| Thu 24 |  | Striped Honeyeater
Rupanyup |
| Single bird in patch of remnant open Buloke bushland on private property 12km northeast of Rupanyup. |
| Ian Morgan 25/5 #234462 |
| | Freckled Duck
Lancefield-Tooborac Road, nr Lancefield |
| Six birds on a small dam beside the road about 2kms north of Lancefield. |
| Peter Houston 24/5 #234454 |
| Wed 23 | | Swift Parrot
Wodonga |
| A flock of at least 13 birds seen flying over in a South-Easterly direction along the track which runs near the Northern end of Racecourse. Distinctive chattering call heard as they came over. Sleek profile with quick, direct flight. eBird checklist |
| Owen Lishmund 23/5 #234453 |
| Tue 22 | | Beach Stone-Curlew
Cape Conran - Sailors Grave Picnic Area |
| 8.15 am. To our surprise we saw a Beach Stone Curlew near the rocks on the eastern edge of the cove. It was near a Pied Oystercatcher. The bird was an adult. Weather was clear. We were about 15 metres away. We observed it for about 5 minutes through Leica 10x40 binoculars.
I have seen Beach Stone-Curlews over many years at Townsville, Ingham and Cairns on the beach. Sorry, I only had my iPhone and didn’t Want to disturb bird, so no photo.
We reported sighting to Ranger on duty at Banksia Bluff. |
| Jillian Tacon and Allan Tacon 24/5 #234456 |
| | Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoos
Croydon North |
| Around 100 birds flying through and briefly stopping in our garden. |
| Will and Emma Bridgeman 22/5 #234452 |
| Mon 21 | | Pink-eared Duck
Piper Street, Kyneton |
| At least two birds flying overhead, west to east, just after 7pm (so in complete darkness). It's the second time I've heard this species flying over Kyneton at night in recent weeks, though I've not ever seen one in a local weland. When I grew up in Geelong I used to hear them at night frequently, so I'm sensitised to the nocturnal call. eBird checklist |
| Lawrie Conole 22/5 #234450 |
| | Gang Gang Cockatoo
Coolart Wetlands & Homestead, Somers |
| Eight Gang Gang Cockatoos observed feeding in the eucalypts between the entrance and car park. |
| Val Ford and Pat Bingham 21/5 #234445 |
| Sun 20 | | Olive-backed Oriole
Lerderderg River at Lerderderg Park Rd. Darley |
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| Juvenile bird along the river walk. I heard alarm calls from honeyeaters and found this very active oriole. eBird checklist |
| Bernie McRitchie 20/5 #234441 |
| Sat 19 | | Soft-plumaged Petrel (2-3)
Port Fairy Pelagic |
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| Wet, cold and windy day at sea on the monthly Birdswing and Birding pelagic -ideal conditions really. Reasonable variety -several Common Diving-Petrels on way out, good to see -have been scarce in recent years. Of note were 2-3 Soft-plumaged Petrels both at shelf and bird recorded inshore (only 3.3 km from port). At least 6 species of Albatross including Northern Royal and a couple of Wandering types. Fairy Prion back in numbers, single Antarctic and possible Slender-billed only 'whalebirds'. A Skua photographed at shelf still being discussed, some consider likely South Polar. |
| Scott Baker, Neil Macumber, Kevin Bartram, et al 21/5 #234442 |
| | Double-Banded Plover
Duck Point (Yanakie) |
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| Approximately 15+ Double-banded Plovers, 15 Red-Capped Plovers and one Red-Necked Stint on the north shore of Duck Point at about 3pm at high tide. |
| Rohan Bugg 20/5 #234439 |
| | Freckled Duck
Lake Hamilton |
| 3 Freckled Ducks near Island at top end of lake. Also c. 40 Hardheads, 1 Australasian Shoveler. eBird checklist |
| Tristan Kennedy 20/5 #234437 |
| | Regent Honeyeater, Swift Parrot
Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park - Barnawatha Depot Rd and private property |
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| A total of 4 Regent Honeyeaters found as part of the national search weekend yesterday - 2 on Barnawatha Depot Rd and 2 on private property (no public access). All birds found are captive-released individuals, three from 2017 and we think one from 2015 (the key colour band has come off so we can't be sure yet). Also a single Swift Parrot passing over Honeyeater Dam at lunch time. Photo attached of male released in April 2017. |
| BirdLife Australia/DELWP staff and volunteers 20/5 #234434 |
| | Swift Parrot
Newstead |
| 7 feeding in Yellow Gums in Wyndham Street. |
| Geoff Park 19/5 #234428 |
| | White-headed Pigeon
Hedley |
| A White-headed Pigeon came to wild bird feeder. A first sighting of this bird verified by Simpson & Day |
| Steve Carle 19/5 #234424 |
| Fri 18 | | Cape Barren Goose
McKirdys Rd, Tyabb |
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| 22 geese seen in paddock on east side of McKirdys Rd, opposite AGS. There are quite a number of CPG across the westernport area at the moment. |
| John Harris 19/5 #234433 |
| Wed 16 | | White-bellied Sea-eagle
Anthonys Crossing, Bacchus March |
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| Young Sea-eagle circling low, not far from the Cross that is on top of the hill. I stopped at the old cemetery to get some shots. eBird checklist |
| Bernie McRitchie 20/5 #234438 |
| | Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Moonee Ponds Creek between Dynon & Footscray rd |
| Yellow spoonbill feeding in the Moonee Ponds Creek. |
| Helen Chapman 17/5 #234410 |
| | Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Lancefield Golf Club |
| Single Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater in shrubbery at the back of the golf course. A first record for the area. |
| Peter Houston 16/5 #234403 |
| Tue 15 | | Zebra Finch
Keilor |
| At the confluence of the Maribynong river and Arundel Creek. Approx 15 +/-. By the number of nesting and roosting sites in some revegetation of Acacia paradoxa that has been favoured they may be semi resident. |
| Greg Cobern 16/5 #234399 |
| | Rufous Whistler
Lancefield Golf Club |
| Very surprised to see a male in the garden this afternoon. Several pairs breed around here in the summer but they're all usually long gone by now. |
| Peter Houston 15/5 #234397 |
| Mon 14 | | Pink-eared Duck
Bundoora Park |
| One bird on the dam below the Golf Club, amongst a small gathering of Hardheads and Grebes. |
| Greg Cobern 16/5 #234398 |
| Sun 13 | | Yellow-tufted honeyeater
Merri creek, Northcote, south of Athurton Rd |
| Feeding happily with white-plumed honeyeaters |
| Colin Anderson 17/5 #234415 |
| | Swift Parrot
Earlston |
| 14 birds flew over, calling, late in the day. Little flowering locally so not sure what they would be feeding on. |
| Doug Robinson 14/5 #234389 |
| | Brown Gerygone, Grey Goshawk, Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
Shepherds Bush |
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| 2 Brown Gerygone seen on west side track, Goshawk flew in and perched briefly before being chased off; YTufted Honeyeater on west side track. eBird checklist |
| John Daniels 13/5 #234381 |
| | White-bellied Sea-eagle
Lake William Hovell |
| The White-bellied Sea-eagle was observed by my wife Carole and myself gliding above the lake at approximately 13.45 today 13th May 2018. We are quite familiar with the species as we quite often see them at Lake Tyers. Did not have a camera with us. Weather was fine and sunny with a slight breeze from the east.
