Woodland Bird Surveys

Woodland Bird Survey – 29 May 2020

Little Eagle

Compared to the previous survey in November 2019, there was a much larger number of a variety of honeyeaters feeding in the flowering Yellow Gums. These included Yellow-faced and White-naped Honeyeaters which are probably winter emigrants from the Otways.

The Red Gum woodland had many fewer birds.

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Woodland Bird Survey – 10 October 2020

New Holland Honeyeater

Compared to the previous spring survey in November 2019 and autumn survey in May 2020, there were ongoing numbers of a variety of honeyeaters feeding in the flowering Yellow Gums. These included Yellow-faced and White-naped Honeyeaters and Red Wattlebirds which are probably a mixture of local breeding residents and individuals in transit to breed later in the spring in the Otways.

A Little Eagle calling from the Sanctuary, and later seen flying overhead, suggests that this numerically rare species might be nesting in the Sanctuary.

Another highlight was lovely views of Rufous Whistlers, a summer migrant that arrives in the Sanctuary in October to breed.

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Woodland Bird Survey – 20 March 2021

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo

As part of the Batesford, Fyansford, Stonehaven Landcare Group’s Lower Moorabool Bio-link Project Biodiversity Grant, expert bird observers and volunteers have performed regular bird surveys, collecting data to monitor the responses of woodland birds to the establishment of the biolink and its interaction with remnant bush.

A late summer/early autumn survey was undertaken on 20 March 2021.

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