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Birdline North Queensland
Published sightings for the week ending 6 Oct 2013.
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Beach Stone-curlew
Kewarra Beach 1' Cell
Beach Stone-curlew (1) Whilst swimming at Kewarra Beach; curlew flew from Taylor Point direction, past me and landed near the southern end of Clifton Beach.
Luke Jackson (2757)
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| Wed 2 Oct
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Blue Faced Finch
Jullaten
One adult female, one juvenile. Eight hours searching!
Trevor Lumb
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Australian Little Bittern
Tyto Wetlands, Ingham
Two Australian Little Bittern in Tyto this morn. Males. First feeding near hide, quick flight 4metres into scleria; second 70metres away seen briefly from lookout (several recent sightings same general area). 99.9% sure of two birds, not one bird seen twice. Picture: not today but typical recent sighting from lookout.
Tony Ashton
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| Tue 1 Oct
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Barking Owl
Townsville Town Common Conservation Park
Single bird seen high in a tree about 40 metres in from the road on the right about 200 metres past the Payet's Observation Deck car park.
Ian Boyd and others on BirdLife Townsville outing
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| Mon 30 Sep
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Swinhoe's Snipe, Baillon's Crake,
Mount Isa Sewage Ponds
Both species seen at small wetland outside the south-easten corner of Sewage Treatment Plant. Second record of Swinhoe's Snipe from Mount Isa region this year--watched in the open for some minutes before it moved into grass--percieved slighly shorter tail than Latham's, and locality basis for identification.
Niel Bruce
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| Sat 28 Sep
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Noisy Pitta, Cicadabird
Magnetic Island
Two-day survey around Horseshoe Bay, Nelly Bay, Picnic Bay and Gustav creek on Magnetic Island as part of a university student fieldtrip.
Noisy Pitta (1) Gustav Creek
Cicadabird (1) Vine thickets near horseshoe bay
Channel-billed Cuckoos and Pied Imperial Pigeons are quite common on the island as well.
Stanley Tang
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