Where to See Birds in Victoria

Where to See Birds in Victoria features the very best places in Victoria for seeing birds. Despite being Australia's smallest mainland state, its varied landscapes provide habitat for more than 500 bird species. It is without question one of Australia's best-kept birding secrets.
Compiled, written and photographed by a dedicated team from Birds Australia (Vic), this guide features over 40 destinations throughout Victoria, including such classic birding spots as Wyperfeld, Hattah-Kulkyne, Little Desert, Chiltern, Mount Pilot, Terrick Terrick, the Grampians, Croajingolong, Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula, the Otway Ranges, Wilsons Promontory and Mount Buffalo, as well as many places in and around Melbourne and along the coast.
Where to See Birds in Victoria provides information on how to get to each destination, what facilities and accommodation to expect and, importantly, precisely where to look for those special or rare birds. The book also provides a comprehensive and up-to-date list of birds, with the degree of rarity and where to see it noted for each species. So, for Victorians and visitors to the state, the secret is out. What better way to see some wonderful places and magnificent wildlife than by using Where to See Birds in Victoria as your guide?

Price: $35 ISBN: 9781741757361 Australian Pub.October 2009, Publisher: ALLEN & UNWIN Imprint: JACANA Subject: Wildlife: birds Pages: 192 Paperback: Edition 1.

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Reviews

Wingspan November 2009

Thirty years have passed since the publication of Roy Wheeler’s The Birds of Victoria and Where to Find Them.  In that time, there have been great changes to the populations of both birds and bird watchers, creating a need for an up to date replacement for Wheeler’s work, long out of print. This book has now arrived in the timely and welcome form of Where to See Birds in Victoria.

The book is brought to life by a large number of superb photographs of both birds and landscapes, taken by a number of very fine photographers.

Part Two of the book, called the Bird Finding Guide, is an annotated list in alphabetical order of all the birds on the Victorian list. These are classified as Common, Moderately Common, Uncommon, Rare or Vagrant. There is a short description of each species’ preferred habitat, followed by a list of the localities covered in Part One, where it is likely to be found. This is a brilliant concept and makes it very easy to pick out at once a likely locality to find a particular bird.


Where To See Birds In Victoria is an attractive, informative, well-researched and much needed book, which will be used by almost every birdwatcher in Victoria and will surely run to many editions. The editing has been expertly done.

I have been birding in Victoria for a very long time but had no idea of the whereabouts and richness of many of the places covered in this book. To me, it is an eye-opener and I suspect that it will be the same for a host of other birdwatchers. This is an intensely practical book, one to be used as well as enjoyed, and I see it having a long and successful presence in the bookshops of Australia.

David Hollands

Author Birds of the Night: Owls, Frogmouths, and Nightjars of Australia and Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of Australia.

Wild March – April 2010

In the potluck game of birdwatching, this book is a welcome find. Compiled by experts, it lists over 40 prime Victorian areas for finding birds. Full colour maps break up the state into easily identifiable bio-regions. The accommodation and direction sections are a bonus. The photography is very high quality, while the bird finding guide caters for the more experienced. A guide to inner Melbourne areas will suit those who can’t travel...
...Combined with a comprehensive field guide, this handy little book will make life a little easier in the often slow and patient art of twitching.

Sam Morley

Contributors: editors, authors, photographers

Contributors
The following people contributed to the production of Where to See Birds in Victoria.

Principle Editor
Tim Dolby

Co-editors
Penny Johns, Sally Symonds

Contibuting Authors
In order of how they appear in the book:

• Tim Dolby
• Rohan Clarke
• Greg Oakley
• Steve Clarke
• Richard Alcorn
• Margaret Alcorn
• John Harris
• Sean Dooley
• Chris Tzaros
• Dean Ingwersen
• Simon Starr
• Stuart Dashper
• Fiona Parkin
• Rob Farnes
• Chris Lester
• Susan Myers
• Tom Fletcher
• Danny Rogers
• Will Steele
• Peter Menkhorst
• Russell Woodfard
• Lawrie Conole
• Marilyn Hewish
• David Plant
• Penny Johns
• Mike Carter
• Steve Davidson
• Wendy Moore
• Sally Symonds
• Nicolas Day
• Tania Ireton
• Martin O'Brien
• Duncan Fraser
• Len Axen

Photographers

• Chris Tzaros
• Dean Ingwersen
• Jonathon Thorntan
• Glenn Ehmke
• Peter Fuller
• Greg Oakley
• Rohan Clarke
• Mike Carter
• Duncan Fraser
• Bob McPherson
• Paul Roadknight
• Tim Dolby

We also acknowledge the work done by Allen & Unwin particularly Louise Egerton and Aziza Kuypers. Thanks also to Peter Menkhorst for his editorial assistance.

Feedback

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This page serves to provide the readers of Where to See Birds in Victoria with the opportunity to provide feedback by identify errors, corrections, or suggested improvements to the book. If you find any please feel free list them in the comments section below. These notes will assist with correcting future editions of the book.

Existing errors that have already been identified include:

1. Pelagic Table: a number of corrections to the text where identified by Chris Lester, the author of the chapter oN seabirds. (It should be noted that these errors did not exist in the original text provided by Chris.)