210203_Strathfieldsaye Estate _BLEG Birds on Farms

Nine HBWers met at the main agte at the Strathfieldsaye Estate and assisted BirdLife East Gippsland do a Birds on Farms survey on 7 sites across the estate. The weather was dull, dull enough to drive some folks away as the rain fell lightly for the first 2 hectare, 20 minute survey after which it cleared up into a very nice day. We split into two groups with each group doing three surveys on different parts of the estate and then meeting for all to do the final survey before lunch at Lake Tiny, almost aptly named but large enough for a family of Black Swans. The survey sites varied from bush blocks to plantation to grasslands and the lake. After completing the surveys we gathered at the Strathfieldsaye Homestead for lunch followed by a walk down to the shore of Lake Wellington. The bird list was pretty good. Stubble Quail and 5 raptors were the standout birds. 

4 Black Swan 

2 Chestnut Teal 

2 Australian Wood Duck 

1 Stubble Quail 

1 Common Bronzewing 

1+ Crested Pigeon 

1 White-faced Heron 

12 Straw-necked Ibis 

1 Australasian Grebe 

1 Australian Pelican 

3 Wedge-tailed Eagle 

1 Swamp Harrier 

1 White-bellied Sea-Eagle -- Juvenile in serious moult. No fingers and half a tail

1 Whistling Kite 

1 Laughing Kookaburra 

2 Nankeen Kestrel 

5 Galah 

1+ Little Corella 

2 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo 

1+ Crimson Rosella 

5 Eastern Rosella 

2 Musk Lorikeet 

1+ Rainbow Lorikeet 

1 White-throated Treecreeper 

4 Superb Fairywren 

1+ Red Wattlebird 

1+ Yellow-faced Honeyeater 

1+ Noisy Miner 

1 Striated Pardalote 

1+ Yellow-rumped Thornbill 

1+ Brown Thornbill 

1 Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike 

X Grey Shrikethrush 

1 Rufous Whistler 

1 Grey Currawong 

12 Australian Magpie (White-backed) 

1 Grey Butcherbird 

1 Willie Wagtail 

1+ Grey Fantail 

2 Magpie-lark 

2+ Little Raven 

1 Australian Raven 

1+ White-winged Chough 

2+ Welcome Swallow 

1 Australasian Pipit 

1 Australian Reed-Warbler 

5 Tree Martin 

1+ Common Starling 

1+ Common Myna