Eildon Area

The Robin Rednecks twitchathon team (of which I am part of) last year visited the Eildon/Snobbs Creek area as part of the race, targeting wet forest birds. As twitchathons are always rushed events I drove down to this area to spend the night and see some birds at a more leisurely pace.

I managed to see or hear most wet forest species I was looking for such as Superb Lyrebird, Red-browed Treecreeper, Lewin's Honeyeater, Rufous Fantail, Bassian Thrush, Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Olive Whistler and Cicadabird. The big bird for the trip was a Sooty Owl that was heard calling around 10pm at Morris Lookout, where I camped.

View over the upper Goulburn Valley looking down over Eildon from Morris Lookout.

The following day some time was spent around the Lake Eildon Dam wall and Eildon township. Wonga Pigeon a nice sighting here.

It was quite cold on the Lake Eildon dam wall.

On the way home I walked the rail trail bridge over Lake Eildon at Bonnie Doon, a nice group of cormorants here, including a Pied which are fairly rare in North East inland waters. The lake is also filling up well after recent rains and would be 75% full.

View of Lake Eildon from Bonnie Doon.

120 species for the couple of days.