Hi Scot and all,
I have very fond memories of the grounds at the University of Queensland
in St Lucia, Brisbane from the mid 1990s and I'm curious as to whether you
have spotted any Bush Stone-curlew around the uni. I often wandered past
a curlew or two late in the night there around 10 years back (usually they
were hanging around the Great Court). I was stunned the first time I
heard these birds calling - I was resident in the Taringa area - and the
sound is something I'll never forget.
It would be great news to hear that they're still frequenting the grounds:
amazing thing to hear, really, in an city environment.
cheers
Craig Williams
> This afternoon around 4pm a quick stroll around the lakes in the UQ
> grounds got all the usual suspects;
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> Spotless Crake
> Dusky Moorhen
> Purple Swamphen
> Eurasian Coot
> Wood Duck
> Pacific Black Duck
> Masked Lapwing
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> One of the Dusky Moorhen had 3 bands on the left left from the top
> dark blue or black, green, and white, and a metal on the right. Its
> middle toe was missing, looks like it was bitten off my something and
> the poor bird had a slight limp. We also saw two other Moorhens one
> with a missing leg the other with a lame leg.
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> 15 little black cormorants all perched together on the branches of
> small dead tree overhanging the lake (never seen them in that
> concentration before)
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> Got a nice close observation of a solitary Little Egret fishing out
> small fry (1 to 2cm) fish from the edge of the lake.
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> The 4 Helmeted Guinea Fowl where also there, hanging out with some
> mallards on the south side of the lake.
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> Heaps of Corellas as usual too.
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> Saw a large chestnut or russet coloured wing disappear into a tree
> much to the consternation of the resident noisy miners, but when we
> walked around to see if we could find the bird, it could not be found.
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