Observations

1. Graylag Goose (Domestic type)

   Number observed: 3

   Details: The party of 3 seem to have been surviving an extended period on the lake

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2. Black Swan

   Number observed: 30

3. Australian Shoveler

   Number observed: 37

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4. Pacific Black Duck

   Number observed: 30

5. Hardhead

   Number observed: 2

6. Brown Quail

   Number observed: 2

   Details: flushed

7. Blue-breasted Quail

   Number observed: 4

   Details: 2 pairs flushed very close to my feet in separate locations

8. Australasian Grebe

   Number observed: 15

9. Great Crested Grebe

   Number observed: 1

10. Peaceful Dove

    Number observed: 1

11. Bar-shouldered Dove

    Number observed: 2

12. Fan-tailed Cuckoo

    Number observed: 1

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13. Eurasian Coot

    Number observed: 70

14. Pied Stilt

    Number observed: 12

15. Masked Lapwing

    Number observed: 12

16. Red-capped Plover

    Number observed: 1

17. Red-kneed Dotterel

    Number observed: 1

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18. Black-fronted Dotterel

    Number observed: 2

19. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

    Number observed: 30

20. Silver Gull (Silver)

    Number observed: 1

21. Caspian Tern

    Number observed: 1

22. Australasian Darter

    Number observed: 1

23. Little Pied Cormorant

    Number observed: 4

24. Little Black Cormorant

    Number observed: 30

25. Australian Pelican

    Number observed: 3

26. Great Egret

    Number observed: 1

27. White-faced Heron

    Number observed: 2

28. Little Egret

    Number observed: 1

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29. Cattle Egret

    Number observed: 6

30. Glossy Ibis

    Number observed: 10

31. Australian Ibis

    Number observed: 4

32. Straw-necked Ibis

    Number observed: 40

33. Royal Spoonbill

    Number observed: 3

34. Brown Goshawk

    Number observed: 1

    Details: juvenile sighted twice (assumed same bird) once soaring above and once chased into low rank grasses at the lake's edge by a Lapwing. It skulked there for some minutes hardly visible

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35. Whistling Kite

    Number observed: 2

36. White-bellied Sea-Eagle

    Number observed: 1

37. Rainbow Bee-eater

    Number observed: 2

38. Dollarbird

    Number observed: 2

39. White-throated Treecreeper

    Number observed: 1

40. Lewin's Honeyeater

    Number observed: 4

41. Yellow-faced Honeyeater

    Number observed: 1

42. Bell Miner

    Number observed: 12

43. Brown Honeyeater

    Number observed: 4

44. Blue-faced Honeyeater

    Number observed: 1

45. White-throated Honeyeater

    Number observed: 6

46. White-naped Honeyeater

    Number observed: 2

47. Striped Honeyeater

    Number observed: 1

48. Noisy Friarbird

    Number observed: 1

49. White-browed Scrubwren

    Number observed: 2

50. Varied Triller

    Number observed: 1

51. Eastern Whipbird

    Number observed: 2

52. Gray Shrikethrush

    Number observed: 1

53. Rufous Whistler

    Number observed: 1

54. Australasian Figbird

    Number observed: 15

55. White-breasted Woodswallow

    Number observed: 1

56. Gray Butcherbird

    Number observed: 1

57. Gray Fantail

    Number observed: 2

58. Spangled Drongo

    Number observed: 2

59. White-eared Monarch

    Number observed: 2

    Details: Surprised to come upon the very vocal WEMs at the edge of the scrub and grasslands this morning. Assumed they must be on the move between sites

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60. Magpie-lark

    Number observed: 4

61. Torresian Crow

    Number observed: 1

62. Eastern Yellow Robin

    Number observed: 2

63. Golden-headed Cisticola

    Number observed: 2

64. Tawny Grassbird

    Number observed: 2

65. Welcome Swallow

    Number observed: 8

66. Silvereye

    Number observed: 6

67. Mistletoebird

    Number observed: 2

68. Red-browed Firetail

    Number observed: 4