| Tue 23 | | Little Eagle
Syndal (Glen Waverley North) |
| Working from home about 3pm this afternoon, sensed slightly unusual quality in extended chorus of Noisy Miner alarm calls, enough to prompt me to go outside for a look. Saw a raptor very high overhead, grabbed binoculars and identified pale morph Little Eagle by underwing pattern and tail (too short, straight across the tip and dark for Whistling Kite), gliding slowly but definitely southwards (against prevailing wind, at least at ground level). Bird remained in sight for maybe another minute before disappearing beyond trees. Third or fourth sighting here in 25 years. |
| Jack Krohn 23/2 #259760 |
| Sun 21 | | Grey Goshawk (White morph)
Linton |
| Grey Goshawk (White morph) circling over the area around Hewitts Road, Linton about 11 am today. |
| Dorine and Brian Bending 22/2 #259755 |
| | Lewin's Rail
Lake Victoria (Point Lonsdale) |
| 6 Lewin's Rail in the ponds between Lake Victoria and the golf course. Also one Aust Spotted Crake. |
| Rob Drummond 21/2 #259748 |
| | Square-tailed Kite
Earlston |
| 2 adult birds seen hunting for Galahs |
| Doug Robinson 21/2 #259747 |
| | Lewin’s Rail
Hastings Foreshore Reserve |
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| Bird previously reported and found 5 minutes walk from Babington Park
Thornhill Street along the boardwalk which crosses a stream and meanders past a small wetland on your left. Bird located on the left. Also seen was a Spotless Crake. |
| Aidan Sudbury Clive Kaplan 21/2 #259743 |
|  | Western Gerygone
Newport Lakes Park |
| Amidst c.40-50 Silvereye. Confirmed by Steven Davidson as a juvenile bird. Also 3 Rufous Fantail (2 adult) and Rufous Whistler with a sizable number of Spotted Pardalote. |
| Barry Power, Steven Davidson. 21/2 #259742 |
| Sat 20 | | King Parrot
Travancore Park, Travancore |
| A female King Parrot flying around our local park. |
| Chris and Rosemary Lester 20/2 #259740 |
| Fri 19 | | Glossy Black Cockatoo (Male)
The Pines Flora and Fauna Reserve |
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| Closeup view of Male feeding. Sighted between Sheoak Tk and Panorama Tk on sandy track at 8.30am |
| Judy Reddoch 21/2 #259745 |
| | Blue-winged Parrot
Yarra Valley Trail |
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| Ten to twelve birds seen on the Yarra Valley Trail between Yering and Coldstream. eBird checklist |
| Deb Oliver 19/2 #259737 |
| | Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Bronzewing Flora and Fauna Reserve |
| Counted 55 birds accessing water in almost empty dam, with many others in nearby trees, perhaps rotating. I have never before seen more than 5 or 6 together in one place. |
| Kevin Emmett 19/2 #259736 |
| Sun 14 | | Grey Goshawk (white morph)
Newstead township |
| Observed this morning (9am) soaring high over the town pursued by ravens. My first local observation of this species. |
| Geoff Park 14/2 #259708 |
| Fri 12 | | Lewin's Rail
Hastings Foreshore Reserve |
| Lewin's Rail in the wetlands behind the motel in Marine Parade in Hastings. Seems to have taken up residence here. |
| S and S King 14/2 #259707 |
| | White-throated Needletail
Lakes Entrance |
| 6 birds overhead at 6.30. |
| Arthur & Denise Carew 12/2 #259699 |
| Thu 11 | | Australasian Figbird
Myers Street, Lakes Entrance |
| 1 Australasian Figbird observed on powerlines outside the supermarket in Myers Street repeatedly calling above all the lunchtime traffic and noise from this shopping strip. |
| Len and Jacquie Axen 15/2 #259722 |
| Wed 10 | | Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Lake Modewarre. |
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| Feeding actively between 8.45 and 10.15 a.m. near Red-necked Stints and Red-capped Plovers, on opposite side from Taylors Rd, about 2/3 way down length of remaining water from Waltons Rd. carpark. About 100 metres from water, often out in the open. |
| David Stabb and Alan Stringer. 11/2 #259690 |
| | Little Friarbird
Mulgrave Way Croydon North |
| At about 6pm a bird flew to a birdbath in the garden, as I was sitting near an adjacent window.
To my surprise it was a Little Friarbird which I have never seen here before,
got my camera but the bird flew off to the north before I got a shot. |
| Ken Haines 11/2 #259689 |
| Tue 9 | | Intermediate Egret
Sale Common Nature Conservation Reserve |
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| At least 2 Intermediate Egrets at the swing bridge end of the common boardwalk. |
| Rohan Bugg 9/2 #259684 |
| | Red-whiskered Bulbul
Western Treatment Plant (Werribee) |
| Bird seen on Beach Rd heading towards Avalon Airport in trees opposite the dam. |
| Gina Hopkins 9/2 #259683 |
| Mon 8 | | Beautiful Firetail
Point Danger |
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| Two Beautiful Firetails found along the track to Point Danger. The overcast conditions probably helped as they were out and about in the middle of the day. eBird checklist |
| Ron Sawyer 8/2 #259681 |
| Sat 6 | | Great-crested Grebe
Lake Sambell (Beechworth) |
| 1 Great-Crested Grebe |
| Corrie and Ian Macartney 7/2 #259668 |
| Thu 4 | | Spotted Quail-thrush
Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park-McGuinness Rd |
| 1 seen and another heard. |
| Ian and Corrie Macartney 4/2 #259663 |
| Wed 3 | | Superb Parrots
Fishers road Chiltern |
| 30+- on roadside verge feeding in stubble beside the tree line |
| Corrie and Ian Macartney 3/2 #259657 |
| | White-throated Needletail
Crusoe Reservoir, Bendigo |
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| Anywhere between 100 and 200 birds flying high over the reservoir. Very difficult to estimate numbers. Time was about 9:15. Calm and sunny about 17 degrees. |
| David Hewett 3/2 #259656 |