Birdline Central & Southern Queensland Weekly Update

Birdline Central & Southern Queensland

Published sightings for the week ending 17 Jun 2012.

Sat 16 Jun	Black-browed Albatross Southport Pelagic - off the shelf 5 or 6 birds today. Here are 3 imm. birds with Cape Petrels Rob Morris (and all on board inc. Paul Walbridge)
	Wandering Albatross Southport Pelagic - off the shelf 1+ as well as several Gibson's today off the shelve. A scarce winter / spring visitor to Qld waters. Rob Morris (and all on board inc. Paul Walbridge)
	Cape Petrel Southport Pelagic - off the shelf 4 or 5 of these scarce but regular southern visitors today. Rob Morris (and all on board inc. Paul Walbridge)
	Grey-faced (Great-winged) Petrel 100+ Southport Pelagic - off the shelf Record nos. today for Southport Rob Morris (and all on board inc. Paul Walbridge)
	White-headed Petrel Southport Pelagic - off the shelf 3rd Southport record Rob Morris (and all on board inc. Paul Walbridge)
	Light-mantled Sooty Albatross Southport Pelagic - off the shelf The highlights of yesterday's Southport trip were 2 or 3 Light-mantled Sooty Albatrosses (1st for Southport). The 3rd bird is still under review (a strange looking young bird (to be confirmed). The photo is of a sub-adult. Other species seen included Wandering 1+ and Gibson's Albatrosses 4-5, 5-6 Black-browed Albatrosses, 1 White-headed Petrel (3rd for Southport), record nos. of Grey-faced Petrels for Southport (100+), 60+ Providence, 5+ Cape and 1 Nothern Giant Petrel, 5-6 Fairy Prions, Fluttering Shearwater, Wilson's Storm Petrels, Common Noddys + other common species These are my estimates - Paul will be providing a full report later in the week on Birding Aus. Rob Morris (and all on board inc. Paul Walbridge)
	White-headed Petrel Off Gold Coast Single bird seen on June Pelagic -27.937, 153.966 (approx) Paul Walbridge, Rob Morris, Tom Tarrant et al
	Light-mantled Sooty Albatross Off Gold Coast 2 ( or possibly 3) birds seen on June Pelagic (one may have been a Sooty, still awaiting ID confirmation) Paul Walbridge, Rob Morris, Tom Tarrant et al
Fri 15 Jun	Barn Owl Canterbury College, Waterford West Barn Owl (1) Single bird seen in the tree between P and K blocks. Photo taken for ID Tim and Marg Roberts
Tue 12 Jun	Light-mantled Sooty Albatross Fraser Island 2 live birds found and taken into care. 1 has died. A third bird not yet confirmed as Sooty or Light-mantled. The birds were found following this low pressure system. Not 100% sure of dates. Rob Morris from Paul Walbridge & Dave Stewart
Mon 11 Jun	Wandering Tattler Alexandra Headlands, Sunshine Coast Wandering Tattler: Two seen on rocks immediately below stairs from carpark to beach. Rising tide pushed them south towards lighthouse, but then they headed back to the north and to the rocks where we originally saw them. Paul Dodd & Ruth Woodrow
	Black-breasted Button-quail, Osprey Inskip Point Black-breasted Button-quail: Two seen within two minutes of entering scrub from northern most carpark (just before sand track to Fraser Island barge). Osprey: Seen trying to chase off a White-bellied Sea-eagle! Paul Dodd & Ruth Woodrow
	Northern Giant Petrel Point Lookout, North Stradbroke Island At least 4 Giant Petrels today. The 2 that came close were both Northern. Excuse the poor photos all taken from the cliffs in rain and 30-40kt winds! Rob Morris, Colin Reid, Andy Jensen, Stuart Pickering and Paul Walbridge
	Grey-faced (Great-winged) Petrel 30-40 Point Lookout, North Stradbroke Island all the birds which came close enough to ID were gouldi. This is a very high count of this scarce species in Qld. Macoptera is very rare in Qld - we had the first record in June 2011, so it is likely these were all gouldi. We also had 4 Providence Petrels, 2+ Northern Giant Petrels, 1 Wilson's Storm Petrel, 1 Fairy Prion + prions sps, 2 Sooty (rare in Qld), 50+ Fluttering, a few Huttons and an immature Black-browed Albatross + 60+ Common Noddys, 1 Pom and 2 Arctic Jaegers Rob Morris, Colin Reid, Andy Jensen, Stuart Pickering and Paul Walbridge
	Australasian Gannet Point Lookout, North Stradbroke Island Good nos. of adults today c.40-50. Check out the fish this one just caught! Rob Morris, Colin Reid, Andy Jensen, Stuart Pickering and Paul Walbridge)
Sun 10 Jun	Albert's Lyrebird Witches Falls National Park Albert's Lyrebird Several birds heard, one seen clearly about 10m from track for about five minutes. Paul Dodd, Ruth Woodrow & Carl Billingham
	Grey Goshawk Gold Creek Reservoir area Grey Goshawk: Grey morph - near end of Savages Road - not surprising there were few birds and no bush-hens there! Paul Dodd, Ruth Woodrow & Carl Billingham
	Northern Giant Petrels, Black-browed Albatross & Providence Petrels North Stradbroke Island N Giant Petrels (min 2, poss 4), Black-browed Albatross (1) < and Providence Petrels (3) All >, excellent views down to 300 meters. Colin Reid
Sat 9 Jun	Rufous Scrub-bird Binna Burra, Lamington National Park Rufous Scrub-bird Three birds heard on Coomera Circuit Track - one at rocky outcrop 5km from carpark, two at grassy spot about 500m closer to carpark. One bird seen well (approx 5 seconds). Paul Dodd & Ruth Woodrow

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