I managed to to a bit of casual bird observing while on a bushwalk with
some friends up Logan's Ridge on Mt Barney on the Qld side of the NSW
border. As I was driving in, I saw a spotted harrier on the western
side of Beaudesert and a large quail dropping into the side of the
grass on the way into Barney View. We also came across a peregrine at
the 1000m mark [not far from the base of the east face).
The quail/button quail I saw that had me wondering were around the 400
metre level on the lower slopes of Mt Barney - you would describe it
as a eucalypt woodland / dry schlerophyll forest with a moderate
scattering of shrubs. We flushed two quail as we were passing along
the crest of a ridge - one flushed a few seconds before the other.
They didn't look particularly small, they didn't have a noisy flight,
they flew fairly direct and low, and I had the impression that one had
a rufous chest.
Does that ring any bells for the quail gurus?
Regards, Laurie.
PS, for those of you who are wondering, Logan's ridge entails a fair
bit of rock scrambling on a 1000 metre climb. It was the route of the
first whitefella ascent of Mt Barney in the 19th century and scared the
excrement out of Captain Logan's companions.
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