Checked-out the many small wetlands along Cove Road, Stanmore yesterday morning (Stanmore is a locality between Beerwah and Woodford, SEQ). Found two male and one female Australasian Shoveler on a natural wetland, a species not often seen on the Sunshine Coast and environs. Also single Glossy Ibis at a couple of spots, a raft of 36 Australasian Grebe on a large dam, and three flocks of Plumed Whistling-Duck converging in the air and then all 60+ landing on water. Also found a Noisy Pitta in sparse, degraded riverine rainforest alongside the Stanley River at Commissioners Flat, same site where I heard one last September. A small stock dam nearby held both Pacific and White-faced Heron, and a pair of Azure Kingfisher sitting in the open on small bushes beside the dam.
Russ Lamb, Maleny,SEQ ===============================
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