Birdline Central & Southern Queensland Weekly Update

Birdline Central & Southern Queensland

Published sightings for the week ending 28 Oct 2012.

Sun 28 Oct	Australian Painted Snipe Sandy Camp Road wetland, Wynnum. A male foraging in the small, muddy area behind the viewing platform. Great views (the horrible photo was taken from my phone!). [Eds. from a brief review of the photo I'd suggest this bird looks very bright for a male and is probably a female]. Chris Wiley
	Common Sandpiper Kedron Brook Wetlands Single bird on the south bank of Schulz Canal. Peter Harms
Fri 26 Oct	Little Bittern, Spotless Crake, Baillon's Crake, Wandering Whistling-Duck Sandy Camp Road wetlands, Wynnum-Lytton Female Little Bittern flew from short clumps of reed in water beside the long causeway, late morning; it remained along the causeway. At least 25 Wandering Whistling-Ducks. Roger Jaensch
Wed 24 Oct	Glossy Ibis Ponds In Castle Hill Estate Murrumba Downs Single birds in ponds that are slowly drying. Murrumba Downs is a suburb of Brisbane approx 25ks out. Glossy Ibis last sighted by me in this area about 3 years ago during drought John Dennison
Tue 23 Oct	Fork-tailed swift Birdsville Billabong Small flock of 6-10 fork tailed swifts flew over Birdsville Billabong on Monday afternoon (approx 6:30pm). Also saw three brolgas and had great views of +100 flock-pigeons alighting on the water to drink while i was swimming down there. Drew Morris
	Latham's Snipe 2 , Buff banded Rail, Whiskered tern 40. Ewen Maddock Dam, Mooloolah. Tim Siggs
	Painted honeyeater 67km west of Goondiwindi The Painted Honeyeaters reported on 21 September are still there, close to the highway. Three seen and more heard. George & Judith Chapman
	Whiskered Terns and Squatter Pigeons Gracemere Lagoon Rockhampton Both species in abundance over and around the lagoon. Brendan Cook
Mon 22 Oct	Emu Stanthorpe-50km west-Inglewood Rd, SEQld Maybe not a big deal but I was impressed to see one out here. Pallid Cuckoo near Wyberba also a highlight Duncan Fowler & Carmen Ludcke
	Grass Owl, King Quail, Lewin's Rail Kedron Brook Wetlands One Grass Owl coming in to roost at 5 am with a large rodent in it's talons. Two King Quail flushed from dense vegetation near small creek line. One Lewin's Rail in the open near creek line. Many Brown Quail and one Buff-banded Rail rounded up a good early morning's walk. Stuart Dashper
	Black Falcon Beaudesert Turf Farms At least 4 and possibly 5 Black Falcons hanging around the turf farms on Allan Creek Rd north-west of Beaudesert. Presumably a pair with fledged young. The birds were easy to observe and seemed to be play chasing each other and some other birds including the local magpies. Nick Leseberg
Sun 21 Oct	Australian Painted Snipe Rosewood Wetlands, Bremer Road 1 female sighted at the far side of lagoon at 9:30 am. Stayed in the open for approx 20 min before retreating into the shade. Rebecca and Peter Ryan
	Red-kneed Dotterel & White-wnged Trillers Oxley Creek Common 1 Dotterel at Pelican Pond and a total of 5 White-winged Trillers (2 males, also at PP, 2 males & 1 female on the main track 100 meters from the PP turnoff). Colin Reid & Rob Dougherty
	Noisy Pitta and supporting cast of Rain Forest Species Lamington National Park (Binna Burra) Excellent views (and photos) of Noisy Pittas, Logrunners, Paradise Riflebirds, Wonga Pigeons, Bassian Thrushes, Pale Yellow Robins, Green Catbirds, Black-faced Monarchs, Wompoo Fruit-doves etc. in the very dry rain forests. we did only here Lyrebirds today. Rob Morris and Kevin Batram
	Rufous Scrub-bird Lamington National Park (Binna Burra) Excellent views of a single bird in a new area. The views were great and prolonged with the bird singing in view for 10+ mins! However, the photos don't do the bird or the views justice! Rob Morris and Kevin Batram
	King Quail, Lewins Rail Kedron Wetlands Several Lewins heard. Up to 5 King Quails - with 3 seen including a stunning male in the open down to a few metres on the main cut path across the grassland area. Rob Morris and Kevin Batram
Sat 20 Oct	Pale-vented Bush-Hen Kalinga Park Clayfield Despite bushcare people working on the bank, two bush-hens went for a walk out in the open at 9:00 am today. Hopefully we will see some chicks in the future. Also saw 2 buff-banded rail Geoff Walker
	Red-kneed Dotterel Moggill Wetland 1 on the tiny site in the evening with the Black-fronteds. This is a first for me here. Also Rufous Night-heron. Rob Morris and Kevin Batram
Wed 3 Oct	Black-breasted button-Quail Coastal scrub near surf club, Turtle Way, Millenium Esplanade, Tannum Sands Single male Black-breasted Button-Quail was observed as it slowly moved through the scrub adjacent to the walking track. Seen at close quarters (approximately 4m). Good views for several minutes (naked eye and binoculars). Numerous platelets throughout scrub areas. Bird then flew across the road to an area of scrub at the foot of a steep slope. David Charley

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