Marlo & Cape Conran Marlo is located at the mouth of the Snowy River in Victoria’s Bush Birds Far East, 14kms south of Orbost. The Orbost-Marlo road that may be seen at closely follows most of the Snowy River’s final journey through grazing land and pockets of temperate rainforest to the sea. The coastal road at Marlo then heads east to Cape Conran. Along this route is an excellent estuary walking trail Marlo & Cape Conran as well as lookouts over the Snowy River entrance and ocean. The Cape Conran Coastal Park features a pristine coastline, rocky cliffs and a mixture of rocky and sandy beaches and scenic views from the Salmon Rocks lookout. East Cape Con- On the web at www.birdlife.org.au/locations/ ran and the Yeerung River provide additional boardwalks and b ir d lif e -e a s t -g ip p s la n d trails to explore. Nearby, the Cabbage Tree Creek Flora and Lake Wat Wat/Corringle Wildlife Reserves are also “must locations” to visit.
For bush birds visit: Marlo State Forest, Marlo aerodrome, Postal Address Cape Conran Coastal Park, Cabbage Tree Creek Flora Reserve Box 825 Bairnsdale, and the Yeerung River inlet. Victoria, 3875
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Superb Fairy-wren. Ian Wright
See also East Gippsland Birding Guide Marlo http://www.birdlife.org.au/locations/birdlife-east- Birding Guides are available for Bairnsdale, Lindenow, gippsland/publications-eg Mitchell River National Park, Paynesville, Nicholson, Metung, Lakes Entrance, Lake Tyers, Bruthen, Buchan, Nowa Nowa, Marlo, Omeo and Mallacoota. Bird List Brochures are available for Buchan Caves, Fairy Dell, Oneonta, Lake Tyers & Fishermans Landing, Nyerimilang, Omeo, The Den of Nargun, Gippsland Lakes, Macleod Morass, and Cann River. Marlo and Mallacoota have 2 brochures each, (1. Waterbirds and 2. Bush birds) Updated Jan 2018
Species Species Species
Emu Sacred Kingfisher Golden Whistler
White-headed Pigeon Superb Lyrebird Rufous Whistler
Common Bronzewing White-throated Treecreeper Grey Shrike-thrush
Brush Bronzewing Satin Bowerbird Olive-backed Oriole Wonga Pigeon Superb Fairy-wren Grey Butcherbird
Topknot Pigeon Southern Emu-wren Dusky Woodswallow
White-throated Needletail Pilotbird Australian Magpie
Black-shouldered Kite White-browed Scrubwren Pied Currawong
White-bellied Sea-Eagle Striated Fieldwren Grey Currawong
Whistling Kite Brown Gerygone Rufous Fantail
Brown Goshawk Striated Thornbill Grey Fantail
Collared Sparrowhawk Yellow Thornbill Australian Raven
Swamp Harrier Yellow-rumped Thornbill Little Raven
Wedge-tailed Eagle Buff-rumped Thornbill Willie Wagtail
Little Eagle Brown Thornbill Leaden Flycatcher
Nankeen Kestrel Spotted Pardalote Restless Flycatcher
Brown Falcon Striated Pardalote Black-faced Monarch
Australian Hobby Eastern Spinebill Magpie-lark
Peregrine Falcon Lewin's Honeyeater White-winged Chough
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Yellow-faced Honeyeater Jacky Winter
Gang-gang Cockatoo White-eared Honeyeater Scarlet Robin
Galah Bell Miner Rose Robin
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Noisy Miner Eastern Yellow Robin Rainbow Lorikeet Little Wattlebird Golden-headed Cisticola
Musk Lorikeet Red Wattlebird Australian Reed-Warbler
Australian King-Parrot White-fronted Chat Little Grassbird
Crimson Rosella Scarlet Honeyeater Silvereye
Eastern Rosella Crescent Honeyeater Welcome Swallow
Ground Parrot New Holland Honeyeater Fairy Martin
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Brown-headed Honeyeater Tree Martin
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo White-naped Honeyeater Bassian Thrush
Pallid Cuckoo Eastern Whipbird Mistletoebird
Fan-tailed Cuckoo Varied Sittella Red-browed Finch
Azure Kingfisher Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Beautiful Firetail
Laughing Kookaburra Crested Shrike-tit Australasian Pipit