew into trees and bushes. I was able to identify at least two Tree Sparrows among the House Sparrows. Tree sparrows are now hard to find in Melbourne suburbs. Anthea Fleming
	Swift Parrot and 4 species of Lorikeets Pearcedale Parade, Broadmeadows For some weeks now there have been large numbers of Rainbow and Purple-crowned Lorikeets, plus smaller numbers of Musk and Little Lorikeets in the flowering street trees (mostly Spotted Gum) along Pearcedale Parade, as well as in the Kangan Institute carpark and campus courtyard. For the last two mornings at least one Swiftie present also. Also lots of Red and Little Wattlebirds, White-plumed and New Holland Honeyeaters. Simon Starr
	Diamond Firetails South of Euroa Pair of birds frequenting prickly acacia shrubs near piggery. Very quiet and approachable Dave Harrison
Mon 28 May	Little Grassbird Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne A 2 hour walk from home in Fitzroy to the gardens and back yielded 44 species, the most surprising being a Little Grassbird in the main RBG ornamental lake. John Barkla & Alison Street
	Cape Barren Goose Cnr Linsell Blvd and Berwick -Cranbourne Rd Single bird in the paddock (that will be built over soon) close to the main road. (Moderators note: This bird has been reported a few times now in this area). Greg Hunt
Tue 8 May	Grey Goshawk Morphed White Hawkesdale Racecourse Reserve /Hawkesdale Township Grey Goshawk sighted during recent study at Hawkesdale Racecourse Reserve good to see still in area ! Lawrence Whitehead

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