Birdline Central & Southern Queensland Weekly Update

Birdline Central & Southern Queensland

Published sightings for the week ending 31 Mar 2013.

Sat 30 Mar	Black-necked Stork Oxley Creek Common Mostly overcast otherwise fine. Black-necked Stork (1) juv bird seen at Jabiru Swamp Rae Clark
Sat 30 Mar	Cotton Pygmy Goose Black Duck Hole, Murrumba Downs Female from viewing platform at northern end of the northern pond. Access off Blackall Road Andy Jensen
Fri 29 Mar	Freckled Duck, Hoary-headed Grebe Karasch's Lagoon, near Gatton Freckled Duck (1) Bird perched on submerged fence post a short distance off Old Toowoomba Road. Hoary-headed Grebe (5) Michael Wood
Wed 27 Mar	Freckled Ducks Lowe's Road Lagoon, Placid Hills (Gatton) The pair of Freckled Ducks was still there today, despite the adjacent grass being slashed while I was there. Also one female Blue-billed Duck, which has now been at the site for over a year now. Chris Wiley
Tue 26 Mar	Beach Stone-Curlew Goat Island, Maroochydore Pair on the island. Huge tern flock present including 500 White-winged and 1200 Common Terns. Greg Roberts
Sun 24 Mar	Varied Sitella Gatton Forest Reserve Couple of birds seen at Edwards Rd entrance . Russ Lamb
	Banded Lapwing Banool Rd, Lockyer Waters Two birds seen in large empty paddock. Russ Lamb
	Weebill Gatton Forest Reserve Small numbers seen in two sites in Reserve Russ Lamb
	Little Lorikeet Gatton Forest Reserve Small flocks of up to 6 birds flying o'head every 15 mins or so during an early morning 2.5 hour visit. Feeding flock of 20+ also seen at Pine Mountain Forest Reserve previous day. Russ Lamb
	Hoary-headed Grebe Karrasch's Dam, Placcid Hills (Gatton) Single adult in breeding plumage with Australasian Grebes Russ Lamb
	Freckled Duck Lowe's Road Lagoon, Placcid Hills (Gatton) Two birds quitely resting on lagoon edge in company with Plumed Whistling Duck Russ Lamb
Sat 23 Mar	Freckled Duck Coolmunda Dam 11 Freckled Ducks seen well from the (now locked up) informal camping area on the north side of the lake. Heavily cropped distant photo attached with 4 of them. Mat Gilfedder and Thomas Campbell
Mon 18 Mar	Black Kite Kobble Creek Road At least 5 birds overhead near road intersection. Coords -27.236697,152.827891 Tom Tarrant, Mike Lewis

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