| Sun 26 |  | Scarlet Honeyeater
Kamarooka |
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| A singing male bird seen in mallee trees along the Bendigo-Tennyson Road, about 1 km south of Camp Road. |
| Sean Dooley 27/3 #269093 |
| | Satin Bowerbird female
Mulgrave Way Croydon North |
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| An afternoon visitor for a couple of hours, eventually got a drink but hassled by a pair of Pied Currawongs before flying off.
Similar visit in May 2021 |
| Ken Haines 26/3 #269090 |
| Thu 23 | | Pacific Swift
Castlemaine |
| Roughly 20 Pacific Swifts flying West to East over the middle of town about 5:30pm, around some developing cumulonimbus clouds drifting over. |
| Lawrie Conole 23/3 #269080 |
| Wed 22 | | White-throated Needletail
Howitt Hut, Alpine National Park |
| At least 30 White-throated Needletails observed flying low over and around our camp. |
| Val Ford 26/3 #269084 |
| Sat 18 | | White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Banyule Flats Reserve |
| Seen taking flight from out of the billabong. eBird checklist |
| Craig Lakey 19/3 #269075 |
| | Spangled Drongo
Marlo |
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| Hot and humid afternoon. Shiny black, medium sized bird with very long, round fork tail. Suburban Marlo. |
| Rob Clay 18/3 #269070 |
| Wed 15 | | Grey-faced Petrel
Bridgewater Bay. Surf Club area. |
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| Beach washed bird. |
| Anne-Maree Burgoine 15/3 #269061 |
| | Painted Snipe
Merin Merin Swamp State Game Reserve |
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| Sighted one female on a few occasions as members from Birdlife Ballarat Branch surveyed the area around the swamp. eBird checklist |
| Ron Sawyer 15/3 #269058 |
| Sun 12 | | Horsfield's Bushlark
Red Bluff, Black Rock |
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| John Eichler 12/3 #269039 |
| Sat 11 | | Gull-billed Tern
Private wetland, Moolort Plains |
| 5 birds loafing on small, rapidly drying wetland. Only my second record on of this species on the Moolort Plains. |
| Geoff Park 13/3 #269045 |
| | Eastern Koel
Avenel |
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| Juvenile Koel been fed by Red Wattle birds along Swamp Road.
Adult Male and Female Koels heard and seen around Avenel since Nov 21 till around Feb 3.
Not a very good pic taken on iPhone |
| Andrew Morley 11/3 #269033 |
| Fri 10 | | Powerful Owl, Black-faced Monarch, Rufous Fantail, Rose Robin.
Mallacoota |
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| Good birding on the Pump Station trail over the past few days.
Powerful Owl roosting with a fruit bat in its talons. |
| Keith & Judy Humphreys 11/3 #269034 |
| Thu 9 | | Crimson Chat
Fort Nepean, Port Nepean National Park, Mornington Peninsula |
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| A single bird. Initially reported by Park Ranger Kyle Bradshaw who saw a photo of it on a visitors phone on 7 March confirming what the bird was. eBird checklist |
| Wendy McWilliams 10/3 #269029 |
| | Black-faced Cormorant
Yarra River, Newport |
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| Single bird seen in the river near the HMAS Yarra jetty which is located to the south-east of the power station. It eventually flew off toward the other end of the river before diverting to channel marker 26 further downstream. eBird checklist |
| Ryan Kilgower 10/3 #269027 |
| | Eastern Koel (juvenile)
Wodonga |
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| This little bird was making A LOT of noise in suburban East Wodonga, northern VIC |
| Cathy Neilson 10/3 #269025 |
| | White-throated Needle-tails and Black-faced Monarch
Cape Conran and Drummer Rainforest walk |
| Needle tails 50/60 near entrance to Cape Conran N.P. Flying so low we could hear wings!
Black-faced Monarch along Drummer Nature Walk. |
| Corrie and Ian Macartney 10/3 #269024 |
| Mon 6 | | Magpie Goose
Yalukit Willam Nature Reserve |
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| Five Magpie Geese flew in around 7:45 am. Perched in a sugar gum where dozens of currawongs and little ravens harassed them.
All flew off and were later re-sighted in Billabong 2 (on the east side of the Chain of Ponds).
Later in the morning, they were seen on the main wetland/creek perching on logs, where they remained all day. eBird checklist |
| Debbie Lustig 6/3 #269012 |
| | Magpie Goose, Australian Spotted Crake
Yalukit Willam Nature Reserve, Brighton |
| 5 Magpie Geese landed in new Chain of Ponds initially and are now in Elster Creek wetland. A Spotted Crake is in Pond 4 and Soak 2 (see Yalukit Willam Nature Association facebook page for map. A Spotless Crake has been seen repeatedly recently in main Elster Creek wetland and a White-necked Heron was in billabong 2 yesterday. Geese first seen by Debbie Lustig and David W Eades |
| Gio Fitzpatrick 6/3 #269010 |