Coastal Speckled Warbler

[David <>]

> 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
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: 
> >  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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