Hi All, Brian Russell and myself visited the Sunshine Coast headlands yesterday
after a quiet morning in the higher hinterland looking for fungi without too
much success. Around about midday at the Maroochydore mouth at lowish tide, not
much accept for a couple of hundred mixed Common/White-winged Black Terns
loafing on a distant sand bar. Moved on then to Alexandra Headland, which was
far more productive. In a 100+ metre stretch below the steps we counted 2 Sooty
Oystercatchers, 2 dark phase and 1 white Eastern Reef Egrets and 6 Wandering
Tattlers, all the Tattlers starting to colour up. There was a fair bit of
exposed headland that we didn't cover, so there could have been more.
On then to Point Cartwright which was swarming with people so we just had a
quick scan of the southern side which turned up nothing of interest.
Interesting though were a pair of very vocal Whistling Kites which were
gathering nesting material and landing in the pine trees. The resident pair of
Ospreys appeared to ignore them and just went about their business. I've seen
Osprey and Whistling Kites nesting close together in the past. Last stop,
Caloundra Headland which we covered from north to south and turned up nil
Wandering Tattlers. Off the south eastern tip however there were hundreds of
actively feeding terns, mostly Common Terns interspersed with White-winged
Black Terns and a few Wedge-tailed Shearwaters, Silver Gulls and Crested Terns.
On the rocks were a group of six Sooty Oystercatchers, the biggest group I've
seen here, all with thin orbital rings and all adults. Also a very
accommodating white phase Eastern Reef Egret. Then headed for home. Cheers -
Paul W.
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