Wednesday 26 October 2011

Moulting Bay

Once again a fabulous morning birding with 31 species seen and/or heard (thanks for the list Des). Excluded from the list is the Painted Button Quail platelets which Ted spotted. These small circles in the leaf litter are indicative of the species being present.
 Liz


AUSTRALIAN PELICAN Pelecanus conspicillatus
LITTLE-PIED CORMORANT Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
GREAT CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo
BLACK SWAN Cygnus atratus
CHESTNUT TEAL Anas castanea
WHITE-FACED HERON Egretta novaehollandiae
PIED OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus longirostris
PACIFIC GULL Larus pacificus
GREEN ROSELLA Platycercus caledonicus
PALLID CUCKOO Cuculus pallidus
SHINING BRONZE CUCKOO Chrysococcyx fucidus
HORSFIELDS BRONZE-CUCKOO Chrysococcyx basalis
LAUGHING KOOKABURRA Dacelo novaeguineae
SUPERB FAIRY-WREN Malurus cyaneus
SPOTTED PARDALOTE Pardalotus punctatus
STRIATED PARDALOTE Pardalotus striatus
TASMANIAN SCRUBWREN Sericornis humilis
BROWN THORNBILL Acanthiza pusilla
YELLOW WATTLEBIRD Anthochaera paradoxa
CRESCENT HONEYEATER Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera
EASTERN SPINEBILL Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
SCARLET ROBIN Petroica boodang
GREY SHRIKE-THRUSH Colluricincla harmonica
GOLDEN WHISTLER Pachycephala pectoralis
GREY FANTAIL Rhipidura albiscapa
BLACK-FACED CUCKOO-SHRIKE Coracina novaehollandiae
DUSKY WOODSWALLOW Artamus cyanopterus
GREY BUTCHERBIRD Cracticus torquatus
FOREST RAVEN Corvus tasmanicus
BEAUTIFUL FIRETAIL Stagonopleura bella
SILVEREYE Zosterops lateralis

Tuesday 18 October 2011

SEA SPURGE/SHOREBIRD WALKS

1. Deep creek to Eddystone point. Thursday 1st December.
2. Ansons Bay to Eddystone Point (same as last year with short walk along the bush track to the Bay of Fires Resort, then beach from there). Thursday 17th November.

CHRISTMAS GET TOGETHER- ST HELENS NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE. Saturday 17th December. Bring along your best birding photos from anywhere on a memory stick.