Birdline Central & Southern Queensland Weekly Update

Birdline Central & Southern Queensland

Published sightings for the week ending 22 Sep 2013.

Sun 22 Sep	Dollarbird Dowse Lagoon, Sandgate First of spring here, calling loudly and circling the northern end of the lagoon Ged Tranter
Sat 21 Sep	Freckled Duck Black Duck Hole, Murrumba Downs Fine warm morning with little cloud cover and light winds. Freckled Duck (1) With Pink-eared Ducks on a small island in the middle of the Northernmost pond. Photos taken Julie Sarna (1190)
Sat 21 Sep	Black Breasted Button Quail Ipskip Point One female bird located after much searching early in morning. Trevor Lumb
	Squatter Pigeon Eidsvold - North Burnett Several sightings Greg Roberts
	Ground Cuckoo-shrike Eidsvold - North Burnett Several sightings Greg Roberts
	White-winged Triller, Yellow-billed Spoonbill Samsonvale cemetery and surrounds 3 White-winged Trillers. 2 Females and one male in trees in the car park area. Call heard. Photographed. 1 Yellow-billed Spoonbill in flock of 8 Royal Spoonbills. Photographed. Benjamin and Peter Harms
Fri 20 Sep	Asian Dowitcher Toorbul Beach One bird identified amongst Godwits. Trevor Lumb
Thu 19 Sep	Freckled Duck Monto 1 bird roadside dam Greg Roberts
	Large-tailed Nightjar, White-throated Nightjar Kalpowar Two nightjar species at same site Greg Roberts
	Black Falcon Mundubbera Greg Roberts
	Masked and White-browed Woodswallows 137 Watson Rd Kobble Creek Qld Approximately 50-100 Woodswallows flying fairly-low in north-westerly direction over Kobble Creek (SE Qld) at around 16.30 hrs today (19 September 2013). More Masked than White-browed noted. Tom Tarrant
	White-winged Triller Greens Road Griffin wetlands 3x White-winged Triller (including two singing males) and 2+ Rufous Songlark (also singing) this morning at the end of Greens Road (Griffin), in the scrub around the drying ephemeral wetland. Both species scarce on the coast, but a welcome sign of spring. Andy Jensen
	Pacific Golden Plover Burnett Heads, Bunderberg. This is my full list mangrove honeyeater, wimbrel, eastern curlew, Red necked stint, white tern, sacred kingfisher, white breasted sea eagle and about 4 Golden Plovers only one was in breeding plumage. Jed Knight
Wed 18 Sep	Black necked stork mudgerabah goldcoast was standing out in a open field near highway. watched it dor a while. rare on gold coast Jed Knight
	Square-tailed Kite Moggill Conservation Park One wafting over the tree tops of our property on the edge of the conservation park Rod Gardner
	Beach Stone Curlew (2); Striated Heron (6); Grey-tailed Tattler (8) Amity Point, Stradbroke Island All species observed on the tidal mudflats to the south of the caravan park at low tide today. Mangrove Gerygones and Mangrove Honeyeaters were also about. List for the day up soon. Elliot Leach; Louise Ashton
	Russet-tailed Thrush Cooloola NP, Bymien-Lake Poona Track Seen well in good light on the walking track 600m from picnic area. Walked in front of us for 50 metres. Ivor Preston & Karen Doyle
	Black-breasted Buttonquail Inskip Point Male & Female observed in mid afternoon beside the walking track, 50m north of the carpark. Ivor Preston & Karen Doyle
	Dollarbird Macleay Island Two Dollarbirds seen early this morning at Pat's Park end of the Island. Julie Sarna
Tue 17 Sep	King Quail Lake Sampson Vale Five birds flushed with one positive ID. Trevor Lumb
Fri 6 Sep	Crimson Rosella Canara Court, Cranbrook Crimson Rosella (1) Adelaide form. Calling and seen clearly. Janet Robino

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