An adult female Black-necked Stork and an Australian Painted Snipe have been found dead along the southern shore of Ewen Maddock Dam on the Sunshine Coast. It is likely that both birds were shot. The two species are rare in south-east Queensland. Unfortunately, in my experience, the Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection has in the past ignored representations made to it about the welfare of rare birds. I found the dead stork today in the area that it had been frequenting for several weeks.
On a more positive note, today I saw the Black-tailed Native-hen that I found at the dam 6 weeks ago, along with an Australian Little Bittern and two Spotless Crakes.
More here: http://sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/
Greg Roberts
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