Birdline Central & Southern Queensland Weekly Update

Birdline Central & Southern Queensland

Published sightings for the week ending 24 Nov 2013.

Fri 22 Nov	Lewin's Rail, Pale-vented Bush-hen Gold Creek Reservoir At least one Lewin's Rail heard and seen in creek zone in general area below dam where reported on 17th (Rod Gardner); four types of call given. One or two bush-hens immediately called (loud braying) from drier dense cover in response to one set of calls by a Lewin's Rail. Roger Jaensch
Thu 21 Nov	Square-tailed Kite Postmans Track Section, Lake Samsonvale Bird viewed from Samsonvale Cemetery and nearby, several times during 8 am to 10 am, flying low over treetops about 1 km to the NNE, in one area of eucalypt forest, probably east of Postmans Track. Roger Jaensch
	Superb Fruit-Dove Gwingana Ct, Beechmont One female was seen and photographed feeding on an unidentified plant in our garden which is close to Lamington NP. This is the first time I have seen a Superb Fruit-Dove in this area in the 30 years I have been living and working here. Barry Davies
Wed 20 Nov	Barred Cuckoo-Shrike, Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove and White-eared Monarch Gwingana Ct, Beechmont Barry Davies
Tue 19 Nov	Pectoral Sandpiper Nathan Road Wetlands Reserve, Kippa Ring Pectoral Sandpiper (1) Recent rains have refilled the swamp and the waders are slowly starting to return. Steve Murray
Mon 18 Nov	Freckled Duck Cove Road Stanmore Freckled Duck (4) Sarah Beavis
Mon 18 Nov	Russet-tailed Thrush Mapleton Falls N. P. Seen foraging behind giant fig at the start of Wompoo Circuit Paul Jensen
	Wandering Tattler, Sanderling Lady Elliot Island 9 Wandering Tattlers including 1 in breeding plumage alongside 22 Grey-tailed Tattlers, 1 Sanderling Greg Roberts
	Red-tailed Tropicbird, Great Frigatebird, Short-tailed Shearwater Lady Elliot Island 2 pairs of nesting Red-tailed Tropicbirds, 80+ Great Frigatebirds, several wrecked Short-tailed Shearwaters Greg Roberts
	Lewin's Rail, Noisy Pitta Bli Bli Wetlands Single Lewin's Rail flushed from under boardwalk, good view obtained, no vocalization. Noisy Pitta heard, not seen Russ Lamb
Sun 17 Nov	Spotless Crake Minnippi Parklands, Tingalpa Spotless Crake (1) Right-hand site of viewing platform, foraging along the shore line, did not seen concerned with lots of people around.11:07 . Jo Culican
Sun 17 Nov	Magpie Goose, Red-necked Avocet, White-throated Needletail Lindum West Wetlands New site for us.Birding with 11 year old son Matthew Culican. Stopped on the way to sandy camp road wetlands reserve, well worth the visit at low tide. Highlights were large flock of Magpie geese(100+) Red-necked Avocets(2) and White-throated needletail(6) also 7 glossy ibis and dozens of read-kneed dotterels. Jo Culican
Sun 17 Nov	Lesser Crested Tern Lady Elliot Island A scarce visitor to Lady Elliot. 1 among tens of thousands of Black Noddy, Common Noddy, Crested Tern, Roseate Tern, Black-naped Tern Greg Roberts
Thu 14 Nov	Brolga, Australian Bustard, Grey Grasswren Bulloo river floodplain N of Adelaide gate 4 Brolgas and 5 Australian Bustards out on the plains, and at least 5 Grey Grasswrens in the lignum Peter Waanders

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