Birdline North Queensland
Published sightings for the week ending 5 Oct 2014.
Sat 4 Oct Eastern Grass-Owl Cavallaros Road, west of Ingham TNQ
Female Eastern Grass-Owl (Tyto longimembris) spotted at edge of cane
field about 9.30pm. Another seen distantly.
Tony Ashton
Wed 1 Oct Spotted Whistling-Duck Keatings Lagoon Conservation Park,
Cooktown
Two birds present.
Dave Houghton via Keith Fisher
Bar-tailed Godwit Coquette Point
Two Bar-tailed Godwit feeding at sunrise on sand flats. First sighting
for the season.
Yvonne Cunningham
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Coquette Point
Ten Sharp-tailed Sandpiper feeding on sand-flats Coquette Point, near
Innisfail. 1st returns.
Yvonne Cunningham
Tue 30 Sep Rufous Owl Lake Koombooloomba Road, Ravenshoe
Rufous Owl was a by-product of the ( Little Red) Southern Boobook hunt.
Flew in across the moon and settled briefly while Southern Boobook was
being called. Location suggests it to be r. queenslandica but seems
more rufa by coloration and facial markings.
Jean & Paul Newman
Southern Boobook Lake Koombooloomba Road Ravenshoe
Southern Boobook race lurida. Very pleasing result after a long night
of searching for this species. Night birds seemingly very active being
picked up regularly in vehicle lights but hard to pin down. Much credit
goes to our great friend Del Richards for his suggestion to try this
area.
Jean & Paul Newman
Sun 28 Sep Spotless Crake Abattoir Swamp (Julatten)
Single bird flushed from under the boardwalk
Doug Herrington
Sat 27 Sep Little Kingfisher Bamaga--Muddy Bay 10 43S 142 33E 1' Cell,
Queensland, AU
1 Little Kingfisher In same area as seen recently on seaward side,
northern extent of reachable mangroves. Able to get very close at times
(15m) and watched it feeding actively for about 10 minutes while it
stayed comfortable and quite visible at all times. Occasional calls.
Clearly race pusillus (PNG, Torres Strait Islands and extreme north
Cape York) with some blue extended to upper breast but not the broken
blue breast-band of race ramsayi (seen further south in cape York and
across NT and it's islands). At one stage an Azure KF was sitting
happily on the same mangrove prop root. Calls seem to be quite
different when you hear both together.
Rob Reed
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