Hi All,
Today my brother who is disabled (and always interested in those things we
all love birds) and myself went a few kilometres west, north and south of
our home in Queensland to find as many bird species as possible. As my
brother is not restricted physically and has never been birdwatching we
decided our first stop would be at the O'Reilly's Rainforest Guesthouse (on
the way i saw my first lifer for the day a Pheasant Coucal) where we arrived
at 7:32 am and promptly started on a few kilometres of walking. Highlights
at O'Rielly's for me included as always Satin Bowerbirds, Emerald Doves (a
lifer) and Wonga Pigeons. His favourites were Logrunners, King Parrots, and
Australian Brush-Turkey. As we only did the pensioner track twice we were
happy with what we saw and he was happy to feed the birds all though i chose
not to.
After leaving O'Reilly's we decided we would head for Beaudesert where we
saw several species including Brown Falcons, 1 Channel-billed Cuckoo (a
lifer), Brown Quails and Rainbow Bee-eater's. After a few hours in
Beaudesert we headed for Hinze Dam where we saw just about nothing as the
drought has taken a big toll on the dam which is down to 40 something
percent capacity. We did see a single Emerald dove, Whistling kite and a few
other species. Afterwards we looked for Glossy Black-Cockatoos at my no
longer reliable spots. There has been a low number of Glossy Black's seen on
the Gold Coast in the past year and old feeding sites are no longer used in
many parts and i put this down to drought and poor success in producing
Casuarina Cones by the trees themselves. Humans encroachment on the birds
habitat has also played a big role due to the.
After having no success in seeing Glossies i headed for my favourite haunts
near my home in Carrara (Queensland) where we saw plenty more species
including Magpie Geese, Latham's Snipe, Hardhead ducks, an Australian Hobby
and Brahminy Kites. Overall we saw a total of 81 species (more if you can
include unidentified birds) my highest number in one day. I must say that he
and i had a great day of bonding and his favourite species for the day
really made me see that he had fun to. His favourite species was the pair of
Brown Quails trying to cross the road in Beaudesert. Well that's all from me
have fun, a good New Year and keep birding. I think i have a new birding
partner.
Australian Brush-Turkey
Brown Quail
Wandering Whistling-Duck
Australian Wood Duck
Magpie Goose
Hardhead
Pacific Black Duck
Australasian Grebe
Darter
Little Black Cormorant
Australian Pelican
Cattle Egret
Intermediate Egret
Straw-Necked Ibis
Australian White Ibis
Royal Spoonbill
Black-Shouldered Kite
Brahminy Kite
Whistling Kite
Osprey
Wedge-Tailed Eagle
Brown Falcon
Australian Hobby
Dusky Moorhen
Purple Swamphen
Eurasian Coot
Latham?s Snipe
Comb-Crested Jacana
Black-Winged Stilt
Masked Lapwing
Spotted Turtle-Dove
Feral Pigeon
Bar-Shouldered Dove
Brown Cuckoo-Dove
Topknot Pigeon
Emerald Dove (a lifer)
Wonga Pigeon
Crested Pigeon
Galah
Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo
Rainbow Lorikeet
Scaly-Breasted Lorikeet
King Parrot
Crimson Rosella
Channel-billed Cuckoo (a lifer)
Pheasant Coucal (a lifer)
Laughing Kookaburra
Forest Kingfisher
Rainbow Bee-Eater
Dollarbird
Superb Fairy-Wren
White-Browed Scrubwren
Yellow-throated Scrubwren
Brown Thornbill
Striped Honeyeater
Blue-Faced Honeyeater
Noisy Miner
Lewin?s Honeyeater
Brown Honeyeater
Eastern Yellow Robin
Logrunner
Golden Whistler
Willie Wagtail
Black-Faced Cuckoo-Shrike
Figbird
White-Breasted Woodswallow
Pied Butcherbird
Magpie Lark
Australian Magpie
Pied Currawong
Australian Raven
Green Catbird
Satin Bowerbird
Red-Browed Finch
Mistletoebird
Welcome Swallow
Fairy Martin
Clamorous Reed-Warbler
Silvereye
Common Starling
Common Myna
Yours Sincerely
Mr Jade Welch
Gold Coast,
Queensland
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