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Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea)Observer
paulahjDescription
Very late in the season for ducklings.
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Green Garden Looper (Chrysodeixis eriosoma)Observer
paulahjDescription
About 12 mm in length
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Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides)Observer
paulahjDescription
Near where Torresdale Road meets the Hovell's Creek Trail. In the space of ten minutes three different species of raptors used this tree to roost.
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Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris)Observer
paulahjDescription
Near where Torresdale Road meets the Hovell's Creek Trail. In the space of ten minutes three different species of raptors used this tree to roost.
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Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)Observer
paulahjDescription
Near where Torresdale Road meets the Hovell's Creek Trail. In the space of ten minutes three different species of raptors used this tree to roost.
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Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)Observer
paulahjDescription
Periodically one or two seen throughout the year at the end of the long island nearest the Wathaurong Centre
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Common White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae ssp. novaehollandiae)Observer
paulahjDescription
Always several browsing in the shallows
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Australasian Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo ssp. novaehollandiae)Observer
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Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)Observer
paulahjDescription
Very common here
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Great Egret (Ardea alba)Observer
paulahjDescription
Usually several in the shallows
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Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus)Observer
paulahjDescription
May be a Little Eagle. Larger than a goshawk and a brown falcon. I observed it from a distance above the edge of Geelong Grammar, soaring for 10 minutes. Difficult to identify
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Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides)Observer
paulahjDescription
Raptors are often seen at this point. The "road" is little more than a dirt track
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Feral Pigeon (Columba livia var. domestica)Observer
paulahjDescription
There are usually 20+ here, often sitting on the powerlines
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Yellow Admiral (Vanessa itea)Observer
paulahjDescription
Single yellow butterfly among hundreds of cabbage whites
