Birdline Central & Southern Queensland Weekly Update

Birdline Central & Southern Queensland Published sightings for the week ending 28 Sep 2014. Sun 28 Sep White-eared Monarch, Spectacled Monarch, Black-faced Monarch, Emerald Dove Gold Creek Reservoir 2 White-eared Monarch, several Spectacled Monarch and 2 Black-faced Monarch in the same tree at the second creek crossing before the car park and an Emerald Dove nearby. Nikolas Haass & Raja Stephenson Sat 27 Sep Lewin’s Rail, Marbled Frogmouth, Glossy Black-Cockatoo Lamington National Park–O’Reilly’s Lewin’s Rail in Moran’s valley along the creek. Marbled Frogmouth, 2 seen(hidden gully and near the glow worm cave) and others heard. 15 Glossy Black-Cockatoos with young on Duck creek road. Also 2 Crested Shrike-tit, 1 Red-Browed Treecreeper on Duck Creek Rd and a Dollarbird in Moran’s Valley. Jo & Matt Culican and Duncan Fowler (Oreilly’s Bird Guide) Asian Dowitcher Toorbul–high tide roost Asian Dowitcher present at Artificial Roost. Assume that this could be same bird from the 15th September Dezmond Wells Yellow Chat (3) Port Alma Rd, near Gate 1 of Cheetham Salt Works Two adult males seen and heard singing at around 8:30 this morning. A duller looking bird was seen accompanying one of the males: we thought it was a female, though this pair was seen at quite a distance. Very exciting to finally connect with this species! Thanks to Wayne Houston for site info; full site list available on eBird. Elliot Leach; Jess Mackie Peregrine Falcon Stanley Rd, Coorparoo One Peregrine Falcon at about 10:50am, over the Norman Creek/Coorparoo Secondary College area, being given grief by two crows. Made several low passes and circled for over two minutes, going higher and higher before heading northwest in the direction of East Brisbane. Russell Yong Fri 26 Sep Little Bronze-Cuckoo, Apostlebird Anstead Bushland Reserve Clear close-up sighting of Cuckoo. Also, a flight of 3 Apostlebirds near the Mount Crosby Road – Hawkesbury Road junction. Single Apostlebird also sighted. Liz Gould and Peter Horler