Birdline Central & Southern Queensland Published sightings for the week ending 12 Jan 2014. Sun 12 Jan Australian Little Bittern, Baillon’s Crake, Spotless Crake North Lakes, The Grove Fine, mild morning with 205 cloud cover and light breezes. Australian Little Bittern (1) In the reeds to the left of the picnic area. Two brief views, once of the head and beak down at the water’s edge and then of its rear view as it moved across the reeds showing the rufous neck, black back and light wing patch. Baillon’s Crake (1) same reeds as the Bittern. Spent some time on the lilly pads Spotless Crake (1) same reeds as the Bittern. Julie Sarna (1190) Sun 12 Jan Square -tailed Kite Montville Single Bird circling over canopy at 1.30 pm Tim Siggs Sat 11 Jan Turquoise Parrot, Hooded Robin, Diamond Firetail Old Wallangarra Road A couple of Turquoise Parrots seen at intersection of Old Wallangarra Rd and Hickling Ln. Hooded Robin was about 100m up Hickling Ln, with the Diamond Firetails seen between Hickling Ln and the highway. Plenty of other nice birds around also. Nick Leseberg Sooty Owl Lookout Road, Main Range NP One bird found shortly after the road first enters the rainforest. A distant Powerful Owl heard earlier in the evening and Southern Boobook with at least two fledglings seen at the Manna Gum campground. Nick Leseberg Black Kite Dowse Lagoon, Sandgate A single bird circled low over the canopy at the northern end for a few minutes then disappeared north, good close views. Ged Tranter Hoary-headed Grebe, Pectoral Sandpiper Cross Road Dam, Lower Tenthill Hoary-headed Grebe (1) seen at southern end of the dam Pectoral Sandpiper (1) seen clearly by 4 of 5 observers through scope on sandbar about 50m out Judy Leitch Fri 10 Jan Long-billed Corella Delaney’s Creek Primary School wetlands Long-billed Corella (3) three corellas with areas of pink/red plumage around face,throat and upper breast, long curved bill. Feeding on ground between two small farm dams, observed from roadside. Russ Lamb & Maria Dam Fri 10 Jan Yellow-throated Miner; Squatter Pigeon Eungella Dam Yellow-throated Miners around the campsite; Dezmond Wells told me after I reported this species here in November that this represents a 400km range extension, so we made sure to get some photo’s this time! Squatter Pigeons were a nice surprise as well. Elliot Leach, Chris Burwell, Antonia Burwell-Rodriguez, Narumi Kimura Regent Bowerbird, Noisy Pitta, Paradise Riflebird, Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove Mt.Mee State Forest Single male Regent Bowerbird flew across road, Paradise Riflebird heard on Neurum Rd. Noisy Pitta (2) and Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove (3) heard during Mill Rainforest walk Russ Lamb, Maria Dam Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo Warrego Highway, Blacksoil @ 27 34 38S 152 42 37E Fine but overcast. Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo (1) Being chased by 2 Australasian Magpies. Sandra Gallienne Pectoral Sandpiper Cross Road Dam, Lower Tenthill 5 observers. Overcast skies, pleasant temperature. Permission sought from owners to access site. Pectoral Sandpiper (1) Viewed through scope on sand bar in dam. Was difficult to locate as there were many Sharp-tailed Sandpipers present which were quite flighty. Sandra Gallienne Pacific baza Childers At the Apple tree creek camping ground 6km north of the town a baza in nesting in a tall eucalyptus tree located in the childrens playground. Ben Weston Little Bittern, Australian Painted Snipe, Spotless Crake, Baillon’s Crake, Little Grassbird Parklakes Wetland, Bli Bli This wetland continues to present good birds. The above spp recorded plus both spp of whistling ducks and a good variety of other common spp. Ken Cross Thu 9 Jan Oriental Cuckoo Anstead Bushland Reserve Birding with Ross & Cathy Smith, Vince Budjera & Jack Whiting. Fine, very mild morning with 80% cloud cover and a light shower of rain Oriental Cuckoo (1) Female. Seen about 08:15 from the bitumen path leading up from the second carpark along Hawkesbury Road just before the end of the bitumen on the way to Sugar’s Quarry, near the large dirt mound and south of the powerlines. Julie Sarna (1190) Thu 9 Jan Buff Banded Rail, Pale Vented Bush Hen and Lewin’s Rail Kingfisher Park, Kenmore Sighted 2 adult Buff Banded Rails plus one juvenile (poor quality photo) – heard and sighted 2 Pale Vented Bush Hens – all behind Twilight Street. Heard 