Peter Mash posted on b-aus a few days ago that he had seen Grass Owl between
the Gateway Motorway and the Brisbane Airport. This area is known as Kedron
Brook Wetlands and as Peter suggested is controlled by Brisbane City
Council. It is currently being almost wiped out by roadworks associated
with the Airport and a duplication of the Gateway Motorway. Unfortunately
environmental issues ran a poor second to the perceived need for 'vital
infrastructure development'.
This is a great area for birds and I often ride my bike through the area on
the bikeway which mainly follows the watercourse. Yesterday before this
very cold windy weather set in fully I saw a good array of species during
about 30 minutes riding thought the area. While I was to early for Grass
Owl, my list while riding at around 25 kph included: Brown Quail, Australian
Wood Duck, Darter, Little Pied Cormorant, Pied Cormorant, Little Black
Cormorant, Little Egret, White-faced Heron, Great Egret, Australian White
Ibis, Black-shouldered Kite, Brahminy Kite, Swamp Harrier (being harassed by
White-breasted Woodswallows), Brown Falcon, Buff-banded Rail, Masked
Lapwing, Caspian Tern, Gull-billed Tern, Crested Tern, Rock Dove, Crested
Pigeon, Bar-shouldered Dove, Galah, Rainbow Lorikeet, Scaly-breasted
Lorikeet, Rainbow Bee-eater, Red-backed Fairy -wren, Striated Pardalote,
Mangrove Gerygone, Noisy Miner, Mangrove Honeyeater, Magpie Lark, Grey
Fantail, Willie Wagtail, Spangled Drongo, Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, Pied
Butcherbird, Australian Magpie, Torresian Crow, Australian (formerly
Richard's) Pipit, Welcome Swallow and Tawny Grassbird. I did not wish to
see several hundred Common Miners close to Toombul Shopping Town.
Cheers
Roy Sonnenburg
Birding Services Brisbane
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