2010.5.16
There's nothing like having a clear beginning to a project—that's the opportunity I've had with twitching in Australia. Below are the birds I've identified since landing in Canberra October 30, 2006. Species total = 187

Rose RobinPetroica RoseaMay 15, 2010
Longneck Creek, Scheyville NP, NSW

Buff-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza reguloidesMay 9, 2010
Castlereagh Nature Reserve, NSW

Crescent HoneyeaterPhylidonyris pyrrhopterusMay 4, 2010
Black Mountain, ANBG, ACT

Olive WhistlerPachycephala olivaceaMar. 15, 2010
Deep Creek Reserve, NSW

Cape Barren GooseCereopsis novaehollandiaeDec. 24, 2006
Kangaroo Island, SA

Black SwanCygnus atratusDec. 26, 2006
Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA

Australian Wood DuckChenonetta jubataJun. 17, 2007
Black Mountain, ANBG, ACT

Australasian ShovelerAnas rhynchotisFeb. 25, 2010
Pitt Town Lagoon, NSW

Chestnut TealAnas castaneaDec. 7, 2008
Canterbury, NSW

Northern MallardAnas platyrhynchosDec. 24, 2006
Goolwa, SA

Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosaMay 31, 2007
Watson, ACT

HardheadAythya australisJun. 5, 2009
Centennial Park Duck Pond, NSW

Rock DoveColumbia liviaDec. 7, 2008
Canterbury, NSW

Spotted DoveStreptopelia chinensisNov. 29, 2008
Croydon Park, NSW

Common BronzewingPhaps chalcopteraOct. 13, 2007
Mt. Majura, ACT

Crested PigeonOcyphaps lophotesNov. 19, 2006
Cook, ACT

Spinifex PigeonGeophaps plumiferaFeb. 28, 2009
Kings Canyon, NT

Diamond DoveGeopelia cuneataFeb. 27, 2009
Uluru, NT

Peaceful DoveGeopelia striataFeb. 21, 2010
Longneck Creek, Scheyville NP, NSW

Bar-shouldered DoveGeopelia humeralisMar. 18, 2010
Longneck Creek, Scheyville NP, NSW

Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucosAug. 17, 2008
Bateman's Bay, NSW

Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboNov. 29, 2008
Canterbury, NSW

Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostrisSep. 14, 2007
Royal Botanical Garden, NSW

Pied CormorantPhalacrocorax variusJun. 5, 2009
Centennial Park Duck Pond, NSW

Eastern Great EgretArdea modestaJan. 10, 2009
Bicentennial Park, NSW

Cattle EgretArdea ibisSep. 13, 2009
Lochinvar, NSW

White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiaeMay 10, 2007
Gungahlin, ACT

Eastern Reef EgretEgretta sacraFeb. 7, 2010
Cave Beach, Booderee NP, ACT

Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusFeb. 19, 2010
Eastern quality control pond, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW

Australian White IbisThreskiornis moluccaDec. 24, 2006
Kangaroo Island, SA

Straw-necked IbisThreskiornis spinicollisAug. 2, 2009
Hume Hwy between Campbelltown and Golburn, NSW

Royal SpoonbillPlatalea regiaFeb. 19, 2010
Eastern quality control pond, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW

Yellow-billed SpoonbillPlatalea flavipesFeb. 25, 2010
Hwy 2, Red Hill, NSW

Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillarisMay 14, 2009
Yarramundi Lagoon, Agnes Banks, NSW

Pacific BazaAviceda subcristataMar. 12, 2010
Longneck Creek, Scheyville NP, NSW

White-bellied Sea-EagleHaliaeetus leucogasterJan. 25, 2009
Bendalong, NSW

Swamp HarrierCircus approximansFeb. 17, 2008
Lake Binney, TAS

Wedge-tailed EagleAquila audaxApr. 7, 2007
Tullah, TAS

Australian Pied OystercatcherHaematopus longirostrisMar. 14, 2009
Cunjurong Point, NSW

Sooty OystercatcherHaematopus fuliginosusNov. 12, 2006
Durras NSW

Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulvaMar. 15, 2010
Long Reef, NSW

