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

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.

Canhams Road

It was a lovely morning at Canhams road, 3 kms NE of St Helens, with a mass of birds. Beris did some great spotting and found the 2 Tawny Frogmouths close by the road.
Next month 5th October, Moulting Bay will be our destination. Meet at the Day use area at Moulting Bay around 8.45am or at the Bayside car park for car pooling at 8.30am.

Best birding wishes,

Liz

Tawny Frogmouths courtsey of Des

Bird List

WHITE-FACED HERON Egretta novaehollandiae

WEDGE-TAILED EAGLE Aquila audax

SWAMP HARRIER         Circus approximans

COMMON BRONZEWING Phaps chalcoptera

YELLOW-TAILED BLACK-COCKATOO Calyptorhynchus funereus

FAN-TAILED CUCKOO Cacomantis flabelliformis

SHINING BRONZE-CUCKOO Chalcites lucidus

TAWNY FROGMOUTH Podargus strigoides

LAUGHING KOOKABURRA Dacelo novaeguineae

SUPERB FAIRY-WREN Malurus cyaneus

SPOTTED PARDALOTE Pardalotus punctatus

STRIATED PARDALOTE Pardalotus striatus

STRIATED FIELDWREN Calamanthus fuliginosus

BROWN THORNBILL         Acanthiza pusilla

YELLOW WATTLEBIRD Anthochaera paradoxa

YELLOW-THROATED HONEYEATER Lichenostomus flavicollis

BLACK-HEADED HONEYEATER Melithreptus affinis

NEW HOLLAND HONEYEATER Phylidonyris novaehollandiae

EASTERN SPINEBILL Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris

FLAME ROBIN         Petroica phoenicea

SCARLET ROBIN Petroica boodang

GREY SHRIKE-THRUSH Colluricincla harmonica

GOLDEN WHISTLER Pachycephala pectoralis

GREY FANTAIL     Rhipidura fuliginosa

BLACK-FACED CUCKOO-SHRIKE Coracina novaehollandiae

GREY BUTCHERBIRD Cracticus torquatus

AUSTRALIAN MAGPIE Gymnorhina tibicen

FOREST RAVEN Corvus tasmanicus

WELCOME SWALLOW Hirundo neoxena

AUSTRALASIAN PIPIT Anthus novaeseelandiae

COMMON STARLING       Sturnus vulgaris