Birdline Victoria Weekly Update

Birdline Victoria

Published sightings for the week ending 24 Jun 2012.

Sun 24 Jun	Painted Honeyeater Mia Mia Track, Newstead Single bird calling during visit from Birdlife Ballarat members to Newstead area. Geoff Park
	Australian Bustard, Malleefowl Yanac 10' Cell Australian Bustard: Three male Bustards recorded in sheep paddock planted with lucerne. Birds wandered slowly in front of car for about an hour. Malleefowl: Two on property south of Big Desert - also one active and several inactive mounds. Paul Dodd & Ruth Woodrow
Sat 23 Jun	Broad-billed Sandpiper, Blue-winged Parrot & Cattle Egret Western Treatment Plant, Werribee Broad-billed Sandpiper is still in Western Lagoons, about 30 Blue-winged Parrots behind The Spit NCR and exactly 50 Cattle Egret on Beach Road. John Barkla& Alan Jordan
	Red-browed Treecreeper, Large-billed Scrubwren, Rufous Fantail Cabbage Tree Creek Flora Reserve Red-browed Treecreeper (1) observed at close range feeding Large-billed Scrubwren (3) actively feeding on fallen vines that had been dislodged during recent floods along the Cabbage Tree Creek Rufous Fantail (1) a surprising find of an immature Rufous Fantail flitting in amongst a dense thicket by the side of the access road. Jacquie and I had excellent views over some 5 minutes or so (Moderators note: Rufous Fantail are strong migrants that are very rarely recorded in winter). Len and Jacquie Axen
	Brolga Mirranatwa Hall Wetland, Mirranatwa Pair on far bank across from Mirranatwa Hall, after 26 ml of rain over the last week this wetland is jumping with water birds, was dry wekend before. Samantha Greiner
Fri 22 Jun	Darter, Hooded Plover Py Yoot Bay, Pearl Point On a rocky outcrop some 50 metres offshore a very bedraggled Darter was observed amongst a group of Pied Cormorants early this afternoon. HANZAB notes that the Darter may be seen at sea near the shore in calm conditions. Today however approached gale force conditions. Along the shoreline another 3 adult Hooded Plovers were seen feeding along the high tide line where more flood debris had accumulated. Jacquie and Len Axen
	Cape Barren Geese Tyabb Two geese seen flying along train line between Tyabb and Graydens Rd Hastings. Not seen these birds in this area before. Sue and Stephen King
Thu 21 Jun	Nankeen Night Heron Snowy River upstream from the Marlo jetty As flood waters recede across agricultural land along the lower Snowy River, a large colony of some 90+ Nankeen Night Herons has suddenly appeared and taken up residence amongst an old stand of pine trees opposite the "First Island". This is the largest single sighting that we have recorded in 24 years at Marlo. Jacquie and Len Axen
Wed 20 Jun	Australasian Gannet Offshore from Sandringham At least 200 gannets, mostly in groups of 40-50 birds sitting on the water offshore from Sandringham around 9A.M with another 40 birds on the water off Brighton Beach. Very few terns or gulls around suggesting there was no current big schooling of baitfish. There were also 3 Sooty Oystercatcher at Sandringham, presumably the same three that have been seen this year at places like Ricketts Point and Half Moon Bay. Sean Dooley
Tue 19 Jun	Grey Goshawk (white morph) Werribee River Park, Werribee Single bird seen along the river near picnic ground. Paul Randall (wingsonwire.com)
	Pink Robin & Peregrine Falcon Edrington Park Retirement Village , Berwick 1 female Pink Robin, the first one have seen here in 11 years and 1 Peregrine, a rare vistor. Graham Beal
	Grey Goshawk Martins Rd Drysdale (lagoon in private property) At 2.30pm this afternoon I located the very elusive Grey Goshawk that had been reported in Drysdale some weeks ago. It was perched in a tree overlooking the lagoon and stayed there for at least 30 minutes allowing fantastic views and photo opportunities. I believe this bird is currently resident in the area although there has only been 1 previous sighting. Hedley Earl
	Banded Stilt Jack Smith Lake Two hundred plus feeding in the shallows. The lake has received a lot of water and should be good for waders in the coming season. D Fraser, P Ware, P Goldstraw.
Mon 18 Jun	Hooded Plover Snowy River entrance 9 adult Hooded Plovers were seen actively feeding amongst flood debris on the eastern spit adjacent to the mouth of the Snowy River this afternoon. Len Axen
	P. elegans flaveolus - Yellow Rosella Yandoit (south of Castlemaine) Eight Crimson Rosellas, and one was a bright yellow colour - P. elegans flaveolus - None of us had ever seen a Yellow Rosella in the area. It was gathered up with the P. elegans and had been spotted by the other two twitchers we were with at least once in the same area in the past week, perched in the trees. Incredibly bright. We are going to try and get a photo in the next couple of weeks. Alana Jones
	Pink Robin Mont Albert North One female beside Koonung Trail in Koonung Creek Reserve. Knud Hansen
	Hardheads Western Treatment Plant, Werribee Huge numbers of Hardhead at the WTP. Also Wedge-tailed Eagle 3, soaring over Paradise Road and Brolga 2, Paradise Road Lagoon. Debbie Lustig
Sat 16 Jun	White Bellied Sea Eagle Lake Tyers 2 Sea Eagles, one immature, over Fishermans Landing on Lake Tyers. Also single Crested Pigeon spotted at Swan Reach. Alf Forbes
	Yellow-Faced Honeyeater Echuca 2 Yellow-Faced Honeyeaters seen near Echuca on banks of the Murray River during Echuca branch of BA monthly outing. Informed local birders indicate that this is an unusual sighting in this area. Murray Chambers
Mon 11 Jun	Freckled Duck Balbirooroo Wetland, Balnarring Two birds on a private wetland next to Balbirooroo. Brian Thomas
	Eastern Osprey Bells Beach Took some fantastic Photo's (19 in all) from Bells Beach Main Car Park Lookout between Bells Beach and Winki-pop. (near Torquay) Carolyn Hogan

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