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Coastal Speckled Warbler

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Subject: Coastal Speckled Warbler
From: David <>
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 10:35:25 +1000

Speckled Warblers do appear to be a fairly scarce bird in the Brisbane region. I've seen them periodically at Karawatha Forest Park on the southside, though not recently. Certainly a quaint little bird to observe.

David Taylor



On 04/02/2006, at 8:05 AM, Tim Murphy wrote:


I saw one in She Oaks next to Mangroves in Boggy Creek past the Airport on
the way to Luggage Point a few years back.

The Birds Queensland Web Site ( http:// www.birdsqueensland.org.au/ ) shows that one in Boondall Wetlands, which is the same habitat last year. Overall I think that they are an uncommon (and probably decreasing) Brisbane Bird. From The Atlas I would say that they occur down the coast at about the same
frequency

Tim Murphy

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Behalf Of Rod Gardner
Sent: Friday, 3 February 2006 5:27 PM
To: birding aus
Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Coastal Speckled Warbler




We recently moved to the Bayside of the Brisbane area, and I've been
enjoying discovering new local patches, including thousands of waders
at high tide roosts. It didn't take long to top 100 species locally,
though no rarities yet.
Yesterday, though, at Lota Creek, which is just south of Manly on
Moreton Bay, a female Speckled Warbler with three young was hopping
along on the ground about 10 meters from the mangroves.  Are these
Australia's most coastal Speckled Warblers, or are they known to occur here, or in similar localities? According to HANZAB, they are supposed
to be rare near the coast. There is woodland bordering the mangroves,
and it seems very likely that they bred there, given that the young
were still begging for food.

Rod
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