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Boonooroo & Maryborough - Asian Dowitcher, Bustard, Red-backed Buttonquail
Asian Dowitcher Asian Dowitcher, Grey Plover, good numbers of the endangered Far Eastern Curlew, Australian Bustard, Brown Songlark, Red-backed Buttonquail, Fairy Gerygone and Black-necked Stork were...
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Birds of Yandina Creek Wetland
Latham's Snipe I have pulled together a pictorial account of the birds of Yandina Creek Wetland on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.Yandina Creek Wetland before being drainedThe large number of people who...
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Sunshine Coast Pelagic January 2017
White-tailed TropicbirdWhite-tailed Tropicbird, Red-footed Booby and Streaked Shearwater were the highlights of what proved to be excellent pelagic trip off Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast on Saturday...
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Sooty Owl & Marbled Frogmouth at Mary Cairncross; Lewin's Rail & Spotless...
Marbled FrogmouthIt's satisfying to report two positive environmental news stories from the Sunshine Coast hinterland. The rare Sooty Owl and Marbled Frogmouth have been seen in Mary Cairncross Reserve...
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Superb Fruit-Dove at Cooloolabin, Sunshine Coast
Superb Fruit-Dove Superb Fruit-Dove is a rare summer visitor to south-east Queensland but generally I see one or two about the Sunshine Coast per season. Today I saw my first for this summer in lowland...
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Night Parrot: Longer Between Drinks Than We Thought
With recordings of calls of the Night Parrot finally if belatedly being released to facilitate wider searches for the species (more on that later) attention has turned to fresh analysis of historical...
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Yandina Creek Wetland to be Restored and Protected
Scott, Anna & Sam Dwan at the wetland this weekIt's wonderful to report that finally, following a 3-year battle, the 200ha Yandina Creek Wetland is to restored. What follows is the full text of an...
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Seabirds Under Threat: Death by Helium Balloon
Stomach contents of dead albatross on Midway Attoll. Pic Chris JordanThe deaths of three albatross in south-east Queensland have been linked to their consumption of helium balloons, highlighting a...
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Hervey Bay & Boonooroo 2017
Asian Dowitcher with Bar-tailed Godwits & Grey-tailed TattlerRadjah Shelduck and nice shorebirds including 2 Asian Dowitchers, Common Sandpiper, Wandering Tattler, Grey Plover and exceptional...
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Sunshine Coast Pelagic March 2017
Red-footed BoobyWhite Tern, Red-footed Booby, Streaked Shearwater and good numbers of Lesser Frigatebird, Pomarine Jaeger and Brown Booby were the highlights of the pelagic trip off Mooloolaba,...
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Golden-headed Cisticola All At Sea
Golden-headed Cisticola off Sunshine Coast The Australian Reptile Park's Tim Faulkner has drawn my attention to a strange event concerning the diminutive Golden-headed Cisticola. Last weekend off the...
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Night Parrot Discovered in Goneaway National Park, Queensland
Legendary bushman John Young has discovered the Night Parrot in Goneaway National Park in western Queensland. Young's discovery brings at to at least 10 the number of Night Parrot sites now known from...
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Cash for Night Parrot
Night Parrot. Pic by John YoungThe full version of a story published in the 25-26/03/2017 edition of The Weekend Australian:Cashed up nature lovers will pay $25,000 a head to join luxury “glamping”...
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Night Parrot: South African Connection and a Big New Fence
Off limits: Potential Night Parrot habitat in Pullen Pullen along Diamantina River RoadSouth African birding tour company Rockjumper is behind a $25,000-a-head glamping tour to find Night Parrots in...
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Birding the Mulga of Charleville
Major Mitchell CockatooI planned a sojourn in search of the Night Parrot to north-west Queensland with my venerable birding colleagues from Melbourne, Bernie O'Keefe and Scott Baker. More on that...
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Lark Quarry: Grey Falcon, Rusty Grasswren, Rufous-crowned Emu-wren
Grey FalconAfter poking around the Charleville area, I headed north with Bernie O'Keefe and Scott Baker. We visited the sewage treatment works outside Longreach on our first morning after overnighting...
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Diamantina National Park to Quilpie: Flock Bronzewing, Gibberbird, Bourke's...
Flock BronzewingFollowing our visit to Lark Quarry and Old Cork Road, we headed south at the Old Cork Homestead along the Diamantina Development Road. We were in the Channel Country now, amid vast...
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In Search of the Night Parrot
Night Parrot - Pic by John YoungAnyone planning on searching for the Night Parrot in western Queensland will be disappointed to learn thatalmost all suitable habitat in the vicinity of known sites is...
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Glossy, Red-tailed and Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos together at Amamoor
Glossy Black CockatooI've not managed previously to see all species of eastern Australia's black cockatoos in one outing, so was chuffed to finally manage to do so during a 3-day campout with Glenn at...
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Caneland Subdivisions a Blow to Rare Birdlife
Spotted HarrierDespite local and state government restrictions on land use on sugarcane farms around the Maroochy River on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, properties are being busily subdivided with the...
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