I have also seen bush stone curlews on a number of occasions over the last few
years in Macintosh
Park in the middle of Main Beach, which was suprising given the high level of
disturbance including
Indy each year.
I would agree the golf courses are one of the few refuges left along the
coastal strip near surfers.
Quoting Charles Hunter <>:
> Hi Damien, agree The Spit is one of the best places.
>
> Pending what time you can get up I reckon your best bet for some
> good birds is a quick trip to Mt. Tamborine. I used to take advantage
> of the fact QLD does not have daylight savings. Leave at 4.15am (QLD
> time) you can be at Mt.Tamborine in around 35 mins and have two hours
> of good birding.
>
> Your other option is to again get up early and get to some of the
> golf courses in the area (before golfing starts) . I was at Palm
> Meadows on the weekend and had a great view of a Night Heron (in
> breeding plumage). Royal Pines is another good spot.
>
> My father was recently staying close to The Spit and saw a Bush
> Stone-curlew early one morning.
>
> Cheers,
> Charles
>
>
> wrote: I am an ecologist working in an offfice in
> surfers, and due to the highly urbanised nature of the
> coatal strip there isnt much habitat left east of the pacific
> motorway. The closest habitat area would
> be the vegetated area along the Spit between the road and the beach.
>
>
> Quoting Damien Farine :
>
> >
> > Hey All,
> > I'll be in Surfers attending a conference Monday to Thursday next
> > week. I'=
> > ve trolled through the archive but there isn't much info on Gold
> > Coast bird=
> > ing spots. Would anyone be able to give some info on some
> locations
> > worth =
> > visiting within half an hour max of Surfers? I'd be interested in
> > checking=
> > out some waders, and maybe catching up with a Jabiru and
> Plum-headed
> > Finch=
> > es.
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> > Damien
> >
> > PS: Perhaps replying to the list might be good, there's info in
> the
> > archive=
> > on Lamington/Binna Burra, but not much on the coast itself.
> >
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