Mt Rogers bird list, since 1997


Australian Hobby
Juvenile seen January 2006
Australian Kestrel

Australian King Parrot

Australian Owlet Nightjar
Utilising gully nestbox 2010-11
Australian Pelican
5   flying over September 2002
Blackbird

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Resident & have tried breeding, family group 2005
Black-shouldered Kite
1-2 maybe near summit or tower
Boobook Owl
Chris & Helen photo, see blog January 2012
Brown Falcon
May, June 2002, 2004
Brown Goshawk/Collared Sparrowhawk
June 2001, May 2002, March 03
Buff-rumped Thornbill

Cicada Bird
Female sighted November 2006
Common Bronzewing Pigeon
3-5 Resident
Corella
Several, 20 November 2011
Crested Pigeon

Crimson Rosella

Dollarbird
First sightings Feb 2003, solitaries& dusk groups
Double-barred Finch
Seem to be resident,  need water-sources
Dusky Wood-swallow
Circling over NW of area 05.05.09
Eastern Rosella
Less numerous than Crimson
Eastern Spinebill
Occasionally seen, usually heard in gardens
Fan-tailed Cuckoo

Flame Robin
Pair August 2007
Fuscous Honeyeater
Winter 2002
Galah

Gang Gang Cockatoo
3m & 2f 17.03.03 first sighting
Golden Whistler

Grey Butcherbird
Feb 98 & juv. Jan & Mar 03, Feb 06, July 07, June 09
Grey Fantail
Res? very numerous before heat of 2003 summer
Grey Shrike-thrush
Last sighted Ap/May 2003,  Autumn 2009
Horsfield’s Bronze-cuckoo

House Sparrow
Resident near Oster Pl.
Indian Myna
Numbers increasing 2005-6 Using nestboxes 2008
Koel
Heard some years ago & late spring 2002 flynn
Kookaburra
Perhaps 3 semi/resident & in suburbs
Leaden Flycatcher
Summer, bred 2003, 2005, 2006 attempts 07
Little Eagle
First sighting 09.03.03.
Magpie
Breed   1 swooping  rechner play ground 08
Magpie-lark
Nested in ‘Rechner trees’ 1999 Schwarz Pl 2006
Mistletoe Bird
One sighting April 2003
Noisy Friarbird
Breeding migrant
Noisy Miner
Usually keep to gardens Bazely Street
Olive-backed Oriole
October/November in passing
Painted Button-quail
Sighted by other. Platelets noted early 2009
Pallid Cuckoo

Peregrine Falcon

Pied Currawong
Breeding resident
Quail..species
1-3 in area of summit, very occasionally
Rainbow Lorikeet
Pair sighted several times from 2006
Raven
Breeding resident 2002-06
Red Wattlebird
Resident
Red-browed Finch
In mixed-feeding flocks occasionally
Red-capped Robin
First sighted Sept.2002  Sighted Sept 08
Rose Robin
August/September ‘97 ‘99’02 Migrating through
Rufous Fantail
Dec 2001, November 2002, April 2006
Rufous Whistler

Sacred Ibis
3 flying over  Schwarz pl., Flynn   10.01.10.
Sacred Kingfisher
Occasional sightings
Satin Bowerbird
First sighted July 2007 
Scarlet Robin
Usually around in winter months
Silvereye
Often in gardens in drought months 2003
Southern Boobook
Remains found mid-2005
Speckled Warbler
3 in mixed feeding flocks, Last sighted June2004
Spotted Pardalote
Nested in Bird place in 99 or 2000
Starling

Striated Pardalote
Nested 1999 & 2003 probably 2004, 2005
Striated Thornbill

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Superb Fairy-wren
Res
Superb Parrot
Mid Dec to Mid January
Tawny Frogmouth
Bred nr Schwarz Pl. from 07
Varied Sitella
Occasionally in group of up to 7
Wedgetail Eagle
August 2002 flying over
Weebill
Resident
Welcome Swallow
Also in July
White throated Treecreeper
Female first sighting Feb 2003. Last July 2003
White-browed Scrub-wren
15.03.03. first sighting Mt R.. Bred Bird Pl 1999
White-eared Honeyeater
Sometimes over-winter
White-faced Heron
1   flying over Bainton Crescent, Melba
White-naped Honeyeater

White-plumed Honeyeater

White-throated Gerygone
Sept 98     Heard occasionally
White-throated Needle-tail
First noticed March 2003, January 2006
White-winged Chough
Visited March 2006  August 2008
White-winged Triller
October 2001
Willie Wagtail
Occasional sightings, keeps to gardens?
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Sometimes over-winter
Yellow-rumped Thornbill

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
Forage occasionally post fires

Rosemary Blemings
Last annotated January 2012
rosemary@blemings.org