Birdline Central & Southern Queensland Weekly Update

Birdline Central & Southern Queensland

Published sightings for the week ending 27 Jan 2013.

Sun 27 Jan	Bridled Tern Oyster Point, Scarborough 20+ Crested Tern sheltering from the weather on the grassed area adjacent to the car park. The Bridled Tern was on the retaining wall just below the level of the grassed area. Peter Crane
	Sooty Tern + other terns & Noddy sp. Stones Corner 3:40pm: Flock of 20+ terns, at least 15 of them Sooty, mixed with one other species (potentially Whiskered) and an all-dark bird (ID'd as noddy but exact species indeterminate due to distance) fighting the wind over Coorparoo/Langlands, seen from Stones Corner. One pair of Sooty Terns north of Stones Corner, in direction of The Gabba, also fighting the wind. Russell Yong
	Whiskered Tern, Sooty Tern Stones Corner Two Whiskered Terns going with direction of the wind at 10:07am, over Stones Corner. Two Sooty-type Terns seen in the south over Greenslopes area at 2:30pm. Once or twice egrets and a couple of seabird-looking creatures get blown by at great pace but difficult to diagnose due to conditions and poor vantage. Russell Yong
	Common Noddy, Sooty Tern Manly Esplanade At least 20 Common Noddys seen in the bay, some seen flying over the road and inland! Also a minimum of 30 Sooty terns. Stuart Pickering, Colin Reid, Rob Dougherty
	Sooty tern Camp Hill At least 20 birds flying south over my house this morning in small groups Stuart Pickering
	Sooty Terns and possible Red-footed Booby Shorncliffe Several Sooty Terns at the mouth of Cabbage Tree Creek fighting the winds. Also possible Red-footed Booby in mangroves opposite intersection of Friday St and Allpass parade. Bird has white head, neck and breast; dark over the wing and no obvious mask about the face. Steve Murray
	Sooty Terns Buckley's Hole Sandbar 4 Sooty Terns flying with Crested Terns at Sandbar. two seen at Bribie Island Bridge as well. Dezmond Wells
	Sooty Tern The Gap.Brisbane 3 moving South West 9.30 a.m Davjd Redhead
	Greater Frigatebird Griffin At least one, probably two female Greater Frigatebird in a flock of 19 Frigatebirds (most seemed to be lesser) heading over house back out to Pine River into the strong wind and rain. Amazing house bird - clearly a massive displacement of seabirds in SEQ today! Also steady trickle of Sooty Tern pairs (adult and juvenile) heading back out towards sea throughout morning. Andy Jensen
	Lesser Frigatebird, Greater Frigatebird, Sooty Terns Cleveland ferry terminal C20 Lesser Frigatebirds and at least 1 male Greater. Lots of Sooty Terns. Photo attached is a male Greater (bottom right) and female Lesser (top left). Rob Morris
	Frigatebird sp Dohles Rocks Flock of eight entered Pine River over Houghton Bridge then headed off in direction of Hays Inlet. Too distant for specific ID. C.40 Sooty Terns in river between Dohles Rocks and Houghton Bridge. Andy Jensen
	Sooty Terns Griffin Flocks of 20, 8 and 5 going inland over house so far this am in strong winds and rain. At least a few km inland from Pine River!! Adults and juveniles involved Andy Jensen
Sat 26 Jan	White-necked Petrel, Black-winged Petrel, Buller's Shearwater, Sooty Terns Point Lookout, North Stradbroke Island Totals from Colin Reid today 7am - 3pm 6 White-necked Petrels 2 Black-winged Petrels 4 Buller's Shearwaters 27 Sooty Terns Colin Reid via Rob Morris
	Sooty Tern Wynnum Foreshore Adult and Juvenile seen and heard. Strong winds and rain. Ben and Peter Harms
	Eastern Yellow Wagtail Dowse Lagoon Sandgate Bird still present in NW corner of lagoon this morning. Stuart Pickering
	Spotless Crake Minnippi At least 6 birds around the lake this morning including a pair with 3 young. Also a few Latham's Snipe. Stuart Pickering
Thu 24 Jan	Spotted Harrier Fassifern One adult bird hawking over paddock on the corner if Boonah-Fassifwrn Rd and cunningham Highway, Fassifern before Aratula Kurtis Lindsay
	Eastern Yellow Wagtail Dowse Lagoon Sandgate Still in northwest corner of lagoon early am Andy Jensen
Tue 22 Jan	Eastern Yellow Wagtail Dowse Lagoon, Sandgate Eastern Yellow Wagtail (1) Feeding on north western bank Judy Leitch
Mon 21 Jan	Eastern Yellow Wagtail Dowse Lagoon Sandgate 1 bird still present this morning. Looks like either a simillima or tschuschensis Rob Morris, Andy Jenson, Steve Murray
Sun 20 Jan	Eastern Yellow Wagtail Dowse Lagoon, Sandgate Seen in north-west corner of lagoon. Usually near the roosting Little Black Cormorants and foraging on short grass or the exposed mud. Ged Tranter, Rick Franks

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