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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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September 2023
| Mon 11 | | Australian Owlet-nightjar
Railway Avenue, Castlemaine |
| Owlet-nightjar calling constantly (shrieks and churrs) from mixture of remnant and planted vegetation between Railway Avenue and Forest Creek. Urban/industrial mixed use zone, and not a lot of what might be considered native vegetation. Few or no hollow-bearing trees. Heard a few nights earlier churring a couple of hundred metres away down near the Ten Foot Hill footbridge where it's even more urbanised. I've not heard them previously in the 3-4 years I've lived in this neighbourhood, and not accustomed to encountering them in such an urbanised setting. Some atlas records further upstream in more natural areas. |
| Lawrie Conole 14/9 #269673 |
| Thu 7 | | Channel-billed Cuckoo
Berwick |
| Regular returnee to Berwick. Heard app. 3.00pm, calling from Fig tree on Princes Hwy.
Earliest date of arrival in 15 years. |
| Arthur Carew 7/9 #269638 |
| Sun 3 | | Musk Lorikeet
Inverloch |
| Two Spotted in a flowering Eucalyptus sideroxylon, unusual for here and nice to see something other than Rainbow Lorikeets |
| Deb Crosby 3/9 #269633 |
| Fri 1 | | Buff-banded Rail
Hampton Foreshore Reserve |
| One seen feeding on wet grass by Beach Road during the morning peak hour right next to the tiny wetland that develops in times of rain. My first record in the City of Bayside. |
| Sean Dooley 1/9 #269627 |
| 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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