Birdline Central & Southern Queensland

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Birdline Central & Southern Queensland is a site for the reporting of rare or unusual birds outside their normal range, unusually high or low numbers, early or late arrivals or departures for migrant species and interesting behaviour or unusual habitat usage. The BSCQ region covers a large area from south of Ayr to the New South Wales Border and west to the Northern Territory border.

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Recent Sightings

February 2010

Sun 7 Black and Common Noddies, Brown Booby Point Lookout,Stradbroke Island
During a 4 hour seawatch today had 1 Black and 6-7 Common Noddies,most close in.1 adult Brown Booby, 3-4 Sooty terns,300 Wedge-tailed Shearwaters,3 Arctic and 1 Pom Skua.Lots of Little and Crested terns and a few Common Terns.On the nearby rocks were 2 Wandering Tattlers.
Stuart Pickering and Andy Jensen 7/2 #12428
Thu 4 Black Falcon & Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Warwick Sth QLD
1 pair Black Falcons over town at 12.30 pm and 3 YTBC over town at 4.45pm. Both spp unusual for town.
Chris Armstrong 4/2 #12382
Wed 3 Black Noddy Port Curtis Gladstone
30+ Black Noddies in Port Curtis and smaller numbers of Common Noddies on both the 2nd and 3rd Feb. All seem to be hiding from the wind and very heavy rain.
Rob Morris 4/2 #12392
Bridled Terns Port Curtis Gladstone
Small numbers out in the harbour between Gladstone and the mainland - I've not been on Port Curtis before but i assume this is unusual?
Rob Morris 4/2 #12391
Brown Booby Port Curtis Gladstone
1 on a beach on Curtis Island and one in the harbour in very wet conditions with strong on shore winds (for the last 3 days). This bird look exhausted. I wonder what other seabirds were blown ashore?
Rob Morris 4/2 #12390

January 2010

Sat 30 Pectoral Sandpiper Janke's Lagoon
The Pec is still there - in the Sw corner. Also over 40 Sharpies to help or hinder!
Rob Morris 30/1 #12318
Fri 29 Spotless Crake Sherwood Arboretum
2 birds seen well on SW edge of North Island at 8am. Visible from west (river) end of the causeway.
Mat Gilfedder 1/2 #12356
Mon 25 White-winged Fairy-wren, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Musk Duck Coolmunda Dam
Coolmunda Dam is at its lowest for several years and the exposed flats are green and being well grazed by cattle, swans and ducks. 4 feral geese still present. The picnic area #2 (at the dam outflow point) is closed. White-winged Fairy-wren: at least 6 at the normal spot. White-bellied Sea-Eagle: 2. Musk Duck: 6. Evidence of cat predation (including the cats) ...1 very freshly killed juv White-faced Heron and a pile of Wood Duck feathers. Full list
Chris Armstrong 25/1 #12261
Sun 24 White-tailed Tropicbird Southport Pelagic
1 immature bird
Rob Morris on the Southport Pelagic organised by Paul Walbridge 24/1 #12236
Sat 23 Pomerine Jaegers (Skuas) Southport Pelagic
6+ - with excellent views around the boat chasing the shearwater flocks (Wedge-taileds and Flesh-footed).
Rob Morris on the Southport Pelagic organised by Paul Walbridge 24/1 #12239
Tahiti Petrels Southport Pelagic
Only 2 or 3 today!
Rob Morris on the Southport Pelagic organised by Paul Walbridge 24/1 #12238
Lesser Frigatebird Southport Pelagic
1 Female
Rob Morris on the Southport Pelagic organised by Paul Walbridge 24/1 #12237
Sat 16 Pectoral Sandpiper Janke's Lagoon
Update - bird still present, seen by several observers.
Colin Reid 18/1 #12182
Little Bronze Cuckoo Samsonvale cemetery
At least 2 birds sen near the crake pool,also 1 Brush cuckoo calling.
Stuart Pickering 16/1 #12164
Tue 12 Plum-headed Finch. Lake Dyer, Nr Laidley.
Several birds present .
David Redhead 13/1 #12133
Pectoral Sandpiper Jahnkes Lagoon, Nr Gatton.
Long staying bird still present on southern shore this afternoon.
David Redhead 13/1 #12132
Sat 9 Eastern Grass Owl Kedron Brook Wetlands
Good views of a single at 18.50 hrs
Tom & Marie Tarrant, Marion Roper, Steve and Bill Murray, Richard Fuller, Glenn 9/1 #12093
Wed 6 Eastern Grass Owl Kedron Brook Wetlands
Pair seen very well at dusk in the same area where they were previously reported. 2 or 3 Lewin's Rails calling at dusk too.
Rob Morris / Andy Jenson 6/1 #12049
Tue 5 Common Tern Oxley Creek Common
single bird circling Pelican Lagoon around 10am Full list
Mat & Cathy Gilfedder 6/1 #12032
Sun 3 Raptors,Ducks,Honeyeaters,Lewins Rail Lockyer Valley
Good day in Lockyer Valley.No sign of Pec Sand at Jahnkes Lagoon,instead 20+ Sharp tailed Sands,3 Marsh Sands,3 Glossy Ibis and 5 Black Kites flying over.At Adares Road,6 Fuscous and 3 Brown headed Honeyeaters,1 Pacific Baza.At Uni lakes 6 Blue billed Ducks including a pair with 2 young.A Hobby at 7 Mile Lagoon and a Lewins Rail seen running across the road near Lowood.
Stuart Pickering and Andy Jensen 3/1 #11995
Sat 2 Pectoral Sandpiper Jahnke's Lagoon, Gatton
As reported by Michael Atzeni and Russell Jenkins. The bird was still present this morning (Sat).
Steve Murray 2/1 #11972
Fri 1 Lathams Snipe Connolly Dam, Warwick.
2 observed along shoreline. Other notes include 100+Hardhead, 2x White-bellied Sea-eagle, 6+ Great-crested Grebe, no Jacana and no Grey-crowned Babbler.
Chris Armstrong 2/1 #11974