2 Lewin’s Rails calling, briefly sighted a chick (possibly 2) in the swamp at the soccer fields – did not manage to photograph. Anne Love-Hoskins Wed 8 Jan Brown Songlark, Stubble Quail, Horsfield’s Bushlark Seven-Mile Lagoon, Lockyer Waters Lagoon dry but lots of good birds still here. Brown Songlark very common, plenty of Stubble Quail & Horsfield’s Bushlark Greg Roberts Plum-headed Finch Helidon, Lockyer Valley 8 just outside Helidon on Back Flagstone Creek Road; 2 more 6km west of Helidon; 20 at Cross Road Greg Roberts Freckled Duck Lake Galletly, University Queensland, Lawes 10 Freckled Duck here, also 4 at Jahnke’s Lagoon, 7 at Peach’s Lagoon Greg Roberts Black Falcon Lake Clarendon 1 bird Greg Roberts Pectoral Sandpiper Cross Road Dam, Lower Tenthill 1 bird showing nicely Greg Roberts Pacific Black Duck-Mallard-Hybrid Kumbartcho Sanctuary, Eatons Hill Previously sighted on this lagoon in November and then identified by the Kumbartcho birders as a hybrid. This time with a number of Pacific Black Ducks. Vince Bugeja Southern Boobook Kumbartcho Sanctuary, Eatons Hill Sighted by the Kumbartcho birders on our monthly outing perched in the same tree outside the barn where first sighted in December Vince Bugeja Fork Tailed Swift Lake Eden North Lakes Qld 4509 I’ve photographed Lake Eden for over 10 years and have never seen these before…it was a bad day for photographing and will attempt again tomorrow…the lake is now full after a long almost empty spell of about 5 months… Tony Schofield Powerful Owl Mill Rainforest Board Walk, Mt Mee State Forest One Powerful Owl roosting in the open in a tree overhanging the creek this morning close to midday. Unfortunately I only had a small compact point and shoot camera at hand otherwise good photos might have been obtained. When commencing the loop part of the walk it is the first creek crossing which has the footbridge over the creek with no balustrade. The owl was roosting on the left hand side, far bank as you step onto the bridge – very easy to spot. Marie Tarrant Tue 7 Jan Lewin’s Rail, Pale-vented Bush-hen Rafting Ground Reserve Five Lewin’s Rails detected, from two areas along Moggill Creek, at low water. Two were seen at the water’s edge, one bathing (video obtained). Bush-hens calling nearby. Habitat: weeds, and some native plants, forming dense cover on creek banks. Roger Jaensch Black Kite Bunya Qld. At least 15 present over the Rubbish Tip,off Bunya Road. David Redhead Fork-tailed Swift Coorparoo At least 3 in small flock of Needletails low over Old Cleveland Road at 7.30. Stuart Pickering Mon 6 Jan Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo Moggill State Forest Assumed escape, but one also reported nearby at Blacksoil on 10th January by Sandra Gallienne – same bird? MODERATORS NOTE (SG) Major Mitchell’s Cockatoos have been reported from the Frazer 1′ Cell via Eremaea lists since December 2012 with the comment that they have been in the area for 25 years and raised several broods. The last sighting from that cell on 01/01/2014 indicated that there were 7 birds in total. Rod Gardner Fork-tailed Swift Griffin Three circling over garden mid am for a few mins before drifting off west. Also Black Kite over, a bird that has become scarce again locally after last year’s influx. Andy Jensen Sun 5 Jan Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove, Australian Logrunner, Russet-tailed Thrush Mary Cairncross Reserve. Late afternoon visit found Russet-tailed Thrush (2), Australian Logrunner (2) and 4 calling Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove. Russ Lamb & Mark Coates (UK) Sun 5 Jan Terek Sandpiper Toorbul Artificial Roost Roost hardly utilised this morning, birds refusing to land. Small group of Terek Sandpipers stayed briefly in company with Grey-tailed Tattler Russ Lamb & Mark Coates (UK) Sun 5 Jan Lewin’s Rail, Spotless Crake Riverhills (Brisbane River via Sumners Road) Two Lewin’s Rails and 4 Spotless Crakes calling in dense weedy cover, with bulrush adjacent in the intertidal zone, beside Brisbane River. Near western end of Sumners Road. Roger Jaensch Thu 2 Jan Pacific Baza Kingfisher Park, Kenmore This is the first time that I have seen a Pacific Baza in the park. Due to the dense bush I couldn’t get any closer to get a decent photo. Anne Love-Hoskins Birdline Central & Southern Queensland is sponsored by BirdLife Southern Queensland
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