There is a family of resident Speckled Warblers right on the
coast near the mouth of Hilliard’s Creek in Wellington Point, southern Brisbane. I have
actually seen them foraging in the Avicennia
marina (Grey Mangrove) and I believe they nested in a fallen down
wattle just metres from the mangroves. I haven’t seen them for a
while but it’s been a while since I visited the back areas of Station St
Wetlands in Wellington Point where they seem to mostly occur. The most
birds I ever recorded at one time was three but there is a fair bit of rarely
covered territory here so there could be more. The mouth area of Hilliard’s
Creek is a surprisingly interesting and rich area when you get in poke around, I
once found two Brown Goshawk and one Pacific Baza nests on the one morning,
also a good spot for Mangrove Honeyeater and I’ve seen the odd Collared
Kingfisher.
Craig Doolan
