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| Australian Little Bittern |
A male Australian Little Bittern has been at the Parklakes Wetlands near Bli Bli for several days (
see here). This morning, I saw a female Australian Little Bittern at the wetlands, so a pair of the birds appear to be in residence.
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| Australian Little Bittern |
Unfortunately, light conditions this morning were not ideal. Four Baillon's Crakes and seven Latham's Snipe were among other birds seen, but there was no sign of an Australian Painted Snipe seen there a couple of days ago. In tall grassland nearby on the Yandina-Bli Bli road, I heard two King Quail calling along with several Brown Quail. A Lewin's Rail was also calling in dense grassland adjacent to a gully.
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| Black Kite |
Plenty of Black Kites were about this morning. When they turned up on the Sunshine Coast about 15 months ago, it was thought this was a temporary invasion from the inland. However, a healthy local population of 100-150 birds appears to have settled in. The Nambour tip and turf farms are favourite hang-outs, but the kites are dispersed widely in farmland and grassland in the region.
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| Channel-billed Cuckoo juvenile |
In the home garden at Ninderry, the resident Pied Currawong has been suckered into raising a juvenile Channel-billed Cuckoo. The cuckoos arrived at the end of September so they wasted no time finding a suitable host. The currawongs usually nest here but only one adult has been about lately.
