Birdline North Queensland Weekly Update

Birdline North Queensland

Published sightings for the week ending 17 Nov 2013.

Sun 17 Nov	Barking Owl Ross River Kelso Two adults and two recently fledged young birds seen in trees on the banks of the Ross River about 1km below the spillway. Ian Boyd, Shane Crees and Janet Cross
	Banded Honeyeater Ross River Dam Borrow Pits Kelso On the regular monthly survey of the Ross River Dam area one possibly two birds seen on the in trees on the western side of borrow pits. Ian Boyd, Shane Crees and Janet Cross
	Square-tailed Kite Girringun National Park (Wallaman Falls) Pair Square-tailed Kite nesting in horizontal fork of towering gum near communications tower clearing at top of road to falls. Unable to see if birds breeding or just thinking about it Tony Ashton
Sat 16 Nov	Grey Wagtail Lake Evan,(Brady Road Swamp) Mareeba Observers - Doug Herrington, Kevin and Leanne Ross Grey Wagtail (1) seen by 3 observers - non-breeding - yellowish on breast, pale legs (as opposed to all other wagtails) also seen 2 years ago at Lake Mitchell. Aso seen - 4 Australian Pratincole Doug Herrington
	Rufous Owl Cairns Rufous Owl (1) As reported earlier. Still on corner Florence and Abbott Streets. Judy Leitch
	Great-billed Heron, Little Kingfisher Daintree River cruise Great-billed Heron (2) Excellent views of juvenile begging Little Kingfisher (1) Judy Leitch
	Australian Brush-Turkey Keatings Lagoon Conservation Park There has been some speculation in the past, as to whether the two subspecies of Brush-Turkey ever hybridise. This bird near Cooktown shows some purple colour amidst its predominantly yellow collar - evidence for hybridasation? Over the past 5 years, we have seen at least 3 such birds in Cooktown area. Kath Shurcliff & Dave Houghton
Fri 15 Nov	Metallic Starling Townsville 10' Cell Metallic Starling (1) High in tree, calling, West End garden, Adult. Not common in Townsville Ed Pierce
Thu 14 Nov	White-winged Triller Mount Louisa (suburb) White-winged Triller (1x male) heard and seen calling high in the Silky Oak tree in the back yard. A new bird to our yard list of 19 years. Photographed for ID Len & Chris Ezzy
Tue 12 Nov	Bush-hen Cattana Wetland, Smithfield, Cairns Bush-hen (1) Scooted across the path between the two lakes. David Lloyd who runs the wetland advises that they are seen and heard often. Luke Jackson (2757)

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