146 22 05E. 36 55 28s |
| Michael O’Sullivan 13/5 #234379 |
| Sat 12 | | Southern Giant-petrel
Point Addis Beach carpark |
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| A sea watch at the point produced a Giant-petrel. it was seen close to shore and seems to be a Southern Giant-petrel. The beak shows a
green tinge in some of the photographs taken -other pictures available
The strong winds made for challenging photography please see report of Isaac Clarey |
| Clive Kaplan and Giles Daughbeny 16/5 #234400 |
| | Brown Skua, Shy & Black-browed Albatross, Shearwater sp., Northern/Southern Giant-Petrel
Point Addis |
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| Several pelagic species observed over two periods of a few hours each, in the morning and afternoon. Strong southerlies pushing birds in closer to cliffs than usual. Brown Skua, Shy & Black-browed Albatrosses, Fluttering and Short-tailed Shearwaters all observed with bins and scope and photographed. The following morning I also had views of and photographed several of the aforementioned species, as well as a Giant-petrel (unable to identify at species level, as was too distant) which flew past north to south. eBird checklist |
| Leigh Pieterse 14/5 #234388 |
| | Southern Giant-Petrel
Point Addis |
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| An all-dark juvenile Giant-Petrel passed by during a seawatch off Point Addis yesterday. Strong southerlies pushing birds quite close to shore. Binocular views showed no colour contrast to bill tip. Photos in the strong wind proved very tricky, my best attempt attached which suggests lighter bill tip; good for SGP. Other birders present (name unknown?) had better photos which will be good for positive photo ID. eBird checklist |
| Isaac Clarey 14/5 #234387 |
| | Powerful Owl
Warrandyte State Park--Jumping Creek Reserve |
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| Single bird roosting in fairly low burgan overlooking the river. |
| Carl Hansen 13/5 #234378 |
| | Giant Petrels, possible Royal Albatross, Shearwaters etc
Mornington Peninsula National Park--Cape Schanck |
| A 2.5hr seawatch from 320pm generated six sightings of immature Giant-Petrels one of which was close enough to see bill colour suggesting Southern GP, Shy and Black-browed Albatrosses, Fluttering, Hutton and Short-tailed Shearwaters, Australian Gannet, Crested Tern and Kelp Gull. At 510pm a distant albatross (seen only briefly at range ahead of a rain squall could have been an adult Northern Royal) but was lost from view and could not be relocated. |
| Richard Hook 12/5 #234376 |
| Fri 11 | | Possible Southern Giant-petrel
Point Addis |
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| We were treated to an interesting array of seabirds varying from
Shy, Yellow-nosed and Black-browed Albatrosses, Gannets, some Fluttering Shearwaters amongst others and a candidate for Southern Giant-petrel. The strong winds made viewing and photographing birds difficult. |
| Clive Kaplan and Giles Daughbeny 13/5 #234382 |
| Tue 8 | | White-fronted Honeyeater
Hamilton |
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| I was asked to help identify this bird in the north of Hamilton. It is well beyond its normal range I believe. |
| Larry Storer 9/5 #234351 |
| Mon 7 | | Striped Honeyeaters
Kerang Lakes |
| Observed at numerous sites around the Kerang lakes including Little Lake Charm, Racecourse Lake, Cemetery Swamp, Cullens Lake etc . Up to 4 birds at once. |
| Simon Starr, Steve Davidson, Damien Cook 8/5 #234346 |
| Sun 6 | | Square-tailed Kite
Newells Paddock Wetland Reserve |
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| Soaring over the wetlands for 10 minutes. A Brown Goshawk was also sighted. eBird checklist |
| Thomas Nataprawira 7/5 #234337 |
| | Swift Parrots
Birremathool, Bailieston (restricted access) |
| Chattering flock of 12 birds flying over relatively slowly at 7:41. Occasional other calls from around camp. eBird checklist |
| Margaret and Richard Alcorn 7/5 #234336 |
| | 30-40 Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Yallakar State Forest, Harrow |
| Mix of adults and juveniles feeding on Stringybark. |
| Samantha Greiner & members of BirdLife Horsham 6/5 #234327 |
| Sat 5 | | Swift Parrot
Axe creek, Private property off Myrtle creek road |
| Two birds flew into flowering yellow gum. Ushered quickly off by Noisy Miner. |
| Adrian Martins 5/5 #234318 |
| | Square-tailed Kite
Flemington |
| Returning home to our street in Flemington we were v.pleased to find a Square-tailed Kite hunting ~5m over the rooftops. It moved away to the north where it was harassed by three Little Ravens which it easily avoided in the windy conditions. Presumably the same bird seen in March around Royal Park and also reported earlier this week in Kensington in a local online forum. eBird checklist |
| Michael & Margaret Noble 5/5 #234310 |
| Tue 1 | | White Phase of Grey Goshawk
Jacana Wetland |
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| Seen resting trees bordering Moonee Ponds Creek, southern end of Jacana Wetland, at midday today. Later seen pursued by five Magpies until it left the area. |
| Dennis Bernard Hocking 3/5 #234297 |
| | Swift Parrot
Greensborough |
| Lots of Rainbow and Musk Lorikeets calling from roadside trees and then heard Swift Parrots - saw two and went for my camera and on return they flew off and there were actually 3 birds. This was around 10-30am, also heard Gang Gang Cockatoos (2) at around 7-30am at the same location. |
| Neil Macumber 1/5 #234289 |