Hello everyone,
This posting is about a birding place at Mt Kilcoy, the southern extremity
of the Conondale Ranges, 85km NW of Brisbane as the crow flies. It is a
2000 acre private cattle property and the owner is interested in birds, and
welcomes, at his convenience, natural history groups or individual birders.
I went there with my husband, James Hall, yesterday, in response to a
report about the presence of Indian Mynas. The report was correct.
Owner: David and Jo McCowan
Phone: (07) 5498 1220
Email:
David is an interesting and interested fellow, and wants to learn more
about the birds he has on his property. He is interested in just about
anything environmental. We did a two or three hour circuit yesterday
morning, and came up with a list of 58 birds. There are many common birds
missing from the list, birds which would certainly occur there. The land is
hilly, cleared for grazing, with dams. A couple of hundred metres behind
the house and well secluded there is a flat creekside grassy area suitable
for camping. David has not charged for camping in the past, but is
"thinking of it". To date he has been happy with the odd bottle of wine by
way of offering. He enjoys company, and spends much of his time alone on
the property, as his wife works part time in Brisbane, and stays there
during the week (this keeps the farm going).
The creekside camping spot is in casuarina and brush box, and is surrounded
by hilly, timbered country. We didn't see his rainforest areas, but would
not be surprised if he has Black-breasted Button-Quail on the property, or
Eastern Bristlebird - it borders the Conondale National Park.
I am not posting directions to the property, because David does not want
people to arrive unannounced. Besides, his biggest dog, Vandal, is as big
as a small horse, and would deter most spontaneous visitors.
If anyone on this list cares to contact David, please remember that this is
not a commercial operation, and that you will be a guest on a private
property, should you seek to visit.
A list of yesterday's birds follows.
Regards,
Jill
Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae with juveniles
Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
Great Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
White-faced Heron Ardea novaehollandiae
Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
Maned (Wood) Duck Chenonetta jubata with juveniles
Australian (Nankeen) Kestrel Falco cenchroides
Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus
Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cuculus flabelliformis
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus Ja
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
Richard's Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
Willy Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus
Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti
White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea Nesting
Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis Nesting
Bell Miner Manorina melanophrys
Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala Nesting
Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii
Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops
New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris nigra
Scarlet Honeyeater Myzomela sanguinolenta
Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Common Mynah* Acridotheres tristis
Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
Australian Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorhynchus
Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
Torresian Crow Corvus orru
Jill Dening
Sunshine Coast, Qld
26º 51' 152º 56'
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