Birdline North Queensland Weekly Update

Birdline North Queensland

Published sightings for the week ending 9 Jun 2013.

Sat 8 Jun	Australian Pratincole Mungalla Station (Forrest Beach, Queensland) A brief survey of the main wetland lagoon prior to the launch of the Girringun Region Indigenous Protected Area. Overcast, windy. Australian Pratincole (3) Peter Valentine
Sat 8 Jun	Black-breasted Buzzard Rollingstone 10' Cell Driving from Ingham to Townsville, just past Ollera Ck. Observers Rosemary Payet and Joan Wharton Black-breasted Buzzard was fying parallel to highway and we were able to observe it as we drove. No mistaking the bullseyes in the wings and the short tail. have seen these raptors often in the Centre. Joan Wharton (1757)
	Little Lorikeet Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge Uncommon in area, two flew over Mt. Kooyong Road and Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge calling on 8th. Usually found further west on the Atherton Tableland but previous records from Julatten. Carol Iles via Keith Fisher
Thu 6 Jun	Grey Goshawk Paluma Forest Reserve 10' Cell Grey Goshawk (1) Excellent closeup views just south of Little Crystal Ck. Flew into tree on roadside after being disturbed by the preceding car. We stopped and looked and Rosemary eyeballed it in the tree - before we saw it fly off. Rosemary Payet and Joan Wharton (1757)
Wed 5 Jun	Blue-faced Parrot-Finch McDougall Road, Julatten One flew in front of five observers near end of McDougall Road where rainforest from surrounding hills stops. Carol Iles via Keith Fisher
Sun 2 Jun	Sooty Oystercatcher Townsville Harbour Observation from Magnetic Island Ferry returning to Townsville; focus on the eastern rocky spit within the harbour where terns and silver gulls often aggregate/roost. The two Sooty Oystercatchers of particular interest, not common in harbour. Sooty Oystercatcher (2) at the end of the rocky spit, presumably high tide roost Peter Valentine
Sat 1 Jun	Little Kingfisher Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge Uncommon, sightings most years, usually at Crake Pool in orchard. This sighting was by a guest.who reported it to Keith Fisher. Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge (Keith Fisher)
	White-browed Woodswallow Harvey Range Road 17 White-browed Woodswallows feeding in a flowering gumtree about 3km before bottom of the range. Moderator's Note: - Uncommon in this area. Ray and Annette Sutton
Thu 30 May	Great-billed Heron Cairns Botanic Gardens (incl. Centenary Lakes) Great-billed Heron (1) photographed on Saltwater Creek. (Moderator Note:- This species appears at at this location most years and is probably from a breeding pair which breed in the mangroves around nearby Cairns Airport). Anthony & Vicki Katon

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