Hi All,
On Tuesday last week I spent the day and evening up at Lamington NP, birding
and spotlighting. Turned up a few good things, with some good birds and a few
good mammals as well.
I started out down Duck Creek Rd (with a 4WD this time) and picked up
Red-browed Treecreeper, Black-faced Monarch and a pair of Yellow-tailed
Black-Cockatoos with a begging youngster. At Shepard's Lookout turned up the
female Spotted Quail-Thrush who gave good views.
Up at O'Reilly's there was still a male Rose Robin singing, but only the one
Regent Bowerbird (a female) which surprised me; I thought there might still be
a couple of males around. Along the Border Track there was Green Catbird, a
single female Paradise Riflebird and Noisy Pitta, but nothing else out of the
ordinary.
After dark it was off down Duck Creek Rd again for some spotlighting. Turned up
a couple of Sugar Gliders and some good frogs including Tusked Frog (Adelotus
brevis) and Great Barred Frog (Mixophyes fasciolatus). Southern Boobook was the
only nocturnal bird recorded. I was hoping I might turn up a Masked or Sooty
Owl, but no luck.
Highlight for the day (and night) was on the way back down the mountain when a
Brush-tailed Phascogale ran across the road, not far past Cainbable. I stopped
and got fantastic views of this very elusive mammal, scurrying around the
branches of a tree. A great end to the day.
Good birding!
Nick Leseberg
Tropical Birding
www.tropicalbirding.com
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