Some birds seen in Ouyen, NW Victoria

Peaceful Dove, Cleland Wildlife Park

Road trip to Sydney, May 2010

On the first day of our recent trip to Sydney we reached Ouyen in north-west Victoria in time for lunch. We found a park near the main street and as my wife prepared some rolls for lunch I wandered over the road to buy some treats from the local bakery. It’s an indulgence of ours. Country bakeries in Australia are usually very good, and this one was no disappointment.

While having lunch I tried to make a list of the birds heard and seen. We were a little distracted by the mice (House Mouse) wandering around the shelter shed in the picnic area. They seemed oblivious to our presence less than a metre away. I guess they thrived on the bits of food dropped y happy tourists like ourselves. We were only there for about twenty minutes, and seeing there was little time for an intensive bird search, my list is rather small. The highlight would have to be several Peaceful Doves in the bushes nearby.

Species seen:

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• Galah
• Crested Pigeon
• Peaceful Dove
• Rock Dove
• Red Wattlebird
• Noisy Miner
• Singing Honeyeater
• Welcome Swallow
• House Sparrow
• Common Blackbird