Birdline Central & Southern Queensland Weekly Update

Birdline Central & Southern Queensland Published sightings for the week ending 2 Nov 2014. Sun 2 Nov Tahiti Petrel, Providence Petrel, Dollarbird Offshore–Southport pelagic Good numbers of Tahiti Petrels (15+) back for the summer. A couple of Providence Petrels which are scarce in Novemeber off Southport and a lone Dollarbird heading ashore from just inside the continent shelf. Rob Morris and all on board the Southport Pelagic organised by Paul Walbridge Australasian Shoveler Buckleys Hole,Bribie Island A single female Greg Roberts Yellow Honeyeater Banksia Beach, Bribie Island A single bird perhaps 800 kilometres out of range and the first record for south-east Queensland. Greg Roberts Yellow Oriole Proserpine River, Glen Isla Road, Proserpine A number of Yellow Orioles heard calling along the banks of the Proserpine River. Have not heard them this far South before. Have recorded the call on my mobile – quite distant, but perceivable. Dale Mengel Wood Sandpiper Sandgate–Dowse Lagoon Bird reported last two days still present this morning from platform at Southern end. David Redhead Sat 1 Nov Wood Sandpiper Sandgate–Dowse Lagoon Still present this evening – easiest viewing from the south-west corner. The bird is quite distant – best viewing with a telescope. Rob Morris Wood Sandpiper; Latham’s Snipe (2); Whiskered Tern Sandgate–Dowse Lagoon One Wood Sandpiper still present this morning in the shallow water on the left hand side of the southern end of the lagoon, feeding in company with Marsh Sandpiper. Sharpies and Curlew Sandpipers also nearby. A pair of Latham’s Snipe were feeding and then resting on a weedy little island to the right of where the Wood Sandpiper was – basically directly in front of the shelter at the southern end. Whiskered Tern also about this morning. Elliot Leach Fri 31 Oct Wood Sandpiper Sandgate–Dowse Lagoon Single bird towards the southern end at 5pm this evening, quite far out though. Ged Tranter Rose-ringed Parakeet East Brisbane A single escaped Rose-ringed Parakeet flew past our house at 7:55am. Told from similar Psittacula species by diagnostic flight call, size and jizz. To my knowledge the two most commonly kept subspecies of Rose-ringed Parakeet are P. k. borealis (nw Pakistan to se China and c Burma) and P. k. manillensis (s India, Sri Lanka), whereas the two African subspecies P. k. parvirostris and P. k. krameri are not known in captivity in Australia. Another Psittacula species commonly kept as a pet in Australia is Alexandrine Parakeet P. eupatria. Both species Rose-ringed Parakeet and Alexandrine Parakeet are highly adaptable and invasive, and hence could provide a huge problem for Australia’s avifauna! Nikolas Haass Thu 30 Oct Freckled Duck Toowoomba Bicentennial Waterbird Habitat Single bird seen in the middle pond. Still present Oct 31st. Glenda Fitzpatrick Black-necked Stork Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Single bird on roadside pond early this morning. Also Nankeen Night Heron. Chris Attewell