A selection of some of the beautiful birds we were lucky to see at our block in Clunes.
You can click on the thumbnail images to get a full size view, names and any details..
 
              
              
              Eastern Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus)
 
              
              
              White-browed Babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus)
 
              
              
              White-winged Chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos)
 
              
              
              Female White-throated Treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaea)
 
              
              
              Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
 
              
              
              Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus)
After hearing these fantastic little nocturnal birds on our block for 13 years, we finally saw one soaking up the winter sun! 
June 2020
 
              
              
              Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)
 
              
              
              Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
 
              
              
              Juvenile Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)
 
              
              
              Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis)
 
              
              
              Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
 
              
              
              Female Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus)
 
              
              
              Square-tailed Kite (Lophoinctinia isura)
 
              
              
              Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor)
Read more about the critically endangered Swift Parrot here - https://www.outsidefourwalls.com/blog/pulling-a-swifty
 
              
              
              Brown-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus brevirostris)
 
              
              
              Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
 
              
              
              Juvenile White-winged Chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos)
 
              
              
              White-plumed (Ptilotula penicillata) and Fuscous (Ptilotula fusca) Honeyeaters
 
              
              
              Jacky Winter (Microeca fascinans)
 
              
              
              Immature White-naped Honeyeater (Melithreptus lunatus)
 
              
              
              Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
 
              
              
              White-naped Honeyeaters (Melithreptus lunatus)
 
              
              
              Juvenile Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)
 
              
              
              White-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata)
 
              
              
              Peaceful Dove (Geopilia placida)
 
              
              
              Immature male Rufous Whistler (Pacycephela rufiventris)
 
              
              
              White-browed Babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus)
 
              
              
              White-plumed Honeyeaters (Lichenostomus penicillatus)
 
              
              
              Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida)
 
              
              
              Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops) in tail moult
 
              
              
              Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus) in tail moult
 
              
              
               
              
              
              Adult Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)
 
              
              
              Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
 
              
              
              Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
 
              
              
              Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor)
Read more about the critically endangered Swift Parrot here - https://www.outsidefourwalls.com/blog/pulling-a-swifty
 
              
              
              Immature Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)
 
              
              
              White-browed Babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus)
 
              
              
              Female Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis)
 
              
              
              Fuscous Honeyeater (Ptilotula fusca)
 
              
              
              Female Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus)
 
              
              
              White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus) in tail moult
 
              
              
              White-bellied Cuckooshrike (Coracina papuensis)
 
              
              
              White-browed Babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus)
 
              
              
              Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
 
              
              
              Male Red-rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus)
 
              
              
              Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
 
              
              
              Male Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus)
 
              
              
              Juvenile Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
 
              
              
              Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
 
              
              
              Female Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
You can see a new feather shaft growing in at the shoulder (alula/primary covert?)
 
              
              
              Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
 
              
              
              Female Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus)
 
              
              
              Brown-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus brevirostris)
 
              
              
              Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
 
              
              
              Female Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)
 
              
              
              White-browed Babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus)
 
              
              
              Eastern Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus)
 
              
              
              Adult Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
 
              
              
              Jacky Winter (Microecans fascinans)
 
              
              
              Immature Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)
 
              
              
              Female Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
 
              
              
              Juvenile Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
 
              
              
              Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
 
              
              
              Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis)
 
              
              
              Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus)
 
              
              
              White-naped Honeyeater (Melithreptus lunatus)
 
              
              
              Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus)
 
              
              
              Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
 
              
              
              Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
 
              
              
              Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius)
Possibly a young female?
 
              
              
              Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus)
 
              
              
              Yellow-tufted Honeyeaters (Lichenostomus melanops)
 
              
              
              Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
 
              
              
              Adult breeding Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
 
              
              
              Male Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus)
 
              
              
              Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Lichenostomus chrysops)
 
              
              
              Adult breeding Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
 
              
              
              Brown-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus brevirostris)
 
              
              
              Fuscous (Lichenostomus fuscus) and White-naped (Melithreptus lunatus) Honeyeaters have a slight disagreement.
 
              
              
              Female Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus)
 
              
              
              White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus)
 
              
              
              White-naped Honeyeater (Melithreptus lunatus)
 
              
              
              Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Lichenostomus chrysops)
 
              
              
              Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
 
              
              
              Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)
 
              
              
              Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
 
              
              
              White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus)
 
              
              
              Juvenile White-naped Honeyeater (Melithreptus lunatus)
 
              
              
              Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
 
              
              
              Male Red-rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus)
 
              
              
              Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)
 
              
              
              White-naped Honeyeater (Melithreptus lunatus)
 
              
              
              White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus)
 
              
              
              Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Lichenostomus chrysops)
 
              
              
              White-browed Babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus)
 
              
              
              Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
 
              
              
              Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus)
 
              
              
              Brown-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus brevirostris)
 
              
              
              Immature Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
 
              
              
              Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura Leucophrys)
 
              
              
              Female Flame Robin (Petroica phoenicea)
 
              
              
              Male Flame Robin (Petroica phoenicea)
 
              
              
              Male White-browed Woodswallow (Artemus superciliosus)
I love their latin name... it makes me think of a really snide Musketeer!
 
              
              
              Female White-browed Woodswallow (Artemus superciliosus)
 
              
              
              Male Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)
 
              
              
              Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
 
              
              
              Male Scarlet Robin (Petroica Boodang)
 
              
              
              Male Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera)
 
              
              
              Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
 
              
              
              Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus)
 
              
              
              Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)
 
              
              
              Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor)
Read more about the critically endangered Swift Parrot here - https://www.outsidefourwalls.com/blog/pulling-a-swifty
 
              
              
              Male Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus)
 
              
              
              Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
 
              
              
              Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
 
              
              
              Male Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus)
 
              
              
              Peaceful Doves (Geopelia placida)
 
              
              
              Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
 
              
              
              Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius)
Possibly a young female?
 
