| Sat 30 | | Baillon's Crake
Dandenong Valley Wetland |
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| One adult and two very young chicks, still in black down. eBird checklist |
| Michelle Morrison and Christian Doerig 1/12 #242950 |
| | Powerful owl
Doongalla |
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| Between Doongalla picnic ground and TV towers above walking trail. On tree limb above trail eating prey. |
| Simon Buckley 1/12 #242948 |
| | Emu
Cardinia Reservoir Park |
| I observed 5 Emu inside the cardinia reserve alongside Wellington Road |
| Donna Mason 30/11 #242943 |
| | Eastern Koel
83-87 Boneo Road, Rosebud |
| Eastern Koell alone calls out in the evening. Then at midnight then at 2 to 3 am calling. This is the second time that this bird has appeared here 2 years running. Starting at the end of November and carrying on through to early January and then disappears. |
| Cameron Walker local for 48 years 30/11 #242942 |
| | Brush Cuckoo
Enfield State Park |
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| Brush Cuckoo calling on Incolls Road in the Enfield State Park.. Photographed soon after near the cleared, heathy hill. (Field day hill), at the crossing of Incolls and Misery Creek roads. At least 14 Blue-winged Parrots present and a male Spotted Quailthrush. |
| Indra Bone 30/11 #242941 |
| | Cockatiels
Wilby private property |
| Late this afternoon, 40+ cockatiels and there juveniles, some where screeching to be feed, oberseved perched on a dead gum tree. I've never seen so many cockatiels in a flock before in wilby |
| Brendan Toll 30/11 #242939 |
| | White-Winged Triller
Great Southern Rail Trail(Foster/Toora). |
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| My first observation of a W-W Triller down this way in 17+ years of living here,this one was tucking into a green stick insect. |
| Rohan Bugg 30/11 #242937 |
| Fri 29 | | Latham's Snipe
Heart Morass State Game Reserve |
| F & G Aust restricted access
lucky to come across an area favoured by Latham,s snipe
flushed 30 and counted 5 more near where i was able to get a photo eBird checklist |
| Mark Broomhall 2/12 #242959 |
| Wed 27 |  | Australian Little Bittern
Yan Yean Reservior |
| In reeds in the pond and perched in melaleuca on far bank, difficult to get clear view. eBird checklist |
| Andrew Corrick 27/11 #242919 |
| Mon 25 | | Australian king parrot
Merri Creek--Hall Res-Quarries Pk Clifton Hill |
| One king parrot heard and seen near Hall Reserve in Clifton Hill at about 6pm, the same location where I reported two king parrots on the 9th of October this year. Still an extremely unusual bird for this area, particularly at this time of year, though I've often seen them not much further up the Yarra. |
| Harry Saddler 26/11 #242912 |
| | White-Fronted Chat
Lake Buffalo |
| Female Chat landed on fence in front of 4 observers, gave front and rear views for 20 seconds. Unfortunately no photos. About 50km SE of any previous eBird reports |
| Ian Cheyne 25/11 #242908 |
| Sun 24 | | White-throated Gerygone, Southern Whiteface
Eynesbury Forest and Grasslands |
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| The Gerygone was feeding in the canopy of a Grey Box. The loud, clear call gave it away. A pair of Southern Whitefaces were doing food runs for a newly fledged young one. eBird checklist |
| Bernie McRitchie 24/11 #242888 |
| | Black Honeyeater
Warby-Ovens National Park--Killawarra Forest |
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| At least 4 Bkack Honeyeaters in ironbark just across the road to the west of the dam on north west track. |
| Janet Chapman and Greg Hardham 24/11 #242883 |
| | Australasian Bittern
Johnson Swamp |
| Seven Australasian Bitterns at Johnson Swamp this morning. A group of five flushed by a Swamp Harrier and watched for several minutes in flight, and at least two more heard booming from reed beds on south-east side.
Recent water releases providing great habitat for large numbers of birds. Other notables amongst fifty odd species included at least 1500 Black-tailed Native-Hen, 29 Glossy Ibis, one Lewin’s Rail. eBird checklist |
| Leigh Pieterse & David Adam 24/11 #242880 |
| Sat 23 | | Rufous Fantail
Newport Lakes Park |
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| A single bird was observed for 15 to 20 minutes flitting around in low bushes beneath Eucalypts on the western side of the high-level track around the lakes. A totally unexpected sighting for Birdlife Melbourne Beginners on their monthly outing. Photo by Eleanor Dilley. |
| Alan and Hazel Veevers, with 35 other BM observers 25/11 #242909 |
| | Freckled Duck
Joyces Creek |
| 2 birds with a single Pink-eared Duck and ~ 50 Hardheads. |
| Geoff Park 23/11 #242874 |
| Fri 22 | | Brown Treecreeper
29 Mile Road Western Treatment Plant |
| A single bird sitting high in dead branches being harassed by 2 Superb Fairywren. Strong (100 kph) n-w winds on 21/11may have blown it in from the You Yangs. First report for WTP on Birdata and eBird since June 2008. Report for 2008 was said to be first ever report and was from the Borrow Pits area. |
| Jen Spry; Joy Tansey 22/11 #242869 |
| Thu 21 | | White-throated Needletail
Knobs Junction, St Andrews |
| Approx 20 birds fairly high up over our house but clear view with binos ... very turbulent conditions |
| Deb Oliver 21/11 #242864 |
| | Pacific (Fork-tailed) Swift
Emperor Drive, Ocean Grove |
| Sixty-three Swifts circling & hawking in front of a cool change to a very hot windy day. |
| Tom Fletcher 21/11 #242862 |
| | Pacific Koel
Canterbury |
| One calling near the Canterbury Girls Secondary School at 4.20 pm. My first for Victoria ! |
| Graham Beal 21/11 #242861 |
| Wed 20 | | Sacred Kingfisher
Doongalla Pony Club |
| First time I have recorded this species in 20 years of observations. |
| Des Palmer 20/11 #242855 |
| Tue 19 | | White-winged Triller
Inverloch foreshore camping |
| Male White-winged Triller seen in the campground during our Branch camp based around Inverloch. We also saw WWT's at the Desalination Plant on 17th and at Wonthaggi Heathland on the 16th. There are few records of this species in this part of Gippsland. eBird checklist |
| Birdlife Murray Goulburn 25/11 #242900 |
| | Budgerigar
Brookfield, Wunghnu Vic. |
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| A small flock of Budgerigars along Watters Road next to Brookfield, the Budgerigars were on the ground foraging and flew up into a small Eucalyptus tree as we came driving along Watters Road. Flock size approximately 15 |
| Richard & Catarina Gregson 19/11 #242843 |
| Mon 18 | | Sacred Kingfisher
Mullum Mullum Creek bike trail |
| Juts where the new boardwalk section finishes and meets the old pipetrail upstream from Heads Road, Donvale (there is an informal dirt track along the creek side here too).
