Birdline Central & Southern Queensland
Published sightings for the week ending 31 Aug 2014.
Sat 30 Aug Long Billed Corella Numinbah Valley Qld
Barry and Jennifer Layton
Ground Cuckooshrike Lake Clarendon
2 feeding in paddock beside causeway, approx. 100m along from gate.
Near gnarled old gum tree. 1100 hours.
Jo & Matt Culican
Fri 29 Aug Swift Parrot Gould Adams Park, Kingston
Two birds still present. Seen well after searching for about 50 minutes
through all the eucalpyts and lorikeets, feeding in a tall Gum-topped
Box near the creek, to the west of the car park. Only called once.
Sandra Galliene
Shining flycatcher Coochin creek camp ground
Female seen foraging in mangroves on far bank from the campground
James Fong
Thu 28 Aug Black breasted button quail (5) Noisy Pitta (2) Inskip Point
Recreation Area
Great conditions for birding this morning following the thunderstorms
the previous afternoon. Good variety of species with the highlight
being able to watch a quail scratch out a platelet before it became
aware we were watching. The hotspot for the quail and pittas was toward
the end of the walking trail on the right hand side
Hedley and Irena Earl
Eastern Reef Egret Humpybong Creek mouth / rock groyne
Following up on yesterday's report, we found two birds on the rock
groyne at the beach 'mouth' of the creek about 8:00am. Their colouring
initially made them hard to find among the rocks but, when found, close
observation was allowed - they were not shy at all. After 20 mins. of
photos, etc, one flew up over the road and seemed to be heading for the
spillway area where sighted yesterday.
Brian & Meg Johnson
Wed 27 Aug Eastern Reef Egret Grey morph Humpybong Creek Redcliffe
Sighted at the spillway just downstream from the fountain. Constantly
chasing off a Little Egret and ignored a Great Egret close by. I had a
report of two but could only sight one.
Vince Bugeja
Tue 26 Aug Wedge-tailed Eagle Boonah Qld
Two adults on nest with chick
Wendy Dunn Lindsey Reeves
Letter-winged Kite Brisbane, Airport, International Departures
Report from July 16, 2014 received 26/8/14 - Having spent the night at
Ibis, I arrived at the airport before sunrise, observing birds for an
hour in front of International Departures. A kite passed by, on its way
inland, first circling by the buildings and then being chased by a
crow. Instead of the expected Black-shouldered Kite, it was a splendid
adult Letter-winged Kite, the last raptor species I still missed in
Australia. The main identification feature were the wide black bars
across the underside of its inner wings (axillaries to the base of
primaries), otherwise pure white, just a hint of dark in the very tips
of primaries. After this stroke of luck, being rerouted from Honiara to
Brisbane to Nadi instead of direct flight to Nadi did not feel so bad,
after all! Could have taken a photo or two, but was too focused on
admiring the rare sight to do that. (Moderator's Note: This report is
from July 16 and is unconfirmed - please do be on the lookout for this
species however note that Kedron Brook Wetlands hosts a number of
Black-shouldered Kites.)
Petri Hottola
Mon 25 Aug Pheasant Coucal (2) East Mary River Rd, Conondale
Amazing views of both coucals roadside around 4pm this afternoon. We
have never seen this bird close up before and certainly never seen the
brilliant feather display
Hedley & Irena Earl
Sun 24 Aug Masked Owl, Southern Boobook Booloumba creek Rd
9pm last night we were pleased to finally sight a masked owl. At a
property suggested to us we arrived at the location, played one taped
call and the owl came in within 20 seconds. A boobook called once from
the same location but otherwise no other owls were heard or sighted
Hedley and Irena Earl
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