Birdline Central & Southern Queensland Weekly Update

Birdline Central & Southern Queensland

Published sightings for the week ending 15 Sep 2013.

Sun 15 Sep	Eastern Koel Bulimba Creek Carindale heard at 3:20pm Arthur Keates
	Australian Koel The Gap, Brisbane. Calling in garden A.M. My first for the Spring. David Redhead
	King Quail, Lewin's Rail, Black Kite, Brown Songlark Lake Samsonvale One King Quail flushed; Lewin's Rail calling. Black Kite apparently new for this site. Female Brown Songlark on the edge of the lake. Rod Gardner
Sat 14 Sep	Asian Dowitcher Toorbul - tidal wetlands In a mixed flock of waders. Black and Bar Tailed Godwits, Tattlers, Curlews, Whimbrels, Sharp Tailed Sandpipers. Robert Bush
	Spotted Harrier Meridan Plains, nr Caloundra turn-off Single bird flying low over paddock, very close to road, R.Lamb
	King Quail Samsonvale cemetery and surrounds Observers: Tom Tarrant, Plaxy Barratt, Raja Stephenson & myself Blue-breasted Quail (2) male & female Nikolas Haass
Fri 13 Sep	Turquoise Parrot Lamington National Park Road, Cainbable A male Turquoise Parrot was seen and photographed feeding on a few metres of roughly mown grass at the rear of our house inside the rainforest on Lamington NP Rd (the road from Canungra to O'Reillys and our house is 10km below O'Reilly's & 26 km from Canungra). I flushed it twice when trying to get photos and it then disappeared and could not be relocated. The bird was not easily approachable and had no leg bands to confirm it was an escapee. My guess would be that it was a wild bird. Glen Threlfo told me this species has not been recorded during any of the O'Relly's bird weeks and to his knowledge has never been recorded in the area. He was stunned when shown the photos as he has never seen the species. John Barkla
	Channel-billed Cuckoo Corinda, Qld Channel-billed Cuckoo (1) heard at night- first for season David Niland
	Russet-tailed Thrush Inskip Point Seen in the undergrowth near the fig-tree on path to the point. Fresh Button Quail platelets seen, but no birds sighted. Other sightings included Black-faced Monarch, Varied Triller and Shining-bronze Cuckoo. Anne Burgess
Thu 12 Sep	Channel-billed Cuckoo 60 Maskell Court, Draper Heard the first Channel-billed Cuckoo for the season this morning then saw and heard it again at dusk. Julie Sarna
Wed 11 Sep	Australian Painted Snipe, Latham's Snipe Mount Lindsay Highway, Tamrook Farm Dam behind Tamrookam Primary School 5 Australian Painted Snipe ; at the same site 3 reported on 30 Aug and 4 reported on 2 Sept. Close [50m] beyond the fence alongside the Mt. Lindesay Hwy 17.5 km south of Beaudesert on the north side of the primary school. 1 Latham's also present. Rob Elvish
Tue 10 Sep	Spotted Harrier Elimbah , Pumicestone Passage Road. Sub Adult ,over old Pineapple farm near to Bruce Hwy Jct David Redhead
	Red-kneed Dotterel Dohles Rocks Two sighted in lagoon-swamp area opposite Osprey House on Dohles Rocks Road Vince Bugeja
Mon 9 Sep	Sooty Owl, Marbled Frogmouth Conondale National Park 1 Sooty seen well, 1 heard. also 3 pairs of Marbled Frogmouth calling, 1 seen. Eastern Grass Owl seen earlier in evening Greg Roberts
	Eastern Barn Owl Roma St Parklands One seen about midday being mobbed many times(in flight and while perched) by Pied Currawongs, Noisy Miners etc Sheryl Keates
Sun 8 Sep	Spinifexbird, Bustard, Halls Babbler Quart Pot Range - Jundah to Winton Road 2 Bustards seen on the top of hill/range near our camp. 1 Spinifexbird was seen amongst spinifex on rocky slope and also heard. 1 Halls Babbler seen and heard. A great spot to camp if on this road. The only downside for us was that we had 3 flat tyres within 4 hours after camping here! Carla Jackett
	Latham's Snipe, Black Kite Lake Borumba, Logan Reserve One Snipe flushed from edge of lake and one Black Kite flying over bushland and open areas near lake. Greg Clancy
	Peregrine falcon, Grey-crowned Babbler, Ground Cuckoo-shrike, Boonah Mt French and the drive home Peregrines being very loud and boisterous over Mt French, very few other birds, Even the Noisy Miners were being quiet! Pair of Grey-crowned Babblers seen in a roadside tree on the way down the mountain. Ground Cuckoo-shrike seen in a roadside tree between Boonah and Kalbar. Black-necked Stork seen in flight between wetlands off the Cunningham Highway Craig Pattison
Fri 6 Sep	Grey-tailed Tattler Currumbin Creek My first sighting of a Grey-tailed Tattler at the Currumbin Estuary site this season. Beth Hall
Sun 1 Sep	ground parrot deceased, whistling Kites x 4 Macleay Island Ground parrot found dead in back yard, unfortunately too decomposed to keep. identified by field guide. At least 4 whistling Kites can be seen regularly at ferry terminal muscles island, also sea eagles x 2, more at Russell island warren Lewis

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