Wednesday, 8 January 2014

Medea Cove

Attached is the birding list from our January walk.
Quite a few highlights with the occasional sighting of the Grey Goshawk, Satin Flycatchers and a Dusky Woodswallow nest with chicks.
 
Also a nice find....as the photos from Annette will show, a kayak pulled from the wetland reeds. I am sure Nick and Annette would be happy to share the sea going craft with any interested parties.
 
Best birding wishes,
 
Liz









Bird List:

Brush Bronzewing Phaps elegans
Grey Goshawk (white morph) Accipiter novaehollandiae
Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
Tasmanian Native-hen  Tribonyx mortierii
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Pacific Gull Larus pacificus
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus
Green Rosella Platycercus caledonicus
Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
Tasmanian Scrubwren Sericornis humilis
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
Yellow Wattlebird Anthochaera paradoxa
New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
Dusky Woodswallow Artarmus cyanopterus
Black Currawong Strepera fuliginosa
Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
Forest Raven Corvus tasmanicus
Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca
Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang
Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Common Blackbird Turdus merula
Beautiful Firetail Stagonopleura bella
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis

Tuesday, 10 December 2013

Twitchathon Results from 10th December 2013

The stand out winners of the BONE December Twitchathon were the "Eagles" with 49 species. Ted, Jo and Ros saw some great birds within the timeframe. The Orange-footed Gannets and the Windy Wrens also racked up some different species to the Eagles, just showing that in the ST Helens area, if you keep your eyes open you can usually see over 50 bird species in just 2 hours of birding! 
 
Best birding wishes,
Liz 



Eagles' Bird List:

Black Swan Cygnus atratus
Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
Grey Teal Anas gracilis
Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
Hardhead Aythya australis
Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
Australasian Gannet Morus serator
Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
Australian Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus
Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
Pacific Gull Larus pacificus
Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollindiae
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorynchus funereus
Galah Eolophus roseicapillus
Green Rosella Platycercus caledonicus
Pallid Cuckoo Cacomantis pallidus
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
Striated Fieldwren Calamanthus fuliginosus
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
Yellow-throated Honeyeater Lichenostomus flavicollis
Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
Yellow Wattlebird Anthochaera paradoxa
Yellow-throated Honeyeater Lichenostomus flavicollis
New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris  novaehollandiae
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
Australian Magpie Cracticus tibicen
Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor
Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
Forest Raven Corvus tasmanicus
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Common Blackbird Turdus merula
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
European Greenfinch Carduelis carduelis