Birdline Central & Southern Queensland Weekly Update

Birdline Central & Southern Queensland

Published sightings for the week ending 23 Mar 2014.

Sun 23 Mar	Wood Sandpiper Dowse Lagoon, Sandgate. Bird reported yesterday still present until 11.30 today At viewing platform on Western side. David Redhead
	Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Nankeen Night-Heron, Spotless Crake Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve Eastern Yellow Wagtail still showing well. One (or two) adult Nankeen Night-Heron(s) and a Spotless Crake. Nikolas Haass & Raja Stephenson
Sat 22 Mar	Glossy black cockatoo Duck Creek Rd at 28° 12' 06S 153° 06' 11'' E Further to John Weigel's 14/3 #216692 sighting I did a walk along Duck Creek Road and gullies yesterday and sighted 7 glossy's along the ridge line. One group had M & F and juvenile. Second group had two pairs. Also feeding nearby Yellow tail black cockatoos. Present also were Rose Robin (male), and flock of ten Little Lorikeets. No sign of Turquoise parrots despite many km covered. Pete Taylor
	Wood Sandpiper Dowse Lagoon, Sandgate Single bird actively feeding at the northern end of the lagoon today at 12pm, was still there when I left at 1pm. Was on the north-western shoreline, around the same place as last year's wagtail. Ged Tranter
	Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Black Bittern Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve Great looks at both The Eastern Yellow Wagtail and 1-2 Black Bitterns this morning. Rob Morris
Fri 21 Mar	Broad-billed Sandpiper Port of Brisbane Wader Roost - Fishermans Island Still a few birds around today but not, as far as I could tell, in the numbers reported recently. I counted eighteen birds feeding on the mudflats beyond the second hide. A few are starting to colour up a bit. Steve Murray
	Eastern Yellow Wagtail Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve For those who haven't seen this bird yet, it was showing well again today in the third lagoon. Best seen from the narrow peninsula between the second and third lagoons. Steve Murray
Wed 19 Mar	Black Bittern Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve Adult Black Bittern in a tree next to the Paoyrus Bushes where it was reported before. Peter Boyd
Tue 18 Mar	Eastern Yellow Wagtail Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve Observed between 4.30 and 5.00 pm in amongst lily pads in front of the peninsula area of the third lagoon ( as in previous sightings). Kathy R. Clark
	Broad-billed Sandpiper, Pacific Reef-Egret Port of Brisbane Wader Roost - Fishermans Island This morning there was a large flock of approximately 110 and another small flock of 26 Broad-billed Sandpipers (i.e. 136 in total, +/- error). There was also a dark morph Pacific Reef-Egret. See also Mike Bysouth's eBird list: Nikolas Haass, Raja Stephenson, Mike Bysouth, Pat Stockwell
	Grey-tailed Tattler Sandgate Foreshore between 9th and 10th Avenues One (1) Grey-tailed Tattler, 30 Bar-tailed Godwits, 8 Pacific Golden Plovers, 12 Curlew Sandpipers and 2 Red-necked Stints. Anne Burgess
	Eastern Yellow Wagtail Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve Bird still showing well early this morning on far lagoon as viewed from 'peninsula'. Chris Attewell
Mon 17 Mar	Oriental Cuckoo (1) Helidon Spa Golf-course A hepatic bird with extremely golden-brown upper plumage was seen in flight at the north-eastern corner of the site. Michael Wood
	Eastern Yellow Wagtail Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve Seen in area previously reported Rae Clark and Karen Blake
Sun 16 Mar	Broad-billed Sandpiper Port of Brisbane Wader Roost - Fishermans Island 132 present for monthly count by QWSG. QWSG Counters
Sat 15 Mar	Kermadec Petrel, Great-winged Petrel, Tahiti Petrel, Black Noddy, Pomerine Jaeger Southport Pelagic A quiet March trip with 1 dark Kemadec, 2 Great-winged Petrels (gouldi), c20 Tahiti Petrels, 1 Black Noddy, 2-3 Pomerine Jaegers (inc. a fresh adult - see Picture), Wedge-tailed, Flesh-footed & Hutton's Shearwaters, c8 Wilson's Storm Petrels. Rob Morris on the Southport Pelagic organised by Paul Walbridge

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