Hi Damien, agree The Spit is one of the best places.
Pending what time you can get up I reckon your best bet for some good birds
is a quick trip to Mt. Tamborine. I used to take advantage of the fact QLD does
not have daylight savings. Leave at 4.15am (QLD time) you can be at
Mt.Tamborine in around 35 mins and have two hours of good birding.
Your other option is to again get up early and get to some of the golf
courses in the area (before golfing starts) . I was at Palm Meadows on the
weekend and had a great view of a Night Heron (in breeding plumage). Royal
Pines is another good spot.
My father was recently staying close to The Spit and saw a Bush Stone-curlew
early one morning.
Cheers,
Charles
wrote: I am an ecologist working in an offfice in surfers, and
due to the highly urbanised nature of the
coatal strip there isnt much habitat left east of the pacific motorway. The
closest habitat area would
be the vegetated area along the Spit between the road and the beach.
Quoting Damien Farine :
>
> Hey All,
> I'll be in Surfers attending a conference Monday to Thursday next
> week. I'=
> ve trolled through the archive but there isn't much info on Gold
> Coast bird=
> ing spots. Would anyone be able to give some info on some locations
> worth =
> visiting within half an hour max of Surfers? I'd be interested in
> checking=
> out some waders, and maybe catching up with a Jabiru and Plum-headed
> Finch=
> es.
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Damien
>
> PS: Perhaps replying to the list might be good, there's info in the
> archive=
> on Lamington/Binna Burra, but not much on the coast itself.
>
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