Noosa National Park

G’day all, I recently spent a few days on a family holiday at Noosa (Queensland Sunshine Coast). Birding was unfortunately not really on the agenda though a quick pre-dawn dash down to the Yellow Bittern site on the morning of our flight back to Melbourne did get me my first tick from an Aussie twitch since the Grey-headed Lapwing in 2006. With only 14 minutes before I simply had to leave in order not to miss the plane, the bird finally obliged in front of 8 delighted (and very well-behaved!) birders and photographers. I thought it was worth mentioning, however, how productive the birding was in the Noosa Heads section of Noosa National Park. I managed to visit three times and only covered the walking tracks nearest Noosa, not getting out to Alexandra Beach or anywhere along the coast. For anyone with only a little time to spare, this place is well worth a visit. Highlights included some terrific up close views of Noisy Pittas. They seem fairly well accustomed to the many walkers and joggers that pound the tracks and merely froze for a few seconds when somebody went past, leaving me standing there siaking up sustained views. This was along the Tanglewood Track in the rainforest section. I don’t know if they are there over the summer months but it seemed excellent for them. Other good lowland rainforest birds included Brown Cuckoo-Dove, Rufous Shrike-thrush, White-eared Monarch _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org