Heard first and then located in tree - very vocal.
An unusual sighting for Mullum Mullum Creek. eBird checklist |
| Mike Hone 18/11 #242838 |
| Sun 17 | | Glossy Ibis
Lake Anderson (Chiltern) |
| One Adult feeding on the lake edge. |
| Alan Mott 17/11 #242832 |
| Sat 16 | | Dusky Woodswallow
Miller Park, Boronia |
| Since I first moved here in 1986 (bushblock backing onto bushland and Miller Park) I have kept birdlists from my property (an interesting study in itself regarding decline and rise of species but I'm off the mark!). For the first 7 years without fail, come summer large flocks of Dusky Woodwswallows would shelter in the Messmates in my backyard. Then suddenly they disappeared. I knew that they were nearby in the paddocks around The Basin but not here. Yesterday I spotted one flying over my Gumtrees, first sighting for 26 years. |
| Alf Forbes 17/11 #242824 |
| | Common Sandpiper
Nooramunga Marine Park--McLoughlins Beach |
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| 1 C-Sandpiper on the left side of boat ramp. |
| Rohan Bugg 16/11 #242810 |
| Fri 15 | | Budgerigar
Bacchus Marsh West Golf Course |
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| Presumably wild Budgerigar with a flock of about 50 White-browed Woodswallows. It didn't allow us to approach too closely, acting like a wild bird. eBird checklist |
| Bernie McRitchie, David Whelan 16/11 #242813 |
| Wed 13 | | Pectoral Sandpiper
Pine Lake (Horsham) |
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| Down curved bill with yellowish base, brown crown, indistinct supercilium. Heavily streaked breast with sharp cut off. Clean crisp white belly and flanks. Yellowish legs. eBird checklist |
| Angus Schmidt 14/11 #242791 |
| | Red-capped Robin
Reynolds Reserve, Eltham |
| Single Juv/Imm seen foraging near Yarra River (-37.733126, 145.173052) this afternoon. Also ~10 White-browed Woodswallows present seeming quite settled in area and ubiquitous White-winged Trillers about. |
| Dan Ashdown 13/11 #242790 |
| Tue 12 | | Plains Wanderer
Rupanyup district |
| Female Plains Wanderer flushed from fallow paddock while looking for Pratincoles. Paddock has short remnant standing barley stubble from last years harvest. |
| Ian Morgan 12/11 #242783 |
| Mon 11 | | Pacific Swift, White-throated Needletail
Fairy Dell Nature Reserve |
| Flock of 10+ Pacific Swift over hill forest at Fairy Dell (near Wiseleigh/Bruthen, East Gippsland) at c 1130 this morning, Also a single White-throated Needletail. Early records for this area. |
| BirdLife East Gippsland group, per Chris Healey 11/11 #242776 |
| | Superb Parrot (male)
Great Alpine Road Tarrawingee |
| Male Superb flew very close three metres above head. Flying slower than usual, as though it may have just taken off from the paddock next door where Sulphur Crested Cockatoos and Little Corellas are feeding on Cootamundra Wattle Seeds, pods which are still quite green. |
| Michael O’Sullivan 11/11 #242774 |
| | White-winged Triller
Woodlands Historic Park--Back Paddock |
| Pair of trillers along the fence line near the back paddock |
| Jason Camilleri 11/11 #242771 |
| Sat 9 | | Arctic Jaeger
Bird Hide at Little River |
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| One bird observed flying low off shore near bird hide |
| Giles Daubeney, Nina Tsilikas 10/11 #242755 |
| | Australian Pratincole
Rupanyup district |
| One pair of Pratincoles have been on fallow paddock for four days. Several pairs of Banded Lapwings also in same paddock. Lapwings breeding. |
| Ian Morgan. 9/11 #242752 |
| Thu 7 | | Budgerigar
Nason Track, Glenrowan |
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| Deb Oliver 7/11 #242727 |