Birdline Victoria Weekly Update

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Published sightings for the week ending 18 Nov 2012.

Sun 18 Nov	Glossy Ibis, Pectoral Sandpiper, Broad-billed Sandpiper Western Treatment Plant, Werribee Two Glossy Ibis seen in Walsh's Lagoon (first lagoon containing water over ford). Pectoral Sandpiper seen in Western Lagoons with about six Sharp-tailed Sandpipers. Broad-billed Sandpiper also seen in Western Lagoons with Curlew Sandpipers and Red-necked Stints. I am not sure whether this bird is the same one reported yesterday, but we spent some time scoping up the birds on the mud-flats to the north of the boat ramp without finding the BBS at that location. All birds made it onto our 2012 Twitchathon list! Paul Dodd & Ruth Woodrow
	Eastern Koel Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne Seen and heard at 2.50pm in same spot reported yesterday. Chased off by wattlebird. Fiona Parkin
	Australian Koel Scoresby Road Bayswater Victoria Heard calling from 7.30am sitting in a large gum tree in a residential garden. Darren Wallace
Sat 17 Nov	Pied Honeyeater Goschen Flora and Fauna Reserve At least three female and one male seen throughout the reserve. This became our first bird for the 2012 Twitchathon! Paul Dodd & Ruth Woodrow
	Painted Honeyeater Rowsley (near Bacchus Marsh) At least one individual observed and heard repeated calling from large Yellow Gums laden with mistletoe. Have not recorded here before and do not know of recent records in the district. Chris Lindorff
	Broad-billed Sandpiper Western Treatment Plant, Werribee Seen feeding amongst mixed flock of Curlew Sandpipers, Red-necked Stints and Sharp-tailed Sandpipers on sandbar between rocky areas just along coast N.N.E of gate 4 off Beach Road ,at 13:00hrs edst. Mark Bennet & David Richardson
	Common Koel Royal Melbourne Botanical Gardens The bird was located about 100 metres straight in from the main Eastern gate. It's call made it easy to find. It created a great deal of interest with many people in the gardens who stopped to look at the bird in my binoculars. Bernie O'Keefe
	Red-backed Kingfisher Lake Rd, Connewarre Following up on Tom's record from yesterday. Found bird on power line. Observed and photographed for 30 minutes. Left area for short time and returned to find bird on TV antenna of adjacent house. Also Jeff Dagg and Barry Lingham saw bird this morning. Craig Morley
	Spotted Quail-thrush Reid's Road, Northern Brisbane Ranges N.P. Observed at close quarters 4 Spotted Quail-thrushes at 10.00 am. Got superb photos. Several others calling from immediate area. Exact location was 200 metres east of Aeroplane Road. Warren Palmer & Brian Hendrickson.
Fri 16 Nov	Black-fronted Dotterel Westgate Park, Port Melbourne Parent sheltering two chicks under wings - note three pairs of legs George Fotheringham
	Square-tailed Kite Dookie Square-tailed Kite (1). First seen a couple of days ago but I wasn't completely sure with the ID. Seen more clearly today over the school being pursued by ravens and magpies. Not expected here but there has been another record 15km south at Upotipotpon also this spring. Michael Ramsey
	Grey Goshawk Great Ocean Road, near Anglesea White Morph beside the highway stayed perched for a few moments (while I did a u-turn risking life and Prius) allowing a good look and a few photos before it flew. It was about midway between the turn to Point Addis and Forest Rd. A kilometer or two south of the Point Addis Rd. I was perhaps 70% sure I saw a White Morph Grey Goshawk about a week ago in the same area, but by the time I was able to turn around, it had gone. R. Bruce Richardson
	Red-backed Kingfisher Lake Rd. Connewarre @ the Lignum (Hospital Swamp). One perched on power lines just south of 505 Lake Rd. I watched it feeding for about half an hour then I left, finding another, or the same bird; perched on the E-W section of Lake Rd. ( Moderators note: Only the second recent record for the Bellarine Peninsula). Tom Fletcher
