====== Bird sightings in the Wolli Creek Valley - 2007 ======

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

See also:
  * [[http://www.scribblygumwiki.net/regulars/wcps08|Current 2008 sightings]]
  * [[http://wollibirds.blogspot.com/|Wolli Birds online]]
  * [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/10131109@N04/sets/|Wolli Bird Photos]]

^Date & Time^Bird name^Location^Sighter^Skill^Comments^
|**dd/mm/yy 23:00**|**common - //scientific//**|**be specific**((See [[regulars:wcps:maps|maps]] for terminology))|**initials**|((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).))|**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|[[
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/booshkie/ScribblyGum/birds/blackshoulderedkite_001.jpg|photo]]|
|**May 2007**||||||
|06/05/07 10:30|Tawny frogmouth|Girrahween pk|VO|A|pair  [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/booshkie/ScribblyGum/birds/tawny.jpg|photo]]|
|22/05/07|Mangrove heron - //Butorides striatus//|at weir|GG|A|[[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/booshkie/ScribblyGum/birds/Mangroveheron_GG.jpg|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-dove((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//.))|Undercliffe Track West|PS|I|injured 1st-yr male [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/booshkie/ScribblyGum/birds/mysterybird_003.jpg|photo]]|
|**July 2007**||||||
|06/07/07 16:00|Peregrine falcon|Stack|GG|A|[[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/booshkie/ScribblyGum/birds/peregrine_on_stack_GG.jpg|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, [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/booshkie/ScribblyGum/birds/red-rumped_001.jpg|photo]]|
|16/07/07 15:05|Great egret|Turrella Reserve|VO|A|[[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/booshkie/ScribblyGum/birds/egret_001.jpg|photo]]|
|17/07/07 16:00|Australasian grebe|Weir|GG|A|1 only|
|17/07/07 16:00+|Brown goshawk|Near weir((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.))|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, [[http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1390/937959370_f619c031f8.jpg|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|[[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/booshkie/ScribblyGum/birds/Variegatedwren.jpg|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|[[http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1087/1482557204_771542880f.jpg|photo]]|
|**October 2007**||||||
|04/10/07 9:00|Pallid cuckoo|Turrella Creek|VO|A|[[http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1076/1482557186_80508ae9e2.jpg|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|[[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/booshkie/ScribblyGum/birds/v_wren_001.jpg|photo]]((For more photos of the Variegated Wren including female and nestlings, see [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/10131109@N04/sets/|this album]]))|

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