Bird sightings in the Wolli Creek Valley - 2007

This table contains noteworthy bird sightings in the Wolli Valley for 2007.

See also:

Date & Time	Bird name	Location	Sighter	Skill	Comments
dd/mm/yy 23:00	common - scientific	be specific1)	initials	2)	eg: 1 juv
February 2007
xx/02/07	Darter - Anhinga melanogaster	Darter’s cove	VO	A	seen twice in Feb
xx/02/07	Spangled Drongo	Wattlebird walk	VO	A	seen twice in Feb
April 2007
09/04/07	Black-shouldered kite	Turrella Creek	VO	A	photo
May 2007
06/05/07 10:30	Tawny frogmouth	Girrahween pk	VO	A	pair photo
22/05/07	Mangrove heron - Butorides striatus	at weir	GG	A	photo
23/05/07 16:05	Peregrine falcon	Turrella Res	GG	A	in flight
24/05/07 16:15	Hardhead - Ayatha australis	at weir	GG	A	1 male
24/05/07 12:30	Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo	above weir	VO	A	3, flying south
24/05/07 12:45	Nutmeg mannikin	Turrella Sth	VO	A	4
24/05/07 13:00	Hardhead - Ayatha australis	at weir	VO	A	1 male
24/05/07 13:30	Brown goshawk	Darter’s cove	VO	A	close encounter!
25/05/07 11:30	Australasian Grebe	Cormorant’s corner	VO	A	2, breeding colours
June 2007
01/06/07 10:00	Grey fantail	Illoura Track	VO	A	1
06/06/07 13:00	Spangled Drongo	Jackson Pl	VO	A	1
06/06/07 13:30	Silvereye (Tas)	Jackson Pl	VO	A	10+
10/06/07 10:30	Wattlebird flock!	Bray Ave wetland	VO	A	100+
23/06/07 11:30	Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo	pine trees under Stack	VO	A	5ish
20/06/07 11.20	Purple-crowned Fruit-dove3)	Undercliffe Track West	PS	I	injured 1st-yr male photo
July 2007
06/07/07 16:00	Peregrine falcon	Stack	GG	A	photo
11/07/07 13:00	Shining Bronze-Cuckoo	Jackson Place	VO	A	juv
11/07/07 14:00	Royal Spoonbill	Waterworth Park	VO	A	flying south
12/07/07 07:30	Great white egret	Turrella Reserve	PG	A	flying north
12/07/07 08:50	Eastern spinebill	Wattlebird walk	VO	A	feeding on epacris
16/07/07 13:00	Red-rumped parrots	Undercliffe	VO	A	4, photo
16/07/07 15:05	Great egret	Turrella Reserve	VO	A	photo
17/07/07 16:00	Australasian grebe	Weir	GG	A	1 only
17/07/07 16:00+	Brown goshawk	Near weir4)	GG	A	...
19/07/07 14:30	Australasian grebe	Brokeback track	VO	A	two (hopefully breeding)
19/07/07 14:40	Dusky woodswallow	near weir	VO	A	7, photo
29/07/07 17:10	Royal Spoonbill	Bardwell Ck	GG	A	breeding colours
August 2007
05/08/07 16:42	Variegated Wren	Girrahween track	GG	A	photo
10/08/07 11:30	Grey teal	Darter’s Cove	VO	A	6 chicks with adults
12/08/07 15:30	Variegated wren	Dragon Rock	VO	A	male
15/08/07 11:00	Mangrove heron	Turrella Reserve	VO	A	north of weir
15/08/07 11:15	Red-rumped parrot	Turrella Reserve	VO	A	1M & 1F
September 2007
08/09/07 15:00	Spotted pardalotte	Girrahween Track	VO	A	nr Paperbark
–/09/07 13:00	Clamourous Reed Warbler	Cormorants Cnr	VO	A	photo
October 2007
04/10/07 9:00	Pallid cuckoo	Turrella Creek	VO	A	photo
04/10/07 9:00	Brown thornbill	Turrella Creek	VO	A	one
04/10/07 8:50	Clamourous Reed Warbler	Turrella Creek	VO	A	—
November 2007
30/11/07 17:15	Variegated wrens	Turrella Reserve	VO	A	photo 5)

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1) See maps for terminology

2) B = Beginner: I can identify some of the bird species that visit my garden. I = Intermediate: I can identify all the bird species that visit my garden. A = Accomplished: I can identify most species I encounter anywhere in my State (with some help from a field guide).

3) In 2002 a Superb (purple-crowned?)Fruit-dove hit a window at Twyford Avenue, Earlwood and died. Young male starting to moult. As at June 2007 it is kept frozen in The Australian Museum, College Street, Sydney; photo coming.

4) sort of stooging around west of the footbridge. Brown Goshawks do that. They kind of glide around close to the ground and often go to ground in trees.

5) For more photos of the Variegated Wren including female and nestlings, see this album