| Sun 8 | | Australian Spotted Crake and Caspian Tern
Eastlakes golf course |
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| First Spotted Crake for several years at this location, also a flyover Caspian Tern, a pair of White-winged Trillers, 12 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, 1 Brown Honeyeaters, 1 Buff-Banded Rail and 3 breeding pairs of Pied Stilts. A juvenile Lewin’s Rail has also been seen recently which would indicate successful nesting of that species. |
| David Mitford 8/12 #242994 |
| | Sanderling, Red Knot
Boat Harbour, Kurnell |
| Two Sanderlings landed and foraged in front of me for about 10 minutes on the western side of the platform. Two Red Knots were also present, as well as at least 36 Little Terns, 60 Red-necked Stint, a number of very skittish PGPs, and the usual Ruddy Turnstones. The highly strung PGPs unfortunately gave alarm calls regularly and hence none of the shorebirds were easy to observe up close. |
| David Davidson 8/12 #242992 |
| | Little Lorikeet
Waterloo Park, Marsfield |
| Flock of approximately 15 Little Lorikeet flying south-west around 15m above the canopy of Waterloo Park, Marsfield. |
| Guy Smith 8/12 #242990 |
| Sat 7 | | Banded Stilt
Ash Island--Wagtail Way-Southbank Rd circuit |
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| The two Banded Stilts first reported here on 28th November still present on Ash Island near Newcastle. Located in the lagoon east of Wagtail Way - initially feeding with Pied Stilts, then moving off to join Red-necked Avocets. eBird checklist |
| Chris Rehberg, Allon Traub 9/12 #242996 |
|  | Oriental Cuckoo
Boyters Lane |
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| Flushed bird while my wife and I were walking Teal Lagoon walking track, approximately where the low level footbridge is. Bird flew from tree branch to tree branch, mostly flying only short distances ahead of us and eventually circling back, we never got really close, making photo opportunity difficult, but eventually successful. Habitat is mostly shioak forest. In shade the back was bronze/grey and appearing dark. Appeared to be large at the time. I never saw the under-tail marking. Narrow dark irregular cross bars on a pale front. Prominent yellow eye rings.
Drought and severe bush fires burning south, west and north of this area. Weather fine and windy and much smoke. eBird checklist |
| Ian and Fay Bradshaw 8/12 #242988 |
| | Aleutian Tern
Farquhar Inlet, Old Bar |
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| Observed five Aleutian Terns with other terns on sandbar behind beach. eBird checklist |
| Brian Deans 8/12 #242987 |
| Mon 9 | | Eastern Koel
Mornington/Mt Martha |
| Eastern Koel seen & heard calling continuously, daily over the past 3 weeks in the area of the Dava Hotel & Dava Drive. An annual visitor over the past 3-4 years. There seems to be up to 3 of them at times. |
| Keith & Judy Humphreys 9/12 #242995 |
| Sun 8 | | Australasian Bittern
Western Treatment Plant (Werribee)--T Section Ponds |
| While trying to find the reported long toed stint today an Australasian Bittern showed briefly and eventually provided protracted views. |
| Aidan Sudbury Clive Kaplan 8/12 #242993 |
| | Common cicadabird
Eynesbury Forest and Grasslands |
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| Single bird, bush block east side of road |
| Peter Bennet 8/12 #242989 |