After a long period of ‘slim-pickings’ came across at least 3 Oriental Cuckoos in the Dayboro area today whilst birding with Melbourne birder Hagai Loyewski.
One ‘normal’ coloured bird showing very well and one ‘hepatic-coloured’ female near the water-board gate. (coords -27.216384, 152.872618)
Another bird seen fleetingly near Postman’s Track gate, Kobble Creek. (coords -27.25413, 152.857630)
Please contact me if further details required.
Tom
Following up Tom Tarrant and Hagai Loyewski’s post from Sunday, I headed out to Rush Creek Road near Dayboro (that’s about an hour north-west of Brisbane) this morning. After a bit of rummaging around, I sprung the hepatic Oriental Cuckoo, close to the water board gate from where two birds were originally reported. It’s the first Oriental Cuckoo I’ve seen in south-east Queensland for many a year.
Thanks to Tom and Hagai for finding and passing on the location of this very scarce migrant.
Cheers
Andrew ===============================
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