Red-capped PloverCharadrius ruficapillusMar. 14, 2009
Cunjurong Point, NSW

Double-banded PloverCharadrius bicinctusMar. 20, 2010
Boat Harbour, NSW

Black-fronted DotterelElseyornis melanopsFeb. 22, 2010
Dee Why Lagoon, NSW

Masked LapwingVanellus milesApr. 8, 2007
Tullah, TAS

Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaDec. 4, 2009
Lake Conjola, NSW

WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusDec. 4, 2009
Lake Conjola, NSW

Grey-tailed TattlerLimosa lapponicaApr. 19, 2010
Long Reef, NSW

Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresMar. 20, 2010
Boat Harbour, NSW

Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisJun. 11, 2009
Long Reef, NSW

Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataJan. 10, 2009
Bressington Park, NSW

Black NoddyAnous minutusApr. 17, 2010
Long Reef, NSW

Little TernSternula albifronsDec. 4, 2009
Lake Conjola, NSW

Crested TernThalasseus bergiiDec. 25, 2006
Flinders Chase NP, KI, SA

Pacific GullLarus pacificusDec. 25, 2006
Flinders Chase NP, KI, SA

Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Nov. 25, 2006
Acton, ACT

Yellow-tailed Black-cockatooCalyptorhynchus funereusDec. 25, 2006
Kangaroo Island, SA

Gang-gang CockatooCallocephalon fimbriatumJul. 19, 2007
Lyneham, ACT

GalahEolophus roseicapillusOct. 30, 2006
Black Mountain, ACT

Little CorellaCacatua sanguineaDec. 26, 2006
Kingscote, KI, SA

Sulphur-crested CockatooCacatua galeritaOct. 31, 2006
Googong, NSW

Rainbow LorikeetTrichoglossus haematodusDec. 24, 2006
Kangaroo Island, SA

Scaly-breasted LorikeetTrichoglossus chlorolepidotusJan. 27, 2008
Coolum, QLD

Musk LorikeetGlossopsitta concinnaSep. 12, 2009
Cessnock, NSW

Little LorikeetGlossopsitta PusillaMar. 12, 2010
Longneck Creek, Scheyville NP, NSW

Australian King-parrotAlisterus scapularisMar. 1, 2007
Watson, ACT

Green RosellaPlatycercus caledonicusApr. 6, 2007
Mt. Field NP, TAS

Crimson RosellaPlatycercus elegansOct. 30, 2006
Black Mountain, ACT

Eastern RosellaPlatycercus eximiusNov. 17, 2006
Googong, NSW

Pale-headed RosellaPlatycercus adscitusJan. 28, 2008
Coolum, QLD

Australian RingneckBarnardius zonariusFeb. 28, 2009
Ormiston Gorge, NT

Red-rumped ParrotPsephotus haematonotusDec. 13, 2006
Lyneham, ACT

Eastern KoelEudynamys orientalisDec. 8, 2008
Croydon Park, NSW

Channed-billed CuckooScythrops novaehollandiaeOct. 22, 2009
Leichhardt, NSW

Shining Bronze-cuckooChalcites lucidusMar. 18, 2010
Longneck Creek, Scheyville NP, NSW

Fan-tailed CuckooCacomantis flabelliformisMar. 18, 2010
Longneck Creek, Scheyville NP, NSW

Laughing KookaburraDacelo novaeguineaeNov. 15, 2006
Googong, NSW

Sacred KingfisherTodiramphus sanctusOct. 15, 2008
Watson, ACT

White-throated TreecreeperCormobates leucophaeusApr. 22, 2007
Black Mountain, ANBG, ACT

Brown TreecreeperClimacteris picumnusJune 7, 2007
Forbes (Gum Swamp), NSW

Satin BowerbirdPtilonorhynchus violaceusApr. 21, 2008
Tidbinbilla NR, ACT

Western BowerbirdPtilonorhynchus guttatusFeb. 28, 2009
Kings Canyon, NT

Grey-crowned BabblerPomatostomus temporalisJune 7, 2008
Gum Swamp, Forbes, NSW

White-browed BabblerPomatostomus superciliosusJune 7, 2008
Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo, NSW

