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Date: 24 Sep 2012 01:31:00 +1000

Birdline Central & Southern Queensland

Published sightings for the week ending 23 Sep 2012.

Sat 22 Sep White-necked Heron Sherwood Arboretum
White-necked Heron (1) Juvenile, on walkway between the ponds. Photograph taken.
Barbara O'Connor

Sat 22 Sep Common Sandpiper Callipe River Gladstone
Two birds observed foraging along the river bank close to mangroves during wader survey. Birds were on the western bank of the river close to the Mt Larcom Rd bridge at the bottom of the tide.
Brendan Cook

Masked Woodswallow Juff's Crossing, Dayboro
20-30 birds flew over from westerly directions, surprisingly no White-browed Woodswallows identified with them. Coords -27.20628, 152.80815
Tom Tarrant

Fri 21 Sep Painted Honeyeater 67 km west of Goondiwindi
a pair in brigalow
Greg Roberts

Terek Sandpiper, Greenshank Toorbul
Terek Sandpiper (25+) and Greenshank (1) were the Highlights of todays high tide roost at Toorbul along with a good cast of other Waders.
Michael McNaghten

Thu 20 Sep Freckled Duck Currawinya National Park
50+ seen among huge flocks of waterbirds at Lake Wyara
Greg Roberts

White-browed Treecreeper Currawinya National Park
a total of 8 birds at 3 sites - several hundred Crimson Chats and many Pied Honeyeaters seen
Greg Roberts

Pied Honeyeater Bowra Station, Cunnamulla
About 20 at Bowra and another 40 further west at Currawinya National Park
Greg Roberts

Wed 19 Sep Bourke's Parrot Eulo Bore
Birds seen coming into drink on four occasions during visits
Greg Roberts

Chesnut-breasted Quail-Thrush Bowra Station, Cunnamulla
2 birds
Greg Roberts

Black Honeyeater Bowra Station, Cunnamulla
About 100-120 birds seen over four days.... an unusually large number of this species
Greg Roberts

Baillon's Crake Emerald Lakes, Carara
A very conservative total of 11 Baillon's this afternoon with at least 6 birds in one location!
Michael McNaghten

White-headed Pigeons Mt Tamborine Queensland
We see White-headed Pigeons from time to time usually in pairs, but this morning, after not sighting any for a couple of years, a group of 14 arrived and cleaned out a small feeder that's usually enjoyed by a family of Pale-headed Rosellas and the odd Crimson Rosella.
Peter Butler

Tue 18 Sep Spangled Drongo Darling Heights, Toowoomba
A single Spangled Drongo was seen by Darren Fiedler and myself along Handley Street, Toowoomba. Hopefully, its presence is indicative of what is to come. (Still no chanel-billed cuckoos.)
Darren Fielder & Michael Wood

Mon 17 Sep Channel-billed Cuckoo Carindale
Heard at 2:40 am
Sheryl Keates

Sun 16 Sep Turquoise Parrot, Crested Shrike-Tit, Diamond Firetail and White-Browed Babbler Old Wallangarra Road and Hicking Lane, Wyberba (near Girraween National Park)
4 Turquoise Parrot, pair of Crested Shrike-Tit, a lone Diamond Firetail, group of White-Browed Babbler, stacks of Brown Treecreeper and a great mix of other species near the corner of Old Wallangarra Road and Hicking Lane, Wyberba. All seen in an approx 3/4 km stretch of Old Wallangarra Road, except the Diamond Firetail which was a short distance up the lane. Turks were feeding under the thickish cover of tea-trees(?) on the left hand side of Old Wallangarra Road (heading in the direction Wallangarra) close to the lane.
Rob Dougherty

masked owl brookfield
bird rescued and taken to wildife vet
justin watson

Glossy Black Cockatoo Yellowpinch, Mount Barney
Two males and a female feeding in Casuarina above Yellowpinch Reserve, Mt Barney
Stephen & Tessa Blaber

Channel-billed Cuckoo Laidley, SEQ
Single bird calling while flying overhead
Simon Graham

Sat 15 Sep Spotted Quail-Thrush Girraween National Park
Pair calling very well behind the toilet block (on the ridge) at the Bald Rock Creek campsite.
Rob Dougherty

Tawny Grassbird, and Black Honeyeater Garrawilla, Mungindi
Have not seen either of these birds on all my previous visits here
Shirley Grey

Channel-billed Cuckoo Seventeen Mile Rocks, Jindalee
single bird heard calling repetitively at about 4pm
justin Watson

Powerful Owl Toohey Forest
2 adults with immature
Arthur Keates & Magen Pettit

Fri 14 Sep Chestnut-Rumped Heathwren Girraween National Park
4 vocal Chestnut-Rumped Heathwren at the Junction on Bald Rock Creek, Girraween National Park. In low scrub amongst the rocks at the edge of the track, approximately 50 m past the national park sign that identifies? some of the wildlife in the area.
Rob Dougherty

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