Folks
We collectively notched up 298 species within 250 km of Toowoomba over Winter.
Details at the link below. Any retrospective sightings to fill the gaps are
welcome.
www.toowoombabirdobservers.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1656
Doing it all again this Spring (1 Sep-30 Nov) and again invite you to chip in.
http://www.toowoombabirdobservers.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=57
As at 25/10, 249 spp have been reported:
http://www.toowoombabirdobservers.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1769
With the BQ twitchathon just finished, the NSW one coming up, and just over a
month left, should be able to compile an impressive list so let's set the bar
at 350 spp and see how we go.
Current "Wanted List" is maintained at:
http://www.toowoombabirdobservers.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1764
and given below for your convenience:
Little Penguin
Hoary-headed Grebe
Wandering Albatross
Black-browed Albatross
Yellow-nosed Albatross
Shy Albatross
Southern Giant Petrel
Northern Giant Petrel
Cape Petrel
Snow Petrel
Great-winged Petrel
Tahiti Petrel
Providence Petrel
Kermadec Petrel
White-necked Petrel
Gould's Petrel
Black-winged Petrel
Fairy Prion
Black Petrel
Streaked Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Buller's Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Hutton's Shearwater
Fluttering Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
Australian Gannet
Masked Booby
Brown Booby
Great Frigatebird
Lesser Frigatebird
Eastern Reef Egret
Black Bittern
Australasian Bittern
Freckled Duck
Radjah Shelduck
Green Pygmy-goose
Black-breasted Buzzard
Letter-winged Kite
Spotted Harrier
Grey Goshawk
Red Goshawk
Australian Hobby
Grey Falcon
Stubble Quail
Red-backed Button-quail
Black-breasted Button-quail
Red-chested Button-quail
Little Button-quail
Pale-vented Bush-hen
Australian Spotted Crake
Australian Bustard
Australian Painted Snipe
South Island Pied Oystercatcher
Sooty Oystercatcher
Banded Stilt
Bush Stone-curlew
Oriental Pratincole
Grey Plover
Ringed Plover
Double-banded Plover
Lesser Sand Plover
Greater Sand Plover
Little Curlew
Lesser Yellowlegs
Wood Sandpiper
Wandering Tattler
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Pectoral Sandpiper
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Ruff
Red-necked Phalarope
Brown Skua
Pomarine Jaeger
Arctic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Pacific Gull
Kelp Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Sabine's Gull
Lesser Crested Tern
Roseate Tern
Black-naped Tern
White-fronted Tern
Common Tern
Little Tern
Bridled Tern
Sooty Tern
White-winged Black Tern
Black Noddy
Common Noddy
Grey Ternlet
White Tern
Brush Bronzewing
Squatter Pigeon
Diamond Dove
Superb Fruit-Dove
Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove
Pied Imperial-Pigeon
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Glossy Black-Cockatoo
Long-billed Corella
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Musk Lorikeet
Little Lorikeet
Double-eyed Fig-Parrot
Turquoise Parrot
Swift Parrot
Budgerigar
Ground Parrot
Superb Parrot
Oriental Cuckoo
Brush Cuckoo
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Black-eared Cuckoo
Sooty Owl
Masked Owl
Eastern Grass Owl
Eastern Barn Owl
Powerful Owl
Barking Owl
Southern Boobook
Spotted Nightjar
White-throated Nightjar
Australian Swiftlet
Fork-tailed Swift
Azure Kingfisher
Blue-winged Kookaburra
Red-backed Kingfisher
Superb Lyrebird
Horsfield's Bushlark
White-backed Swallow
Barn Swallow
Barred Cuckoo-shrike
Cicadabird
White-winged Triller
Varied Triller
Blue Rock Thrush
Common Blackbird
Brown Songlark
White-eared Monarch
Satin Flycatcher
Shining Flycatcher
Scarlet Robin
Red-capped Robin
Flame Robin
Hooded Robin
Pale-yellow Robin
Crested Bellbird
Olive Whistler
White-browed Babbler
Spotted Quail-thrush
Red-backed Fairy-wren
Southern Emu-wren
Eastern Bristlebird
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren
Buff-rumped Thornbill
Inland Thornbill
Chestnut-rumped Thornbill
Fairy Gerygone
Western Gerygone
Mangrove Gerygone
Southern Whiteface
Crimson Chat
Red-browed Treecreeper
Mistletoebird
Dusky Honeyeater
Black Honeyeater
Pied Honeyeater
Singing Honeyeater
New Holland Honeyeater
White-fronted Honeyeater
Striped Honeyeater
Painted Honeyeater
Regent Honeyeater
Bell Miner
Masked Woodswallow
White-browed Woodswallow
Black-faced Woodswallow
Little Woodswallow
Spotted Bowerbird
Nutmeg Mannikin
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
European Goldfinch
Cheers
Mick Atzeni
TBO Forum administrator
www.toowoombabirdobservers.org.au
0458 9489 55
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