Hi Rob,
GBH turn up at Centenary Lakes from time to time. I used to see up to 4
at a time (2 adults and 2 juveniles), when I was doing bird hazard
management at Cairns Airport. The were usually along the Barron River
and I suspect they were breeding in the mangroves between the river and
the coastline. This area is only about 4km from Centenary Lakes which is
not far as the bird flies. It's great that such a sought after bird can
be found in such a suburban area.
Cheers,
Keith.
Keith& Lindsay Fisher
RN 6 Mount Kooyong Road,
Julatten, QLD 4871
Keith& Lindsay Fisher
Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge
RN 6 Mt. Kooyong Road
Julatten QLD 4871
Ph : (07) 4094 1263
Web Site: www.birdwatchers.com.au
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On 3/11/2011 9:23 PM, robert burgoyne wrote:
The locals would probably know better, but I had GBH at Centenary Lakes in
November 2009. It was just on dusk and as it had started to rain I took cover
in a shelter to put on wet weather gear when the bird landed some 10 metres
away on the grass oblivious to my presence. It was also the eastern most lake
from memory and it acted similarly to your bird moving into the lake and as I
walked towards the road fairly close to the bird (10 metres or less) and it did
not fly (I have seen them in Darwin where I live and they take to the wing very
quickly near human presence).
Cheers, Rob B
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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 16:18:05 +0800
From: John Graff<>
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Subject: [Birding-Aus] Cairns trip report - 28-30 October
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Hi everyone,
Steve Burns, Alan Collins, Mark Newman and I have just returned from a lighting
3 day trip to the Cairns area, organised by Mark. We flew out from Perth on
Thursday night and stayed Friday and Saturday nights at Kingfisher Park, before
returning to Perth late Sunday afternoon. Below is a brief report from the trip
- as always, any comments are welcome. I don't think we had too many unusual
sightings, although a Great-billed Heron showing well at Centenary Lakes may be
a little unusual, and a local we met at the Esplanade suggested the Grey Plover
there was also relatively uncommon. Below is a relatively long report on the
trip
Friday 28th
We arrived at about 4.15am and picked up our first birds in the airport
carpark, including White-breasted Woodswallow. We then headed for the
Esplanade, where we saw Pied Imperial Pigeon, Figbird, Metallic Starling, and
House Sparrow, plus good numbers of waders on the mudflats (these were still a
fair way out though, so we planned to return later). We then headed for
Centenary Lakes. Our first (and probably best) sighting was a Great-billed
Heron on the eastern most lake, initially on the grassy shore, then on some
mangrove roots in the lake - I'm not sure how regularly these are seen here,
but they can be very tricky to get onto so to get one so easily was great! We
added a few more species like Orange-footed Scrubfowl, Yellow Oriole,
Olive-backed Sunbird, Brown-backed and Dusky Honeyeaters, Australian Swiftlet,
and more imperial pigeons overhead. We also saw a Black Bittern which flew over
us near the walking bridge over the main saltwater creek, plus Striated Heron
and
Bu
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