I've just returned from 6 days on the Sunshine Coast and surrounds in SE
Queensland - surveying a cane farm for 4 days and loafing about in the
Conondales for about 1.5 days. It's tough, but someone has to do it!
We stayed at Golden Beach in Caloundra and spent long days out at the
site, but still managed to see a few things around Caloundra. I've seen
Jill Dening's postings on the multiple thousands of terns that roost on
the Caloundra sandbanks, but was still gobsmacked when I saw them even
from a distance!
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GOLDEN BEACH AREA, CALOUNDRA, SUNSHINE COAST, SE QLD.
11-15/02/2003
Lawrie Conole
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Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
Striated Heron Butorides striatus
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
Crested Tern Sterna bergii
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Little Tern Sterna albifrons
White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
*Spotted Turtle-Dove Streptopelia chinensis
Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus
Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
Mangrove Gerygone Gerygone levigaster
Brush Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis
Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti
Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
Torresian Crow Corvus orru
*House Sparrow Passer domesticus
*Nutmeg Mannikin Lonchura punctulata
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
*Cane Toad Bufo marinus
48 species
The study site basically comprised about >80% of horribly degraded
sugarcane paddocks, but had some lovely riparian Melaleuca/rainforest
remnants, and some regrowth wet heath - typical "wallum" country I
suppose. Lots of very nice things there, including Bush-hen, Red-backed
Button-quail and Oriental Cuckoo - all birds I haven't seen for well
more than a decade. Southern Emu-wren here is close to northern range
edge, and definitely of State significance. The federally listed
Olongburra or Wallum Sedge Frog (Litoria olongburensis) is National
siggo stuff, and a very beautiful little frog. Excellent wallum and
rainforest fauna for such a fragmented area.
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CANE FARM AREA NEAR PALMVIEW CONSERVATION PARK, B/T BUDERIM & CALOUNDRA,
SUNSHINE COAST, SE QLD.
11-15/02/2003
Lawrie Conole
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Australian Brush-turkey Alectura lathami
Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophora
Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
Great Egret Ardea alba
Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia
Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
Black Kite Milvus migrans
Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis
Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus
Brown Falcon Falco berigora
Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
Bush-hen Amaurornis olivaceus
Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla
Red-backed Button-quail Turnix maculosa
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Brown Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia amboinensis
Peaceful Dove Geopelia striata
Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
Superb Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus superbus
Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus regina
Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus
Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
Little Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx minutillus
Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus
Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti
Red-backed Fairy-wren Malurus melanocephalus
Southern Emu-wren Stipiturus malachurus
Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
Yellow-throated Scrubwren Sericornis citreogularis
White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostris
Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki
White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
Brush Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops
White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis
Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris nigra
Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
Dusky Honeyeater Myzomela obscura
Scarlet Honeyeater Myzomela sanguinolenta
Pale-yellow Robin Tregellasia capito
Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus
Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera
Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
Little Shrike-thrush Colluricincla megarhyncha
Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
Spectacled Monarch Monarcha trivirgatus
Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons
Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis
Cicadabird Coracina tenuirostris
Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti
White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
Torresian Crow Corvus orru
Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
Australian Pipit Anthus australis
Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii
Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
Australian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus australis
Tawny Grassbird Megalurus timoriensis
Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus
Northern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon macrourus
Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus
Black Flying-fox Pteropus alecto
Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus
*Dingo and Dog Canis lupus
*Cat Felis catus
*Brown Hare Lepus capensis
Ornate Burrowing Frog Limnodynastes ornatus
Brown-striped Frog Limnodynastes peronii
Red-backed Toadlet Pseudophryne coriacea
Green Tree Frog Litoria caerulea
Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog Litoria fallax
Olongburra Treefrog Litoria olongburensis
Peron's Tree Frog Litoria peronii
Tyler's Tree Frog Litoria tyleri
*Cane Toad Bufo marinus
Frilled Lizard Chlamydosaurus kingii
Eastern Two-line Dragon Diporiphora australis
Eastern Water Dragon Physignathus lesueurii
Lace Monitor Varanus varius
Eastern Water-skink Eulamprus quoyii
129 species
After finishing there a little sooner than expected, we decamped to
Kenilworth in the Conondales for a bit of R&R before heading back south
on Sunday night. While I was expecting to be "in the area", I hadn't
expected to be right there with time to burn, so I had no info at all
with me about where to find the mythical Black-breasted Button-quail.
Still I gave it a red hot go, and though finding lovely sets of BBBQ
platelets in dry vine scrub by the Little Yabba Creek, I also found
multitudinous campers there and dipped out. On Sunday though I followed
the botanist about and discovered another rather nice BBBQ area - where
I at last saw one BBBQ [lifer #2]. The night before I'd seen a
Spot-tailed Quoll just near there on my way back from seeing Marbled
Frogmouth [lifer #1] up on the range - two Australian bird lifers in one
trip is something I haven't done for many years.
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KENILWORTH - CONONDALES AREA, SE QLD.
15-16/02/2003
Lawrie Conole
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Australian Brush-turkey Alectura lathami
Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
Grey Teal Anas gracilis
Hardhead Aythya australis
Darter Anhinga melanogaster
Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
Great Egret Ardea alba
Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
Black-breasted Button-quail Turnix melanogaster
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Brown Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia amboinensis
Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
Peaceful Dove Geopelia striata
Wompoo Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus magnificus
Superb Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus superbus
Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus regina
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus
Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
Little Lorikeet Glossopsitta pusilla
Australian King-Parrot Alisterus scapularis
Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
Australian Koel Eudynamys cyanocephala
Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
Marbled Frogmouth Podargus ocellatus
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus
Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti
Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
Yellow-throated Scrubwren Sericornis citreogularis
Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostris
Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
Bell Miner Manorina melanophrys
Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii
Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops
White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis
White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
Dusky Honeyeater Myzomela obscura
Scarlet Honeyeater Myzomela sanguinolenta
Pale-yellow Robin Tregellasia capito
Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
Logrunner Orthonyx temminckii
Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus
Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis
Spectacled Monarch Monarcha trivirgatus
Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
Cicadabird Coracina tenuirostris
Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti
Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
Torresian Crow Corvus orru
Green Catbird Ailuroedus crassirostris
Regent Bowerbird Sericulus chrysocephalus
Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
*House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
Russet-tailed Thrush Zoothera heinei
Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus
Spotted-tailed Quoll Dasyurus maculatus
Northern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon macrourus
Rufous Bettong Aepyprymnus rufescens
Whiptail Wallaby Macropus parryi
Red-legged Pademelon Thylogale stigmatica
*Dingo and Dog Canis lupus
*Red Deer Cervus elaphus
Great Barred Frog Mixophyes fasciolatus
Green Tree Frog Litoria caerulea
Peron's Tree Frog Litoria peronii
Leaf-green Tree Frog Litoria phyllochroa
*Cane Toad Bufo marinus
Lace Monitor Varanus varius
Blue-speckled Forest-skink Eulamprus murrayi
White-crowned Snake Cacophis harriettae
99 species
Altogether between Caloundra and Kenilworth over 6 days I recorded 154
species of birds, 7 reptiles, 11 amphibians and 13 mammals. With all
that to look at, I decided to studiously ignore the butterflies (though
keeping an eye open for the federally listed Richmond Birdwing .....).
Lots of fun to be had in SE Queensland - hoping to be back again later
in the year.
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Lawrie Conole
Senior Ecologist
Ecology Australia Pty. Ltd.
Flora and Fauna Consultants
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