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Hi Birding-aussers, took Martin Wells from
Yorkshire down to Sherwood Arboretum this morning to look primarily for Little
Bittern & crakes. Sherwood Arboretum is a riverside wetland/parkland oasis
just 6.5 kilometres SW of the Brisbane CBD.
Martin particularly wanted to see Baillon's Crake
which is often to be seen here in some numbers, he dipped. He was concentrating
on the spot where I often find Little Bittern when up one popped under his nose
flying from one lilypad clump to another & he missed it! However all was not
lost as there was plenty of other stuff on hand, he was most impressed with
closeup views of his first Channel-billed Cuckoo feeding on figs, he hadn't
realised just how big they are.
Little Lorikeets were by far the most numerous
species there & I had a park tick - a pair of Eastern Whipbirds - in
riverine thicket down by the Brisbane River. The real find of the morning
however was the presence of at least 3 possibly 4 full plumaged male
White-winged Trillers, all in full song for the duration of our stay. The last
time I saw one in this location was in the winter of 1991. I've also had them
breeding in the late ' 90s at Bald Hills north Brisbane. It must be getting
pretty dry in the mid west that plus overdone land clearing.
We spent 3 hours there, toting up 53 species, many
of them new for Martin. Some of the local birders who haven't seen the triller
in SEQ might want to get there and see them, they're not easy to miss and are
located on the three islands within the two lagoons. I was expecting to show
Martin Varied Triller, which I have seen there but will have to wait for the
another time & place. Full species list below;
Australian Wood
Duck Striated
Pardalote
Hardhead Little
Friarbird
Pacific Black
Duck Striped
Honeyeater
Australasian
Grebe Noisy
Miner
Little Black
Cormorant Scarlet
Honeyeater
Intermediate
Egret Brown
Honeyeater
Australian White
Ibis Eastern
Whipbird
Royal
Spoonbill Grey
Shrike Thrush
Brahminy
Kite Willie
Wagtail
Baillon's
Crake
Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike
Dusky
Moorhen
White-winged Triller
Purple
Swamphen
Olive-backed Oriole
Eurasian
Coot
Figbird
Spotted Turtle
Dove White-breasted
Woodswallow
Feral
Pigeon
Grey Butcherbird
Crested
Pigeon
Pied Butcherbird
Galah
Magpie Lark
Little
Corella
Australian Magpie
Rainbow
Lorikeet Pied
Currawong
Scaly-breasted
Lorikeet Torresian
Crow
Little
Lorikeet
Mistletoebird
Pale-headed
Rosella
Welcome Swallow
Common
Koel
Fairy Martin
Channel-billed
Cuckoo
Australian Reed Warbler
Pheasant
Coucal
Silvereye
Sacred
Kingfisher
Common Mynah
Dollarbird
Cheers - Paul W.
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