| Tue 19 | | Chestnut-rumped Heathwren
Chiltern- Mt Pilot National Park, Junction Track. |
| Observed in dense re-growth in area burnt by wildfire in 2015. My last record for this species in the Mt pilot end of the park was in 1993. |
| John Kelly 19/3 #238045 |
| Sun 17 | | Wood Sandpiper
Western Treatment Plant (Werribee)--T Section Ponds |
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| bird seen at first pond on the left after entering T section at western treatment plant and gave prolonged views |
| Aidan Sudbury Clive Kaplan 18/3 #238037 |
|  | Little Shearwater
Port Fairy Pelagic |
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| Today on the Port Fairy Pelagic I saw this black and white bird scooting across the sea & I immediately took photos with my Canon 5D mark IV with the 100-400 Canon lens. They turned out to be photos of a Little Shearwater, a rare bird in Victoria. No other observers saw it well enough as far as I know, I lost it before I could alert anyone to it, & I didn't realize what it was until afterwards anyway. The identification is based on the mostly white underwing, with narrow black margins, broadest on the tips of the primaries. This is not artifact because in some shots you can see the wing is in shadow. In similar shearwaters (Fluttering, Hutton's for example, the primaries are all dark and there is also dark areas in the carpal area and leading edge. The face is mostly white, this may be blown out by over exposure and glare from the morning sun, but we can make out the dark eye and black cap, so the pattern is at least mostly true and it is not dark faced like Fluttering, Hutton's and Subantarctic Shearwaters. The compact look of the bird, large head, short rear and relatively short and rounded wings augur well for Little. Taken at 17/3/19 at 10:14 am, near the continental shelf. |
| Kevin Bartram 17/3 #238035 |
| | Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Little Wattlebird.
Bacchus Marsh West Golf Course |
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| First local sighting of a Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater this season. Also of interest is a lone Little Wattlebird that has been in the golf course for months. The only one I've ever seen in our town and surrounds. eBird checklist |
| Bernie McRitchie 17/3 #238034 |
| | Intermediate Egret
Lancefield Golf Club |
| Single bird on the rear dam. Also 13 Little-pied Cormorants and pair of Blue-billed Duck. |
| Peter Houston 17/3 #238029 |
| Sat 16 | | Tawny-crowned Honeyeater
Woodlands Historic Park--Back Paddock |
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| Bird landed at the top of a dead tree in an open paddock. I initially thought it was another Red Wattlebird as there were lots around this morning in this area but I took some photos just for ID purposes. Once I got home I realised it wasn't a RW and confirmed the ID as a Tawny-crowned Honeyeater. eBird checklist |
| Ken Crawley 16/3 #238025 |
| Fri 15 | | Wedge tailed eagle
Around Boral Quarry DeerPark |
| About 14,to 16 eagles circling in the area around the quarry |
| Todd cahoon 17/3 #238028 |
| Thu 14 | | Powerful Owl
Edmonds Street, Narre Warren |
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| An adult Powerful Owl perching in a large street tree, clutching the remains of a Raven (Little?).
Never sighted here before - a refugee of the Bunyip State Forest fire perhaps?
Photo of reported sighting. Thanks to Mary-Anne, John and Karl |
| Jeni Bedin 14/3 #238011 |
| | White-bellied Sea-eagle
Brisbane Ranges National Park |
| 4:15pm. Sub-adult Sea-eagle circling with two Whistling Kites. It flew from a reservoir on the south side of Ballan-Geelong Road (Upper Stony Creek Reservoir) to the reservoir on the north side. |
| Bernie McRitchie 14/3 #238009 |
| Tue 12 | | Blue-faced honeyeater
Greensborough Secondary College, Nepean St, Watsonia |
| 2 adults and 3 juveniles - evidence of local breeding again this season. |
| Peter Bennet 12/3 #237996 |
| Mon 11 | | Black Honeyeater
Muckleford State Forest |
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| At least 8 birds seen near a water point on south German tk. Also seen were 5+ Yellow-plumed Honeyeaters and a Chestnut-rumped Heathwren. |
| Indra Bone 11/3 #237989 |
| Sun 10 | | Black Honeyeater
Derrinallum |
| A male and female pair in dense woolly teatree patch. never seen before, no records for the region. |
| Eleanor Lang 10/3 #237979 |
| Sat 9 | | Spotted Quail-thrush
Coombs Rd, Yan Yean |
| Male seen quite well on west side of Coombs Rd. at around (-37.5178451, 145.1900912). Movement noticed at the edge of undergrowth; viewed male pottering around on the ground for a couple of minutes. eBird checklist |
| Rohan Long 11/3 #237986 |
| | Grey-tailed Tattler
