Birdline Central & Southern Queensland Weekly Update

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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