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Birding Bundaberg
Black-necked StorkWe had a pleasant five-day stay in the Bundaberg area, based at the seaside Bargara Caravan Park. Nice birds included Freckled Duck, Pink-eared Duck, Cotton Pygmy-Goose, Black-necked...
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Masked Booby, Fairy Prion, Black-browed Albatross - July 2013 Sunshine Coast...
Masked Booby Masked Booby, Fairy Prion, White-faced Storm-Petrel and Black-browed Albatross were the highlights of another successful pelagic trip off Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast on Saturday July...
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Black Falcon Nesting in Lockyer Valley
Black FalconBlack Falcon is a rare bird in south-east Queensland and nesting records are especially sparse.Black FalconSo I was happy to find a pair of Black Falcons nesting in a tall eucalypt on...
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Birding and Camping in the Lockyer Valley
Freckled Duck & Pink-eared Duck - KilcoyA three-night campout on the shore of Atkinson Dam in the Lockyer Valley. There remain plenty of good birds in the area. On the way I stopped at the wetlands...
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Ground Parrot, Grass Owl, Lewin's Rail: Coast and Hinterland
Ground Parrot - Picture by Graeme ChapmanI've been endeavouring to survey Ground Parrot numbers in the remnant Sunshine Coast population of this rare species. I was delighted a few nights ago to hear 3...
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Bribie Island to Inskip Point
Double-banded PloverA nice collection of birds seen in recent days over various sites extending from Bribie Island to Inskip Point includes Double-banded Plover in good numbers at three sites, Beach...
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Black-breasted Buttonquail at Noosa Heads
Black-breasted ButtonquailYesterday I saw two Black-breasted Buttonquail in coastal scrub near Noosa Heads in Noosa National Park. I located a female and shortly after a male feeding relatively in the...
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Harry's Hut: Masked Owl, Squirrel Glider, Kayaking the Noosa River
Squirrel GliderHarry's Hut is a lovely camping ground on the banks of the Noosa River in the Cooloola Recreation Area of Great Sandy National Park, reached from Kin Kin in the Sunshine Coast hinterland...
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Sunshine Coast Critter Pot-Pourri: Richmond Birdwing, Koala, Sooty Owl, Grass...
Richmond BirdwingA fine cast of critters seen on and about the Sunshine Coast over the past 24 hours includes an excellent encounter with a Richmond Birdwing butterfly, sightings of Sooty Owl, Eastern...
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Cania Gorge & Kalpowar
Common Sheathtail BatWe spent eight days in the Upper Burnett region, north-west of Brisbane, visiting Cania Gorge, Kalpowar and the Eidsvold region. On the way we saw a Black Falcon just before...
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Eidsvold: Squatter Pigeon, Ground Cuckoo-Shrike, Emu, Herbert's Rock-Wallaby
Squatter PigeonAfter visiting Cania Gorge and Kalpowar, we moved on to Tolderodden Conservation Park just west of Eidsvold for three nights, completing our visit to the North Burnett region.Squatter...
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Cooloola to Mooloolah: Brush Bronzewing, Ground Parrot, Shining Flycatcher,...
Noosa Plain An interesting couple of days about the region. I spent a late afternoon/early evening on the Noosa Plain at Cooloola, followed by an early morning session there. The next morning I was...
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Lewin's Rail Out and About
Lewin's RailI have found Lewin's Rail at two new sites near Eumundi over the past couple of days. Two birds offered repeated, close views along a small creek. The rails are seen easily because they are...
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Bribie Island's Oriental Plover
Oriental Plover I finally got around to getting down to the Kakadu wader roost on the western shore of Bribie Island where birding friend Tom Tarrant found an Oriental Plover last week.Oriental...
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Border Ranges National Park and Nearby Wetlands, NSW
Lamington Spiny CrayfishWe had a pleasant few days in the Border Ranges National Park in northern NSW, based at the Sheepstation Creek camping ground. This Lamington Spiny Crayfish was in a rainforest...
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Yuraygir & Bundjalung National Parks, Northern NSW
Southern Emu-wren, maleSouthern Emu-wren, maleAfter visiting Border Ranges National Park (following post) we visited the coastal national parks of Yuragygir and Bundjalung. We spent three nights at the...
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Marbled Frogmouth, Masked Owl, Black-tailed Native-hen, Masked Booby, Failed...
When Roger Jaensch found a Regent Honeyeater two days ago at Stanmore, near Woodford in south-east Queensland, the local birding world was aflutter. This is an extremely rare species in south-east...
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Stanmore's Regent Honeyeater
Stanmore Regent Honeyeater - Picture by Ken CrossAfter failing on Saturday to find the Regent Honeyeater that turned up late last week at Stanmore, near Woodford in south-east Queensland (see next...
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Paradise Parrot: Historical Musings
One of only two images of Paradise Parrot in the wild A recent visit to the Upper Burnett River Valley (the report is here) got me thinking about the Paradise Parrot, the only bird on mainland...
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Sunshine Coast Pelagic Trip November 2013
Mottled Petrel and large numbers of Short-tailed Shearwaters were the highlights of the November 2 pelagic trip off Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast. We had high hopes for this pelagic as there had...
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