Birdline North Queensland Weekly Update

Birdline North Queensland

Published sightings for the week ending 25 Sep 2011.

Sat 24 Sep	Channel-billed Cuckoo Townsville Town Common Conservation Park Channel-billed Cuckoo (1) fig at causeway between freshwater and jacana hides. 1st one for the common this season. Ed Pierce
	Black-chinned Honeyeater Kirwan, Golflinks Drive southern end. I have been hearing the call for a few weeks now, but it has been too dark to see the birds. Today I followed the call to a Callistemon in the street and saw the bird. Unusual in the urban area, but this is the second year running they have been in this part of Townsville. Ivor Preston
Fri 23 Sep	Australian Painted Snipe Normanton Conservation park just north of town. A pair sighted feeding at the water's edge. Peter & Bev Morgan
	Spotted Whistling Ducks Wonga Beach still present today, photo attached. Moderators Note: The birds were present in the lagoon, after John saw them, standing in the shade of an overhang on the edge. Approach the small lagoon slowly so as not too cause too much disturbance. The block of land they are on has a for sale sign at the front. John Grant
Thu 22 Sep	Channell-billed Cuckoo Undara Volcanic National Park 1 heard at sunrise, first for the season out here in the "accessible outback". chris armstrong
	Spotted Whistling Duck Wonga Beach A group of 13 Spotted Whistling Ducks in a small pond off Snapper Island Drive, Wonga Beach. At first all were perching in a Terminalia overhanging the pond, close to and visible from the road, later in the pond. This is the most southerly record for this recently invading species. Please note the pond is on private land, two properties back from the end of Snapper Island Drive (a dead end). John Grant
	White-browed Robin Apex Park 1' Cell - Ross River Rasmussen. White-browed Robin (3) 2 adults with 1 young. Ivor Preston
	Wompoo Fruit-Dove, Pied Imperial-Pigeon Queens Gardens: Townsville Pied Imperial-Pigeon (2) early return; in fruiting tree at perimeter with 1 Wompoo Fruit-dove and several figbirds and rainbow lorikeets Alexandra Canton
Mon 19 Sep	Little Tern Ross River mouth, Townsville Little Tern (2) hawking over inner basin Alexandra Canton
	Noisy Pitta Cattana Wetlands, Smithfield, Cairns Northern Beaches A Noisy Pitta was recorded at 11:15am today in the palm forest in the north-west of this reserve. While not an uncommon species in the region, this sighting has some significance as it is the first record in this recently opened reserve. Martin Cachard
Sun 18 Sep	Channel-billed Cuckoo Kelso, Townsville First sighting for this season. At least two birds, calling loudly and flying over. Peter Valentine
Sat 17 Sep	Banded Honeyeater Townsville Town Common Bird was seen for only short period in a tree close to the Barramundi Lagoon by Brian Fair a visiting bird watcher from Canberra. Brian Fair (reported through Ian Boyd)

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