Birdline Central & Southern Queensland
Published sightings for the week ending 12 Jan 2014.
Sun 12 Jan Australian Little Bittern, Baillon's Crake, Spotless Crake
North Lakes, The Grove
Fine, mild morning with 205 cloud cover and light breezes. Australian Little
Bittern (1) In the reeds to the left of the picnic area. Two brief views, once
of the head and beak down at the water's edge and then of its rear view as it
moved across the reeds showing the rufous neck, black back and light wing
patch. Baillon's Crake (1) same reeds as the Bittern. Spent some time on the
lilly pads Spotless Crake (1) same reeds as the Bittern.
Julie Sarna (1190)
Sun 12 Jan Square -tailed Kite Montville
Single Bird circling over canopy at 1.30 pm
Tim Siggs
Sat 11 Jan Turquoise Parrot, Hooded Robin, Diamond Firetail Old
Wallangarra Road
A couple of Turquoise Parrots seen at intersection of Old Wallangarra Rd and
Hickling Ln. Hooded Robin was about 100m up Hickling Ln, with the Diamond
Firetails seen between Hickling Ln and the highway. Plenty of other nice birds
around also.
Nick Leseberg
Sooty Owl Lookout Road, Main Range NP
One bird found shortly after the road first enters the rainforest. A distant
Powerful Owl heard earlier in the evening and Southern Boobook with at least
two fledglings seen at the Manna Gum campground.
Nick Leseberg
Black Kite Dowse Lagoon, Sandgate
A single bird circled low over the canopy at the northern end for a few minutes
then disappeared north, good close views.
Ged Tranter
Hoary-headed Grebe, Pectoral Sandpiper Cross Road Dam, Lower Tenthill
Hoary-headed Grebe (1) seen at southern end of the dam Pectoral Sandpiper (1)
seen clearly by 4 of 5 observers through scope on sandbar about 50m out
Judy Leitch
Fri 10 Jan Long-billed Corella Delaney's Creek Primary School wetlands
Long-billed Corella (3) three corellas with areas of pink/red plumage around
face,throat and upper breast, long curved bill. Feeding on ground between two
small farm dams, observed from roadside.
Russ Lamb & Maria Dam
Fri 10 Jan Yellow-throated Miner; Squatter Pigeon Eungella Dam
Yellow-throated Miners around the campsite; Dezmond Wells told me after I
reported this species here in November that this represents a 400km range
extension, so we made sure to get some photo's this time! Squatter Pigeons were
a nice surprise as well.
Elliot Leach, Chris Burwell, Antonia Burwell-Rodriguez, Narumi Kimura
Regent Bowerbird, Noisy Pitta, Paradise Riflebird, Rose-crowned
Fruit-Dove Mt.Mee State Forest
Single male Regent Bowerbird flew across road, Paradise Riflebird heard on
Neurum Rd. Noisy Pitta (2) and Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove (3) heard during Mill
Rainforest walk
Russ Lamb, Maria Dam
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Warrego Highway, Blacksoil @ 27 34 38S 152 42
37E
Fine but overcast. Major Mitchell's Cockatoo (1) Being chased by 2 Australasian
Magpies.
Sandra Gallienne
Pectoral Sandpiper Cross Road Dam, Lower Tenthill
5 observers. Overcast skies, pleasant temperature. Permission sought from
owners to access site. Pectoral Sandpiper (1) Viewed through scope on sand bar
in dam. Was difficult to locate as there were many Sharp-tailed Sandpipers
present which were quite flighty.
Sandra Gallienne
Pacific baza Childers
At the Apple tree creek camping ground 6km north of the town a baza in nesting
in a tall eucalyptus tree located in the childrens playground.
Ben Weston
Little Bittern, Australian Painted Snipe, Spotless Crake, Baillon's
Crake, Little Grassbird Parklakes Wetland, Bli Bli
This wetland continues to present good birds. The above spp recorded plus both
spp of whistling ducks and a good variety of other common spp.
Ken Cross
Thu 9 Jan Oriental Cuckoo Anstead Bushland Reserve
Birding with Ross & Cathy Smith, Vince Budjera & Jack Whiting. Fine, very mild
morning with 80% cloud cover and a light shower of rain Oriental Cuckoo (1)
Female. Seen about 08:15 from the bitumen path leading up from the second
carpark along Hawkesbury Road just before the end of the bitumen on the way to
Sugar's Quarry, near the large dirt mound and south of the powerlines.
Julie Sarna (1190)
Thu 9 Jan Buff Banded Rail, Pale Vented Bush Hen and Lewin's Rail
Kingfisher Park, Kenmore
Sighted 2 adult Buff Banded Rails plus one juvenile (poor quality photo) -
heard and sighted 2 Pale Vented Bush Hens - all behind Twilight Street. Heard 2
Lewin's Rails calling, briefly sighted a chick (possibly 2) in the swamp at the
soccer fields - did not manage to photograph.
