Birdline North Queensland Weekly Update

Birdline North Queensland Published sightings for the week ending 26 Oct 2014. Sat 25 Oct Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge Six flew over the Lodge calling. Only second record in October in nine years. Most sightings December to March. Keith Fisher Mon 20 Oct White-throated Nightjar Mungalla Station–Forrest Beach, Queensland White-throated Nightjar flushed this morning from southwest boundary fenceline where paperbarks meet mangroves. Large, dark bird with no white showing in wings or tail. Wings more angular and flight much less ‘floaty’ than Large-tailed. No hint of species presence previously. Too quickly gone for photo. Tony Ashton Wed 15 Oct Dollarbird Newell Beach My first sighting of Dollarbird in N. Qld this season. Doug Herrington