Birdline Central & Southern Queensland Weekly Update

Birdline Central & Southern Queensland

Published sightings for the week ending 27 May 2012.

Sat 26 May	Lewin's Rail Gold Creek Reservoir Calling amongst dense vegetation at western end of reservoir in late afternoon. Chris Read
Tue 22 May	Pale-vented Bush-Hen (1) Adder Rock, North Stradbroke Island One Pale-vented Bush-Hen seen by both observers skulking amongst vegetation along a very narrow creekline at the Adder Rock Campground. (Possibly seen on the 20th also.) Other good sightings around Adder Rock included two Forest Kingfisher, a male Leaden Flycatcher, a couple of Rufous Fantail and four or five resident Bush Stone-Curlew. Michael Wood & Plaxy Barratt
	Little Eagle Mooloolah Valley Two birds flying south over Mooloolah connection Rd and over Ewen Maddock Dam. Tim Siggs
Mon 21 May	Spectacled Monarch (1) & Little Shrike-Thrush (2) Mungal Nature Reserve, North Stradbroke Island A Spectacled Monarch and two Little Shrike-Thrush were seen by both observers at Mungal Nature Reserve. No calls were detected during our time spent observing the birds. A Rufous Fantail was also present. Michael Wood & Plaxy Barratt
Sun 20 May	Marbled Frogmouth Lamington National Park Marbled Frogmouth - seen spotlighting from the car on the way home. About halfway down the winding road in rainforest. Perched on a loop of vine. Elliot Leach; Sarah Maunsell; Carlos Bueno; Mariana Pinto
	Barking Owl Tannum Sands 4 birds in camping ground Greg Roberts
Sat 19 May	Beach Stone-Curlew (2) & Bush Stone-Curlew (>17) Amity Point, North Stradbroke Island Two Beach Stone-Curlews seen on the verge of mangroves south of the caravan park -one bird putting on quite a display and bathing before us. No less than 17 Bush Stone-Curlews were sighted within the grounds of the caravan park, along with a lone Koala. Michael Wood & Plaxy Barratt
Tue 15 May	Olive-backed Sunbird Byfield Several at the southern end of their range Greg Roberts
Sat 12 May	Beach Stone-Curlew Eurimbula National Park 4 birds. Other nice species included Fairy Warbler, White-eared Monarch, Shining Flycatcher. Greg Roberts
Thu 10 May	Beach Stone-Curlew Eurimbula National Park 4 birds. Other nice birds included 12 Shining Flycatchers and Fairy Gerygone. Greg Roberts
Thu 3 May	Australian Bustard 45 and 79 km East of Stanage Bay Two groups sighted feeding in green grassland alongside creeks. First group consisted of 11 birds, second group had 7 birds. Peter Mackey
	Burdekin Duck 45 km East of Stanage Bay Pair seen with a group of 50+ Magpie Geese Peter Mackey

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