Rose RobinPetroica RoseaMay 15, 2010
Longneck Creek, Scheyville NP, NSW

Scarlet RobinPetroica boodangAug. 25, 2007
Sparrow Hill, ACT

Flame RobinPetroica phoeniceaApr. 6, 2007
Lake St. Clair, TAS

Hooded RobinMelanodryas cucullataMar. 27, 2010
Glen Davis campground, NSW

Eastern Yellow RobinEopsaltria australisApr. 22, 2007
Black Mountain, ANBG, ACT

Superb Fairy-wrenMalurus cyaneusNov. 16, 2006
Black Mountain, ACT

Varigated Fairy-wrenMalurus lambertiFeb. 17, 2010
Sugarloaf Pt., Lane Cove NP, NSW

Yellow-throated ScrubwrenSericornis citreogularisMar. 13, 2010
Bola Creek, Royal NP, NSW

White-browed ScrubwrenSericornis frontalisApr. 22, 2007
Black Mountain, ANBG, ACT

ScrubtitAcanthornis magnaFeb. 16, 2008
Nelson Falls, Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers NP, TAS

WeebillSmicrornis brevirostrisMay. 16, 2007
Watson, ACT

White-throated GerygoneGerygone albogularisOct. 11, 2008
Apple Tree Bay, Ku-ring Gai NP, NSW

Striated ThornbillAcanthiza lineataMar. 27, 2010
Turon Gates, NSW

Yellow ThornbillAcanthiza nanaMar. 2, 2010
Sugarloaf Pt., Lane Cove NP, NSW

Yellow-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza chrysorrhoaAug. 16, 2007
Watson, ACT

Buff-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza reguloidesMay 9, 2010
Castlereagh Nature Reserve, NSW

Tasmanian ThornbillAcanthiza ewingiiApr. 6, 2007
Lake St. Clair, TAS

Brown ThornbillAcanthiza pusillaOct. 11, 2008
Apple Tree Bay, Ku-ring Gai NP, NSW

Spotted PardalotePardalotus punctatusSep. 18, 2007
Black Mountain, ANBG, ACT

Striated PardalotePardalotus striatusNov. 15, 2007
Parliament House, ACT

Eastern SpinebillAcanthorhynchus tenuirostrisFeb. 13, 2007
Black Mountain, ANBG, ACT

Lewin's honeyeaterMeliphaga lewiniiMay , 2009
Mitchell Park, NSW

Yellow-faced honeyeaterLichenostomus chrysopsSep. 8, 2007
Jerrabomberra Wetlands, ACT

White-eared HoneyeaterLichenostomus leucotisApr. 13, 2007
Waston, ACT

Yellow-tufted HoneyeaterLichenostomus melanopsOct. 11, 2009
Ku-ring Gai NP, NSW

Grey-headed HoneyeaterLichenostomus keartlandiFeb. 27, 2009
Mutitjulu Waterhole, Uluru, NT

Fuscous HoneyeaterLichenostomus fuscusFeb. 21, 2010
Longneck Creek, Scheyville NP, NSW

White-plumed HoneyeaterLichenostomus penicillatusDec. 7, 2008
Canterbury, NSW

Bell MinerManorina melanophrysMay 14, 2009
Yellomundee, NSW

Noisy MinerManorina melanocephalaMar. 8, 2007
Watson, ACT

Yellow-throated MinerManorina flavigulaMar. 1, 2009
Glen Helen, NT

Spiny-cheeked HoneyeaterAcanthagenys rufogularisJune 7, 2008
The Dish, Parkes, NSW

Little WattlebirdAnthochaera chrysopteraApr. 9, 2007
Devonport, TAS

Red WattlebirdAnthochaera carunculataDec. 6, 2006
Black Mountain, ACT

Scarlet HoneyeaterMyzomela sanguinolentaFeb. 21, 2010
Longneck Creek, Scheyville NP, NSW

