A selection of some of the beautiful birds we were lucky to see at our block in Clunes.
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Eastern Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus)
White-browed Babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus)
White-winged Chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos)
Female White-throated Treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaea)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus)
After hearing these fantastic little nocturnal birds on our block for 13 years, we finally saw one soaking up the winter sun!
June 2020
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)
Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
Juvenile Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)
Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis)
Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
Female Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus)
Square-tailed Kite (Lophoinctinia isura)
Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor)
Read more about the critically endangered Swift Parrot here - https://www.outsidefourwalls.com/blog/pulling-a-swifty
Brown-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus brevirostris)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
Juvenile White-winged Chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos)
White-plumed (Ptilotula penicillata) and Fuscous (Ptilotula fusca) Honeyeaters
Jacky Winter (Microeca fascinans)
Immature White-naped Honeyeater (Melithreptus lunatus)
Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
White-naped Honeyeaters (Melithreptus lunatus)
Juvenile Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)
White-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata)
Peaceful Dove (Geopilia placida)
Immature male Rufous Whistler (Pacycephela rufiventris)
White-browed Babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus)
White-plumed Honeyeaters (Lichenostomus penicillatus)
Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops) in tail moult
Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus) in tail moult
Adult Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor)
Read more about the critically endangered Swift Parrot here - https://www.outsidefourwalls.com/blog/pulling-a-swifty
Immature Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)
White-browed Babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus)
Female Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis)
Fuscous Honeyeater (Ptilotula fusca)
Female Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus)
White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus) in tail moult
White-bellied Cuckooshrike (Coracina papuensis)
White-browed Babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
Male Red-rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
Male Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus)
Juvenile Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
Female Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
You can see a new feather shaft growing in at the shoulder (alula/primary covert?)
Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
Female Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus)
Brown-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus brevirostris)
Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
Female Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)
White-browed Babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus)
Eastern Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus)
Adult Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
Jacky Winter (Microecans fascinans)
Immature Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)
Female Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
Juvenile Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis)
Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus)
White-naped Honeyeater (Melithreptus lunatus)
Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus)
Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius)
Possibly a young female?
Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeaters (Lichenostomus melanops)
Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
Adult breeding Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
Male Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus)
Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Lichenostomus chrysops)
Adult breeding Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
Brown-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus brevirostris)
Fuscous (Lichenostomus fuscus) and White-naped (Melithreptus lunatus) Honeyeaters have a slight disagreement.
Female Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus)
White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus)
White-naped Honeyeater (Melithreptus lunatus)
Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Lichenostomus chrysops)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus)
Juvenile White-naped Honeyeater (Melithreptus lunatus)
Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
Male Red-rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus)
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)
White-naped Honeyeater (Melithreptus lunatus)
White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus)
Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Lichenostomus chrysops)
White-browed Babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus)
Brown-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus brevirostris)
Immature Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura Leucophrys)
Female Flame Robin (Petroica phoenicea)
Male Flame Robin (Petroica phoenicea)
Male White-browed Woodswallow (Artemus superciliosus)
I love their latin name... it makes me think of a really snide Musketeer!
Female White-browed Woodswallow (Artemus superciliosus)
Male Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
Male Scarlet Robin (Petroica Boodang)
Male Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera)
Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus)
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)
Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor)
Read more about the critically endangered Swift Parrot here - https://www.outsidefourwalls.com/blog/pulling-a-swifty
Male Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus)
Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
Male Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus)
Peaceful Doves (Geopelia placida)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius)
Possibly a young female?
Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida)
Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus)
White-browed Babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus)
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)
Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida)
Immature Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus)
Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops )
Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops )
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)
Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida)
White-winged Chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos)
Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)
Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)
Being photo-bombed by a Fuscous Honeyeater
Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Lichenostomus chrysops)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops) in tail moult
White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus Penicillatus)
White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus Penicillatus)
Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops )
Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus)
White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus Penicillatus)
Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura Leucophrys)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus)
Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida)
Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus) suspected first basic adult plumage
Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
Striking a remarkable Fieldwren pose!
White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus)
White-bellied Cuckooshrike (Coracina papuensis)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops) in tail moult
Juvenile Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)
Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica) in tail moult
Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus) in tail moult
Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus) in tail moult
White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus) in tail moult
Adult Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
Fuscous Honeyeater (Ptilotula fusca)
White-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata)
Immature male Rufous Whistler (Pacycephela rufiventris)
Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leugophrys)
Our list of the 96 different species of birds we saw at Finches Gully... between Aug 2007 and Aug 2023.
Australian Magpie
Australian Pelicans (flying overhead)
Australian Raven
Australian Wood Duck
Black Kite
Black-chinned Honeyeater
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Brown Falcon #85 (30 September 2017)
Brown Goshawk
Brown Thornbill
Brown Treecreeper
Brown-headed Honeyeater
Buff-rumped Thornbill
Collared Sparrowhawk
Common Blackbird
Common Bronzewing
Crested Pigeon
Crested Shrike-tit
Crimson Rosella
Diamond Firetail
Dollarbird
Dusky Woodswallow
Eastern Rosella
Eastern Spinebill (juvenile) #87 (11 March 2018)
Eastern Yellow Robin
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Flame Robin
Fuscous Honeyeater
Galah
Golden Whistler
Grey Currawong
Grey Fantail
Grey Shrike-thrush
Jacky Winter
Laughing Kookaburra
Little Corella
Little Eagle
Little Lorikeet
Little Raven
Long-billed Corella
Magpie-lark
Masked Lapwing
Masked Woodswallow
Mistletoebird
Musk Lorikeet
New Holland Honeyeater
Noisy Miner (definitely not a welcome addition!!)
Olive-backed Oriole #89 (11 December 2018)
Painted Button-quail #83 (10 June 2017)
Pallid Cuckoo #91 (7 December 2019)
Peaceful Dove
Pied Currawong #96 (31 October 2022)
Purple-crowned Lorikeet
Rainbow Bee-eater
Red Wattlebird
Red-rumped Parrot
Restless Flycatcher #95 (21 April 2022)
Rose Robin #94 (11 April 2021)
Rufous Whistler
Scarlet Robin
Shining Bronze-cuckoo #86 (10 February 2018)
Silvereye
Southern Boobook
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater #88 (22 September 2018)
Spotted Pardalote
Square-tailed Kite
Straw-necked Ibis #92 (6 November 2020)
Striated Pardalote
Striated Thornbills #93 (11 April 2021)
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Superb Fairy-wren
Swamp Harrier #90 (26 January 2019)
Swift Parrot #82 (14 January 2017)
Tawny Frogmouth
Tree Martin
Varied Sittella
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Weebill
Welcome Swallow
Whistling Kite
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
White-browed Babbler
White-browed Woodswallow
White-faced Heron
White-naped Honeyeater
White-necked Heron
White-plumed Honeyeater
White-throated Treecreeper
White-winged Chough
White-winged Triller
Willie Wagtail
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Yellow-plumed Honeyeater
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater