List of Species for N Qld trip 10-16/1/2005
Orange-footed Scrub-fowl: Kingfisher Park (most days), Centennial Lakes
(16/1).
Brush Turkey: Centennial Lakes (16/1)
Brown Quail: Abbatoir Swamp (11/1) heard (14/1),
Wandering Whistling-Duck: Centennial Lakes (10/1), Yorkeys Knob Lagoon
(10/1), Mt Carbine dam (11/1, 15/1), farm dam, MacDougall Rd, Julatten
(13/1), Mc Dougall Rd 'wetland', Julatten (15/1), Smithfield Sewerage Farm
(16/1)
Australian Wood Duck: Smithfield Sewrage Farm (16/1)
Green Pygmy-Goose: 5 at Yorkeys Knob lagoon (10/1, 16/1)
Black Swan: Lake Mitchell (11/1, 15/1)
Magpie Goose: flying over Hwy near Mareeba (12/1), farm dam, MacDougall
Rd, Julatten (13/1), 1 seen flying overhead from Mt Molloy pub verandah at
sunset (15/1), 4 flying over Captain Cook Hwy near Yorkeys Knob (16/1)
Hardhead: Mt Carbine dam (11/1), Smithfield Sewerage Farm (16/1)
Black Duck: Yorkeys Knob Lagoon (10/1), farm dam, MacDougall Rd, Julatten
(13/1), 'wetland', MacDougall Rd, Julatten (13/1) (15/1), Abbatoir Swamp
(14/1), Mt Carbine dam (15/1), Smithfield Sewerage Farm (16/1)
Great Crested Grebe: Mt Carbine dam (11/1, 15/1)
Australasian Grebe: 1 at Mc Dougall Rd 'Wetland", Julatten (15/1)
Darter: Mt Carbine dam (11/1, 15/1), Lake Mitchell (15/1)
Little Black Cormorant: Centennial Lakes (10/1), Mt Carbine dam (11/1),
Lake Mitchell (11/1), 15/1), farm dam, MacDougall Rd, Julatten (13/1),
'wetland', MacDougall Rd, Julatten (13/1) (15/1), Smithfield Sewerage Farm
(16/1)
Little Pied Cormorant: Mt Carbine dam (11/1, 15/1), Lake Mitchell (11/1)
Black-necked Stork: several at Lake Mitchell (11/1, 15/1), 1 at Mt Carbine
dam (15/1), one flying over Captain Cook Hwy near Mossman (16/1)
Australian Pelican: 1 at Lake Mitchell (15/1)
Great-billed Heron: Mossman River (13/1)
Great Egret: Mangrove boardwalk near Cairns Airport (10/1), Cairns
Esplanade (16/1)
White-faced Heron: Mangrove boardwalk near Cairns Airport (10/1), 1 at Mc
Dougall Rd 'wetland', Julatten (15/1)
Little Egret: Mangrove boardwalk near Cairns Airport, Mt Carbine dam
(11/1), Cairns Esplanade (16/1)
Intermediate Egret: Mt Carbine dam (11/1) (15/1), Lake Mitchell (11/1),
farm dam, MacDougall Rd, Julatten (13/1), 'wetland', MacDougall Rd,
Julatten (13/1) (15/1)
Eastern Reef Egret: 1 (dark morph) Cairns Esplanade (16/1)
Striated (Mangrove) Heron: Mossman River (13/1), Centennial Lakes (16/1)
White Ibis: Mossman River (13/1), Lake Mitchell (15/1), flying over
Captain Cook Hwy near Yorkeys Knob (16/1)
Royal Spoonbill: Mt Carbine dam (11/1, 15/1), Lake Mitchell (15/1), 6
flying over Captain Cook Hwy near Yorkeys Knob (16/1)
Black-shouldered Kite: over canefields adjacent to Kingfisher Park (13/1),
Pacific Baza: Quade Rd (12/1), MacLeod's River (13/1),
Black Kite: Mt Carbine dam (11/1), Kingfisher Park (13/1), MacLeod's River
(13/1),
Brahminy Kite: Captain Cook Hwy, south of Mossman (10/1)
Whistling Kite: Mt Carbine dam (11/1), heard at MacLeod's River (13/1),
Square-tailed Kite: Mt Carbine dam (11/1), 1 on Hurricane Station Rd, on
creek crossing c. 2km NE of dam ('site')
Brown Goshawk: 1 male at MacLeod's River (13/1),
Grey Goshawk: 1 flying over cane fields c. 2km N of Mossman (13/1)
White-bellied Sea-eagle: Mossman River (13/1), Lake Mitchell (15/1)
Wedge-tailed Eagle: I seen flying over Julatten near Mt Lewis Rd (14/1)
Nankeen Kestrel: Kingfisher Park (13/1)
Peregrine Falcon: Captain Cook Hwy, north of Wangetti Beach (10/1)
Osprey: Lake Mitchell (11/1) (15/1), Quade Rd (12/1)
Brolga: one at Lake Mitchell (11/1)
Red-necked Crake: 1 juvenile crossing road, between Abbatoir Swamp and
