Unless the roads have been upgraded since we were last there, rain of any
significance at Gluepot results in a “Glue Pot”, and stranding until the roads
dry out.
Not a bad place to be locked down though, depending on who else is there.
Michael
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> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2021 08:04:12 +1000
> From: Russell Woodford <>
> To: Mark Stanley <>
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Running out of species
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> Hi Mark
>
> Some great birds there! You?ve certainly seen some iconic species this year.
>
> Are you doing this (like I am) as part of the international Bird-a-Day on
> Facebook? There?s a few Melbourne participants who may be able to help you.
> The key, as I?m sure you?ve realised, is to keep as many ?easy? birds as
> possible to use on days when the weather or life itself - or another lockdown
> - gets in the way of birding.
>
> The other great resource is eBird. You don?t have to be a member /
> contributor to peruse the hotspots for any given species. Of course you?re
> probably doing this already, but the eBird app (for members) will show you
> what?s been seen in a given radius (1, 2, 5, 10 or 30km from your current
> location or any given location) over a defined time period. This has been
> invaluable to all of us doing Bird-a-Day eg today I know if I want to see
> Russet-tailed Thrush or Striated Thornbill they were both seen yesterday at a
> reserve about 45 minutes away. That?s today?s plan!
>
> I notice you don?t have any owls listed. Are you ok with just hearing the
> call? There are spots close to you for Boobook and I remember there used to
> be Powerful Owls in certain Melbourne parks. Scarlet Robin was seen at
> Royal Park yesterday so there?s a chance of finding a closer one.
>
> Good luck - and hope you can hang on until Tuesday! Some good flyovers should
> help!
>
>
>
> Russell Woodford
>
>
>> On 21 Jul 2021, at 11:56 pm, Mark Stanley <> 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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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2021 08:19:06 +0930
> From: Tony Russell <>
> To: Russell Woodford <>
> Cc: Mark Stanley <>, Birding-Aus
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> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Running out of species
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> People shouldn't be moving around just to see birds!!!. Totally
> irresponsible.
>
>> On Thu, 22 Jul 2021, 07:35 Russell Woodford, <> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Mark
>>
>> Some great birds there! You?ve certainly seen some iconic species this
>> year.
>>
>> Are you doing this (like I am) as part of the international Bird-a-Day on
>> Facebook? There?s a few Melbourne participants who may be able to help you.
>> The key, as I?m sure you?ve realised, is to keep as many ?easy? birds as
>> possible to use on days when the weather or life itself - or another
>> lockdown - gets in the way of birding.
>>
>> The other great resource is eBird. You don?t have to be a member /
>> contributor to peruse the hotspots for any given species. Of course you?re
>> probably doing this already, but the eBird app (for members) will show you
>> what?s been seen in a given radius (1, 2, 5, 10 or 30km from your current
>> location or any given location) over a defined time period. This has been
>> invaluable to all of us doing Bird-a-Day eg today I know if I want to see
>> Russet-tailed Thrush or Striated Thornbill they were both seen yesterday at
>> a reserve about 45 minutes away. That?s today?s plan!
>>
>> I notice you don?t have any owls listed. Are you ok with just hearing the
>> call? There are spots close to you for Boobook and I remember there used to
>> be Powerful Owls in certain Melbourne parks. Scarlet Robin was seen at
>> Royal Park yesterday so there?s a chance of finding a closer one.
>>
>> Good luck - and hope you can hang on until Tuesday! Some good flyovers
>> should help!
>>
>>
>>
>> Russell Woodford
>>
>>
>>> On 21 Jul 2021, at 11:56 pm, Mark Stanley <>
>> 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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> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2021 09:56:35 +1000
> From: Mark Stanley <>
> To: suetaylor1 <>,
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Running out of species
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> Thanks Sue!
>
> This is actually a mistake - I work off a bird list based on the original
> HBW order and translated it to IOC which folk are more familiar with. It is
> actually Little Wattlebird rather than Western which is on my list. Thanks
> for pointing it out - something to keep me occupied during lockdown,
> sorting such anomalies out!
