| Thu 22 | | Azure kingfisher
Westerfolds Park |
| 1 azure kingfisher seen flying downriver from the concrete bridge across the Yarra on the southern side of Westerfolds Park at around 2pm. |
| Harry Saddler 22/9 #267362 |
| Tue 20 | | Great Knot
Sandy Point |
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| One Great Knot in with a group of approximately 50 Sanderlings. The Great Knot and Sanderlings were staying close to a group of over 70 Eastern Curlews. The birds were on the beach of Waratah Bay down towards the entrance of Shallow Inlet, approximately a 5km walk down the beach from the surf lifesaving club at Sandy Point. |
| Col Lee 20/9 #267359 |
| Sun 18 | | Bush Stone-curlew
Mt Korong |
| Currently camped at Mt Korong. For the past two nights we have heard the unmistakable calls of Bush Stone-curlews just after dark descends. Also good sightings of Gilbert's Whistler, Diamond Firetail & Brown Songlark. Painted Honeyeater feeding on flowering mistletoe. |
| Keith & Judy Humphreys 18/9 #267350 |
| Fri 16 | | Channel-billed Cuckoo
Princes Highway, Berwick |
| Usual bird, arrived just before midday, in the usual fig tree just past Melville Park Drive. Thanks Arthur. eBird checklist |
| Terry Gourley 16/9 #267341 |
| Tue 13 | | Bar-tailed Godwit, Australian Pied Oystercatcher
Ricketts Pt, Beaumaris |
| Didn't manage to see any of the interesting terns that have been at this site of late but did see a Bar-tailed Godwit feeding on the emerging sandbanks until it was driven off by Silver Gulls, flying south over the bay. My first record here. Also only my third Pied Oystercatcher record. (Sooty is more regular here. |
| Sean Dooley 13/9 #267333 |
| Mon 12 |  | Painted Honeyeater, Swift Parrot
Whroo Nature Conservation Reserve |
| Ironbarks still flowering profusely. Painted Honeyeaters & Swift Parrots conspicuous along with many other nectar feeding species. |
| Keith & Judy Humphreys 12/9 #267325 |
| Sun 11 | | Magpie Geese
Benalla Airport |
| Three Magpie Geese grazing on the airfield. |
| Desma Versteegen 11/9 #267323 |
| | Scarlet Honeyeater
Tunnel Track, Muckleford State Forest |
| Adult male feeding in White Box |
| Geoff Park 11/9 #267322 |
| | Channel-billed Cuckoo
Berwick |
| Neighbour texted us (in WA) this morning that the CBC had arrived for another year. |
| Arthur & Denise Carew via Angela & Rob Webber 11/9 #267319 |
| Sun 4 | | Common Sandpiper
Macloughlans Beach |
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| The C Sandpiper has turned up again this season at the boat ramp. |
| Rohan Bugg 4/9 #267294 |
| Sat 3 | | White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Elsternwick Park Nature Reserve |
| An immature White-bellied Sea Eagle drifted in from the SW. It circled several times at a height of about 200m and was escorted out to the E by a Little Raven. |
| Gio Fitzpatrick 9/9 #267314 |
| Thu 1 | | Southern giant-petrel
South West Passage, Port Fairy |
| Large, uniformly dark brown petrel seen resting on sea for prolonged period at about 4:30pm. Several gulls and albatrosses also in vicinity, allowing good size comparison. Bird was viewed through a scope from land at a distance of about 200-300m. Bill was seen on several occasions in bright sunshine as the bird turned its head and tube nose was clearly evident, with no obvious colour difference between tip and rest of bill - the bill appeared uniformly yellowish. This is only my second time in this area but the Compact Australian Bird Guide describes this species as uncommon off the south coast so I’ve reported it in case it’s of interest. |
| Harry Saddler 2/9 #267289 |
| Wed 31 | | Barn Owl
Barwon Heads |
| i spotted the barn owl in a tree in a housing estate only the one bird. |
| Lee Dedini 1/9 #267277 |
| | White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Gembrook 3783 |
| Spotted WBSE feeding on ground on recently killed Wood Duck. When disturbed flew into tree with duck carcass where it continued to feed. Never before seen on our farm or around Gembrook for our 15 yrs here…plenty of WTE, Peregrines (nesting pair) and other falcons but never WBSE |
| Martin Foreman 31/8 #267276 |
| Mon 29 | | Eastern Curlew
From Toora Bird Hide |
| at least 54 Eastern Curlews seen from Toora bird hide, on the mangrove flats in Corner Inlet. Family groups with some younger birds. |
| Elizabeth Willis 3/9 #267290 |
| | Barn Owl
Beaumaris |
| A single bird being mobbed by Noisy Miners and Pied Currawongs. |
| Sean Dooley 29/8 #267264 |
| Sun 28 | | Fluttering Type Shearwater
Mouth of Corner Inlet |
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| Outside the inlet 150+Fluttering and possibly Hutton's Shearwaters on the Wilsons Prom Whale Cruise. |
| Rohan Bugg 28/8 #267260 |