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August 2017

Sun 13		Lathams Snipe Lake Kurwongbah--Scout Road Reserve
		Flushed while walking along the edge of the dam, first for the season.
		Dez Wells 14/8 #231539
		Black-eared Cuckoo Mosquito Creek Rd
		Initially two heard, then one adult seen very well while the second bird called from the other side of the road. Potentially a pair. Other good birds: 2 Yellow-billed Spoonbills, 15 Banded Lapwings and 2 Pallid Cuckoos (likely a pair). eBird checklist
		Nikolas Haass & Raja Stephenson 13/8 #231528
Sat 12		Noisy Pitta Lake MacDonald Noosa Botanical Gardens
		Donna Tomkinson 12/8 #231519
		Rufous Songlark Oxley Creek Common
		Perched up briefly in paddock beside Pelican Lagoon - heard here previously.
		Colin Reid 12/8 #231515
Mon 7		Channel-billed Cuckoo Pinbarren (Sunshine Coast)
		A single bird flying strongly towards the north-west.
		Steve Popple 7/8 #231489
Sat 5		Australian bustard Durong South near township
		A group of 10 Australian bustards observed over a couple of days in cultivation and grassed paddocks. I have not seen this many together before.
		Andrew McDougall 9/8 #231498
Wed 2		Swift Parrot Durikai State Forest
		A minimum of 8 Swift Parrots were observed and photographed in the northern section of Durikai State Forest on the 26th July. The birds were feeding in flowering Broad-leaved Ironbark and what could be a hybrid ironbark species. The northern part of Durikai currently has good blossom in Broad-leaved / Mugga Ironbark trees and there is bud showing on Yellow Box and Forest Red Gums. The Swift Parrots were recorded amongst 13 species of honeyeaters and 3 species of lorikeets. Other good birds found included Turquoise Parrot and Diamond Firetail. Image taken by Harry Hines.
		Harry Hines per Mick Roderick 2/8 #231461

July 2017

Sun 30		Brown Skua Sunshine Coast Pelagic
		Skua with freshly killed Providence Petrel. eBird checklist Further information
		Greg Roberts & all aboard Sunshine Coast pelagic 31/7 #231444
Sat 29		Radjah shelduck Hamilton Island, Whitsundays
		Out browse cutting for animals at the wildlife park on a trail opposite the road from the lake at the sports field. Walking up this trail was a solitary duck on the path approximately 50m away. Stopping to observe it, the duck came running towards me stopping only three meters away. Good observation, I'm gonna assume it's a duck the usually frequents an area where it's fed by people.
		Andrew O'Brien 30/7 #231439
Sun 23		Plum-headed Finch, Brown-headed Honeyeater Lockyer Siding Road, Murphy's Creek
		eBird checklist Further information
		Greg Roberts 25/7 #231416
		Plum-headed Finch Brisbane Valley railway bridge over Lockyer Creek
		As many as 20+ bathing and drinking in pool below bridge, in mixed flock with Double-barred and Nutmeg Mannikins eBird checklist
		Peter Horler 24/7 #231413
		Powerful Owl Sheep Station Conservation Reserve
		The chick is out on branch with 1 parent and another parent in nearby tree
		Mary Hynes & Judy Coles 23/7 #231405
Sat 22		Eastern Osprey Dayboro Rd, Petrie, Brisbane
		Eastern Osprey Nest in power pylon above Lake Kurwongbah. 1 chick sighted on 22nd July 2 chicks sighted 11 July
		Pip Grant-Taylor 27/7 #231422
		Pallid Cuckoo Seven Mile Lagoon
		One adult on the power-lines along Jimba Rd. Hung around for the entire 15 mins we were there, working its way slowly down the road from line to line. Terrible iPhone photo attached. One Banded Lapwing was seen on the nearby Banool Rd paddock. eBird checklist
		Russell Yong, J. Hatton 23/7 #231408
Fri 21		Painted Finch Bladensburg National Park
		2 Painted Finches seen at Hunters Gorge perched on top of cliff to the east of the camping ground. Also seen at L Constance were 3 Musk Ducks on following day 20th July. eBird checklist
		Sue Lee 25/7 #231420
		Beach Stone-curlew Queensland Alumina Limited, Parsons Pt, Gladstone (restricted access)
		During our latest monthly QAL wader survey we observed a single Beach Stone-curlew. The bird was roosting on a stony levy at the Ash Pond. We (Margaret, Cheryl and myself) have got an excellent view of the bird that after 10 minutes flew away. Other interesting birds during the survey include: Australian Hobby, Brown Goshawk, White-necked Heron and large flock of Gull-billed Tern.
		Ted Wnorowski 22/7 #231396
Wed 19		Australian Bustard Burri Burri Rd, North of chinchilla
		Saw this guy standing in the middle of the road while I was doing some ecology work out that way. Let me drive right up to him and have a look flew off before I could get a photo, followed him to a field but the camera on my phone was not good enough to get him before he carried on. Interesting to see one this far south.
		Mark mcveigh 20/7 #231390
Tue 18		Little Eagle Kobble Creek picnic area
		A Little Eagle appears to be hanging around Lake Samsonvale; picked up 10th July at Postman's Track and again today (18th) above the Kobble Creek picnic area.
		Marie Tarrant 18/7 #231376