Crescent HoneyeaterPhylidonyris pyrrhopterusMay 4, 2010
Black Mountain, ANBG, ACT

New Holland HoneyeaterPhylidonyris novaehollandiaeDec. 24, 2006
Kangaroo Island, SA

White-cheeked HoneyeaterPhylidonyris nigerMar. 15, 2010
Deep Creek Reserve, NSW

Strong-billed HoneyeaterMelithreptus validirostrisFeb. 15, 2008
Trowunna WP, Mole Creek, TAS

White-naped HoneyeaterMelithreptus lunatusMar. 28, 2010
Turon Gates, NSW

Blue-faced HoneyeaterEntomyzon cyanotisJune 7, 2008
The Dish, Parkes, NSW

Noisy FriarbirdPhilemon corniculatusOct. 6, 2007
Watson, ACT

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikeCoracina novaehollandiaeSep. 8, 2007
Jerrabomberra Wetlands, ACT

White-bellied Cuckoo-shrikeCoracina papuensisMar. 12, 2010
Longneck Creek, Scheyville NP, NSW

Crested Shrike-titFacunculus frontatusFeb. 25, 2010
Longneck Creek, Scheyville NP, NSW

Olive WhistlerPachycephala olivaceaMar. 15, 2010
Deep Creek Reserve, NSW

Golden WhistlerPachycephala pectoralisOct. 11, 2009
Ku-ring Gai NP, NSW

Rufous WhistlerPachycephala rufiventrisFeb. 21, 2010
Longneck Creek, Scheyville NP, NSW

Grey Shrike-thrushColluricincla harmonicaSep. 18, 2007
Black Mountain, ACT

Australasian FigbirdSphecotheres vieillotiOct. 10, 2007
St. Lucia, UQ, QLD

Olive-backed OrioleOriolus sagittatusMay 28, 2009
Mitchell Park, NSW

Dusky WoodswallowArtamus cyanopterusMar. 27, 2010
Glen Davis campground, NSW

Grey ButcherbirdCracticus torquatusAug. 9, 2007
Watson, ACT

Pied ButcherbirdCracticus nigrogularisJune 7, 2008
Gum Swamp, Forbes, NSW

Australian MagpieCracticus tibicenOct. 30, 2006
Black Mountain, ACT

Pied CurrawongStrepera graculinaNov. 16, 2006
Black Mountain, ACT

Black CurrawongStrepera fuliginosaApr. 6, 2007
Lake St. Clair, TAS

Rufous FantailRhipidura RufifronsMar. 13, 2010
Bola Creek, Royal NP, NSW

Grey FantailRhipidura albiscapaSep. 8, 2007
Jerrabomberra Wetlands, ACT

Willie WagtailRhipidura leucophrysJul. 25, 2007
Lyneham, ACT

Australian RavenCorvus coronoidesMay 6, 2007
Fisher, ACT

Torresian CrowCorvus orruFeb. 28, 2009
Kings Canyon, NT

Black-faced MonarchMonarcha melanopsisFeb. 21, 2010
Longneck Creek, Scheyville NP, NSW

Magpie LarkGrallina cyanoleucaMar. 8, 2007
Watson, ACT

Australian Reed-WarblerAcrocephalus australisFeb. 19, 2010
Eastern quality control pond, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW

Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxenaSep. 8, 2007
Jerrabomberra Wetlands, ACT

Fairy MartinPetrochelidon arielFeb. 25, 2010
Pitt Town Lagoon, NSW

Bassian ThrushZoothera lunulataJun. 17, 2007
Black Mountain, ANBG, ACT

Common BlackbirdTurdus merulaNov. 19, 2006
Cook, ACT

Zebra FinchTaeniopygia guttataFeb. 27, 2009
Uluru, NT

Double-barred FinchTaeniopygia bichenoviiFeb. 25, 2010
Longneck Creek, Scheyville NP, NSW

Red-browed FinchNeochmia temporalisFeb. 13, 2007
Black Mountain, ANBG, ACT

Painted FinchEmblema pictumFeb. 27, 2009
Uluru, NT