| Thu 16 | | Double-barred finch
Merin Merin Swamp State Game Reserve |
| 2 birds clearly seen at 4m, naked eye. On fence to canola field, Wattle Gully Rd (track!), about halfway along north side of swamp. Noted finch with white breast with black line across. No photo. eBird checklist |
| Peter Bennet and Steve Waller 16/11 #269960 |
| Mon 13 | | Blue faced honeyeater
Woodlands estate, Langwarrin |
| In private garden, near Boggy Creek Reserve. Never seen this species this far south. Very fleeting visit, gone before a decent photo could be taken. |
| Ashley Seago 13/11 #269950 |
| | Pacific Golden Plover
St Andrews Beach, Mornington Peninsula |
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| Lone bird feeding with a pair of Hooded Plovers |
| Mark Lethlean 13/11 #269949 |
|  | Channel-billed Cuckoo
Ryan Lane (Buckland Gap), near Beechworth |
| One called in our paddock trees at 0800 and called again a few minutes later and flew off to the west. |
| Richard Loyn 13/11 #269948 |
| Sun 12 | | Baillons Crake
Yalukit Willam Nature Reserve |
| One Baillons Crake, Soak 1 and Pond 4. Came into the open a few times.
Also a Buff-banded Rail, Soak 1 and Pond 3. eBird checklist |
| Debbie Lustig 13/11 #269947 |
| Sat 11 | | Eastern Koel
Heathmont |
| At 7am an uncommon bird call attracted my attention to the top branches of an oak tree on our boundary fence. There I spotted a large black bird constantly calling. The angle of the sun highlighted the red eyes. Before I was able to reach for my phone to take a shot it was gone. It travelled east still calling.
I was absent during the day but on return there were numerous calls heard while I was watering around dusk.
This morning 12/11/23 no further calls. |
| Brian Vallence 12/11 #269944 |
| Fri 10 | | Channel-billed Cuckoo
Smart Street Reserve, Hawthorn |
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| I reported seeing a Channel-billed Cuckoo at the same location on 12 November 2022. Returns two days shy of exactly a year later… Amazing! Poor quality iPhone pic attached |
| Andrew Hogg 10/11 #269937 |
| Wed 8 | | Fairy Tern (7)
400 metres off Silverleaves beach Phillip Island |
| 7 Fairy Terns flew past our fishing boat |
| Des Palmer and Mark Pearson 8/11 #269924 |
| Tue 7 | | Masked Woodswallow
St Kilda |
| Large numbers of Masked Woodswallows seen flying low over the suburbs three times over several hours in the afternoon. Flock(s) heading in different directions during each sighting and numbering 50-100 birds. |
| Gio Fitzpatrick 8/11 #269930 |
| | Wedge-tailed Eagle, White-necked Heron
Wurundjeri Walk |
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| While walking in Wurundjeri walk around 6pm observed a White-necked Heron standing on rocks in the wetland pond, and upon being startled took off and was chased by magpies and ravens which it dwarfed in size in flight. Moderators note : flight shot shows a Wedge-tailed Eagle, unusual in the location |
| Meredith Brown 8/11 #269928 |
| | Channel-billed Cuckoo
Yarra Bend Park, Studley Park section |
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| Two Channel-billed Cuckoo heard and seen in large Radiata Pine trees, Morton Bay Fig tree and Plane Trees opposite Villa Alba Museum. Public access to park area next to golf course. Adult and juvenile seen. Adult seen feeding juvenile. Seems unusual to see this species so far south.
Photo by Luca Marcoux-McCaffrey (11 yrs old) eBird checklist |
| Nic McCaffrey and Luca Marcoux-McCaffrey 7/11 #269921 |
| Sun 5 | | Baillons Crake
Karkarook Park |
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| Also a Latham's Snipe and an Australian Spotted Crake |
| Debbie Lustig 7/11 #269920 |
| Fri 3 | | White headed pigeon
Caldwell Rd Vermont |
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| David Barkla 5/11 #269911 |