Kingfisher Park (15/1)
Bush Hen (h): heard at Kingfisher Park (14/1)
White-browed Crake: Abbatoir Swamp (14/1)
Purple Swamphen: Abbatoir Swamp (11/1)
Coot: Mt Carbine dam (11/1, 15/1), Lake Mitchell (11/1), farm dam,
MacDougall Rd, Julatten (13/1), 'wetland', MacDougall Rd, Julatten (13/1),
Australian Bustard: East Mary Rd (11/1, 15/1),
Beach Stone-curlew: 2 flying over Cairns Airport access road near airport
carpark and landing in adjacent grass (10/1)
Bush Stone-curlew: 1 flushed roadside at Julatten on Mt Lewis Rd (11/1),
several on the road near the phone box at Julatten School (11/1)
Red-backed Button-quail (h): heard at Abbatoir Swamp (14/1)
Black-tailed Godwit: Cairns Esplanade (16/1)
Bar-tailed Godwit: mouth of Mossman River (13/1), Cairns Esplanade (16/1)
Eastern Curlew: Mangrove boardwalk near Cairns Airport, Mossman River
(13/1), Cairns Esplanade (16/1)
Whimbrel: In grass adjacent to Cairns Airport carpark (10/1), Mossman
River (13/1), Cairns Esplanade (16/1)
Common Greenshank: Mossman River (13/1), Cairns Esplanade (16/1)
Grey-tailed Tattler: Mangrove boardwalk near Cairns Airport (10/1),
Mossman River (13/1), Cairns Esplanade (16/1)
Common Sandpiper: Mossman River (13/1)
Terek Sandpiper: Cairns Esplanade (16/1)
Great Knot: Cairns Esplanade (16/1)
Red-necked Stint: Cairns Esplanade (16/1)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper: in drainage ditch adjacent to Cairns Airport
carpark (10/1), Cairns Esplanade (16/1)
Curlew Sandpiper: Cairns Esplanade (16/1)
Broad-billed Sandpiper: Cairns Esplanade (16/1)
Comb-crested Jacana: Lake Mitchell (11/1, 15/1)
Pied Oystercatcher: mouth of Mossman River (13/1), Cairns Esplanade (16/1)
Pacific Golden Plover: Yorkey's Knob lagoon (16/1)
Red-capped Plover: Cairns Esplanade (16/1)
Lesser Sand Plover: Cairns Esplanade (16/1)
Greater Sand Plover: mouth of Mossman River (13/1), Cairns Esplanade (16/1)
Black-fronted Dotterel: in drainage ditch adjacent to Cairns Airport
carpark (10/1),
Masked Lapwing: near mangrove boardwalk near Cairns Airport(10/1), Lake
Mitchell (11/1, 15/1), Mossman River (13/1),
Silver Gull: Cairns Esplanade (16/1)
Caspian Tern: one flying over grassland adjacent to Cairns Airport (10/1),
a sizeable group (15+) at Lake Mitchell (11/1 & 15/1), Cairns Esplanade (16/1)
Crested Tern: mouth of Mossman River (13/1)
Black-naped Tern: Mossman River (13/1), Cairns Esplanade (16/1)
Little Tern: Cairns Esplanade (16/1)
Feral Pigeon: one roadside between Mareeba and Atherton (12/1)
White-headed Pigeon: flock flying high over Kingfisher Park (10/1)
Peaceful Dove: Cairns Airport (10/1), in vegetation behind Wangetti Beach
(10/1), Kingfisher Park(10/1), Mt Carbine dam (11/1) (15/1), Mossman River
(13/1), MacLeod's River (13/1), Hurricane Station Rd (13/1), Lake Mitchell
(15/1), Cairns Esplanade (16/1)
Bar-shouldered Dove: in vegetation behind Wangetti Beach (10/1),
Kingfisher Park, Mossman River (13/1), MacLeod's River (13/1), Mowbray
State Forest (14/1), seen from Mt Molloy pub verandah at sunset (15/1)
Brown Cuckoo-Dove: Kingfisher Park, 2.5-3.5km up Mt Lewis Rd (11/1),
Mowbray State Forest (14/1),
Topknot Pigeon: flying high over road to Mt Hypipanee (12/1)
Emerald Dove: Kingfisher Park (most days), Mowbray State Forest (14/1)
Common Bronzewing (h): 1 heard at MacLeod's River (13/1)
Crested Pigeon: 1 at Mt Carbine dam (11/1), 1 roadside on Cooktown Hwy
near turn off to Hurricane Station Rd (13/1)
Squatter Pigeon: 6 at MacLeod's River (13/1), seen from Mt Molloy pub
verandah at sunset (15/1)
Pied (Torresian) Imperial Pigeon: Centennial Lakes (10/1), Yorkeys Knob
