We too had a good day in the valley yesterday.
At least three nesting Banded Lapwings, close by the Ground Cuckoo-shrikes.
Plumheaded Finches in a couple of locations. Dollarbirds, Pallid Cuckoos and
Koels all back. (Black-eared Cuckoo at Abberton a few days ago).
We had two encounters with Black Falcons yesterday. Firstly, before lunch,
not far from Forest Hill, and then an hour or so later north of Lake
Clarendon, where they were harassing a Wedge-tailed Eagle, as Jill
mentioned. Only 7or 8 km and one hour apart, probably the same pair.
The Curlew Sandpiper at Lake Atkinson was hanging around with a group of ten
or so Sharp-tailed Sandpipers. A few Marsh Sandpipers were strung out
around the lake. I didn't see the Pacific Golden Plover, but I've got
records of them at both Clarendon and Atkinson. We saw three tern spp at
Lake Atkinson, Whiskered, Gull-billed and Caspian.
The garden list at Abberton ended up at 107 spp for September, our best
September list to date. Of course, some birds that missed the list turned up
today, 1st October!
It's a great start to spring!
Bill Jolly
"Abberton",
Lockyer Valley, Queensland.
Visit our website at http://www.abberton.org
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Ph: (+61) 7 4697 6111 Fax: (+61) 7 4697 6056
-----Original Message-----
From:
Behalf Of jilldening
Sent: Tuesday, 1 October 2002 10:40 AM
To: birding-aus
Cc: Ivan & Joyce Fien; Trevor Ford
Subject: Birding SEQ 30.9.02
Hi everyone,
The list below proves that I am capable of looking at birds other than
terns, and I can make tick lists. Yesterday I took a day off and went
birding with my husband, James Hall, and friends Ivan and Joyce Fien. The
list below (94 species) takes in birds seen between Kilcoy, which is the
hinterland of the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast and our destination, the
Lockyer Valley. We did so enjoy the day. Personal highlights were the Ground
Cuckoo-Shrike and a Marsh Tern in splendid breeding plumage. The Marsh Tern
is a bird I seldom see, and this was the first time I have ever had the
pleasure of admiring from close quarters its magnificent breeding plumage.
We met up with Jolly Bill Jolly (lovely to see you again, Bill). Bill led us
to the Ground Cuckoo-Shrike, plus a few others, before we went our separate
ways. It was a working day for Bill, who was guiding a couple of US
visitors. I puzzled over a distant plover on mud at Atkinson Dam, and it
looked to me through the atmospheric distortion and the scope like a Pacific
Golden Plover very much in non-breeding plumage. Otherwise it would have had
to be something unusual. I was out of habitat myself, and wasn't sure if
this was a normal sighting. Comment, Bill? After you left we found the
Black-tailed Godwit and the Red-necked Stint, but couldn't find the Curlew
Sandpiper you had mentioned. We had a rippingly spectacular display when a
Wedge-tailed Eagle was the target of two Black Falcons and a Whistling Kite,
repeatedly soaring, then stooping to the earth-bound eagle.
List appears below. I use an old list, so there might be some old
nomenclature.
Cheers,
Jill
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
Great Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Australian Darter Anhinga melanogaster
Pacific Heron Ardea pacifica
White-faced Heron Ardea novaehollandiae
Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
Great Egret Ardea alba
Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
Black Swan Cygnus atratus
Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
Grey Teal Anas gibberifrons
Hardhead Aythya australis
Maned (Wood) Duck Chenonetta jubata
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus notatus
Whistling Kite Milvus sphenurus
White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster
Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
Marsh Harrier Circus approximans
Black Falcon Falco subniger
Brown Falcon Falco berigora
Australian (Nankeen) Kestrel Falco cenchroides
Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophora
Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor
####Lesser Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica (Not 100% sure on this
one)
Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
Black-fronted Plover Charadrius (Elseyornis) melanops
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
Latham's (Japanese) Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
Gull -billed Tern Sterna nilotica
Feral Pigeon* Columba livia
Spotted Turtle Dove* Streptopelia chinensis
Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
Crested Pigeon Geophaps lophotes
Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
Cockatiel Leptolophus hollandicus
Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus
Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
Forest Kingfisher Todirhampus (Halcyon) macleayii
Sacred Kingfisher Todirhampus (Halcyon) sancta
Dollar Bird Eurystomus orientalis
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
Fairy Martin Hirundo ariel
Richard's Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
Ground Cuckoo-shrike Coracina maxima
Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
Willy Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis
Clamorous Reed-warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
Little Grassbird Megalurus gramineus
Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
Red-backed Fairy Wren Malurus melanocephalus
Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
House Sparrow* Passer domesticus
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Common Mynah* Acridotheres tristis
Figbird Sphecotheres viridis
Australian Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
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'
Ph (07) 5494 0994
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