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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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July 2021
| Mon 19 | | Crested Shrike-tit
Kororoit Creek Nature Reserve |
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| On lower path on western side of creek, quite confiding. |
| Barry Power 19/7 #260466 |
| Sat 17 | | grey goshawk adult white morf
moorabool river -fynsford geelong |
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| noticed white bird on dead tree grabbed camera usual situation bird took off followed got some photos then lost him in trees along river, just about leave noticed him on dead branches further down stream got some good shots |
| Lothar Hohaus 19/7 #260468 |
| | White bellied sea eagle
Merry creek park lands thomastown |
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| Long range photo fully cropped but can see it’s a white bellied sea eagle |
| Stephen verdon 17/7 #260455 |
| Wed 7 | | Swift Parrot
Royal Park --Trin Warren Tam-boore |
| On quite a busy morning in Royal Park (with 45 species recorded), there were 4 Swift Parrots near the waterhole along with a Golden Whistler, a Mistletoebird, lots of Eastern Spinebills and Spotted Pardalotes and a Striated Pardalote and a Laughing Kookaburra. |
| Rosemary and Chris Lester 7/7 #260421 |
| Sun 4 | | Australian Magpie (leucistic form)
Loddon Valley Hwy, Sailors Gully |
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| A leucistic Australian Magpie seen beside the Loddon Valley Hwy, Sailors Gully (about 100m north of the railway crossing). Heavily pied bird with a full white front. Only managed to get a slightly blurred photo with my mobile phone before the bird flew off. |
| Martin Paul Woodward 4/7 #260405 |
| Sat 3 | | Song Thrush
Western end of Donald Ave, Essendon |
| One Song Thrush on the edge of Moonee Ponds Creek, feeding with the Blackbirds and Silvereyes. Very uncommon in my area now. |
| Chris Lester 7/7 #260423 |
June 2021
| Tue 29 | | Glossy Black-Cockatoos
Colquhoun Regional Park |
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| Three Glossy Black -Cockatoos observed quietly feeding on Allocasuarina nuts near Blackfellows Rd |
| GARY & JUDY SMITH 2/7 #260389 |
| Mon 28 | | Spangled Drongo
Marlo |
| Another brief visit from a Spangled Drongo - the second in two months. |
| Marc Freestone 30/6 #260385 |
| Sun 27 | | Blue-faced Honeyeater
Croydon North |
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| Sighted a second time and photographed 2 Blue Faced Honey Eaters. eBird checklist |
| Rob Van Empel 27/6 #260370 |
| | Blue faced Honeyeater
Croydon North |
| Two Blue Faced Honeyeaters landed in our frontyard. Got scared away by Noisy Miners. eBird checklist |
| Rob Van Empel 27/6 #260367 |
| Fri 25 | | Scarlet Honeyeater
Lysterfield Lake Park |
| An early arrival this season of a Scarlet Honeyeater. Adult male seen at 4.10pm in a Casuarina at junction of Casuarina Track and Acacia Nature Trail. Foraging in company of Yellow-faced Honeyeaters and Spotted Pardalotes. Plenty of Silvereyes also in same area. eBird checklist |
| Ron Willemsen 25/6 #260361 |
| Thu 24 | | White-headed Pigeon
Lakeside Drive (Lake Tyers township) |
| An adult White-headed Pigeon was observed perched on powerlines in drizzling rain this morning. Areas to the west of Orbost appear to have become a stronghold for this species with a small resident population being regularly observed. |
| Jacquie and Len Axen 25/6 #260363 |
| | Square-tailed Kite
Prince's Highway (Circle Break Tk) Waygara |
| Adult STK seen flying along the powerline easement adjacent to the Prince's Highway while we were travelling along the Prince's Highway this morning |
| Jacquie and Len Axen 25/6 #260362 |
| 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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