The Forest | Arborlee Forest Retreat

Birds at Arborlee - 2001 to 2012

Australian Raven	Occasionally
Albert’s Lyrebird	Heard May to mid August. Less in summer and autumn. At least 3 males calling on this block and another 6 on the block to the north.
Bassian Thrush	Seen 2 x 2003 autumn 2008. One dead bird found.
Black Faced Monarch	Often in late spring and summer.
Brown Thornbill	Common
Brown Cuckoo Dove	Common when trees are fruit
Bower Regent	Mainly spring and summer.
Bower Bird /Satin	Seen or heard often.
Bush Turkeys	Occasionally. sometimes common. Large nest mounds are found on the land.
Crimson Rosella	Occasionally
Cockatoo / Black Yellow Tailed Cockatoo	Often heard and seen flying over head in groups of 3 or 4
Cockatoo Red tailed	On the western side in forest oak. Infrequent more frequent 500 metres down road.
Cockatoo sulphur crested	Flying over head occasionally and occasionally eating the Hoop Pine cones.
Cuckoo/ Fantail Cuckoo	Often in spring and early summer.
Cuckoo/Shining Bronze or Horshfield’s	Occasionally
Currawong	Often
Eagle	Seen occasionally flying overhead especially on the western side
Emerald Pigeon	Often seen and heard in Dec . Seen often summer 2008 Ate tadpoles from a drying pond summer 2008. continues to be present at this time of the year
Eastern Spine Bill	Often in Nov & Dec and Occasionally winter - summer
Fantail Grey	Common. Seen most days
Fantail Rufus	Seen most days in spring and summer not in winter
Finches /Red Browed Finches	Common most of the year.common. Eat the grass seeds of the grass around the house.
Gerygone /brown	Frequent in small groups.
Golden Whistler	Common especially in Spring
Green Catbird	Frequently heard especially in the evening. Occasionally seen
Grey Thrush	Occasionally common around the house though not 2011
Grey Goshawk	Occasionally. Was seen Jan 2012 swooping a kingfisher sitting beside the dam
Heron white necked Heron	Occasional lone bird comes to fish in the dam
Honeyeater /lewins	Common
Honeyeater/ Red Wattle Bird	Common in silky oak in October 2005. Not seen since then
Honeyeater Scarlett Honeyeater	Heard frequently and seen occassionally. Recently visited bird bath spring 2012.
Honeyeater/ Yellow Faced Honeyeater	Heard occasionally Seen often late winter and spring.
Honeyeater white napped	Occasionally at the dam or bird bath
Ibis	Visited the dam in April and May 2006
King Parrots	Often seen. They eat the seeds of the Acacia melanoxylon
Kingfisher -Forest	Summer 2012
Kookaburra	One visit down near house 18/2/06 (lyrebirds do this call) Mainly seen on western side.
Magpie	Infrequently
Mistletoe Bird	occasionally
Noisy Pitta	Heard occasionally but has only been seen once 2011. Often heard 2011 several pairs.
Quail	Family in forest in summer 2005. and spring2008 Also seen on the western side in the grass.
Paradise Rifle Bird	Mainly spring and summer. Visits the Cupaniopsis parvifolia near N. E. corner of the house when it is in fruit.
Pardalote /Spotted Pardalote	Early spring 2006 seen picking up small bits of grass.
Peaceful Dove	Seen in April 2006 mainly on the ground. Not seen since
Pheasant	Heard down the hill in spring and seen Nov 2005 near the house
Pigeons Top Knot	.These birds come in flocks when trees are in fruit. e.g.the white Acronichia berries in winter
Pigeon White Headed	Occasionally
Pigeon /Wonga Pigeon	Often seen wandering around the lawn.
Pied Butcher	Up the top and on the West side
Rose Robin	Occasionally
Silver Eye	Occasionally. sometimes common
Spotted Quail Thrush	Seen by B Australia 19/02/06
Tawny Frogmouth	Occasionally nocturnal
Varied Triller	Occasionally
Welcome Swallows	Occasionally
Whipbird	Common. Several pairs heard near the house.
White Throated Tree Creeper	Often seen
Wren /White Browed Scrub Wren	Common. Seen frequently.
Wren /Yellow Throated Scrub Wren	Often seen under canopy on the ground most of the year
Wren /Blue Wren	Seen most days Spring, Summer, autumn 2010 2011 summer of 2012
Wren /Red Back Wren	On west side. Seen occasionally.
Wren/ Variegated Blue Wren	Not present since 2009
Wompoo Fruit Dove	Occasionally especially when the Rhodamnia is in fruit
Yellow Robin	Common. Seen most days
Yellow Shrike Tit	Seen may 2005 a pair with juvenile. Again in July 2005 and one in April 2006 Again 2 x in late winter 2008