Birdline Central & Southern Queensland Weekly Update

Birdline Central & Southern Queensland Published sightings for the week ending 21 Sep 2014. Sun 21 Sep Shining Bronze-Cuckoo (2) Gold Creek Reservoir One adult Shining Bronze-Cuckoo (race plagosus) seen in the riparian vegetation near the car park. Later, a young SBC was seen along Gold’s Creek, upstream from the bridge. When I first saw the bird it appeared to be hassling a couple of Brown Thornbills by chasing them around. However, it turned out that it was merely following its hosts, begging to be fed! The cuckoo was at least twice the size of its hosts, being similar in size to the adult we’d seen previously, and the poor little Thornbills were very busy trying to find food for it. We saw them feed it several times. The barring on the SBCs breast was only starting to develop, from the from the flanks to the centre, and its iridescent feathers on the wings and back were only just starting to come in. It was giving an extremely high pitched begging call – an incessant series of “see” sounds, about once a second. Elliot Leach; Chris Burwell; Louise Ashton Sat 20 Sep Red-footed Booby, Tahiti Petrel, Kermadec Petrel, Black-bellied Storm-petrel Offshore–Southport pelagic One immature Red-footed Booby, 2 returning Tahiti Petrels, 2 Kermadec Petrels, 3 Black-bellied Storm-petrels. Paul Walbridge & Nikolas Haass for all on the Southport Pelagic Thu 18 Sep australian owlet nightjar Myora Springs, North Stradbroke Island Juvenile in tree hollow Doug Harding Black-necked Stork Lake Macdonald Male seen at Jabiru Park/Fearnley bird hide. Full list on eBird. Sarah Beavis Tue 16 Sep Collared Sparrowhawk University of Queensland (St Lucia) One male Collared Sparrowhawk in the paperbark trees in the corner of the main lake, at the junction of Staff House Rd, at 10:45am. Bird was getting serious attention from miners, Pied Butcherbirds, magpies, currawongs and even lapwings. Still hung around for a good ten minutes, allowing for good looks. The first time I’ve seen this species on campus for over five years (Brown Goshawk is semi-regular). Photo attached with miner visible for size comparison. Russell Yong Mon 15 Sep Black Kite Bruce Highway, Narangba. Near landfill site , West of highway David Redhead Asian Dowitcher Toorbul–high tide roost Present again this afternoon David Redhead