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From: "Gold Coast Birds" <>
To:
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Subject:
Gold Coast Birds
Date: Monday, April 21, 2003 6:59 PM
Field trips by the Gold Coast Bird Observers Group
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March/April
March 13th - A short day trip to Hastings Point and Pottsville NNSW (Rain
stopped play). Members present 12. Number of species seen 64 including
Grey-tailed Tattler, Bar-tailed Godwit and Golden Plover.
March 20th - Day trip to Toorbul, Buckleys
Hole-Bribie Island and Nundah. Number of members present - 19.
Number of species seen - 102. Of interest a pair of Brolga at Toorbul, Lesser
and Greater Sand Plovers in partial breeding plumage which aided identification,
a flagged Caspian Tern and the highlight of the day the Laughing Gull -on Bribie
Island (Previously reported on Birding-Aus)
Mar 27 - Day Trip to Beechmont. Members present 11.
Number of species seen 75 including Superb Fruit-dove, Rose-crowned
Fruit-dove, Wompoo Fruit-dove and White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike.
April 1 - 4 Four day trip to the New England
Tablelands - Ebor as base camp. Members present 9. Number of species seen
138 including Forest Raven, Flame Robin, Superb Lyrebird, Scarlet Robin,
Red-browed Treecreeper, Bell Miner, Chough and Brolga.
April 3 - Day trip to Numinbah Valley, Natural Arch
and Chillingham NNSW. Members present 10. Number of species seen 52 including
Golden Whistler, Rufous Fantail, Paradise Riflebird, Green Catbird and
Logrunner.
April 10 - Day trip to Beaudesert area. Members
present 14. Number of species seen 77 including Plum-headed Finch and Plumed
Whistling Duck.
April 17 - Day trip to Tallebudgera valley. Members
present 13. Number of species 69 including Peregrine Falcon.
April 19 - Day trip to Upper Beechmont/Canungra.
Members present 5. No of species 65 including Crested Shrike-tit, Paradise
Riflebird, Green Catbird and Wompoo Fruit-dove
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INDIVIDUAL MEMBER
SIGHTINGS.
March 29 Double-banded Plover - Tweed
Heads.
April 9 White-winged Black Tern in
breeding plumage. Kingscliff NNSW
April 11 Late
Channel-billed Cuckoo at Beaudesert
April 17 Not
quite birding! A member videoed a Carpet Python 'devouring' a Fruit Bat - Gold
Coast
April Three species of
Monarchs present on the Gold Coast this month - Black-faced, Spectacled and
White-eared - the latter is not common on the Coast
Gold Coast Bird Observers Group (B.O.C.A.
Affiliate)
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