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July 2018

Mon 16		Pictorella Mannikin Boulia River Crossing (near the caravan park)
		Two birds seen foraging together with zebra finches. eBird checklist
		Stanley Tang and Andrew Walker 16/7 #234873
Tue 10		Musk Lorikeet Dayboro IGA Supermarket Carpark
		Several birds (initially heard on call) feeding in flowering gum with large IGA sign on trunk.
		Tom Tarrant 10/7 #234834
Mon 9		Swift Parrot Sheep Station Creek Conservation Park
		Two birds close to trail, SW section of Grey Box/Gum circuit, S of Phelps Rd entrance, around 12:00 hrs. Not present 4 h earlier when birding there for 1 h. Quite close to where I saw the first bird (sub-adult) on 11 June. eBird checklist
		Richard Noske 10/7 #234832
Sun 8		New Holland honeyeater Kingaman road lake borumba
		Feeding in eucalypts with little lorikeets.
		Bernie and Linda Mcivor and Wilma 9/7 #234826
		Brown Booby and Australasian Gannets Red Beach, Bribie Island
		All Imm/juv feeding with many crested Terns not far from shore
		Ken Hartley 8/7 #234822
		Red-backed Kingfisher Greendale Road on way to Glastonbury Creek Camping area, north of Gympie
		Unusual sighting in this area, possibly due to dry conditions further west
		Steve & Carol Popple 8/7 #234818
Wed 4		Australian Bustard Warmga Park (restricted access) Bell, Qld
		I am seeing between 1 to 6 Australian Bustards every few days, these birds are not common here, but usually spend some time in our district every year.
		Bernice Seton 4/7 #234786
Mon 2		Western Gerygone Whites Hill Reserve
		Mega! Western Gerygone singing intermittently at -27.5127° S / 153.0840° E. Seen throughout the day by several observers and at least one report from the morning of the 3rd. eBird checklist
		Elliot Leach 4/7 #234782
		Regent Bower Birds and Spotted Bower Bird Warmga Park (restricted access)
		Regent Bower Birds, male and female bathing in bird bath with a Spotted Bower bird, male. These birds are not common visitors here
		Bernice Seton 3/7 #234779
Sun 1		Dusky Woodswallow Duck Creek Road.
		One bird flying overhead about 2 kms along the road from the edge of the rainforest. An uncommon sighting in that area.
		Barry Davies 2/7 #234756
		Glossy Black-Cockatoo Lamington National Park Road
		A flock of Glossys flew from the side of the road down in to the valley approximately 4 kms from the start of the up hill section of the road. There were definitely 5 birds but possibly 7. Unfortunately in the late afternoon light we were not able to distinguish the gender or age of the birds.
		Barry Davies and Andrew Austin 2/7 #234755
		Musk Lorikeet Lamington National Park Road Sarabah
		A flock of Musk Lorikeets, identified by their distinctive call, flew across the road and down in to the valley late in the afternoon about 3 kms up the road from where it starts going up hill.
		Barry Davies 2/7 #234754
		Spotted Bower Bird Warmga Park, Bell Qld
		I male bird, bathing, only third time one has been seen here. Conditions are very dry
		Bernice Seton 1/7 #234751

June 2018

Fri 29		Fluttering shearwater Lions Park (Woorim)
		At 4.30 pm a large flock of about 2000 birds that we suspect were Fluttering shearwaters flew from the southeast to the north towards Caloundra. They were flying low over the water just outside of the shark nets. This coincided with a group of dolphins, terns and 2 gannets feeding on a school of fish just inside the shark nets. eBird checklist
		Jan Nargar 29/6 #234726
Mon 25		Brolga Dholes rocks road
		Still wading about, single bird only, but was in the company of six Glossy ibis
		Bernie and Linda Mcivor 25/6 #234696
Sat 23		White-fronted Tern Point Lookout (North Stradbroke Island)
		Single bird on the rocks below Point Lookout this morning. Seen while I was whale watching. Conditions otherwise far too benign for any other seabirds of note.
		Andy Jensen 23/6 #234683