After a week of the Big Aussie Bird Count, which this year I did entirely from home (mostly due to COVID), I managed to complete 21 twenty-minute surveys, with a total of 785 individual birds counted and 46 species seen from my house!

Here's the list in alphabetical order:

Australian Magpie
Australian Raven
Australian White Ibis
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Black-shouldered Kite
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Collared Sparrowhawk
Common Blackbird
Common Bronzewing
Common Myna
Crested Pigeon
Crimson Rosella
Dusky Woodswallow
Eastern Rosella
Galah
Grey Fantail
Grey Shrike-thrush
House Sparrow
Little Raven
Long-billed Corella
Masked Lapwing
Musk Lorikeet
New Holland Honeyeater
Pied Currawong
Rainbow Lorikeet
Red Wattlebird
Red-browed Finch
Rock Dove
Rufous Whistler
Silvereye
Spotted Dove
Spotted Pardalote
Straw-necked Ibis
Striated Pardalote
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Superb Fairy-wren
Tree Martin
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Welcome Swallow
Whistling Kite
White-faced Heron
Yellow Thornbill
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Yellow-faced Honeyteater
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo

#Castlemaine #Birds #Birdlist #Djaara

As of today, the waterway will be known by its traditional Aboriginal name, Larni Barramal Yaluk, which means "home of the emu creek". .. "The term 'Jim Crow' has its origins in racial segregation and anti-black racism and is therefore unacceptable," ... "Larni Barramal Yaluk … reconnects the landscape with Dja Dja Wurrung culture and language."

#DjaDjaWurrung #Djaara

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-11/jim-crow-creek-hepburn-renamed-larni-barramal-yaluk/102332598

#Introduction
I'm Dino Cevolatti (he/him/they/them): Partner, Father, Brother, Friend, Teacher, Learner, Listener, Guitarist, Role-player

I'm a Learning Specialist, Head of Science and Teacher of Physics, and Science at Castlemaine Secondary College in Victoria on Dja Dja Wurrung (Djaara) Country

I listen to, play and record a range of mostly instrumental, atmospheric improvisational guitar music including with my band Make-Shift but more recently on my own

I spend a lot of time listening to and watching nature including Birds, Butterflies, Clouds, Trees, Wildflowers, and Rocks

I am often obsessed with fantasy/sci-fi/role-playing games (e.g., D&D)

I hope for a more sustainable, equitable, and inclusive society

I will post mostly about;
#Education #Science #Physics #Music #Guitar #RPG
#Castlemaine #DjaDjaWurrung #Djaara #Jarra #Country