Update 31.10.2016

It's been our coldest October for 8 years, and there was snow in the Otway Ranges overnight - a rare event at this time of the year.

I've just added Little Cormorant  and Black-hooded Oriole from Sri Lanka.

I've just realised that the Little Cormorant is the 200th bird I've done a page for - how many to go?????

Update 30.10.2016

Today started out with an overnight low of 17C but late this afternoon a strong westerly change came through and the temperature dropped to about 14.   Our spring has certainly been up and down, but mostly down.

Today I've added Legge's Hawk Eagle from Sri Lanka.

Update 25.10.2016

It's sunny this morning and still.

Today I've added Scarlet Macaw, Roseate Spoonbill,  and Common Black Hawk from Costa Rica,

Asian Brown Flycatcher from Sri Lanka,
Wilson's Snipe and Grey (Black-bellied) Plover from the U.S.A.,
and Temminck's Courser from Kenya.

Update 24.10.2016

It's cloudy and still this morning with the sun trying to break through.   Still cool.

Today I've added Yellow-throated Toucan, Montezuma Oropendola, Great Curassow, Crested Guan,  Gartered Trogon, American Pygmy Kingfisher and Clay-coloured Thrush from Costa Rica.

Update 23.10.2016.

Today I've added Arctic Jaeger and Snow Bunting from Iceland.

Update 22.10.2016

It's cool and windy today with a moderate wind.   We've had a shower but the sun is out now.

Today I've added Silvereye, Horsfield's Bushlark, and Grey Currawong from Australia,
and Anhinga from Costa Rica.

Update 17.10.2014

Today is cooler with variable weather and a moderate breeze.  I walked at Jumping Creek section of Warrandyte State Park this morning and it was great to see some wildflowers, fungi and green again here after all the rain we've had over the last couple of months.  The Yarra River is fast flowing and high.

Today I've added Hamerkop, Grey Crowned Crane, Common Fiscal and Marabou Stork from Kenya.

Update 16.10.2016

Today is cloudy and warm with a moderate wind.

I've added a page for Fairy Prions and Wedge-tailed Eagle from Australia,

Painted Stork from Sri Lanka,
and Red (Grey) Phalarope and Purple Sandpiper from Svalbard.

Update 15.10.2016

I've added Red-kneed Dotterel, Australasian Bittern, Brolga, and Black-browed Albatross from Australia today,

Glaucous Gull from Svalbard,
Black-legged Kittiwake from Svalbard and Chukotka coast of Russia,
and Brewer's Blackbird from the USA.

Update 14.10.2014

A beautiful sunny morning with no wind for a change!

Today's additions are:

Malleefowl, Whiskered Tern and European Goldfinch from Australia,

Purple Heron from Madagascar and Sri Lanka,
Madagascar Hoopoe and Humblot's Heron from Madagascar,
and Black Vulture from Costa Rica.

Update 13.10.2016

Today I've added a page for Striated Pardalote from Australia,

Fork-tailed Drongo and Rosy-patched Bushshrike from Kenya,
Crested Duck, Rufous-collared Sparrow and Dolphin Gull from Argentina,
Rufous Vanga from Madagascar,
and Silver-throated Tanager from Costa Rica.

Update 12.10.2016

A grey still day with rain forecast around lunchtime.

I've added White-breasted Robin from the south-west of Western Australia and Little Raven from south-eastern Australia,

Adelie Penguin from Antarctica,
Bald Eagle from Canada and the U.S.A.,
and Speke's Weaver and  Rock Martin from Kenya.

Update October 11, 2016.

Today I've added Striated Fieldwren, Black Swan and Fairy Martin from Australia,

Blackish Oystercatcher from Argentina,
Antarctic Shag from Antarctica,
and Trumpeter Swan from U.S.A.

Update 10.10.2016

Today the wind has dropped but it's now pouring rain and much cooler!

Today's first new bird is the Emperor Penguin from the Weddell Sea area of Antarctica,

Large-billed Crow from Sri Lanka,
and Eungella Honeyeater and Brown Falcon from Australia.

Update 9.10.2016

We're expecting winds up to 120ks an hour today so a day to stay inside.  First bird today is a Snow Petrel which must experience such winds fairly regularly as it makes it home in Antarctica!

I've just added Eastern Chanting-Goshawk, Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling and Common Bulbul from Kenya,
Anna's Hummingbird and Spotted Towhee from U.S.A.
and Cape Petrel from the Southern Ocean.

Update 8.10.2016

I've added Indian Thick-knee from Sri Lanka,

and White-browed Sparrow-weaver, Donaldson-Smith's Sparrow-weaver, Green-winged Pytilia and Blue-naped Mousebird from Kenya,
and California Towhee and Black Phoebe from U.S.A.

Update 7.10.2016

It's grey and windy again today.

I've just added Black-faced Ibis from Ushuaia in southern Argentina,

 and a Loten's (Long-billed) Sunbird from Sri Lanka, and Australian White Ibis.

Update 6.10.2016

Today I've added Somali Bee-eater, Namaqua Dove and Crowned Lapwing from Kenya,

and White-crowned Sparrow from the USA, and Fan-tailed Cuckoo from Australia.

I finally managed to see the Cuckoo after hearing it for several weeks!  Maybe the sunshine after all the rain we've had brought it out!

Update 5.10.2016

Today I've added White-backed Swallow and Elegant Parrot from Australia,

and Marbled Godwit which I saw at Ballona Wetlands in Los Angeles and Upland Goose from Ushuaia in southern Argentina.

Update 4.10.2016

It's raining again today so am adding old sightings from overseas!

Added today are Fiery-billed Aracari from Costa Rica,

and White-headed Buffalo-weaver, Yellow-necked Spurfowl and Cape Teal from Kenya.

Update 3.10.2016

I've added several pages including Chimango Caracara, Magellanic Cormorant from Argentina,

Lesser Goldenback from Sri Lanka, 
Chinstrap Penguin from Antarctica,
Hooded Merganser,  Common Merganser and Golden-crowned Kinglet from U.S.A.,
Horned Puffin From Russia,
Pied Crow, Vulturine Guineafowl, Cinnamon-breasted Bee-eater and Speckled Pigeon from Kenya.

Update 1.10.2016

First additions for October 1 are Great Blue Heron from U.S.A.,

Horned Puffin from Russia,
Asian Paradise-flycatcher from Sri Lanka,
Madagascar Wagtail from Madagascar, and Southern Fulmar from Antarctica.