| Thu 24 | | Painted Honeyeater
Muckeford SF |
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| At least three probably more seen along Welshmanes Reef Road |
| Nevil Amos 25/9 #258765 |
| Wed 23 | | Ruddy Turnstone
Ricketts Pt, Beaumaris |
| 2 on rocks right up against the shore due to high tide. First record for me in 9 years of living in the area. |
| Sean Dooley 23/9 #258752 |
| Tue 22 | | Blue-winged Parrot
Earlston |
| single bird seen on our property. Only about the third record in thirty years but all at this time of year. |
| Doug Robinson 23/9 #258747 |
| Mon 21 | | Swift Parrot
Gilpin Park, Brunswick |
| 3 - 5 Swift Parrots feeding in Ironbarks near the dog park. Moving around a bit as they are being chased by Noisy Miner. They were here yesterday too. |
| Nicole Spillane and Paul Jacobson 21/9 #258738 |
| Sun 20 | | Scarlet Honeyeater
Great Southern Rail Trail, Bennison |
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| 2 Scarlet Honeyeaters(M) being tormented by a Yellow-faced Honeyeater. Drooping Mistletoe and Swamp Paperbark are flowering nearby. |
| Rohan Bugg 20/9 #258732 |
| | Chestnut-rumped heathwren
Dereel Lagoon |
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| Relocated and finally photographed these extremely shy birds here today. Unusual habitat for CR heathwren and a very isolated population. |
| Indra Bone 20/9 #258725 |
| Sat 19 | | White-bellied Sea-eagle
Bryan Swamp Wildlife Reserve, Victoria Valley, Southern Grampians |
| One nearly full coloured adult, gliding over the swamp with a half dozen Whistling Kites |
| Samantha Greiner 20/9 #258724 |
| | Rainbow Bee-eater
Birremathool, Bailieston (restricted access) |
| Heard an early Rainbow Bee-eater calling in the mid-afternoon. eBird checklist |
| Margaret and Richard Alcorn 20/9 #258723 |
| Fri 18 |  | Wandering Whistling-Duck
Dandenong Valley Wetland |
| Seen on the morning of the 18/9 and again on the 20/9 in the south-western section of the wetlands near where the Fairy Martins are collecting mud. It has been seen by others on the 18th and again on the 20th when it was identified and photographed by more experienced birders. Also of note, Copperheads are back with three seen today (20/9). eBird checklist |
| Ryan Kilgower 20/9 #258733 |
| | Swift parrot
Heathcote-graytown national park |
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| 50-60 birds feeding in large flowering ironbarks. All took off together heading south in a huge noisy flock with 5 or so musk lorikeets. Surprised to see so many in one spot. |
| Indra Bone 18/9 #258710 |
| | Channel-billed Cuckoo
Berwick |
| Heard CBC approx 1.30pm today. 11th consecutive year recorded. The best place to see it is in the big fig tree on the south side of Princes Hwy near Melville Park Dr. |
| Arthur Carew 18/9 #258702 |
| Thu 17 | | Blue-faced Honeyeater
Viewbank |
| Pair of blue-faced honeyeaters chased into a tree in our yard by a mob of aggressive noisy miners. Brief stay and then they moved on to avoid the pressure. We have never seen this species so far south of their regular range. |
| Nance and Keith Pigdon 18/9 #258706 |
| | Australian King Parrot
Crowley crt Pascoevale |
| Great to have an immature King Parrot feeding on top of my Pine Tree in the front yard this afternoon. I've had them here before but its seldom. Spotted Pardalotes feeding under the carport, and a few Pied Curruwongs still around. |
| Con Baltas 18/9 #258700 |
| Tue 15 | | Gilbert's Whistler
Lake Eppalock |
| Birding! Go looking for Diamond Firetails and find a Gilbert's Whistler instead. I'll take that. Loud accelerating chow-chow calls. Grey bird. They are hard to find north of Bendigo so finding one in the southern forests is magic. Call recorded for eBird. A pair of Grey-crowned Babblers seen too. A top day. eBird checklist |
| Scott Eaton 16/9 #258682 |
| Mon 14 | | Australian Boobook
Whitehorse Road Mitcham, near Antonio Park |
| Bird calling intermittently at first from 2220 to 2300, currently (2330) calling pretty much continuously.
Sounds like in road reserve trees but not keen on wandering up highway from my house post curfew to investigate, not sure cops would accept the explanation!