	Australian Koel Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne Bird calling from near Gardens House about 1.30 pm. Matthew Heron
	Black-fronted Dotterel Doug Denyer Reserve Wetland, Epsom Park Estate, Mordialloc Two adult Black-fronted Dotterels wading in shallow water and foraging on muddy edges. Janice & Peter Metherell
	Double-barred Finch Chiltern-Beechworth road, 10km south Chiltern Single Double-barred Finch seen perched in an exotic shrub in the backyard. First time I've seen a double barred finch in the Chiltern area. Joseph Birckhead
Thu 15 Nov	Eastern Koel Geelong Distinctive call of this species heard in Bellevue Ave Highton today and also heard at nearby location in same suburb on 31st Oct. Also heard in Newtown on 1st Nov and at a second location in this suburb on 2nd, 4th and 5th Nov. Records fit in with pattern of reports of this species for the Geelong region over recent springs. Craig Morley, Peter Turner, Rosemary Turner
Wed 14 Nov	Cicadabird Tamboon Inlet Cicadabird (1) Heard by all 3 observers calling from tall eucalypts opposite Furnell's Landing as we launched the boat. Our first recording for this site. Len and Jacquie Axen, Tony Mitchell
Wed 14 Nov	Great Skua Port Phillip Bay 5 birds seen 5km off Frankston during fishing trip. Were taking burley from fishing boats and chasing Terns with food. Could these be mis-identified? Can you confirm please? Darren Wallace
	Glossy Ibis Swamp adjacent to Powlett River Road, Kilcunda One seen feeding along east side of swamp. Little water left and plenty of birds feeding on the exposed mud. Some Sharp-tailed Sandpiper also seen. Colin Mulvogue
	Great Crested Grebe, Ruddy Turnstone, Little Tern Sydenham Inlet (Bemm River) Great Crested Grebe (1) Observed by all actively feeding in the inlet close to the channel entrance leading to the mouth of Sydenham Inlet Ruddy Turnstone (1) Seen feeding on the estuary shoreline immediately to the east of the Sydenham Inlet entrance Little Tern (20) Permanent colony was beginning to be established on the ocean beach to the west of the entrance Len and Jacquie Axen, Tony Mitchell
	Australian Koel Kalimna Woods Cottages, Kalimna Pair heard calling regularly over two days; one female briefly seen on 14 Nov. Geoff Price, Joy McDonough
	Painted Honeyeater Mortlake Golf Course Seen while in the rough (unfortunately) on the first hole Mick Brasher
	Banded Stilt, Australian Shelduck Mortlake Reserve, Lake Milangil Approximately 1500 Banded Stilt on the lake directly south of the road in Mortlake Reserve. Over 50% were juveniles. At least 1000 Shelduck feeding in a paddock approximately 1km NW of Lake Milangil. The most I have ever seen of this species in one location. David Wilson
	Australian Koel Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne The bird called this morning from a Moreton bay fig tree at about 10am. Sanderson Topham
	Freckled Duck, Pink-eared Duck, Hoary-headed Grebe Bonang-Gelantipy Road Dam, Wulgulmerang Freckled Duck (5) No red on bill showing Pink-eared Duck Hoary-headed Grebe Ken Norris
	Fan-tailed Cuckoo Westgate Park, Port Melbourne Its distinctive call can be heard in the northern section of the park. George Fotheringham
	Rufous Fantail Clematis (near Emerald) Seen briefly at water dish then photographed from distance at 4.45 today. Yearly visitor to our home, first sighting for this year. Arthur Carew
	Eastern Koel Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne I heard the distinctive call of an Eastern Koel at about 12.45 pm in the Gardens. I headed towards the call and located the bird calling from a densely foliaged Queensland Kauri in the Eastern Lawn. I could not see the bird but am confident of the vocal identification. Matthew Heron
	Powerful Owl Kangaroo Flat Head calling at 1:20am this morning. David Mcinnes
Tue 13 Nov	Pink-eared Duck Chiltern Mt Pilot National Park Pink-eared Duck (6) 2 nesting at #1 dam in a hollow log out on the water (just like Pizzey says they do!) 4 at #2 dam Angus Hartshorn
