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G'day from Bribie Island,
Yesterday, Friday 27 September, the winds were
strong and north-easterly, the most likely combination to produce interesting
seabirds from Bribie (apart from a cyclone!) So I went, with Duncan
Walbridge, for a spot of seawatching from Woorim, hoping to see some shearwaters
or interesting terns. For half an hour, the best bird was a solitary Aus
Gannet, together with the usual amount of Crested Terns. Not the stuff
good seawatches are made of! We were on the point of abandoning the
exercise when things began to happen.
First, a frigatebird appeared, slowly making its
way north. It wasn't clear which species it was at first, but as it came
closer it was clearly a juvenile Lesser Frigatebird. While this was taking
place, over some 10-15 minutes, our concentration had been broken temporarily by
a Masked Booby flying past close to shore. Then, scanning the horizon in
afterglow, we enjoyed a distant Black-browed Albatross making its way north for
a while before returning south.
Three really good species for an hour in September
and an interesting mix.
It's now schoolies week on Bribie. The fires
were raging behind Woolworths and the photographic display in the hide at Kakadu
Beach has been smashed. (Jill D - the plastic front has just been
shattered in a couple of places so it's not too bad. More depressing than
devastating.)
Nothing much to report on the local feeding scene
other than to say that the Noppakow Thai restaurant at Spinnaker Sound, just
before the Bribie bridge, has to be one of the best Thai restaurants
around.
Cheers - Trevor.
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