Hi everyone,
thanks to all who replied to my request for information on Brisbane mangrove
areas and Lamington NP a couple of weeks
ago. I spent a couple of days working where I was lucky enough to meet some
other Birding-aus subscribers and also see
the resisent Queensland Uni Bush Stonecurlews. On the Saturday I had about
three hours to kill waiting for my family to
arrive at the airport and spent it at the mangrove boardwalk at Wynnum and was
very impressed by the spot. The morning
was clear and warm and the birds were very vocal. The Collared Kingfishers
were very evident with the first one being
seen out on the mudflats with the Godwits and Curlews. In the Mangroves both
White-throated and Mangrove Gerygone were
conspicuous by there calls and got good views of both. Also of interest here
was Scarlet Honeyeater, Mistletoebird and
a single Shining Bronze-Cuckoo (do some regularly overwinter here?). I then
moved on to Lota and saw a single Mangrove
Honeyeater and again a number of Mangrove Gerygone. Also here I was lucky
enough to have a Collared Kingfisher and a
Sacred Kinfisher almost on the same branch where I could get a very good
comparison of the two.
On the Monday we drove up to Lamington where we stayed for two nights.
Lamington was a little quiet but got great views
of Logrunner which were very common aroung the Lodge. The Regent and Satin
Bowerbirds are also very common and very
obliging especially if you have some sultanas early in the morning. We also
saw a single Albert's Lyrebird but heard
many more calling through the rainforest. Not many pigeons around at this time
of year but we did see Wonga Pigeon,
Brown Cuckoo-dove and Topknot Pigeon. Fairly complete lists for each area
follow.
Best Wishes
John Boyce
Brisbane area list
Australian Wood Duck
Pacific Black Duck
Australian Pelican
Cattle Egret
Striated Heron
Australian White Ibis
Straw-necked Ibis
Brahminy Kite
Dusky Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Bar-tailed Godwit
Eastern Curlew
Bush Stone-curlew
Pied Oystercatcher
Masked Lapwing
Silver Gull
Caspian Tern
Rock Dove
Spotted Turtle-Dove
Crested Pigeon
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Rainbow Lorikeet
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Little Lorikeet
Pale-headed Rosella
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Laughing Kookaburra
Sacred Kingfisher
Collared Kingfisher
White-throated Treecreeper
Mangrove Gerygone
White-throated Gerygone
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Noisy Miner
Mangrove Honeyeater
Brown Honeyeater
Scarlet Honeyeater
Grey Shrike-thrush
Magpie-lark
Grey Fantail
Willie Wagtail
Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike
Figbird
Grey Butcherbird
Pied Butcherbird
Australian Magpie
Torresian Crow
House Sparrow
Mistletoebird
Welcome Swallow
Fairy Martin
Golden-headed Cisticola
Common Starling
Common Myna
Lamington List
Australian Brush-turkey
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Brown Cuckoo-Dove
Wonga Pigeon
Topknot Pigeon
Australian King-Parrot
Crimson Rosella
Laughing Kookaburra
Albert's Lyrebird
White-throated Treecreeper
Superb Fairy-wren
Spotted Pardalote
Yellow-throated Scrubwren
White-browed Scrubwren
Brown Thornbill
Lewin's Honeyeater
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Eastern Spinebill
Eastern Yellow Robin
Logrunner
Eastern Whipbird
Varied Sittella
Grey Shrike-thrush
Grey Fantail
Grey Butcherbird
Pied Butcherbird
Australian Magpie
Pied Currawong
Torresian Crow
Green Catbird
Regent Bowerbird
Satin Bowerbird
Welcome Swallow
Silvereye
Bassian Thrush
Best Wishes
John Boyce
Department of Microbiology
Monash University
Clayton, 3168
Vic. Australia
phone: work: 9905 4838
home: 9376 6641
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