The February bird walk was delightful in every way…a glorious day and two beautiful locations ( Point Impossible and Minya winery).
The bird numbers were down from previous visits to these locations, but this was compensated for by a couple of unusual bird sightings.
A Double-banded Plover at Point Impossible had us guessing, and we were all excited by a Wood Sandpiper at Minya…a new bird for most of us.
Wood Sandpiper
We were disappointed that there was no sign of Hooded Plovers on Breamlea beach, but dogs off -leash would have killed off any Hoodie chicks.
The morning was finished in style with coffee on the deck at Minya, overlooking the delightful billabong.
Ellinor Campbell
Below are all the birds identified:
1. Chestnut Teal
2. White-necked Heron
3. White-faced Heron
4. Australian White Ibis
5. Nankeen Kestrel
6. Purple Swamphen
7. Eurasian Coot
8. Red-capped Plover
9. Double-banded Plover
10. Black-fronted Dotterel
11. Masked Lapwing
12. Common Greenshank
13. Wood Sandpiper
14. Red-necked Stint
15. Crested Tern
16. Pacific Gull
17. Silver Gull
18. Galah.
19. Red-rumped Parrot
20. Blue-winged Parrot
21. Superb Fairy-wren
22. White-browed Scrubwren
23. Brown Thornbill
24. Singing Honeyeater
25. White-plumed Honeyeater
26. Red Wattlebird
27. New Holland Honeyeater
28. Dusky Woodswallow
29. Australian Magpie
30. Willy Wagtail
31. Little Raven
32. Magpie-lark
33. Silvereye
33. Welcome Swallow
34. Tree Martin
35. Common Starling
36. Common Mynah
37. Red-browed Finch
38. House Sparrow