| Mon 18 |  | White Tern, Albatross species
Moruya Heads |
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| Good Seawatching this morning. Though Tubenose numbers were not exceptionally high.
30+ Black-browed Albatross
30+ Shy Albatross
1 Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
8 Fluttering Shearwaters
1 Hutton's Shearwaters
6 Little Penguins
1 Brown Skua
3++ White-fronted Terns
1 White Tern
5+ Bottlenose Dolphins
10+ Fur Seals
5 Humpback Whales
No shots of the White Tern, seen well for about a minute as it was rapidly heading north 300 meters offshore: a pure white tern with noddy like jizz unlike that of the crested and white-fronted terns seen nearby. |
| Demetrios Bertzeletos, Daniel Hickley 18/6 #234655 |
| | White-eared Monarch, Musk Lorikeets
Ocean Shores, Billinudgel,far northern NSW |
| Muskies been busy last few weeks pretty regular now in flowering gums. Usual assortment of other Loris and honeyeaters. Monarch in Balemo Drive gardens, palms etc is a real bonus. |
| Duncan Fowler 18/6 #234652 |
| | Yellow-tailed black cockatoo
Marrickville |
| ~27 yellow-tailed black cockatoos flying northwest over Ewart Street in Marrickville towards Dulwich Hill at about 8.53am. |
| Fiona Campbell 18/6 #234647 |
| Sun 17 | | Red-capped Robin
Oxley Wild Rivers National Park--Gara Gorge (Armidale, NSW) |
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| Bird seen near Threlfall walk entrance car park. Approx. 8am. |
| Joshua Aron Matthews 18/6 #234658 |
| | Bar-shouldered Dove
Eastlakes golf course |
| 3 birds seen on eastern edge of course (close to Donaldson St). Brown Quail and imm White-breasted Sea-eagle other highlights. |
| Lorne Johnson 18/6 #234646 |
| Sat 16 | | Pacific Gull
Booti Booti National Park |
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| Two juvenile Pacific Gulls, Seven Mile Beach Booti Booti National Park at -32.263578, 152.533499.
They were walking around the local fishermen looking for hand-outs. First seen by Neil and Barbara Ryan of Forster. |
| Barry M Ralley 18/6 #234648 |
| Mon 18 | | Freckled Duck
Ponds in front of Country Club Tasmania, Launceston |
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| Approximately 80 Freckled Ducks spread between two ponds. |
| Helen Cunningham 18/6 #234651 |
| | White-necked Heron
Poatina Road, Poatina |
| Single bird feeding in roadside waterhole. |
| Bill Scott-Young 18/6 #234649 |
| Sat 16 | | Pink-eared Duck
Barilla Rivulet |
| 6 pinkies in with a mass of teal and shoveler. eBird checklist |
| Mona Loofs-Samorzewski 17/6 #234632 |
| Sat 9 | | Superb Lyrebird
Myrtle Gully Track, Mount Wellington |
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| I saw this bird 1/4 of the way up the track to Junction Cabin. |
| Rafael Molina 19/6 #234659 |
| Sun 17 | | Singing Honeyeater
Frogmore Swamp, Moolort Plains |
| A number of birds, perhaps half a dozen - possibly attracted to flowering Lemon-scented Gums In small plantation just north of Frogmore Swamp. Only my second observation of this species on the plains but I suspect they are common visitors. |
| Geoff Park 17/6 #234633 |
| Sat 16 | | Gang-gang Cockatoo
Yarra Trail (Richmond) |
| 25+ Gang-Gangs calling noisily in She-oak and eucalyptus tree tops on the Yarra Trail south of Victoria St bridge. Biggest flock I’ve ever seen. |
| Dave Dickson 17/6 #234635 |
| Thu 14 | | Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoos
Colquhoun Regional Park--Mississippi Trail |
| Group of 10 -15 birds flying & calling together in the treetops over a half hour period. We have not seen this before, is this an unusual occurrence?
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| Gary& Judy Smith 17/6 #234638 |