Birdline North Queensland
Published sightings for the week ending 11 Jul 2010.
Sat 10 Jul Cicadabird Townsville Town Common Conservation Park
not common on the towncommon, usally seen in this area (dry lagoon on
the service road passed jacana hide) a couple of times a year.
Ed Pierce
Tue 6 Jul Square-tailed Kite Lake Mitchell, north of Mareeba
I observed an adult Kite at 11:30 am circling above melaleucas on the
eastern edge of Lake Mitchell. My first local sighting they have been
absent from the Mt. Molloy area this winter.
Del. Richards.
Mon 5 Jul Southern Cassowary Murray Falls, Murray Upper NP
Two separate individuals, both crossing the road close to the creek
crossings; one ran off the other stayed close by for about five minutes.
Niel Bruce
Sun 4 Jul Pied Imperial Pigeon Eacham Rd Yungaburra
one attracted to Alexander Palm fruits at 'On the Wallaby' hostel, and
flying about in the general vicinity, about 1pm. Unusual at this
location and rare anywhere at this time of year
John Grant
White-winged Chough Laroona Station Cell
6-8 birds south of Herveys Range Road, west of Star River. Not a regular
bird this far north.
Alexandra Canton
Wed 30 Jun Grey Falcon Bladensburg National Park, Winton
Sitting low in a small tree beside the main road running beside
Bladensburg. Flew off close to the car when I stopped, but clear view of
front and then wings as it flew.
Elna Kerswell & Beth Snewin
Tue 29 Jun Striated Grasswren Mt. Walker, Hughenden
Seen in spinifex on the Mesa plateau, clear view. About 12 km south of
Hughenden, appears to be at least 200km outside the northern end of its
range.
Elna Kerswell and Beth Snewin
Birdline North Queensland is sponsored by Birds Australia North
Queensland <http://www.birdsaustralianq.org/> and Townsville Region
Bird Observers Club <http://www.trboc.org.au/> and co-ordinated and
hosted by Eremaea Birds <http://www.eremaea.com> .
===============================
To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
send the message:
unsubscribe
(in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
to:
http://birding-aus.org
===============================
|
