Birdline Central & Southern Queensland Weekly Update

Birdline Central & Southern Queensland

Published sightings for the week ending 28 Apr 2013.

Sun 28 Apr	Freckled Duck, Pink-eared Duck Moggill Road Wetland, Moggill Freckled Duck (3) Pink-eared Duck (1) Rae Clark
Sun 28 Apr	Australasian Shoveler, Yellow-billed Spoonbill Kedron Brook Wetlands Australasian Shoveler (2) Yellow-billed Spoonbill (2) Dezmond Wells
Sat 27 Apr	Black-necked Stork, Brolga, Masked Lapwing Bishops Marsh Black-necked Stork (1) Brolga (2) Masked Lapwing (88) unusually high number here Dezmond Wells
Sat 27 Apr	Black-tailed Native-Hen, Freckled Duck, Banded Lapwing Seven-Mile Lagoon and Banool Rd Seven-Mile Lagoon had the previously reported large numbers of ducks including Freckled Ducks, Pink-ears, shovelers and quite a few Hoary-headed Grebes. The paddocks south of Banool Rd had many Banded Lapwings including several immature birds. Late last year were several birds with chicks, so it looks like they have got a few through to fledging. The small dam on the south of Banool Rd at the bottom of the dip had 9 Black-tailed Native-Hens running around the edge. There were many raptors around with Australian Hobby, Peregrine Falcon, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Black Kite, Whistling Kite, Black-shouldered Kite and Nankeen Kestrel all seen while birding around the lagoon. Nick Leseberg and Chris Sanderson
	Arctic Jaeger Southport Pelagic An unusually accommodating Arctic jaeger seen well off shore, was one of the highlights of yesterday's pelagic. The best of the rest were: Kermadec Petrel (1), Tahiti Petrel (2) and Sooty Shearwater (2). Steve Murray and all on board Southport pelagic organised by Paul Walbridge.
	White-faced Storm Petrel Southport Pelagic Interesting sighting of two WF Storm Petrels on yesterday's pelagic. Unfortunately they remained just out of reach of the cameras on board. Hence, heavily cropped image. Steve Murray and all on board Southport pelagic organised by Paul Walbridge.
	Budgerigars Tannum Sands 7:00 am, birds heard in gum tree, within minutes flew down and perched on dead twigs in tree above my bird aviary. Birds were all green and small wild type with only two throat spots either side. By the time I had got my phone and walked down to take a photo they were scared off by a noisy miner. The three flew off in close formation. My daughter also saw these budgies. I have never seen the wild type budgie in this area before only an odd aviary escapee and I have been in this area for over 23years. Great to see. Phillip Bosci
	Budgerigars Bell.Qld Sightings of groups of 100 to 150 birds have been seen, with many groups of 20 to 50 birds also seen and photographed in the Bell District. Don & Bernice Seton
Fri 26 Apr	Freckled Duck, Great-crested Grebe, Hoary-headed Grebe Lake Kurwongbah Four Freckled Duck sighted, two on stumps across the water at Lakeside Park, on water same site about 15 Hoary-headed Grebe and two Freckled Duck swimming with 35 Great- Crested Grebe at the end of Connors Rd. Dez Wells
Thu 25 Apr	Red-necked Avocet, Gull-billed Tern Swamp on corner of Mulgowie and Blenheim Roads 1 Avocet seen from Mulgowie Road. 4 Gull-billed Terns quartering far side of swamp. GavinO'Meara and Judith Hoyle
	Freckled Duck, Spotted Harrier Pechey's Lagoon and Pechey's Number Two Lagoon 3 Freckled Duck midway down main Lagoon resting on opposite bank. Spotted Harrier flying directly overhead. Owlet Nightjar seen in hollow again. Two more Frecled Duck seen on lower swamp near turn off to Ropely school. Gavin O'Meara, Judith Hoyle and Geoff Walker
	Cape Barren Goose Lake Galletly, University Queensland, Lawes Cape Barren Goose grazing and resting amongst large flock of Magpie Geese. Very surprised to see this vagrant and would have probably missed it but for a couple of young pHD students who told us about it it (Clair and ?) Photo at www.flickr.com/ross_m Ross And Thea Monks
	Freckled Duck, Black Kite Moggill Road Wetland, Moggill Two more Freckled Duck for Brisbane, on the swamp on private land on the east side of the road - the ninth duck species for this little wetland. Also a Black Kite over - the fourteenth raptor for the site, and a Pink-eared Duck, two Nankeen Night Herons and three Comb-crested Jacanas. BTW, the official name for this wetland is the Moggill Pocket Swamp. Rod Gardner
	Hoary-headed Grebe, Nutmeg Mannikin Priors Pocket Road, Priors Pocket The Hoary-headed Grebe was on the farm dam at the s-bend near the end of the road, with eight Australasian Little Grebes. Also ten Pink-eared Duck and four Red-kneed Dotterel. A flock of 12 Nutmeg Mannikin between the river and the lagoon to the west of the end of the road. Rod Gardner
