| Wed 19 | | Banded Stilt
Ricketts Pt, Beaumaris |
| 3 in adult plumage (with bands) resting on rocks out of the wind, just behind a flock of 150 Crested Terns. |
| Sean Dooley 19/2 #245489 |
| Sat 15 | | Common Sandpiper
Nooramunga Marine Park--McLoughlins Beach |
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| Probably the same bird i saw in November last year. |
| Rohan Bugg 16/2 #245475 |
| | Eastern Koel
North Arm Lakes Entrance |
| Heard this morning at small caravan park |
| Martin O'Brien 15/2 #245459 |
| Fri 14 | | Figbird
North Arm Lakes Entrance |
| Calling from small trees in caravan park grounds. |
| Martin O'Brien 15/2 #245460 |
| Tue 11 | | Freckled Duck
Tangambalanga |
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| About 20 Freckled Duck on large farm dam just outside town. Also flock of 20+ Glossy Ibis on irrigated paddock a few km away |
| Ian Sutherland 11/2 #245439 |
| Mon 10 |  | Ruff
Avalon Beach |
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| Seen feeding near bend in road before boat ramp mid afternoon |
| Simon Starr 13/2 #245452 |
| | White-throated Needletail
Dumbarton Street Reservoir |
| Approximately 30 White-throated Needletails circling above Dumbarton Street Grasslands, ahead of the storm front. |
| Andrea Canzano and Nadine Richings 12/2 #245447 |
| Sun 9 | | Grey Goshawk - white form
Back garden in Clark rd, Ivanhoe, overlooking Darebin creek |
| 2.300 pm - Good-sized pure white bird, no markings, flew into back garden, behind trees. I went out to check and it flew off at once, giving me good view of its upper surface. Definitely White Goshawk - I once saw one here a year or two ago. Possibly attracted by neighbour's cage-birds. |
| Anthea Fleming 9/2 #245414 |
| Sat 8 | | Australasian Bittern
Western Treatment Plant (Werribee)--T Section Ponds |
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| I was trying to photograph terns and other birds in flight when I happened to see the bittern flying by on the other side of the lagoons. It landed and disappeared from sight. Was unable to locate it again. |
| Catherine Noone 10/2 #245425 |
| Tue 4 | | Banded Stilt
Cullens Lake and Lake Elizabeth near Kerang |
| About 100 Banded Stilt at the south end of Lake Cullen and about 50 at Lake Elizabeth. eBird checklist |
| Malcolm Cousland 6/2 #244397 |
| Mon 3 | | Square-tailed Kite
Seymour |
| First seen late morning on the 3rd by Lesley. Brown raptor, smaller than a Wedge-tailed Eagle, upswept wings flying low over trees at times, above the hill SW of ANZAC Ave.. Not a harrier. Then seen in the afternoon of the 4th by Peter. This time the bird was over the High School, which is also SW of ANZAC Ave.
Nearest previously reported sightings in Seymour have been at Seymour Bushland Park. eBird checklist |
| Lesley Dalziel, Peter MItchell 5/2 #244392 |
| Sat 1 | | Black-Faced Monarch
Cobboboonee National Park |
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| Was photographed down Boiler Swamp Rd down a big dip where the river runs through. |
| Michelle Holcombe 12/2 #245449 |
| | 40 Blue- winged Parrots
Salt marsh at Bass Landing |
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| Des Palmer and Dom D’Argenio 1/2 #244375 |
| Thu 30 | | Mallee Ringneck
Settlers Walk Picnic Area |
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| At Cavendish, three Mallee Ringnecks on Settlers Walk. Stayed for about 10 minutes then flew north. |
| Paul Jackson 31/1 #244365 |
| Mon 27 | | Common Sandpiper
Yarrawonga |
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| Roslyn King. 28/1 #244346 |
| | Dollarbird
Bendigo Sewage Ponds |
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| Perched high above Bendigo Creek on the eastern side of May Swamp. Bird was quiet until swooped by Black Kite. Species is uncommon in Bendigo. |
| Simon Smith 27/1 #244341 |
| Sun 26 | | Reed Warbler
Bailey Billabong, Wilson Reserve, Ivanhoe |
| Two birds in edge of reedbed. I have not seen this species here since the early 1990s, when management of nearby oval wiped out weeds and incidentally killed off a large reedbed. Common Reed has re-grown since then, but no Reed Warblers till today. |
| Anthea Margaret Fleming 26/1 #244336 |
| Fri 24 | | South African Shelduck
Western Treatment Plant (Werribee) |
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| Photographed the shelduck on Friday at the Western Treatment Plant, and forwarded several photographs overnight to Ian Sinclair, the leading field ornithologist in Southern African. His overnight reply was, "Almost certainly South African Shelduck, possible escapee." |
| Chris Doughty 25/1 #244328 |
| Wed 22 | | Pacific Swift
Westona Station, Altona |
| Six (6) Pacific ( Fork-tailed ) Swifts seen flying over from south to north at 08.45hrs DST. |
| David Richardson 22/1 #244312 |