Tue 13 Nov	Channel- billed Cuckoo Berwick Seen flying, chased by Australian Magpies. This is the 4th year in a row that a bird has been recorded in this area of east Berwick. Graham Beal
	Great Crested Grebe and Glossy Ibis Truganina Swamp, Altona Breeding plumage Great Crested Grebe bobbing in front of the hide at 6:40pm. Glossy Ibis flew over heading west. Both new for me at this site and the Grebe not recorded here on Eremaea. Also 8 PInk-Eared ducks and all the current usual suspects including huge number of Avocets and Marsh Sandpipers, Banded Stilts etc. Colin Clark
Mon 12 Nov	White headed Pigeon Archibald Drive Metung Single bird. Spent some time eating seed from a bird feeder in back garden. Jo Hope
	Black Falcon Reef Hills State Park Seen cruising over the Hume Freeway just south of Benalla. Sean Dooley
	Wood Sandpiper Lake Rd, Connewarre. lignum swamp Bird reported by Tom Fletcher on 6/11/12 still present at small pond close to the road. Lat 38.24501, Long 144.4088. Also Red-kneed Dotterel, Black-tailed Native-Hen, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper and many Spotted Crakes. Barry Lingham, Tom Fletcher, Gordon McCarthy
	Common Koel Quarry Hill (Bendigo) The Koel I first reported being here on the 22 of last month is still here and still calling starting at about 2.30am each morning and continues intermittently during the day. He has taken up residence in a large fig tree in the yard of a house on the corner of Peel and Harkness Streets. Due to how loud he is and how far his call carries he has even made an appearance in the Local paper because of the interest he has created. Greg McKay
Sun 11 Nov	Golden Plover (15), Grey-Tailed Tattler (2), Ruddy Turnstones, Caspian Tern Reef Island, Westernport Keith Caldecott, Andrew Caldecott
	Diamond Firetail Boundary Road Lindenow South East Gippsland Single adult bird feeding on Danthonia seed heads on my property. Faye Bedford
	Pacific Golden Plover Western Treatment Plant Single bird located on foreshore about 150 metres from the Bird Hide on Geelong side. Bernie O'Keefe
	Scarlet Honeyeater Bushy Park Wetlands Leslie Rasmussen
	Australian Koel Newtown, Geelong One bird heard calling late afternoon. Glen White
	Red-capped Robin You Yangs Regional Park Red-capped Robin (4). Two separate pairs. One pair nesting Angus Hartshorn
	Sacred Kingfisher Maribyrnong River, Avondale Heights Natalie Lumsden
Thu 1 Nov	Diamond Firetail Briagolong, Gippsland These birds have been visiting my place as long as I have lived here (2004). But this year they seem to be hanging around and their numbers are increasing to perhaps flocks of about 20. Jane Hildebrant
Mon 29 Oct	Dollarbird Gundowring - Keiwa Valley, Victoria The bird was perched in a dead Eucalypt, I observed the bird for 15 minutes. I had a clear veiw from the road directly beneath the tree. This bird is easy to I.D and with 35 years of watching birds and leading bird excursions I am absolutely sure of what I saw. I also realised it was a bird not seen in that area often and that is why I reported it along with the other birds from Gundowring. Cecily Falkingham
Sun 28 Oct	Australian Koel Bendigo I pictured in fig tree early morning with Paul and Ruth Dodd,picture taken at great distance Sanderson Topham,Paul and Ruth Dodd
Tue 23 Oct	Osprey, Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Singing Honeyeater Point Nepean Osprey was observed from Defence Rd near Fort Pearce flying in an easterly direction. Was not aware of the significance of the sighting until I showed a birder friend (Neville Pamment) the photographs hence late report. A number of Spiny-cheecked Honeyeaters were observed from Coles Track not far from Observation Point. One Singing Honeyeater observed from Military Rd near Pearce Barracks. Further images of the Osprey and images of the honeyeaters are available if required. Bernie Kuenne

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