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On Christmas morning we headed off bright and early for Sunset Country. A quick stop at Lake Tyrell near Sealake to look for Crimson Chats yielded nothing. Similarly, a run along the road to the north of Hattah to look for Red-backed Kingfishers also came up empty. Not to be discouraged we headed for Murray-Sunset … Read more

We’re back in Melbourne for a night, for a Chrissie drinks catchup with friends, before heading off to the north-west corner of Victoria. So far in these last two weeks we have covered WTP, Terrick Terrick and Pyramid Hill, Corop, Rutherglen, Orbost and Cape Conran, Bemm River, Mallacoota and Gipsy Point. We’ve added one new … Read more

Ten days to go for VicTwitch 2010. We’re currently at 383 Victorian species this year. Sunday was a good day – we managed Little Bittern at Reedy Lake near Geelong – thanks John Newman for getting up early and wading through cold, thigh-deep water for an hour with us! We also managed to see the … Read more

After successfully locating a Little Bittern at Reedy Lake this morning, we were getting on with some work. A quick phone call to Rohan Clarke at around 10am – while he was looking AT the Stilt Sandpiper – so we decided to head there immediately. By the time we got there at around 10:30am the … Read more

Hi birding-aussers, Some of you may know – especially if you follow us on Twitter or Facebook – Ruth and I have spent this year chasing Tim Dolby’s VicTwitch record. Last year Tim managed to see 345 species in Victoria (excluding pelagic trips). This year Ruth and I have seen 380 species in Victoria (including … Read more