Birdline Central & Southern Queensland Weekly Update

Birdline Central & Southern Queensland

Published sightings for the week ending 5 May 2013.

Sun 5 May	Freckled Ducks, Black-tailed Native-hens Seven Mile Lagoon, Lockyer Waters c90 Freckled Duck on the edge nearest the road, many Australian Shovelers, Pink-eared Duck, Hoary-headed Grebes and 1 Blue-billed Duck (along with commoner ducks) etc. c20 Black-tailed Native-hens on an adjacent pond along with c8 Banded Lapwings (all in an hour this afternoon). Rob Morris & Paul Walbridge
	Freckled Duck Moggill Road Wetland, Moggill 3 still present this afternoon Rob Morris & Paul Walbridge
	Little Eagle Maroochydore rd / Sunshine Motorway Single bird over highway Tim Siggs
	Black Kite Paradise Point Noisy Miners alerted me to 3 Black Kites moving south this morning. First time I have seen this species in the area. Todd Burrows
Sat 4 May	Black Kite Caloundra Road 4 Birds circling low over Caloundra Road Tim Siggs
	Wandering Tattler Alexandra Headlands, Sunshine Coast One breeding plumage Wandering Tattler at Alexandra Headlands (lots of people and dogs on the rocks). Nikolas Haass & Raja Stephenson
	Red-footed Booby Sunshine Coast pelagic In addition to the birds posted by Greg, we also had an intermediate morph Red-footed Booby (plus two Australasian Gannets). Also of note were two older immature (but not adult) Pomarine Jaegers. Nikolas Haass & Raja Stephenson and everyone else on the Sunshine Coast Pelagic
	White-faced Storm-Petrel Sunshine Coast pelagic at least 2 birds offshore Greg Roberts & 12 others
	White Tern Sunshine Coast pelagic trip 3 birds off the shelf seen separately Greg Roberts & 12 others
	Kermadec Petrel Sunshine Coast pelagic trip 1 dark phase, 2 pale phase: also 60 Providence Petrel, 30 Tahiti Petrel - exception numbers of Tahiti Petrel for this time of year Greg Roberts & 12 others
	Cockatiel Beenleigh 10' Cell Birds seen whilst travelling through cell in early morning around 0800 and late afternoon around 1600 - travelling to visit Maleny Wood Show. Cockatiel (1) Normal grey and white coloured male bird, yellow face with red spot, sitting on powerlines along Alamein Street - could be wild bird, could be escapee. Sandra Gallienne
	Spotted Harrier Oxley Creek Common Spotted Harrier flying low over grasslands and around Pelican Island. 5 species of raptor seen including Kestrel, Black-shouldered & Brahminy Kites and Osprey. We watched a Spangled Drongo twice chasing and harrying a Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike until the BFCS dropped its prey from its beak into the air, to be successfully snatched up by the ensuing drongo. Judith Hoyle and Deborah Metters
	Freckled Duck Dowse Lagoon, Sandgate Apologies for yet another Freckled Duck report, but this one is worth posting because it is so easily seen from the bird hide off Deagon St. Look towards the tip of the island across from the hide. Also the first eremaea record for this site. Steve Murray
Fri 3 May	Hoary-headed Grebe, Yellow-billed Spoonbill Kedron Brook Wetlands Still Hoary-headed Grebe (1) & Yellow-billed Spoonbill (2) but no sign of Freckled or Pink-eared duck. Also observed sea eagle taking cygnet from water Chris Attewell
Fri 3 May	Square-tailed Kite Mt Glorious Passing quickly overhead, above rainforest, near upper carpark of Maiala Park. Roger Jaensch
Thu 2 May	Red-kneed Dotterel North Wynnum (Lytton Wader Roost) At least 75 birds in shallow open water, presumably brackish or saline, either side of bird hide. Aggregations of large numbers more typically reported in freshwater habitats. Roger Jaensch
Wed 1 May	Freckled Duck, Banded Lapwing Thompson River Longreach Around a dozen Freckled Duck on the Thompson River, 1.2kms upstream from the weir with the usual suspects (pink-eared ducks, grey teal, yellow billed and royal spoonbill, black-tailed native-hens, Pelican). 10 or so Banded Lapwing seen in some paddocks adjoining the town common. Henry Cook
Mon 29 Apr	Black Kite Oxley Brisbane Black Kite flying around suburban Oxley near the Boral brickworks land. Deborah Metters
	Jabiru, Freckled Duck, Shoveler, Diamond Dove, Swamp Harrier Lockyer - Adare, Jahnkes Lagoon & Seven Mile Lone Diamond Dove on unsealed section of Adare Rd just past creek crossing looking a bit tired and lonely. Swamp Harrier gliding low over Jahnke's Lagoon annoying a perched Whistling Kite. Jabiru, Freckled Ducks and Shovelers at Seven Mile. For those non-birders, we also found a Rufous Bettong on Adare Road. Deborah Metters
	Budgerigar Gundalda Flock of 20 near Gympie Greg Roberts
	Black Kite Moggill Road Wetland, Moggill 40 + moving S.W. Three Freckled Duck still present. David Redhead
	Black-tailed Native-hen Banool Rd, Lockyer Waters 16 birds foraging on the western side of the small lagoon, late pm, easily visible from road Ian and Jill Brown, Rae Clark
Sun 28 Apr	spotted quail thrush south boundary road, brisbane forest park single bird (male) flew into tree above track for great views justin watson
	Musk Duck Wongi State Forest & Lake Lenthall 2 birds.. close or at northern limit of range of this species, normally very rare in SEQ Greg Roberts
	Freckled Duck Wongi State Forest & Lake Lenthall 15 birds in a flock, also 18 Cotton Pygmy-Goose Greg Roberts
	Cape Barren Goose UQ Gatton campus The CBG was on the opposite side of campus from Lake Galletly with a large flock of Magpie Geese on Sunday morning. While it is quite possible this is an escape, it is not carrying a ring, and was wary and alert when a tractor passed about 50 metres away. Also, according to the first atlas of Australian birds, there were small flocks of 'apparently wild birds' near Ivanhoe in northern NSW in 1974. Given the influx of some other water birds, I guess there is a good chance that this is a wild bird. Rod Gardner
Sat 27 Apr	Black Kite Minnippi Parklands, Tingalpa 3 soaring & chased by 2 crows, southside of Bulimba Ck carpark. Arthur & Sheryl Keates
	Black Kite Bruce Highway 13 just south of Anzac Ave Exit,Griffin. 8 at Narangba Exit. David Redhead

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