A single male non breeding brown songlark was observed beside the Weipa airstrip yesterday. Due to the plumage pattern and general range of the species, I was very unsure of its identity and had to rush home and find cameras etc. Some poor photos were taken (in diminishing light with thunderstorms looming), but Mike Carter has confirmed the id – Thanks Mike! The bird was still there this morning and airport security actually drove us to within a few metres of the bird to obtain excellent photos! I was hoping for some rare vagrant, but BS is still a rare bird for here. ===============================
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David There were numerous Brown Songlarks on the Atherton Tablelands in either 2004 or 2005. They did not stay long. Regards, Alan
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Ben,
When I lived in Townsville, late 80s to early 00s, I saw Brown Songlark regularly (seasonally?) at Giru (between Townsville and Ayr) and locations on the coastal plain south of there. Never found it in Townsville, but had a couple of records at ‘The Orient’ , on the coastal plain south-east of Ingham. Have never heard of any records north of there, until now.
David James, Sydney burunglaut07@yahoo.com ==============================
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A single male non breeding brown songlark was observed beside the Weipa airstrip yesterday. Due to the plumage pattern and general range of the species, I was very unsure of its identity and had to rush home and find cameras etc. Some poor photos were taken (in diminishing light with thunderstorms looming), but Mike Carter has confirmed the id – Thanks Mike! The bird was still there this morning and airport security actually drove us to within a few metres of the bird to obtain excellent photos! I was hoping for some rare vagrant, but BS is still a rare bird for here. ===============================
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