Lived round here 15 years never heard a boobook before. eBird checklist |
| Sophie, Mike and Bourne Honeyman 14/9 #258674 |
| | Spotted Quail Thrush
Fryers Ridge Nature Conservation Reserve |
| Worth visiting Fryers Ridge Road for the spectacular wildflowers alone. Multiple SQTs heard calling. |
| Dave Dickson 14/9 #258670 |
| Sun 13 | | Eastern Koel
Anderson Street Torquay |
| Been calling before sunrise and most Of the mornings. In gum tree in back yard |
| Jill whitchurch 15/9 #258675 |
| | Red-Necked Stint
Mahers Landing, Inverloch |
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| About 300 R-N Stints on an incomming tide 200 mts east of the boat ramp. |
| Rohan Bugg 13/9 #258662 |
| | Spotted Pardalote, Yellow-rumped subspecies
Brisbane Ranges National Park |
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| Noticed one Spotted Pardalote with grey flanks instead of the usual buff, and an obviously yellow patch on the rump. All of the many other pardalotes seen were the usual race punctatus |
| Indra Bone 13/9 #258660 |
| | Rose Robin
Ramu track, Dandenong Ranges National Park |
| heard calling just down from One Tree Hill. |
| Des Palmer and Dom D'Argenio 13/9 #258659 |
| Sat 12 | | White-throated Gerygone
Ricketts Pt, Beaumaris |
| Single adult in the coastal scrub closest to the point. |
| Sean Dooley 12/9 #258653 |
| Fri 11 | | Rose Robin
Bowman Drive, Mornington |
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| An adult female flew into a window and survived. |
| Erin Nicholls per Val Ford 14/9 #258666 |
| Thu 10 | | Pallid Cuckoo
Altona Rd, Altona - near Kororoit Creek |
| Single perched bird. |
| Richard Nowotny 12/9 #258651 |
| Tue 8 | | Australasian Darter
Henry Wilson Drive, Capel Sound |
| Single darter preening, and 3 Hardheads. eBird checklist |
| Colin Maddock 8/9 #258628 |
| Mon 7 | | Plumed Whistling-duck
Railway Dam, Canola Depot, Willaura |
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| Was out looking for Brolga, and passed a railway dam, stopped as I saw movement on dam, which turned out to be at least 60 Plumed Whistling-duck. Have seen them there at this site before, but then canola depot held grain, this time was a little surprised to see them as no grain on site. Birds were spooked and flew to a nearby dam - see pic. |
| Deidre Andrews 7/9 #258624 |
| Sun 6 | | Scaly breasted Lorikeet
Wonthaggi |
| Seen several times this week, in company of Rainbows. Has been feeding on Coast Banksia. Ive lived here for 15 years and never seen them here |
| Odin Howard 6/9 #258610 |
| | wedge-tailed eagle
Royal Park, Parkville |
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| seen soaring on Walker oval at 11am, for approximately 30 sec eBird checklist |
| Marian Wang 6/9 #258609 |
| Sat 5 | | Painted buttonquail, Spotted quailthrush
Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park |
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| A single buttonquail seen and photographed after tracking platelets. Platelets were present throughout the park in extraordinarily large numbers and although no more buttonquail were detected, it is likely that there are quite a few in the denser areas of Cassinia. A total of 7 spotted quailthrush were seen. One pair calling at dawn upon arrival which I also photographed well, and 2 other pairs on seperate ridges. Another bird was heard calling from a 4th ridge. |
| Indra Bone 5/9 #258608 |
| | Pied Butcherbird
Merin Merin Swamp State Game Reserve |
| One adult, one immature, on edge of dry red gum swamp. |
| Roger Thomas 5/9 #258605 |
| Fri 4 | | Peaceful Dove
Ralph Illidge Sanctuary |
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| About 5 Peaceful Doves at the Sanctuary. Where there for about 40 minutes, then flew north. |
| Paul Jackson 4/9 #258598 |
| Tue 1 | | White-bellied Sea-eagle
East Burwood, between Blackburn Road and East Burwood Reserve |
| Immature bird flew overhead at good height, tracking slightly west of north around 1:30 pm, heading into wind so not moving too fast. Identified by broad wings, held in definite "V" when gliding, slightly pointed tail, huge size relative to pursuing (outraged) Little Ravens. Lots of alarm calls from Noisy Miners and general consternation from Rainbow Lorikeets scattering in all directions. |
| Jack Krohn 1/9 #258582 |
| Mon 31 | | Red Tailed Black Cockatoo
Hobbs Road Brooksby |
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| Followed a distance call of what sounded like Red Tailed Black Cockatoos, found a group feeding of around 15 male and female Red Tailed Black Cockatoos in stringybark gums. Absolute delight to see |
| Jenny Vague and Lea Crammond 31/8 #258577 |
| | Powerful Owl
Research |
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| My son and I have both heard a distant call over the past few weeks. Then he found half a ringtail possum and late this afternoon located the Powerful Owl |
| Joy and Chas Pagon 31/8 #258575 |
| | Australian King Parrot
Thomas Street Reserve Hampton |
| I though I heard some around the area a few weeks ago but had not sighted until this morning. One immature or female bird was getting chased off by a Noisy Miner this morning. |
| Adrian Dubar 31/8 #258572 |
| Sun 30 | | Osprey (Eastern)
North Arm, Lakes Entrance |
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| Morgana Te Pauae 30/8 #258560 |
| Sat 29 | | Chestnut-rumped heathwren
Brisbane Ranges National Park |
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| Possibly up to 9 birds seen and heard over the course of the day. Photographed in 4 locations, from the far both of the park along aeroplane track to the far south along south Steiglitz road. |
| Indra Bone 31/8 #258574 |
| | Speckled warbler
Meredith State Forest |
| Single bird in kangaroo thorn wattles. Initially heard calling then seen. |
| Indra Bone 31/8 #258573 |
| | Rose Robin (Male)
Muckleford Nature Conservation Reserve |
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| Male present at same site for a week or so. |
| Nevil Amos 31/8 #258570 |
| | Rose Robin
Newstead Rotunda Park, Newstead |
| Female at same spot where this species has been observed in previous years |
| Geoff Park 29/8 #258557 |
| | Australian Boobook
Bundoora Park |
| One, possibly two calling for a couple of minutes around 5:45am. Sometimes sounded extremely close, a few times farther away. Could have been due to wind. Mellow, two-note standard hoots.
I suspected at least a pair lived in the park as I've seen them three times just west of here. |
| John Gray 29/8 #258554 |
| Fri 28 | | Latham's Snipe
Plenty Gorge Park--South Morang Wetlands |
| Single bird, first for the season, early arrival. eBird checklist |
| Ronald Spencer 28/8 #258547 |
| | Magpie Geese
Moolap Station Rd at Townsend Rd, Moolap |
| 25 Magpie Geese in flooded paddock. |
| Peter Fuller 28/8 #258546 |