Central Victoria
Bell Miners at Yellingbo
2:17 minutes (2.62 MB)
This is one of the first recordings I made. This was madeusing an Audio Technica AT897 shotgun mic and Sony Minidisc recorder on a BOCA bird survey of the Yellingbo Reserve, east of Melbourne.
Black Winged Stilts
2:21 minutes (1.69 MB)
Black Winged Stilts recorded at the Western Treatment Plan.
Recorded with AT3032 mounted in a Telinga dish, the file has been cleaned up with a low shelf filter to drop low frequencies by 6dB to reduce traffic and jet rumble.
Black Swans on Trin Warren Tam-boore, Royal Park West
Posted August 30th, 2008 by nicoleThere are currently two Black Swans on the Storage Pond at Trin Warren Tam-boore. These are the first Black Swans (that I know about) to have visited the area. I was informed that they were nesting, however I haven't been able to find the nest.
There are also two pairs of Hardhead ducks amongst all of the coots, moorhens, purple swamphens and grebes also on the pond. These are the first for the season, they usually turn up sometime in spring and disappear during winter.
Other nice birds which were around the area today were Spotted Pardalotes, a Little Grassbird on the settling pond and a Grey-shrike Thrush near the creek line.
Two swans on Trin Warren Tam-boore
Update 18/09/2008
On my walk to Trin Warren Tam-boore today I discovered the Black Swans have built one massive nest on the storage pond. One swan was sitting on the nest asleep with its neck gracefully draped over its back. The other swan was foraging on the other side of the pond.
The Australian Reed-warblers have also returned in numbers for the summer. Over on the settling pond a Great Egret was sitting in the reeds. Other nice birds present nearby were Grey Fantail, Grey Shrike-thrush and Silver eyes.
Lyrebirds at Jehosophat Gully, King Lake National Park
3:52 minutes (3.24 MB)
Not really the quietest place to record. The surrounding roads are a favorite for motorcyclists out on a Sunday ride. This lyrebird was recorded on a short nature walk from the picnic area. There is a fair amount of background noise from people talking, light aircraft and motor cycles but the calls are still quite audible.
Female Lyrebird digging up the garden bed in the carpark!!