Hi Judith,
I recently saw a Guinea Fowl foraging beside the very busy road near the
Port of Brisbane and there is a wild colony between Croydon and
Normanton in Nth Qld. If you meant Samsonvale Cemetary that bird has
been there for over a year.
Regards,
Barry Davies.
Gondwana Guides,
Beechmont, Qld
Judith Hoyle wrote:
Hi Birding Ausers,
Went back to Gold Creek on Friday and added Grey Goshawk (being mobbed by a pair of Spangled Drongos), Crested Shrike-Tit, Little Shrike-thrush, Mistletoebird, Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove (heard) and Striated Pardalote. Didn't see the Barred Cuckoo-shrikes.
Went to Dayboro yesterday to Lacey's Creek. Great views of another Grey Goshawk, Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove, Pacific Baza, Grey-crowned Babbler and Azure Kingfisher.
On the way to Dayboro we called in at the wetlands below the Gateway Bridge. The place was stuffed full of birds, including a mixed breeding colony with large numbers of Cattle Egret and Plumed Egret, plus a few Little Egret and 2 pairs of Royal Spoonbill. Well worth a look.
On the way home we called in at the Samford Cemetary and saw a Helmeted Guinea Fowl strutting round the grave stones - an escapee from one of the local hobby farms, I'm sure.
This sighting got me thinking of the large group (20+ birds) of HGFs my son and I saw 5ks out of Blackall in Queensland in September this year. They were foraging alongside the road and crossed over in front of us and headed off into the bush. It is not my intention to reignite the debate about whether to tick or not, but I wonder if this could be an established feral population? Has anyone else seen these birds?
Judith
Judith Hoyle
Brisbane
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