Birdline Central & Southern Queensland Weekly Update

Birdline Central & Southern Queensland

Published sightings for the week ending 8 Sep 2013.

Sun 8 Sep	Australian Painted Snipe Griffin Female again in same spot on swamp down Wagner Road this pm. First time seen since last weekend despite a few visits in meantime. Also Common Sandpiper on creek outflow just before Osprey House coming into Dohles Rocks (thanks Gav) and a (surely escaped) Red-winged Parrot over wetland opposite Osprey House. Andy Jensen
	White-bellied Cuckooshrike, Varied Sittella, Russet-tailed Thrush Gold Creek Reservoir A nice walk yielded 60 species yesterday! Elliot Leach
Sat 7 Sep	Cape Barren Goose (probable escape ?) Lake Gallettly, UQ Gatton campus Single bird observed on point in south east corner roosting with large numbers of Magpie Geese and other species. This bird was first reported in April. (Eds. R.Morris - note this long staying out of range bird is considered by most to almost certainly be a bird which has escaped from captivity. Do not atlas). Gavin Goodyear, Roger Foote
Fri 6 Sep	Marbled Frogmouth, Sooty Owl, Masked Owl Mt Glorious/Mt Nebo Spent a few hours owling on Friday night through D'Aguilar NP. Marbled Frogmouths were very vocal with about 5 pairs between Tennison Woods and Mt Glorious. One Sooty Owl was heard near Tennison Woods and a distant Masked Owl was heard between Mt Glorious and Camp Mountain (near the winery). Nick Leseberg
Thu 5 Sep	Masked Owl Harry's Hut, Cooloola 1 bird in camping ground Greg Roberts
	Red-necked Avocet Dohles Rocks 590 birds off Dohles Rocks this evening on Pine River. Very high count for site. Peak count in last few months had been approx 150. Also approx 80 Red Knot amongst the Great Knot and Native-hen still opposite Osprey House. Andy Jensen
	Spotted Harrier Rush Creek Rd past SEQWater gate. The Spotted Harrier suddenly swooped in low and flew around close by and perched in a nearby tree. It's startled prey having made a quick exit. Vince Bugeja
Wed 4 Sep	Glossy Ibis Dowse Lagoon, Sandgate Sighted from the bird hide and also there were Pink-eared Ducks and a Cotton Pygmy-Goose Vince Bugeja
Tue 3 Sep	Koel Mapleton Sports Field While playing a poor brand of touch footy my first Koel of the season flew around the grounds calling loudly. Ken Cross
	Baillon's Crake Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve Partly overcast with a couple of light showers early. Monthly mid-week walk with 11 members and visitors. Baillon's Crake (1) On water area near viewing platform Birds Queensland
	Pale-vented Bush-hen Kalinga Park, Clayfield Pale-vented Bush-hen and Buff-banded Rail in the creek near the children's playground. Geoff Walker
Mon 2 Sep	Baillon's Crake Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve early morning start but overcast conditions. Crakes both in front and behind the viewing platform. Baillon's Crake Jack Whiting
Mon 2 Sep	18 Whistling Kite, 4 Black Kite, Swamp Harrier, Brown Goshawk Deagon Wetland & Third Lagoon Reserve Big numbers of nesting Ibis (mostly White 460+) have attracted the attentions of the raptors. 18 Whistling Kites present this morning, at least 6 in the air at any one time with 12 or so spread across the trees surrounding the lagoon, mostly to the left of the platform plus straight across. Also 4 Black Kites put in a brief appearance with low level passes in front of the platform along with a Swamp Harrier and Brown Goshawk. Ged Tranter
	Australian Painted Snipe Near Tamrookum school Four males were easily seen from the Mt Lindsay Highway about 40m from the fence near a culvert just north of Tamrookum Primary School. Barry Davies
	Spotted Crake (2) Third dam down Wynya Road, Kilcoy. First reported by Gavin Goodyear. Now has Spotted Crake (2) Black-tailed Native-hen (4) Good view with the scope. All out of camera range. Peter Boyd
Sun 1 Sep	Australian Painted Snipe Enoggera Creek, Dorrington, Park Ashgrove, Brisbane One bird at edge of creek - photographed Charles and Jenny Ivin
	White-eared Monarch Summit Estate, Beechmont The first migrant to arrive this spring and the first time I've seen a White-eared Monarch here before December. Barry Davies
	Baillions and Spotless Crakes Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve Good numbers of Crakes around this morning, 3 Spotless and a Baillons on the pool behind the viewing area, a further 5 Baillons Crakes seen either side of the main path. Stuart Pickering and Colin Reid
Fri 30 Aug	Australian Painted Snipe 3 males, Latham's Snipe 4. Mount Lindsay Highway, Tamrook Farm Dam behind Tamrookam Primary School Birds resting in short swamp vegetation close to the highway fence beside the primary school. Many other waterbirds also present. Rob Elvish
Mon 26 Aug	Gibberbird Road out to Dig Tree near Innaminka We encountered 1 Gibberbird just over the border in QLD on the way out to the famous Dig Tree from Innaminka, also 2 Bourkes Parrots at the tree. Tim Mckellar and Tom Fletcher
Sun 25 Aug	Royal Spoonbill Toorbul 1' Cell Western end of Toorbul: Royal Spoonbill (60) Nikolas Haass

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