| Tue 25 | | crimson rosella
clearwater street, ormiston |
| two birds in tree calling |
| jeremy wynne 25/9 #235544 |
| Sun 23 |  | Australian Pratincole
Lake Coolmunda |
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| Feeding on the highway side of the lake, back from the waterline near the grass area. Single bird observed for the afternoon. Photo taken from campground side of fence, included for reference. |
| Kim Cumes and Pauline Brennan 24/9 #235542 |
| | Pectoral Sandpiper
Lake Clarendon |
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| Single bird with 200+ sharpies. eBird checklist |
| Ged Tranter and Michael Daley 23/9 #235526 |
| Sat 22 | | Dollar Bird
Oyster Creek, West Burleigh, Gold Coast |
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| First sighting for the season to Birdline CSQ |
| Rhonda Ramadge 22/9 #235510 |
| Fri 21 | | Mixed woodswallows.
Taabinga, Kingaroy south. |
| From 9 a.m. today, till 5.30 pm, mixed flocks of white browed, masked and black faced woodswallows almost continuously in flocks from 30 to 50, up to over 100, with rarely a time all day with none in sight, guessing in the thousands, some coming down to feed in flowering eucalypts, then continuing in a general easterly direction. East coast birders, prepare yourselves. |
| Doug Armstrong 21/9 #235498 |
| | White-browed Woodswallow
D'Aguilar National Park |
| Heard numbers flying high overhead on and off for over 1.5 hours this morning, while bushwalking in remote rainforest in the park. The forest was so dense and tall that it was very difficult to see the birds, but eventually through gaps in the canopy - with binocs on maximum focal length - I saw up to 4 at a time, specks in the sky but easily recognisable by their shape and conspicuous white-tipped tail, and of course, the calls. eBird checklist |
| Richard Noske 21/9 #235497 |
| | Square-tailed Kite
Enoggerah Dam |
| Great to observe a single StK effortlessly gliding just above the canopy across from the swimming area today. And for us southerners from Victoria, a treat to see two Bush Stone-curlews on the edge of the carpark this is a very rare species in Victoria & 2 Jacana. No Sea-Eagle but we didn't get very far along the lake track...other BoP were Whistling Kite & Brown Goshawk. |
| Martin O'Brien 21/9 #235491 |
| Thu 20 | | Freckled Duck
Cooby Dam--Lovedays Cove |
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| Group of 12 Freckled Ducks loafing at water's edge with cormorants, Hardheads and pelicans. Also, 8 Australasian Shovelers feeding nearby in open water with submerged ribbon-weed. |
| Roger Jaensch 20/9 #235486 |
| Tue 18 | | Cotton Pygmy-goose
Kobble Creek BBQ area (nr Samsonvale Cemetery) |
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| Single female, is the first sighting of this species (at this location by this observer) since 1994 eBird checklist |
| Tom Tarrant 18/9 #235461 |
| | Shining Flycatcher
Theodolite Creek Woodgate Beach |
| Ad female seen feeding in mangroves on the edge of Theodolite Creek near boat ramp at 0830 |
| Gavin O’Meara 18/9 #235455 |
| Mon 17 | | Brown songlark
North Wall Scarborough Marina, Scarborough, Qld. |
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| As reported on EBird by Stephen Murray on Saturday and Sunday.