>
> Regards
> Mark
>
>> On Thu, 22 Jul 2021 at 09:21, suetaylor1 <> wrote:
>>
>> Can't see Little Wattlebird on your list.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Mark Stanley <>
>> Date: 21/7/21 11:51 pm (GMT+10:00)
>> To:
>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Running out of species
>>
>> 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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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2021 10:23:19 +1000
> From: Mark Stanley <>
> To: Russell Woodford <>,
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> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Running out of species
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> Hi Russell,
>
> Thanks for your useful suggestions.
>
> Actually, no I am not involved in Bird-a-Day on Facebook, but did get the
> idea from this. And yes, I am a member of eBird, and have been perusing it
> daily - noticed some Black-faced Cormorants at Kerferd Rd pier recently but
> suspect that they might have been mis-identified Pied. Thanks for the note
> on the Scarlet Robin at Royal park and there have also been Little
> Lorikeets recorded there recently. Unfortunately it is just outside my 5 Km
> limit.
>
> I've heard about a Boobook in the Botanic Gardens, but I have not been
> using heard only records. I may relax my rules if I get desperate and lurk
> around outside this evening! I was hoping someone might mention a Powerful
> Owl roosting near them!
>
> Best wishes with your list - would be interested to hear how you go.
>
> Regards
>
> Mark
>
>> On Thu, 22 Jul 2021 at 08:04, Russell Woodford <> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Mark
>>
>> Some great birds there! You?ve certainly seen some iconic species this
>> year.
>>
>> Are you doing this (like I am) as part of the international Bird-a-Day on
>> Facebook? There?s a few Melbourne participants who may be able to help you.
>> The key, as I?m sure you?ve realised, is to keep as many ?easy? birds as
>> possible to use on days when the weather or life itself - or another
>> lockdown - gets in the way of birding.
>>
>> The other great resource is eBird. You don?t have to be a member /
>> contributor to peruse the hotspots for any given species. Of course you?re
>> probably doing this already, but the eBird app (for members) will show you
>> what?s been seen in a given radius (1, 2, 5, 10 or 30km from your current
>> location or any given location) over a defined time period. This has been
>> invaluable to all of us doing Bird-a-Day eg today I know if I want to see
>> Russet-tailed Thrush or Striated Thornbill they were both seen yesterday at
>> a reserve about 45 minutes away. That?s today?s plan!
>>
>> I notice you don?t have any owls listed. Are you ok with just hearing the
>> call? There are spots close to you for Boobook and I remember there used to
>> be Powerful Owls in certain Melbourne parks. Scarlet Robin was seen at
>> Royal Park yesterday so there?s a chance of finding a closer one.
>>
>> Good luck - and hope you can hang on until Tuesday! Some good flyovers
>> should help!
>>
>>
>>
>> Russell Woodford
>>
>>
>>> On 21 Jul 2021, at 11:56 pm, Mark Stanley <>
>> 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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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2021 10:26:34 +1000
> From: Mark Stanley <>
> To: John Harris <>,
>
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Running out of species
> Message-ID:
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> 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 <> 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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> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2021 10:47:09 +1000
> From: Peter Diegutis <>
> To:
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Running out of species
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> 'Sorry, can't help with your Melbourne list, but I'm locked down in Sydney
> and have a suggestion if you get extended. I've been working on my COVID
> cold cases from old photo ID problems. I won't go into the ethics of
> ticking from a photo but will say I've added 3-4 ticks since the Sydney
> outbreak. Only last night I finally ID'd Little Ground Tyrant from a trip
> to Peruvian Amazonia in 2006!
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> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2021 14:33:42 +0930
> From: Chris Shaw <>
> To: Birding Aus <>
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Rain at Gluepot and the Butcherbird
> Message-ID: <>
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> Rain is falling at Gluepot and that is welcome? unless you happen to be a
> Butcherbird?
