Tag: Victoria

Birding

Serendip Sanctuary, Victoria

August 6, 2023 by Clare M 3 Comments

Serendip Sanctuary is a 250 ha protected area that is near the You Yangs and the small town of Lara, Victoria. You can easily...

Birding

White-winged Choughs

July 23, 2023 by Clare M No Comments

White-winged Choughs – Corcorax melanorhamphos are native to southern and eastern Australia and one of the bird species that is likely to suddenly make...

Birding

Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne

July 16, 2023 by Clare M No Comments

Flemington Racecourse is mostly famous for the “Race that stops a Nation”, which is held on the first Tuesday in November every year. However,...

Birding

Organ Pipes National Park, Victoria

July 9, 2023 by Clare M No Comments

Organ Pipes National Park is very close to Melbourne and easily accessible from the Calder Highway about 20 kilometres from the city centre. I...

Birding

Australian Magpies in Victoria

March 1, 2020 by Clare M 2 Comments

Late last year I mentioned the presence of Australian Magpies around Broome. There is a variation in the plumage of Australian Magpies across Australia...

Birding

Gang-gang Cockatoos feeding

February 23, 2020 by Clare M No Comments

Just before we left Victoria and returned home to Broome I was doing one of my regular walks from Foster to Fish Creek. I...

Birding

Brush Bronzewing

February 16, 2020 by Clare M No Comments

Brush Bronzewing–Phaps elegans are one of the bird species that we rarely encounter, because we are rarely in the right location in Australia. During our...