Thanks Nick
For the record, could you please describe the current state of Duck
Creek Road. Are there any genuinely difficult bits on it or is it
just a bit rough?
Regards, Laurie.
On 18/02/2012, at 9:05 PM, Nick Leseberg wrote:
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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