Along with the Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo also reported by Stephen Murray on EBird on Sunday. eBird checklist |
| Paul Turner 18/9 #235449 |
| Sun 16 | | Baillons Crakes
Sandy Camp Road Lagoons |
| Crakes are abundant and obvious at the moment.One Hobby. |
| Ross and Natalie Sinclair 16/9 #235430 |
| Fri 14 | | Freckled Duck
Lake Galletly (University of Queensland - Gatton campus) |
| Single bird loafing on the island's shoreline among abundant whistling-ducks. Peaked crown and fine white marks on dark grey upperparts, |
| Roger Jaensch 20/9 #235485 |
| | Australian Pratincole
Lake Clarendon |
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| Was feeding around shoreline of water. |
| Pauline Brennan & Kim Cumes 16/9 #235422 |
| Wed 12 | | White-browed Woodswallow and Masked Woodswallow
Toowoomba--Redwood Park |
| At least 200 woodswallows, in several groups, passing high above the dry rainforest on mid-slopes of the escarpment, heading south-west. Mixed flocks of these two species recorded in similar circumstances at seven sites in the greater Toowoomba area from 28 August to date of posting (20 September)--including about 200 below the north-western escarpment of Toowoomba on 18 September, spiralling above a Black Falcon. |
| Roger Jaensch 20/9 #235487 |
| | Red-backed Buttonquail
Ashgrove |
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| Found it being eaten by a pied butcherbird
A cat was nearby watching, possible the PBB stole it from the cat |
| Chris Perry 12/9 #235389 |
| | Brown Songlark
Maleny Precinct. |
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| This bird has been around for a few days now. |
| Ian Starling 12/9 #235383 |
| Tue 11 | | Red-backed Kingfisher
Finland Road, Paradise Waters |
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| Just before highway overpass. Not in its normal range. |
| Ian Starling 11/9 #235371 |
| Mon 10 | | Barn Owl
Minnippi Parklands |
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| 1 near southern car-park, bird was constantly harassed by Miners & Butcherbirds. First site record, poor record shot attached |
| Stuart Pickering 10/9 #235367 |
| | Channel-billed Cuckoo
Gold's Scrub Lane (Lake Samsonvale) |
| I heard the first raucous call of a Channel-billed Cuckoo for the summer this morning around Lake Samsonvale. eBird checklist |
| Marie Tarrant 10/9 #235363 |
| Sun 9 | | diamond dove
Glendale locality, adjacent to Fitzroy River in the Belmont creek area, Rockhampton |
| Eastern record, 3 diamond doves in a group of about 7 peaceful doves and around 50 double-barred finches. |
| Andrew McDougall 9/9 #235359 |
| Sat 8 | | Brown Songlark
Oxley Creek Common |
| Distant view on grass slope on far side of lake on right. Too large and all over dark for previously reported Rufous SL. |
| Robert Dougherty & Colin Reid 8/9 #235339 |
| Fri 7 | | Australasian Figbird
Balonne River walk, Surat at -27.15000, 149.06666 |
| One male in bright breeding plumage. ? edge of distribution
ssp. vieilloti |
| June Harris 11/9 #235377 |
| | Superb Fairy-wren
Wyaralong Dam. Mt Joyce Recreation Area |
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| This wren appears to have 4 eyes? (Moderators note: on closer inspection the second eye is the rear end of a tick) |
| John Price 7/9 #235333 |
| Thu 6 | | Masked and White-browed Woodswallows
Kobble Creek, SEQ |
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| Constant presence of flocks of Masked and White-browed WSs from midday today over Kobble Creek. Very high and more heard than seen. Grey sky makes for poor photos eBird checklist |
| Marie Tarrant 6/9 #235317 |
| Tue 4 | | Masked Woodswallow
Crystal Waters Eco Village, Conondale |
| Masked Woodswallow and White-browed Woodswallows, a large flock of 300. Well, those are new ones for the home list! |
| Ian Starling 4/9 #235302 |
| Mon 3 | | channel-billed cuckoo
442 Bunburra road, Bunburra 4310 |
| Equal earliest arrival in our area with 1988. |
| Errol stenzel 8/9 #235337 |
| | Painted Button-quail
Kureelpa Falls Track |
| Single bird walking across track, in drier forest section near waterfall.
First time observed after many visits. eBird checklist |
| John Kooistra & Vince Lee 3/9 #235300 |
| Sun 2 | | White-cheekd honeyeater
Huth Rd., Jacob's Well |
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| Not sure how unusual this is. I've only seen them north of /Brisbane in the past. The bird is in the centre of this photo. Lots of honeyeaters of different sorts on both sides of the road in the late morning.. (Moderators Note (SG): Have been recorded at Jacobs Well previously but this is not a well birded area so hard to determine if they are routinely present). eBird checklist |
| David Lie 2/9 #235288 |
| | Lathams Snipe
Eric Mcsweeney ct Narangba |
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| A pair feeding on the edge of a small dam on private property but viewed from the roadside, great to see them so close to home. our first sighting for the year. |
| Bernie and Linda McIvor and wilma 2/9 #235285 |
| | Red Wattlebird
Private garden,. Mt Glorious |
| One bird observed sitting in deciduous tree before being aggressively chased off by resident Little Wattlebirds. New bird for garden and ?? Mt Glorious. Flew south. Hundreds of migrating Yellow-faced Honeyeater passing over house southward bound for last 3 weeks. Noisy Friarbird also seen heading south this am. (Moderator's Note (SG): Only 8 Red Wattlebird records for Moreton Bay Council Area in ebird - Closest to Mt Glorious from Armstrong Creek in June 2010 by Tom Tarrant, Mike & Linda Lewis. Recent confirmed records from NPWS Office at Moggill also Greenbank, and 1 unconfirmed record from Griffin) |
| Judith Hoyle 2/9 #235278 |
| Sat 1 | | Pale-vented Bush-hen
Maleny CBD... no, really! |
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| Very surprised to see this bird in the back garden whilst doing the dishes. eBird checklist |
| Ian Starling 1/9 #235269 |