Lagoon (10/1), Mossman River (13/1), mangrove boardwalk near Cairns
Airport (16/1), Cairns Esplanade (16/1)
Superb Fruit-Dove: several at 2.5-3.5km up Mt Lewis Rd (11/1), Mowbray
State Forest (14/1)
Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove: 1 adult, Mossman River (13/1)
Wompoo Fruit-Dove: heard at 2.5-3.5km up Mt Lewis Rd (11/1), heard at Mt
Hypipanee (12/1), in park on river at Mossman (13/1), Mowbray State Forest
(14/1)
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo: 2 birds flying over Hwy near Mareeba (12/1), 4
flying over pasture near Mowbray State Forest (14/1)
Galah: Hurricane Station Rd (13/1),
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo: Kingfisher Park (10/1, 11/1)
Rainbow Lorikeet: in woodland adjacent to Mt Carbine dam (11/1, 15/1),
Mossman River (13/1), MacLeod's River (13/1)
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet: Centennial Lakes (10/1), Yorkeys Knob Lagoon
(10/1), Station Creek (11/1)
Double-eyed Fig-Parrot: flying past Mossman River boat ramp, Newell Beach
(13/1)
King Parrot: Mowbray State Forest (15/1)
Red-winged Parrot: in woodland adjacent to Mt Carbine dam (11/1), Lake
Mitchell (11/1), Mt Molloy School (12/1), MacLeod's River (13/1),
Pale-headed Rosella: in woodland adjacent to Mt Carbine dam (11/1),
MacLeod's River (13/1), Hurricane Station Rd (13/1), Abbatoir Swamp
(14/1), woodland adjacent to Lake Mitchell (15/1)
Brush Cuckoo (h): one heard, Centennial Lakes (10/1), in woodland adjacent
to Mt Carbine dam (11/1) and stalked for some time before dipping on
seeing it. Also heard in other places but gave up recording it!
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo: Mowbray State Forest (15/1)
Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo (h): heard at Mossman River (13/1) and also heard at
Centennial Lakes (16/1)
Koel: woodland adjacent to Mt Carbine dam (11/1)
Channel-billed Cuckoo: woodland adjacent to Mt Carbine dam (11/1), Big
Mitchell Ck (12/1)
Pheasant Coucal: cane fields adjacent to Kingfisher Park (11/1), heard in
pasture adjacent to Mowbray State Forest (14/1)
Papuan Frogmouth: spotlit at night at Kingfisher Park (12/1, 14/1)
Large-tailed Nightjar (h): one heard near creek at Kingfisher Park at dusk
(14/1)
White-rumped Swiftlet: cane fields adjacent to Kingfisher Park (11/1),
Mossman River (13/1),
White-throated Needletail: Mossman River (13/1)
Little Kingfisher: Mossman River (13/1), Centennial Lakes (16/1)
Azure Kingfisher: on creek at Kingfisher Park (10/1, 11/1), Mossman River
(13/1)
Laughing Kookaburra: Centennial Lakes (10/1), Kingfisher Park (10/1)
Blue-winged Kookaburra: in woodland adjacent to Mt Carbine dam (11/1), Big
Mitchell Ck (12/1), MacLeod's River (13/1), Hurricane Station Rd (13/1),
Abbatoir Swamp (14/1), seen from Mt Molloy pub verandah at sunset (15/1)
Forest Kingfisher: on creek downstream from Kingfisher Park (11/1),
Station Creek (11/1), Abbatoir Swamp (11/1), Big Mitchell Ck (12/1)
Sacred Kingfisher: Mossman River (13/1)
Collared (Mangrove) Kingfisher: Mangrove boardwalk near Cairns Airport
(10/1), Centennial Lakes (10/1), Mossman River (13/1)
Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher: Kingfisher Park (most days), Mowbray
State Forest (14/1)
Rainbow Bee-eater: Yorkeys Knob Lagoon (10/1), Quade Rd (12/1), farm dam,
MacDougall Rd, Julatten (13/1)
list continued in part 6...
Frank Hemmings
Curator
John T. Waterhouse Herbarium
School of Biological, Environmental and Earth Sciences
University of New South Wales
UNSW SYDNEY 2052
AUSTRALIA
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