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Son and I rode from Yarraman to Carrum on the Eastlink trail bike path paralleling Mile creek, Dandenong creek and Patterson river to the bay, then back. Absolutely overflowing with bird-life, almost too much to mention. Small birds from the bushes beside the path and endless water birds, especially lower down near the treatment plant.
White-plumed[1] and New Holland honeyeater[2], sparrows[3] and goldfinches[4], scattered Silver gulls[5] everywhere. Larger standouts were the pelican[6] and black swan[7], large numbers of Bin-chicken[8], pied[9] and black cormorants[10], three or four Darter[11] and a pair of what I thought were avocet but on checking the book at home were probably White-headed stilt[12] flying low over the water with orangey-red legs trailing.
On the way back some Red-rumped parrots[13] then an enormous skein of birds circling high caught the eye -- suspected Straw-necked ibis[14], but too distant for ID -- and a pair of Swamp harriers[15] spiralling around each other across the paddocks and river.
There were more; all the usual suspects of duck & small waterfowl and I'm sure I've missed something obvious
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-plumed_honeyeater
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Holland_honeyeater
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_sparrow
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_goldfinch
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_gull
[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_pelican
[7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_swan
[8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_white_ibis
[9] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_pied_cormorant
[10] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_cormorant
[11] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darter
[12] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_stilt
[13] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-rumped_parrot
[14] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw-necked_ibis
[15] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swamp_harrier
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