Reef Island Nature Conservation Reserve |
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| Des and Adrienne Palmer, Dominic and CarolineD'Argenio, Karen Collard and Julia Christie 9/3 #237975 |
| | Eastern Osprey
Altona Coastal Park |
| Osprey roosting on a six foot high dead stem/branch that is sticking out of sand on shoreline. |
| David Gleeson 9/3 #237973 |
| | Square-tailed Kite
Barkers Creek |
| At the cricket ground. |
| Geoff Park 9/3 #237970 |
| Sun 3 | | Glossy Black-Cockatoo
Gun Club Track, Mallacoota |
| Early in the morning while searching for Ground Parrots we were delighted to hear the distinctive calls of 3 Glossy Black-Cockatoos feeding in a casuarina. They were very good at hiding in the foliage and amazingly difficult to photograph. eBird checklist |
| Margaret and Richard Alcorn 5/3 #236933 |
| Sun 24 | | Black Honeyeater, Yellow-plumed Honeyeater, White-backed Swallow
Muckleford State Forest |
| A single Black Honeyeater (immature) on South German Track and numerous Yellow-plumed Honeyeaters calling - adult and immature drinking from bush dam. Two White-backed Swallows ... the only ones I've seen locally this summer. |
| Geoff Park 26/2 #236924 |
| | Pacific Swift
Marshalls Road, St Andrews, Vic |
| Two birds flew low over head in a north-westerly direction. At the time of the sighting the conditions were calm, but thirty minutes later a fair breeze had arrived. eBird checklist |
| Deb Oliver 24/2 #236911 |
| Sat 23 | | Pied Honeyeater
Warby-Ovens National Park--Killawarra Forest Camp and Oval |
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| Black and white bird with all black head, down curved beak, white wing bar and white underneath with black tip to tail. Blue skin below eye visible. At one point the Pied, Black and Painted Honeyeaters were all in the same tree. At least 3 birds with 2 adult males, perching in the tops of the eucalypts and feeding in the flowering mistletoe. eBird checklist |
| Peter Sawyer 24/2 #236918 |
| Fri 22 | | White-headed Pigeon
Lake Tyers |
| My wife and I were having a leisurely stroll around the small hamlet of Lake Tyers Beach looking at all the sea birds out on the sand flats. As we were walking back to where we were staying a large black and white bird flew across our path and landed on a power line into a residence. We were able to quietly sneak a little further along and discovered a White-headed Pigeon on the powerline. We were able to watch the bird from a very short distance and thus get a really good look at it, with it’s white head and breast and black wings and upper body. As usual left the cameraman behind. Time observed 7.45pm. Fine and clear. |
| Michael and Carole O’Sullivan 23/2 #236908 |
| Wed 20 | | Calyptorhynchus funereus
Skenes Creek |
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| Rare Yellow feathered variant of yellow tailed black cockatoo.
This one was keeping cockatoo for a group of regular yellow tailed black cockatoos that were devouring my hakea seed pods |
| Frank Whitlock 21/2 #236896 |
| | Pink-eared Duck
Banyule Flats Reserve |
| 2 Pink-eared Ducks with at least 3 chicks seen at Banyule Swamp. eBird checklist |
| Nick Koutoulis 20/2 #236892 |
| Tue 19 | | White-throated Needletail
Bunyip State Park--Dyers Picnic Ground |
| 120 birds at high to medium altitude, but could not see any Pacific Swifts with them, 7.30-7.45.p.m.
[Moderator's Note: We will only be publishing Needletail reports with high numbers or in unusual locations for the rest of this summer season. MA] |
| David Stabb and Dawn Neylan. 20/2 #236857 |
| | Australasian Figbird
Marlo |
| Australasian Figbirds continue their occupation of quiet suburban gardens in the vicinity of Willis Avenue. At least 3 birds were seen and or heard continually calling early this afternoon. |
| Len and Jacquie Axen 19/2 #236856 |
| Mon 18 | | Gull-billed Tern Asian ssp affinis
Stockyard Point |
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| At high tide this morning,two Asian Gull-billed terns flew in, accompanied by eight Gull-billed Terns.This sub species has been a regular visitor to this site for several years. |
| Derek & Sally Whitehead 18/2 #236840 |
| Sun 17 | | Peaceful Dove
Eynesbury Forest and Grasslands |
| Single distant call heard during quarterly BirdLife survey |
| Dave Torr 19/2 #236852 |
| | Pacific Swift and White-throated Needletail
Pinkerton Forest (restricted access) |
| Small mixed flock observed during quarterly BirdLife survey. |
| Dave Torr 19/2 #236851 |
| | Fork-tailed Swift
Newstead township |
| Small, loose flock ... perhaps a dozen individuals at 8pm |
| Geoff Park 17/2 #236834 |
| | Black-faced Monarch
Warburton |
| Black-faced Monarch seen on the river trail about 300m from the caravan park entrance. No previous reports on eBird. |
| Jason Camilleri 17/2 #236829 |