Birdline Central & Southern Queensland Weekly Update

Birdline Central & Southern Queensland Published sightings for the week ending 21 Dec 2014. Sat 20 Dec Black Falcon Griffin 1′ Cell Pair of Black Falcon over the house late am. Came in high from west then lost height heading towards Dohles Rocks. Bad record shot of one bird into the light. Large numbers of swifts around from late am on and off, with peaks of c100 Fork-tailed Swift in early afternoon and a very vocal flock of c1000 White-throated Needletail late afternoon circling high overhead before disappearing to west. Andy Jensen Fri 19 Dec Square-tailed Kite Velvet Street, Blacksoil Over patches of tall eucalypts, persistently gliding around tree canopies, sometimes lower. Roger Jaensch Fork-tailed Swifts Stafford, Brisbane 1000s of swifts around this morning north of the city – mainly needletails, but I had c100 Fork-tailed Swifts in total mainly around Stafford. This an iPhone pic off the back of my camera. Rob Morris Fork-tailed Swift Meakin Park, Kingston, Logan City During a bird survey this morning as part of Logan City Council’s revegetation project along Slacks Creek, I observed 2 or 3 Fork-tailed Swifts mixed in with a flock of approximately 15 White-throated Needletails. The birds were hawking over low eucalypts at around 5:30. Nice to see this species in SEQ. Elliot Leach Tue 16 Dec Square-tailed Kite D’Aguilar National Park–Mt Glorious Great views of a single bird circling low over road north of Brown’s Road at 11a.m. Seen again at bike cafe just after 1p.m. Also Grey Goshawk at usual spot around Elmhaus Cafe. Judith Hoyle, Gavin O’Meara, Joshua Gordon-Douglas and Ron Dunglinson