corridor for and other wildlife leading to the BIRDS OF YARRAN Yarra River at Templestowe. The creek provides a walks are held on a monthly basis in DHERAN NATURE reliable 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 , 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 The number of 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 Some 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 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 Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Sittellas Park - Bird List Gang-gang Cockatoo Varied Sittella Galah Shrike-tit Waterfowl Long-billed Corella Crested Shrike-tit Australian Wood Duck Little Corella Whistlers and Allies Pacific Black Duck Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Grey Shrikethrush Chestnut Teal Parrots, Parakeets and Allies Golden Whistler Cormorants and Anhingas Australian King Parrot *** Olive Whistler Little Pied Cormorant Crimson Rosella Rufous Whistler *** Herons, Ibis, and Allies Eastern Rosella Old World Orioles White-faced Heron Rainbow Lorikeet Olive-backed Oriole *** Australian White Ibis Australian Treecreepers Fantails Straw-necked Ibis White-throated Treecreeper Grey Fantail Vultures, Hawks and Allies Fairywrens Monarch Flycatchers Little Eagle Superb Fairywren Magpie-lark Brown Goshawk Honeyeaters Jays, Magpies, Crows and Ravens Rails, Gallinules, and Allies Eastern Spinebill Little Raven Australasian Swamphen Yellow-faced Honeyeater Australasian Robins Dusky Moorhen Eastern Yellow Robin Pigeons and Doves Little Wattlebird Rose Robin *** Scarlet Robin *** Rock Dove Red Wattlebird Spotted Dove Martins and Swallows White-plumed Honeyeater Common Bronzewing Welcome Swallow New Holland Honeyeater Crested Pigeon White-eyes, Yuhunas and Allies White-eared Honeyeater Falcons and Caracaras Silvereye Peregrine Falcon White-naped Honeyeater Thrushes Cuckoos Common Blackbird Fan-tailed Cuckoo *** Starlings and Mynas Owls Striated Pardalote Common Myna Thornbills and Allies Southern Boobook *** Flowerpeckers White-browed Scrubwren Powerful Owl Mistletoe Bird Frogmouths Brown Thornbill Finches Tawny Frogmouth Striated Thornbill Red-browed Finch Owlet Night-jars Bellmagpies and Allies

Australian Owlet-Nightjar Grey Butcherbird

Kingfishers Australian Magpie ***Seasonal visitor Laughing Kookaburra Pied Currawong

Cuckooshrikes Sacred Kingfisher List updated 3 February 2020 Cockatoos Black-faced Cuckooshrike