G'day,
Phil's email must have brought in the rain!
Yesterday I noticed a marked rise in the frequency I was seeing raptors,
mostly kites, but there was one beautiful male Swamp Harrier. I was hoping
that he would put up snipe over a drying wetland in a paddock north of Kairi
but no such luck.
There was a single second year Brolga there, lots of Lapwings, two pair of
Black Duck but no Snipe seen or heard.
A few Fairy Martins were flying around Pelican Point Tinaroo. The road there
has been recently graded but two washouts across the road remain as drains
so access by conventional vehicle is difficult.
White-headed Pigeon numbers are increasing in Yungaburra but not yet back to
the hundreds of pre cyclone Larry. Topknots are also being seen in greater
numbers again.
On the wires on the way home I saw a single young Dollarbird. There have
been a number of sightings of Sacred Kingfisher as they move through. Little
Kingfisher spotted rarely on Peterson Creek, Yungaburra and quite regularly
at Tarzalli Lakes Fish Farm. The snipe seem to have gone from there too but
I called their absence from another site too early.
Regards,
Alan Gillanders
Alan's Wildlife Tours
2 Mather Road
Yungaburra 4884
www.alanswildlifetours.com.au
Phone 07 4095 3784
Int. + 61 7 4095 3784
Mobile 0408 953 786
Alan's blog http://alanswildlife.blogspot.com/
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