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Birdline North Queensland
Published sightings for the week ending 18 Sep 2011.
| Sat 17 Sep
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Black-tailed Godwit, Black-shouldered Kite, Latham's Snipe, Topknot Pigeon
Townsville Town Common Conservation Park
Black-tailed Godwit (1) 2cnd viewpoint
Black-shouldered Kite (1) dead tree just outside gate
Latham's Snipe (2) elevated hide
Topknot Pigeon (12) feeding in fig on causeway between freshwater and jacana hides.
Ed Pierce
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Red-backed Button-quail
Shannonvale
Red-backed Button-quail (1) dead on road (2nd one)
Doug Herrington
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| Tue 13 Sep
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Australian Painted Snipe
Mareeba -Chewko Rd
One male. First Atlas record on the Tablelands for several years. Good bird for our garden list.
If anyone else records a Painted Snipe please send details to the Birds Australia, Australian Painted Snipe Recovery Team.
http://www.birdsaustralia.com.au/our-projects/australian-painted-snipe.html
Dominic Chaplin
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| Mon 12 Sep
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Common Koel
West End Townsville
Koel calling 4.30pm in West End, apart from a possible call heard last Wednesday (also early evening, West End) this is 1st for the year for me.
Ed Pierce
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| Mon 5 Sep
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Grey Falcon
Bladensburg National Park
Grey Falcon (2) while I was watching Spinefexbirds on the low stony ridge just south of the Racecourse, two Grey Falcons flew low over me and circled several times
22 33'47" 143 02'48"
Kath Shurcliff & Dave Houghton
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| Sun 4 Sep
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Pied Imperial-Pigeon
Lilyvale Station Homestead
First sighting this season.
Elizabeth Shaw
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