Birdline Central & Southern Queensland Weekly Update

Birdline Central & Southern Queensland Published sightings for the week ending 5 Oct 2014. Sun 5 Oct Glossy Black Cockatoo Sharyn Bonney Bushland Reserve,Caloundra On Sugar Loaf Road,Caloundra- a pair still present this morning Ross and Natalie Sinclair Sat 4 Oct Glossy Black-Cockatoo Sharyn Bonney Bushland Reserve, Aroona A group of four (consisting of male/female pairs) seen feeding in the abundant Black She-Oaks within the reserve. A lovely find, especially given the close proximity to busy Caloundra. Christian Perrin Fri 3 Oct Brush Cuckoo, Channel-billed Cuckoo Cooloola NP -Cooroibah section Three Brush Cuckoo heard, also single Channel-billed Cuckoo, both first for this Spring. Shining-bronze and Fan-tailed easily seen Russ Lamb Thu 2 Oct Wandering Tattler Point Cartwright, QLD. 2x Wandering Tattlers seen right on low tide at 7:30am. The Tattlers were joined on the rocks by a Greater Sand Plover. The birds spent most of the time foraging on the western half of the rock ledge. At one point one of the Tattlers chased the Sand Plover after it grabbed a morsel. Chris Martinez & Daniel Venema Mon 29 Sep Eyrean Grasswren Birdsville area Two birds located on a dune on the right hand track just before ‘Little Red’ on the Simpson Desert National Park Rd. The turn off to the track is exactly 34.6 kms from the Birdsville hotel. We went down the track 1.7 km then climbed the sand dune on the left. The birds were located in this area within 30 minutes. Bernie OKeefe and Ken Haines Sun 28 Sep Square-tailed Kite, Pacific Baza (3) Tondoon Botanic Gardens, Gladstone One adult SQT cruising above the treetops at the orchard behind the lake. A family of 3 Bazas are very vocal around the cafe and above the lake at the moment as well. Elliot Leach Sat 27 Sep Zitting Cisticola (2) Port Alma Rd, near Cheetham Salt Works After looking at HANZAB and consulting with people / looking at images online, I am now happy to identify two cisticolas that we saw while searching for the Yellow Chats on Saturday as Zitting Cisticolas. This ID was based on plumage characteristics mentioned in HANZAB, and on calls heard in flight. I have fixed our original site list to include these birds. Further information including a summary from HANZAB can be found in the link. Elliot Leach; Jess Mackie