Running out of species

[Mark Stanley <>]

Hi John,

Yes I have tried for Song Thrush at the Botanic Gardens. I have not heard of a recent record and talking to an employee who was making a list, there have been no records for a few years. I'm not officially doing a Bird-a-Day challenge.

Thanks for your suggestions.

Regards

 Mark

On Thu, 22 Jul 2021 at 06:36, John Harris <> wrote:

Hi Mark,

Songs like your doing the 'Bird-a-day' challenge.

Have you considered Song Thrush at the RBG?

Cheers

John

On Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 23:56 Mark Stanley <m("gmail.com","markjstanley");" target="_blank">> wrote:

I've been attempting to add a new species every day this year and the latest Melbourne 5 Km lockdown is proving a challenge.  I'm based in Prahran so limited to roughly from Royal Botanic Gardens to Elwood. Laughing Kookaburra and Silvereye are my last realistic options. I would then still need 4 more to get me to hopefully an easing of restrictions after next Tuesday. Longer shots are a Boobook, Goldfinch (Westgate Pk - is just outside my range) , Grey Shrikethrush (Royal Park is also a bit far) and perhaps scoping a Little Penguin at St Kilda Pier.  

I can't see any other obvious gaps in my list below but would welcome any suggestions:

IOC Name
Emu
Cape Barren Goose
Black Swan
Freckled Duck
Maned Duck
Australasian Shoveler
Pacific Black Duck
Grey Teal
Chestnut Teal
Hardhead
Blue-billed Duck
Musk Duck
Brown Quail
Tawny Frogmouth
White-throated Needletail
Shining Bronze Cuckoo
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Rock Dove
Spotted Dove
Laughing Dove
Brown Cuckoo-Dove
Common Bronzewing
Brush Bronzewing
Crested Pigeon
Squatter Pigeon
Wompoo Fruit Dove
Superb Fruit Dove
Lewin's Rail
Buff-banded Rail
Australian Crake
Eurasian Coot
Australasian Swamphen
Spotless Crake
Brolga
Australasian Grebe
Hoary-headed Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Pied Oystercatcher
Sooty Oystercatcher
Pied Stilt
Banded Stilt
Red-necked Avocet
Masked Lapwing
Red-kneed Dotterel
Pacific Golden Plover
Double-banded Plover
Black-fronted Dotterel
Eurasian Whimbrel
Black-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
Red Knot
Curlew Sandpiper
Long-toed Stint
Red-necked Stint
Sanderling
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Latham's Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Nordmann's Greenshank
Silver Gull
Pacific Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Greater Crested Tern
Fairy Tern
White-fronted Tern
Parasitic Jaeger
Light-mantled Albatross
Shy Albatross
Northern Giant Petrel
Short-tailed Shearwater
Australasian Gannet
Australasian Darter
Little Pied Cormorant
Australian Pied Cormorant
Little Black Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Australian White Ibis
Straw-necked Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Royal Spoonbill
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Australasian Bittern
Black Bittern
Nankeen Night Heron
Eastern Cattle Egret
White-necked Heron
Great-billed Heron
Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
White-faced Heron
Little Egret
Australian Pelican
Western Osprey
Black-shouldered Kite
Pacific Baza
Little Eagle
Grey Goshawk
Brown Goshawk
Collared Sparrowhawk
Whistling Kite
Nankeen Kestrel
Australian Hobby
Peregrine Falcon
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
Gang-gang Cockatoo
Galah
Long-billed Corella
Little Corella
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Regent Parrot
Australian King Parrot
Red-rumped Parrot
Mulga Parrot
Crimson Rosella
Eastern Rosella
Swift Parrot
Blue-winged Parrot
Rock Parrot
Purple-crowned Lorikeet
Musk Lorikeet
Rainbow Lorikeet
Superb Lyrebird
Noisy Scrubbird
Tooth-billed Bowerbird
White-throated Treecreeper
Superb Fairywren
Southern Emu-wren
Mallee Emu-wren
Eastern Spinebill
White-fronted Chat
New Holland Honeyeater
White-cheeked Honeyeater
White-eared Honeyeater
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Brown-headed Honeyeater
White-naped Honeyeater
Purple-gaped Honeyeater
Singing Honeyeater
White-plumed Honeyeater
Western Wattlebird
Red Wattlebird
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Bell Miner
Noisy Miner
Rufous Bristlebird
Spotted Pardalote
Striated Pardalote
Weebill
Striated Fieldwren
Redthroat
Speckled Warbler
White-browed Scrubwren
Brown Thornbill
Buff-rumped Thornbill
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Yellow Thornbill
Nullarbor Quail-thrush
Australian Magpie
Grey Butcherbird
Pied Currawong
Grey Currawong
Ground Cuckooshrike
Black-faced Cuckooshrike
Varied Sittella
Crested Shriketit
Australian Golden Whistler
Olive-backed Oriole
Willie Wagtail
Grey Fantail
Pied Monarch
Magpie-lark
Satin Flycatcher
Forest Raven
Little Raven
White-winged Chough
Rose Robin
Pink Robin
Flame Robin
Eurasian Skylark
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Welcome Swallow
Fairy Martin
Tree Martin
Australian Reed Warbler
Little Grassbird
Golden-headed Cisticola
Common Myna
Common Starling
Bassian Thrush
Common Blackbird
Mistletoebird
House Sparrow
Diamond Firetail
Red-eared Firetail
Red-browed Finch
Zebra Finch
Blue-faced Parrotfinch
European Greenfinch

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