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Eremaea Birdlines
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Interesting and unusual bird observations
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Birdline
Victoria
Birdline Victoria (Australia) is a site for the reporting of rare or unusual birds outside their normal range, unusually high or low numbers, early or late arrivals or departures for migrant species and interesting behaviour or unusual habitat usage.
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11/18/2020
We will publish reports of birds that are rare or unusual, outside their normal range, unusually high or low numbers, early or late arrivals or departures for migrant species and interesting behaviour or unusual habitat usage.
Recent Sightings
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Reports published in the past 30 hours.
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June 2023
| Thu 1 | | Baillon’s Crake
Yalukit Willam Nature Reserve |
| Baillon’s Crake seen well several times along the edge of ‘Billabong 1’. Check birdline vic Facebook for site map. Possibly the first record in Bayside in living memory. |
| Gio Fitzpatrick 1/6 #269339 |
May 2023
| Mon 29 | | Pacific Gull
Derrimut Grasslands |
| Heading west over Anderson Swamp, following Silver Gulls in the direction of the Ravenhall Landfill where many waterbirds such as gulls, ibis and pelicans tend to congregate. Putting this out there as there were no previous records of this species for Brimbank LGA on both eBird and Birdata. Moreover, there are no records for Melton LGA where I assume it was headed toward. |
| Ryan Kilgower 30/5 #269330 |
| Thu 18 | | Buff banded rail
Beside train line near McKinnon station |
| Whilst travelling on the train from Frankston on Thursday I was very surprised to see a single buff banded rail on the ground along side the train tracks at about 11 am! |
| S King 20/5 #269297 |
| Wed 17 | | Swift Parrot
cnr. South German Track and Weedon Track (Muckleford State Forest) |
| A flock of ~12 seen this evening (5pm) - flying north. Light flowering of Yellow Gum at present. |
| Geoff Park 17/5 #269290 |
| Sun 14 | | Painted Buttonquail, Brown Quail, Buff-banded Rail
Yalukit Willam Nature Reserve |
| Dozens of fresh platelets found early in the day. Buttonquail not seen until dusk. Buff-banded Rail and Brown Quail were using the same small area (border fence between water tank and bowls club). We now have at least two Brown Quail inhabiting the newly revegetated Chain of Ponds area. |
| Gio Fitzpatrick 20/5 #269300 |
| Tue 9 | | Spangled Drongo
Karbeethong Jetty, Mallacoota |
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| Three different birds seen once all three together eBird checklist |
| martin butterfield 9/5 #269266 |
| Mon 8 | | Brolga
Approximately 10 km south Ararat viewed from The Overland tain |
| By chance when looking east from The Overland train I spotted a pair of
Brolgas standing erect.
At 68 years of age am so excited to see my first Brolgas in Victoria. |
| Peter Alexander Crowley 8/5 #269259 |
| Sat 6 | | Spotted Nightjar
Earlston |
| One bird observed perched and then flying. Late record for here. During daytime recorded 1+ Swift Parrots on flowering Grey Box. |
| Doug Robinson 7/5 #269251 |
| Difficult to find/ hard to see |
| Early arrival or late departure |
| Interesting behaviour |
| High/low numbers |
| Unusual habitat |
| Uncommon in area |
| Outlying population |
| Repeat report of highlights |
| Of general interest to birders |
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| Rare |
| Vagrant |
| Outside normal range/irruption |
| Exceptional number |
| Repeat report of megas |
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| Rare vagrant Australia or Victoria |
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