corridor for birds and other wildlife to the Yarra BIRDS OF YARRAN River at Templestowe. The creek provides a reliable Bird walks are held on a monthly basis in DHERAN NATURE source of water and food sources to birds Yarran Dheran. Come and join us! throughout the whole year and supports our RESERVE permanent residents as well as local nomads, Some successful birdwatching tips seasonal visitors and migratory birds who are -if you have binoculars, learn to focus quickly on a A Guide for birdwatchers passing through. distant object Some birds, like Australian Magpie, Grey Fantail, -to help you in bird identification, visit Rainbow Lorikeet, Tawny Frogmouth and Noisy http://ebird.org/australia or http://birdlife.org.au/ Miners are permanent residents. The ponds provide protected areas for nesting and raising chicks for or use a field guide such as Dusky Moorhens and Pacific Black Ducks. Chestnut -Morcombe, Michael, Field Guide to Australian Teal and Wood Ducks are often seen in the creek. Birds, or Regular visitors over spring and summer include the -Graham Pizzey and Frank Knight, Field Guide to the Olive-backed Oriole and Fan-tailed Cuckoo. Birds of Australia The number of species of birds seen in the Reserve A family of four Tawny Frogmouths Both of these publications are also available as has declined over years, due to loss of habitat and phone apps –invaluable for identifying a bird on the Use this guide as a record of the birds you see at climate factors. spot as they include bird calls as well as showing Yarran Dheran. Help Australian geographical distributions of the bird in Australia A total of 75 species of birds may be found in the birds survive by For both visual and audio reference there is Mullum Mullum Valley. It is suggested that you establishing Simpson and Day’s Birds of Australia CD (with 655 complete a circuit walk around Yarran Dheran and and birdsongs, as well as drawings and other useful Mullum Mullum Park (on the other side of the maintaining a information.) creek) to see the birds that live in or visit the bird friendly Spotted pardalote garden. Provide Mullum Mullum Valley. Rainbow Lorikeet water and a The habitat of Yarran Dheran is varied and attracts range of plants different species of birds. It represents one of the that will last areas of valley heathy forest in urban provide food, Photos courtesy of Ian Moodie Melbourne and includes areas of dry sclerophyll shelter as well as roosting and forest, open grassy areas as well as the wetter Red-browed Finch nesting areas along the creek banks and around the ponds. opportunities The Mullum Mullum Creek runs through the

Reserve, providing a regionally significant wildlife Yarran Dheran Reserve/ Mullum Mullum Long-billed Corella Shrike-tit Park - Bird List Little Corella Crested Shrike-tit Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Whistlers and Allies Waterfowl Parrots, Parakeets and Allies Grey Shrikethrush Australian Wood Duck Australian King Parrot *** Golden Whistler Pacific Black Duck Crimson Rosella Olive Whistler Chestnut Teal Eastern Rosella Rufous Whistler *** Cormorants and Anhingas Musk Lorikeet Old World Orioles Little Pied Cormorant Rainbow Lorikeet Olive-backed Oriole *** Herons, Ibis, and Allies Australian Treecreepers Fantails White-faced Heron White-throated Treecreeper Grey Fantail Australian White Ibis Fairywrens Monarch Flycatchers Vultures, Hawks and Allies Superb Fairywren Magpie-lark Little Eagle Honeyeaters Jays, Magpies, Crows and Ravens Brown Goshawk Eastern Spinebill Little Raven Rails, Gallinules, and Allies Yellow-faced Honeyeater White-winged Chough and Apostlebird Australasian Swamphen Noisy Miner White-winged Chough Dusky Moorhen Little Wattlebird Australasian Robins Eastern Yellow Robin Australasian Swamphen Red Wattlebird Pigeons and Doves Martins and Swallows White-plumed Honeyeater Rock Dove Welcome Swallow New Holland Honeyeater Spotted Dove White-eyes, Yuhunas and Allies White-eared Honeyeater Common Bronzewing Silvereye Crested Pigeon White-naped Honeyeater Thrushes Falcons and Caracaras Pardalotes Common Blackbird Peregrine Falcon Spotted Pardalote Starlings and Mynas Cuckoos Striated Pardalote Common Myna Thornbills and Allies Fan-tailed Cuckoo *** Old World Sparrows White-browed Scrubwren Owls House Sparrow Southern Boobook Brown Thornbill Flowerpeckers Powerful Owl Striated Thornbill Mistletoe Bird Frogmouths Bellmagpies and Allies Finches Tawny Frogmouth Grey Butcherbird Kingfishers Australian Magpie Red-browed Finch Laughing Kookaburra Pied Currawong Sacred Kingfisher Grey Currawong *** Cockatoos Cuckooshrikes ***Seasonal visitor

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