Month: July 2018

Where do WA Birders Post Notable Sightings

Hi

I am going to Southern WA in December.

I’ve noticed that there are very few postings of sightings on Eremaea
Birdlines WA.

Is there another website or Facebook site that WA people post on regularly
, please or is Western Aus ebird the only source ?

Cheers

Kevin

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Sanderling numbers in SW Victoria

Hi birders

I hope the photo in the link is visible to the general public.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Blri6QKH-3B/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

I took this photo in about 1980-1981 on the beach at Yambuk in SW
Victoria. It represents about 50-60% of a fairly large flock of
Sanderlings that I flushed during a Hooded Plover survey. Rough scan of
the 35mm Kodachrome slide as I trawl through my photo collection.

Are Sanderlings still seen in these numbers in Victoria these days? I
haven’t been to Yambuk for ~30 years to see for myself!

cheers

++++++++++++
Dr Lawrie Conole
lconole@gmail.com

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1 Hen, 76 Ducklings: What’s the Deal With This Picture?

I thought readers might find this New York Times article of interest on a
Common Meganser hen with 76 duckings following her on a lake in Minnesota.

www.nytimes.com/2018/07/24/science/merganser-ducklings-photo.html

Dean Cutten

Victor Harbor, SA

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last id – yellow spotted or graceful

Dear List,

Going through our bird lists, this is the last bird from Australia we
have not been able to identify.

jpolak.org/unknown/yellowspottedgraceful.jpg

It is either a Yellow-spotted Honeyeater or a Graceful honeyeater.

We saw it in March on the Jindalba walk in Cape Tribulation (just north
of the Daintree ferry).

It was moving around a lot and we don’t remember it’s call.

We are confused because some tips say you can use the yellow cheek spot
to differentiate, and compared to some drawings, it seems to be a
Yellow-spotted Honeyeater. Other places say that the cheek spot can’t
tell you anything.

Could anyone help us out here?

Jason

P.S. My wife really misses Australia, and she says hi (she’s looking
over my shoulder, eagerly awaiting help from all the experts out there).

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Subject: Rockhampton – QLD

Hi James,

Things are pretty parched here at the moment so well short of the best birding it can be. Rocky is probably best known for its freshwater wetlands and the water levels are all down a bit which usually means good birding where there is water … but despite that, bird numbers are down a little on what they were only a couple of months ago.

Murray Lagoon at the Rockhampton botanic gardens is always worth looking at and over the past, all sorts of things have turned up. Things were pretty quiet though when I was last there a couple of weeks back.

Limestone Creek Conservation Park on the Yeppoon road near the Bruce Highway is a nice little window into what the bush around Rockhampton probably looked like before the city. Park at the National Parks office (at the south east corner) and wander around the mowed paths through the eucalypt woodlands. Again, pretty dry at the moment but there are some flowering gums around and the Scarlet Honeyeaters are in the area.

A bit out of town, Lake Mary Swamp (just south of intersection of Lake Mary Road and Serpentine Road – google maps show them) is another very reliable and interesting wetland. Quite a few km of gravel roads to get there though … but fine in a conventional car.

On the Capricorn coast, the best spots are probably Kinka Wetlands – has been amazing this winter although a little quieter on my last visit as the water retreats.

Bluff Point section of the Capricorn Coast Nat Park is probably one of the better spots for seeing the more coastal bush birds. Very dry at the moment but one of the more likely spots for Sunbirds (you won’t get them in Rockhampton … too inland).

Hope that helps,
Steve Kerr.

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Hi all,

Going to be in Rockhampton for a few days work this coming weekend/early next week. Wondering if anyone has some recommended sites for good birding in the area? Have no particular targets, just would be nice to hang out with the QLD birds we don’t get to appreciate as much whilst in Melbourne.

Any good spotlighting areas would be particularly appreciated!

Best wishes,

*James Mustafa*

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Rockhampton – QLD

Hi all,

Going to be in Rockhampton for a few days work this coming weekend/early
next week. Wondering if anyone has some recommended sites for good birding
in the area? Have no particular targets, just would be nice to hang out
with the QLD birds we don’t get to appreciate as much whilst in Melbourne.

Any good spotlighting areas would be particularly appreciated!

Best wishes,

*James Mustafa*

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Suggested sites for Birding west of Brisbane

I’m going to be visiting Brisbane in a couple of weeks time, and a friend
of mine (who lives in Laidley Heights near Gatton) and I want to catch up
and do some birding together. Can anyone recommend a site to the west of
Brisbane within about a 90 minute drive?

Thanks
Wendy Cayless

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