>
> https://www.ararelitus.com/blog/welcome-rain-at-gluepot-reserve
> <https://www.ararelitus.com/blog/welcome-rain-at-gluepot-reserve>
>
> Regards
>
> Chris Shaw
>
> +61 409 675912
>
> https://www.ararelitus.com
>
> After the game, the King and the Pawn go into the same box. - Italian
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> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2021 08:36:37 +0000
> From: Michael Johnson <>
> To: Tony Russell <>
> Cc: "" <>
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Running out of species
> Message-ID:
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> To be clear, birding would appear to be entirely acceptable so long as it is
> undertaken within 5km of home and takes no longer than 2 hours. Taken
> directly from the COVIDSafe Settings website:
>
> Outdoor activities that can be undertaken without accessing a facility, such
> as hunting, are permitted within the 5km and?2 hour?limits.
>
> If hunting is permitted, then birding surely must.
>
>
> From: Birding-Aus <> On Behalf Of Tony
> Russell
> Sent: Thursday, 22 July 2021 8:49 AM
> To: Russell Woodford <>
> Cc: Mark Stanley <>; Birding-Aus
> <>
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Running out of species
>
> People shouldn't be moving around just to see birds!!!. Totally irresponsible.
>
> On Thu, 22 Jul 2021, 07:35 Russell Woodford,
> <<>> wrote:
> Hi Mark
>
> Some great birds there! You?ve certainly seen some iconic species this year.
>
> Are you doing this (like I am) as part of the international Bird-a-Day on
> Facebook? There?s a few Melbourne participants who may be able to help you.
> The key, as I?m sure you?ve realised, is to keep as many ?easy? birds as
> possible to use on days when the weather or life itself - or another lockdown
> - gets in the way of birding.
>
> The other great resource is eBird. You don?t have to be a member /
> contributor to peruse the hotspots for any given species. Of course you?re
> probably doing this already, but the eBird app (for members) will show you
> what?s been seen in a given radius (1, 2, 5, 10 or 30km from your current
> location or any given location) over a defined time period. This has been
> invaluable to all of us doing Bird-a-Day eg today I know if I want to see
> Russet-tailed Thrush or Striated Thornbill they were both seen yesterday at a
> reserve about 45 minutes away. That?s today?s plan!
>
> I notice you don?t have any owls listed. Are you ok with just hearing the
> call? There are spots close to you for Boobook and I remember there used to
> be Powerful Owls in certain Melbourne parks. Scarlet Robin was seen at
> Royal Park yesterday so there?s a chance of finding a closer one.
>
> Good luck - and hope you can hang on until Tuesday! Some good flyovers should
> help!
>
>
>
> Russell Woodford
>
>
>> On 21 Jul 2021, at 11:56 pm, Mark Stanley
>> <<>> 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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> Message: 9
> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2021 20:00:10 +1000
> From: Peter Shute <>
> To: Michael Johnson <>
> Cc: Tony Russell <>,
> "" <>
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Running out of species
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> Hunting? Is that mentioned in the Victorian restrictions?
>
> I recall there was debate about this during the big Melbourne lockdown
> last year because people were getting in trouble for carrying a camera
> when out walking. I think the rationale for it was that they didn't
> want people lingering on the paths causing congestion. Don't think
> there's anything like that this time.
>
> Peter Shute
>
>> On Thu, 22 Jul 2021 at 19:00, Michael Johnson
>> <> wrote:
>>
>> To be clear, birding would appear to be entirely acceptable so long as it is
>> undertaken within 5km of home and takes no longer than 2 hours. Taken
>> directly from the COVIDSafe Settings website:
>>
>>
>>
>> Outdoor activities that can be undertaken without accessing a facility, such
>> as hunting, are permitted within the 5km and?2 hour?limits.
>>
>>
>>
>> If hunting is permitted, then birding surely must.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Birding-Aus <> On Behalf Of Tony
>> Russell
>> Sent: Thursday, 22 July 2021 8:49 AM
>> To: Russell Woodford <>
>> Cc: Mark Stanley <>; Birding-Aus
>> <>
>> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Running out of species
>>
>>
>>
>> People shouldn't be moving around just to see birds!!!. Totally
>> irresponsible.
>
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