Successful Black Falcon Nesting in South-east Queensland

Thanks to Greg Roberts & Gavin Goodyear, Both suggested juvenile Fawn-footed Melomys. I checked some pictures online and, indeed, I think that’s what it was. Apparently juvenile Fawn-footed Melomys is greyer than adults? Or is there regional variation?Both Fawn-footed and Cape York Melomys I had seen in FNQLD and Iron Range, respectively, appeared more tan-coloured to me than the little guy at Mount Glorious two nights ago. I think the Froglet was Crinia parinsignifera. Cheers, Nikolas    —————- Nikolas Haass nhaass@yahoo.com Brisbane, QLD ________________________________ From: Nikolas Haass <nhaass@yahoo.com> To: Greg Roberts <ninderry@westnet.com.au>; birding-aus <birding-aus@vicnet.net.au> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 9:10 AM Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Successful Black Falcon Nesting in South-east Queensland Hi all, Here a few more details, as Greg’s link to my Eremaea/Birdline S/C QLD post will be out of date soon: This past Saturday, 9th November, Tom Tarrant, Gopi Singaravel, Raja Stephenson & I observed the Black Falcon family near Lake Clarendon, SE-QLD: Old very grey male, female moulting primaries and rectrices, and two fully fledged juveniles. Other falcon species in the valley: Brown Falcon, Australian Hobby & Nankeen Kestrel (one of which tried to catch a Brown Quail but was not successful). Also 2 pairs of Cotton Pygmy-Geese at Jaenkes Lagoon, 4 Freckled Ducks at Lake Apex, Gatton, and Hoary-headed Grebes at Lake Atkinson. At night at Mount Glorious we heard at least two but likely three Marbled (Plumed) Frogmouths, one of which we saw briefly fly through an opening against the sky. 4+ Southern Boobooks. No Tytos. Later, a Frogmouth spec. (likely Tawny) flew across the road but we couldn’t relocate it. I also heard an Australian Owlet-Nightjar while driving. Despite the heat, between Lockyer Valley and Mount Glorious on the way back we had 120+ bird species. I guess, the Black Falcon family was one of the highlights.  Mammals at Mount Glorious (spotlighting): Red-necked Pademelon (2), Short-eared Brushtail Possum (1), Common Ringtail Possum (2) and – interestingly – a smallish mouse which wasn’t a House Mouse. We saw it either twice or two individuals. Small with large head, large eyes, tail longer than body, we have photos. Will try to ID. Reptiles: At Lake Galletly there was a Brisbane Water Turtle Emydura macquarii signata. At Mount Glorious we had a Major Skink Egernia frerei. Frogs: At Mount Glorious we had Red-eyed Treefrog Litoria chloris, Pearson’s Treefrog L. pearsoniana, Peron’s Treefrog L. peronii and some kind of Froglet Crinia.   Cheers,   Nikolas   —————- Nikolas Haass nhaass@yahoo.com Brisbane, QLD ________________________________ From: Greg Roberts <ninderry@westnet.com.au> To: birding-aus <birding-aus@vicnet.net.au> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 7:41 AM Subject: [Birding-Aus] Successful Black Falcon Nesting in South-east    Queensland Black Falcon has very rarely (if ever) been recorded nesting in south-east Queensland. So it was good news to see that the pair I found nesting in August (http://tinyurl.com/mrqx8ky) in the Lockyer Valley have successfully raised two young (http://tinyurl.com/kkwnvlh). Greg Roberts =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org =============================== =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org =============================== =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================