Birdline Central & Southern Queensland Weekly Update

Birdline Central & Southern Queensland

Published sightings for the week ending 18 Aug 2013.

Sun 18 Aug	Regent Honeyeater Bundamba suburbia One bird seen again. Feeding in blossoming shrubs. Photographs taken. Moderators Note: Bird is on private property and owner requests that privacy be respected. Thank you Deborah Metters and Judith Hoyle
Sat 17 Aug	White-eared Monarch Stanley River Park, Peachester. Warm, some cloud. One platypus seen well several times when it floated on the river surface. White-eared Monarch (1) Sarah Beavis
Sat 17 Aug	Black Falcon Griffin Bird circling high over garden briefly in afternoon before heading off west. Big all dark falcon, heavily built - even local magpies decided it would be best to leave this raptor alone! Assume the same bird that Nikolas and Raja had at Kedron Brook wetlands during the week. Apologies for image quality - into the sun and bird distant by time I got the camera out... Andy Jensen
	White Laughing Kookaburra Mt Gravatt East-Salvin Creek I saw the White Laughing Kookaburra by the creek near Salvin Park in Mt Gravatt East. I have never seen one before and at first thought it must have been an albino kookaburra but it has black eyes not pink eyes. It sat on a branch near where I was sitting for about ten minutes. When I went to move closer to it it flew away. It was big and looked very healthy, which is great as they often encounter problems surviving in the wild. It was great to see and I hope I see one again! Brooke Wheeler
	Kermadec Petrel, Black-bellied Storm-Petrel, Tahiti Petrel, Brown Booby Southport Pelagic A good mixture of species yesterday including 2 showy Kermadec Petrels, at least 2 Black-bellied Storm-Petrels, an early Tahiti Petrel, 1 adult Brown Booby, 1 imm Black-browed Albatross, 50+ Providence Petrels, good numbers of returning Wedge-tailed Shearwaters, a few Hutton's and a Fluttering Shearwater, a few Wilson's Storm-Petrels. Rob Morris - and all on board the Souhport Pelagic organised by Paul Walbridge.
	Glossy Black Cockatoos, Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoos Beechmont rd, Canungra Qld 5 Glossies opposite Alloah rd Turnoff was nice, there for over an hour, Yellow Tail BCs in various places locally over last few weeks. Duncan Fowler
Fri 16 Aug	Rufous Fantails, Spotted Quail Thrush Lamington National Park fantails in a couple places today at Lukes Farm and Border track. About a week earlier than past few years up here. Also Spotted Quail Thrush still hanging on in Northwest section of the park Duncan Fowler
	Barking Owl Schuster Park, Tallebudgera, Gold Coast Still there saw 2 of them still near the yellow chair. Jed Knight
Thu 15 Aug	White-eared Monarch Samsonvale cemetery and surrounds White-eared Monarch (2) Pair found along creek line west of cemetery. Steve Murray
Thu 15 Aug	Spotted Harrier Brisbane Airport Seen from aircraft window quatering grassland between the runways at about 4 pm. Seemed to be unperturbed by landing aircraft. Mark Stanley
Wed 14 Aug	Pacific Heron, Glossy Ibis, Black Kite, Marsh Sandpiper, Black Falcon Kedron Brook Wetlands 11:45am-1:30pm; Pacific Heron (1); Glossy Ibis (10); Black Kite (85; three kettles of 55, 9 and 21; migrating north); Marsh Sandpiper (2); Black Falcon (1; powerful jizz; broad inner wings (arms) with parallel leading and trailing edge; pointed outer wings (hands) with no visible fingers; active flight 'peregrine-like' (as opposed to 'hawk-like' for Brown Falcon); gliding & soaring with arched wings, wing tips below body level (no dihedral); long tail, squarish when folded; very uniform overall colour (no double teardrop seen, no barring seen in wing and tail)) Nikolas Haass & Raja Stephenson
	Wandering Whistling-Duck, Cotton Pygmy-Goose Dowse Lagoon, Sandgate 8:30-11:00am; Wandering Whistling-Duck (1), Cotton Pygmy-Goose (2) M & F. Nikolas Haass & Raja Stephenson
	White-eared Monarch Ron Thomason Park Two birds sighted in the trees along the creek, both appeared to be juveniles Jack Whiting
Tue 13 Aug	White-eared Monarch D'Aguilar National Park (Enoggera Reservoir) White-eared Monarch (2) Pair located at the furthest point of the Araucaria loop trail. Few records for this site. Steve Murray
Tue 13 Aug	Painted Honeyeater & Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush Kilcowera Station, Thargomindah Painted Honeyeaters located in two locations feeding in mistletoe in Mulga and in flowering Emu Bush Eremophila longifolia. Black and Pied Honeyeaters also present feeding in the in the Emu-bush. 3 Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush also located in stony mulga country. Alan Morris & Steven Edwards
	Banded Stilt, Marsh & Sharp-tailed Sandpipers Currawinya National Park (Lake Wyara Western edge) Visited western side of Lake entering from Kilcowera Station 1130-1400 hrs. saw 1000's Red-necked Avocet, Black-winged Stilt, Grey Teal, Red-capped Plover, Pink-eared Duck, Coot and Black Swan; saw 100's Banded Stilt. Hoary-heaqded Grebe, & Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, also 8 Marsh Sandpiper, 2 Australian Pratincole, 20+ Red-necked Stint, 2 Freckled Duck, Whistling Kite and Black-fronted Dotterels. Alan Morris & Steven Edwards
	Masked Woodswallow Stones Corner One pair variously hawking, sallying for food and chasing each other over the Norman Creek cycleway, in the vicinity of the Stones Corner bus station. Seen lingering for most of the late morning, but were not seen the next day, so must have been on passage. Russell Yong
Mon 12 Aug	Spotted Harrier Robina,Gold Coast. Male crossing M1 near Robina exit David Redhead
	Olive-backed Oriole Black Duck Hole, Murrumba Downs This bird was not disturbed by my presence and sang a merry tune Vince Bugeja
	Pale-headed Rosella Black Duck Hole, Murrumba Downs This pair sighted close to the walking path Vince Bugeja
Sun 11 Aug	Hoary-headed Grebe, White-necked Heron Buckley's Hole, Bribie Island Hoary-headed Grebe (2) White-necked Heron (1) Jan Nargar
Sun 11 Aug	White Kookaburra Mount Gravatt I have been filming and photographing this White Kookaburra for a while now. There seems to be a lot of kookaburras in this area. I hope you like the photo and video! Matt Meersbergen
	Eastern Ground Parrot Castaways Beach, Sunshine Coast 3 calling Greg Roberts
	Eastern Grass Owl Castaways Beach, Sunshine Coast 1 over heath Greg Roberts
	Lewin's Rail Castaways Beach, Sunshine Coast 2 calling Greg Roberts
Fri 9 Aug	Black-necked Stork Morton Vale, Lockyer Valley Adult standing on a nest high in a large eucalypt overlooking a lagoon. Roger Jaensch
	Square-tailed Kite Green Swamp Road, Morton Vale (Lockyer Valley) Near junction with Main Green Swamp Road; confronted by magpie while gliding over remnant forest. Roger Jaensch
Sat 3 Aug	Spotted Harrier Bunyaville Forest Reserve Bird with conspicuously white-spotted underparts slowly gliding over treetops in forest, Dugandan Road. Roger Jaensch

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