              
              
              Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida)
 
              
              
              Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
 
              
              
              White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus)
 
              
              
              White-browed Babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus)
 
              
              
              Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)
 
              
              
              Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida)
 
              
              
              Immature Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
 
              
              
              Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus)
 
              
              
              Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
 
              
              
              Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)
 
              
              
              Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
 
              
              
              White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus)
 
              
              
              Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
 
              
              
              Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops )
 
              
              
              Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
 
              
              
              Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops )
 
              
              
              Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)
 
              
              
              Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
 
              
              
              Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida)
 
              
              
              White-winged Chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos)
 
              
              
              Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus)
 
              
              
              Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
 
              
              
              Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
 
              
              
              Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)
 
              
              
              Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
 
              
              
              Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
 
              
              
              Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)
Being photo-bombed by a Fuscous Honeyeater
 
              
              
              Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
 
              
              
              Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Lichenostomus chrysops)
 
              
              
              Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops) in tail moult
 
              
              
              White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus Penicillatus)
 
              
              
              White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus Penicillatus)
 
              
              
              Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida)
 
              
              
              Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops )
 
              
              
              Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus)
 
              
              
              White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus Penicillatus)
 
              
              
              Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura Leucophrys)
 
              
              
              Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
 
              
              
              Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus)
 
              
              
              Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida)
 
              
              
              Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
 
              
              
              Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus) suspected first basic adult plumage
 
              
              
              Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus)
 
              
              
              Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
Striking a remarkable Fieldwren pose!
 
              
              
              White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus)
 
              
              
               
              
              
              White-bellied Cuckooshrike (Coracina papuensis)
 
              
              
              Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops) in tail moult
 
              
              
              Juvenile Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)
 
              
              
              Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica) in tail moult
 
              
              
              Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus) in tail moult
 
              
              
              Fuscous Honeyeater (Lichenostomus fuscus) in tail moult
 
              
              
              White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus) in tail moult
 
              
              
              Adult Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)
 
              
              
              Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
 
              
              
              Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
 
              
              
              Fuscous Honeyeater (Ptilotula fusca)
 
              
              
              White-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata)
 
              
              
              Immature male Rufous Whistler (Pacycephela rufiventris)
 
              
              
              Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leugophrys)
 
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Our list of the 96 different species of birds we saw at Finches Gully... between Aug 2007 and Aug 2023.
- Australian Magpie 
- Australian Pelicans (flying overhead) 
- Australian Raven 
- Australian Wood Duck 
- Black Kite 
- Black-chinned Honeyeater 
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike 
- Brown Falcon #85 (30 September 2017) 
- Brown Goshawk 
- Brown Thornbill 
- Brown Treecreeper 
- Brown-headed Honeyeater 
- Buff-rumped Thornbill 
- Collared Sparrowhawk 
- Common Blackbird 
- Common Bronzewing 
- Crested Pigeon 
- Crested Shrike-tit 
- Crimson Rosella 
- Diamond Firetail 
- Dollarbird 
- Dusky Woodswallow 
- Eastern Rosella 
- Eastern Spinebill (juvenile) #87 (11 March 2018) 
- Eastern Yellow Robin 
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo 
- Flame Robin 
- Fuscous Honeyeater 
- Galah 
- Golden Whistler 
- Grey Currawong 
- Grey Fantail 
- Grey Shrike-thrush 
- Jacky Winter 
- Laughing Kookaburra 
- Little Corella 
- Little Eagle 
- Little Lorikeet 
- Little Raven 
- Long-billed Corella 
- Magpie-lark 
- Masked Lapwing 
- Masked Woodswallow 
- Mistletoebird 
- Musk Lorikeet 
- New Holland Honeyeater 
- Noisy Miner (definitely not a welcome addition!!) 
- Olive-backed Oriole #89 (11 December 2018) 
- Painted Button-quail #83 (10 June 2017) 
- Pallid Cuckoo #91 (7 December 2019) 
- Peaceful Dove 
- Pied Currawong #96 (31 October 2022) 
- Purple-crowned Lorikeet 
- Rainbow Bee-eater 
- Red Wattlebird 
- Red-rumped Parrot 
- Restless Flycatcher #95 (21 April 2022) 
- Rose Robin #94 (11 April 2021) 
- Rufous Whistler 
- Scarlet Robin 
- Shining Bronze-cuckoo #86 (10 February 2018) 
- Silvereye 
- Southern Boobook 
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater #88 (22 September 2018) 
- Spotted Pardalote 
- Square-tailed Kite 
- Straw-necked Ibis #92 (6 November 2020) 
- Striated Pardalote 
- Striated Thornbills #93 (11 April 2021) 
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo 
- Superb Fairy-wren 
- Swamp Harrier #90 (26 January 2019) 
- Swift Parrot #82 (14 January 2017) 
- Tawny Frogmouth 
- Tree Martin 
- Varied Sittella 
- Wedge-tailed Eagle 
- Weebill 
- Welcome Swallow 
- Whistling Kite 
- White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike 
- White-bellied Sea-Eagle 
- White-browed Babbler 
- White-browed Woodswallow 
- White-faced Heron 
- White-naped Honeyeater 
- White-necked Heron 
- White-plumed Honeyeater 
- White-throated Treecreeper 
- White-winged Chough 
- White-winged Triller 
- Willie Wagtail 
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater 
- Yellow-plumed Honeyeater 
- Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo 
- Yellow-tufted Honeyeater 