Anne Love-Hoskins
Wed 8 Jan Brown Songlark, Stubble Quail, Horsfield's Bushlark Seven-Mile
Lagoon, Lockyer Waters
Lagoon dry but lots of good birds still here. Brown Songlark very common,
plenty of Stubble Quail & Horsfield's Bushlark
Greg Roberts
Plum-headed Finch Helidon, Lockyer Valley
8 just outside Helidon on Back Flagstone Creek Road; 2 more 6km west of
Helidon; 20 at Cross Road
Greg Roberts
Freckled Duck Lake Galletly, University Queensland, Lawes
10 Freckled Duck here, also 4 at Jahnke's Lagoon, 7 at Peach's Lagoon
Greg Roberts
Black Falcon Lake Clarendon
1 bird
Greg Roberts
Pectoral Sandpiper Cross Road Dam, Lower Tenthill
1 bird showing nicely
Greg Roberts
Pacific Black Duck-Mallard-Hybrid Kumbartcho Sanctuary, Eatons Hill
Previously sighted on this lagoon in November and then identified by the
Kumbartcho birders as a hybrid. This time with a number of Pacific Black Ducks.
Vince Bugeja
Southern Boobook Kumbartcho Sanctuary, Eatons Hill
Sighted by the Kumbartcho birders on our monthly outing perched in the same
tree outside the barn where first sighted in December
Vince Bugeja
Fork Tailed Swift Lake Eden North Lakes Qld 4509
I've photographed Lake Eden for over 10 years and have never seen these
before...it was a bad day for photographing and will attempt again
tomorrow...the lake is now full after a long almost empty spell of about 5
months...
Tony Schofield
Powerful Owl Mill Rainforest Board Walk, Mt Mee State Forest
One Powerful Owl roosting in the open in a tree overhanging the creek this
morning close to midday. Unfortunately I only had a small compact point and
shoot camera at hand otherwise good photos might have been obtained. When
commencing the loop part of the walk it is the first creek crossing which has
the footbridge over the creek with no balustrade. The owl was roosting on the
left hand side, far bank as you step onto the bridge - very easy to spot.
Marie Tarrant
Tue 7 Jan Lewin's Rail, Pale-vented Bush-hen Rafting Ground Reserve
Five Lewin's Rails detected, from two areas along Moggill Creek, at low water.
Two were seen at the water's edge, one bathing (video obtained). Bush-hens
calling nearby. Habitat: weeds, and some native plants, forming dense cover on
creek banks.
Roger Jaensch
Black Kite Bunya Qld.
At least 15 present over the Rubbish Tip,off Bunya Road.
David Redhead
Fork-tailed Swift Coorparoo
At least 3 in small flock of Needletails low over Old Cleveland Road at 7.30.
Stuart Pickering
Mon 6 Jan Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Moggill State Forest
Assumed escape, but one also reported nearby at Blacksoil on 10th January by
Sandra Gallienne - same bird? MODERATORS NOTE (SG) Major Mitchell's Cockatoos
have been reported from the Frazer 1' Cell via Eremaea lists since December
2012 with the comment that they have been in the area for 25 years and raised
several broods. The last sighting from that cell on 01/01/2014 indicated that
there were 7 birds in total.
Rod Gardner
Fork-tailed Swift Griffin
Three circling over garden mid am for a few mins before drifting off west. Also
Black Kite over, a bird that has become scarce again locally after last year's
influx.
Andy Jensen
Sun 5 Jan Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove, Australian Logrunner, Russet-tailed
Thrush Mary Cairncross Reserve.
Late afternoon visit found Russet-tailed Thrush (2), Australian Logrunner (2)
and 4 calling Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove.
Russ Lamb & Mark Coates (UK)
Sun 5 Jan Terek Sandpiper Toorbul Artificial Roost
Roost hardly utilised this morning, birds refusing to land. Small group of
Terek Sandpipers stayed briefly in company with Grey-tailed Tattler
Russ Lamb & Mark Coates (UK)
Sun 5 Jan Lewin's Rail, Spotless Crake Riverhills (Brisbane River via
Sumners Road)
Two Lewin's Rails and 4 Spotless Crakes calling in dense weedy cover, with
bulrush adjacent in the intertidal zone, beside Brisbane River. Near western
end of Sumners Road.
Roger Jaensch
Thu 2 Jan Pacific Baza Kingfisher Park, Kenmore
This is the first time that I have seen a Pacific Baza in the park. Due to the
dense bush I couldn't get any closer to get a decent photo.
Anne Love-Hoskins
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