	Freckled Duck Nathan Road Wetlands Reserve, Kippa Ring At least 41 Freckled Duck present in several groups. Also present of interest were about 12 Pink-eared Duck and 2 Austalian Shoveler Gavin Goodyear
	Freckled Duck, Australasian Shoveler, Hoary-headed Grebe, Comb-crested Jacana Deagon Wetland & Third Lagoon Reserve Yep, the duck reports keep coming. 1 Freckled Duck, 2 Shoveler, 3 Hoary-headed Grebes and 8 Jacana at 7 am this morning. 2/3rds of the way across, bring your scope, views from the viewing platform. Ged Tranter and Rick Franks
	Freckled Duck Kedron Brook Wetlands Now 8+ birds present this morning. Not on main waterbody but on small flooded area of grassland adjacent to cycle path and Schultz Canal. Best viewed from cycle path near "5km to Nudgee Road" path marker. Birds were asleep in low branches of inundated trees - could have been more present as many trees holding roosting ducks obscured. Also on this small flood were c.15 Glossy Ibis, White-necked Heron, 7 Australian Shoveler, c.25 Pink-eared Duck, 3 Yellow-billed Spoonbill and a Comb-crested Jacana - unusual at this site. 2+ Hoary-headed Grebe on the main lagoon amongst the many Australian Grebes. Freckled Ducks and Pink-eared Ducks may move back onto main lagoon later, but as I arrived all ducks were flushed by a hunting White-bellied Sea-Eagle and many ducks, possibly including the Freckled, were displaced towards the cycle path. Andy Jensen
Wed 24 Apr	Freckled Duck Kedron Brook Walkway Freckled Duck (6), Pink-eared Duck (20+), Australasian Shoveler (2), Hoary-headed Grebe (2) & Yellow-billed Spoonbill (2) still on main body of water this morning. Also Hobby hunting over grasslands. Chris Attewell
Tue 23 Apr	Freckled Duck, Hoary-headed Grebe Seven Mile Lagoon, Lockyer Waters Freckled Ducks loafing along northern side of lagoon, seen at distance from several vantage points: in loose flocks (30-50) best seen when ducks flushed by raptors, also scattered individuals; around 100 tallied. Hoary-headed Grebes in four, dense feeding flocks (up to 100 birds) in mid lake; at least 270 in total. Roger Jaensch
	Red-rumped Parrot Lower Tenthill area Several pairs around large trees and houses and on edge of road, near intersection of Tenthill Creek Road and Cross Road. Roger Jaensch
	Budgerigar Lower Tenthill area Flocks of up to 8 birds, at four sites on Cross Road, Old Ropeley Road and Winwill Connection Road. Roger Jaensch
	Black Kite Bunya Rd, North Arm At least a dozen birds circling over grassland and a grove of trees. John Kooistra
	Budgerigars at Bryden, west of Brisbane Bryden, West of Brissbane A small flock of about 20 Budgerigars flew past me while I was watching a couple of Spotted Harriers hunting above the fields at the side of the main road towards Somerset Dam. Marie Tarrant
	Ground Cuckoo-Shrike RAAF Amberley A Pair of Ground-cuckoo shrikes seen at 0845 this morning sorry for the poor quality photo, it was the best I could manage at the time as I was not expecting to find them Chris Perry
	Ground Cuckoo-Shrike RAAF Amberley A Pair of Ground-cuckoo shrikes seen at 0845 this morning sorry for the poor quality photo, it was the bestI could manage at the time as I was not expecting to find them Chris Perry
	Ground Cuckoo-Shrike RAAF Amberley A Pair of Ground-cuckoo shrikes seen at 0845 this morning sorry for the poor quality photo, it was the best I could manage at the time as I was not expecting to find them Chris Perry
Mon 22 Apr	Yellow-billed Spoonbill (2) Kedron Brook Wetlands Normally quite scarce in Brisbane, but with the influx of inland birds at the moment, perhaps not surprising. Other good birds today: both species of Harrier, Australian Hobby, Shovelers (7) and Pink-eared Ducks (23). Steve Murray
	Freckled Duck (6) Kedron Brook Wetlands Discovered by accident this morning as I went through some photos of mixed Ducks in the air. I noticed what I thought to be three Freckled Ducks. I returned in the afternoon and located six birds on the main lake. Steve Murray
Sun 21 Apr	Black Falcon, Turquoise Parrot Pechey's Lagoon, Lower Tenthill, s/w of Gatton Black Falcon (2) One bird (incredibly long tail obvious as it flew in) perched atop dead tree towards southern end of pond, followed about five minutes later by another. Latter bird pushed off perch by brown falcon. Turquoise Parrot (1) Male bird flew parallel with Cross Road to north and directly over my head, giving off tinkling call as it did. Michael Wood
Mon 1 Apr	Zebra finch Jondaryan Small flock, buzzing about the grassland adjacent to the Warrego hwy Carla Archibald

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