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Lady Elliot Island - Part I (Terns)
Lady Elliot IslandWe have returned from a wonderful five days on Lady Elliot Island, the southern-most island of the Great Barrier Reef, seen here from the air as we arrived. We drove to Hervey Bay for...
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Lady Elliot Island - Part II (Birds other than Terns)
Red-tailed TropicbirdApart from the impressive populations and variety of terns on Lady Elliot Island (next post -Â see here)Â there are plenty of other avian attractions, chief among them the Red-tailed...
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Lady Elliot Island Part III - Turtles & Snorkelling
Greg TurtleThe birdlife on Lady Elliot Island was superb (see here for a post on terns and here for a post on birds other than terns) but other wildlife did not disappoint.Turtle leaves beach trailThe...
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Nesting Grey Goshawk, Barred Cuckoo-Shrike, Bush-hen, Bandicoots & Gliders in...
Grey Goshawk nestlingA pair of Grey Goshawks are successfully raising a single fledgling on their nest in a tall creekside eucalypt near Cooroy. During my visits to the nest I have seen only the large...
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Tin Can Bay: Shining Flycatcher, Black Bittern, Bush-hen, Ground Parrot,...
Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin_A lovely encounter with Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins, Pale-vented Bush-hen, Black Bittern, Ground Parrot and Shining Flycatcher were the highlights of a three-day visit...
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Asian Dowitcher, Black Bittern Behaving Oddly, Local Bits
Dowitcher site - North Pine RiverAn Asian Dowitcher was reported last Sunday by Andy Jensen on the North Pine River near the Osprey House Environmental Centre, in the same place where an Asian...
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Birding Bli Bli: Baillon's Crake, Spotless Crake Close Up
Spotless CrakeToday I visited the new artificial wetland at the Parklakes real estate development near Bli Bli. The birding was very good, with excellent, close views of Baillon's Crake and Spotless...
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Critter Christmas Tit-Bits
Azure KingfisherNice birds around the Sunshine Coast in recent days include Eastern Grass Owl, Marbled Frogmouth, King Quail, Pale-vented Bush-hen, Spotted Harrier, Black-breasted Buttonquail,...
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Australian Little Bittern at Bli Bli
Australian Little BitternThe recently created Parklakes wetlands at Bli Bli on the Sunshine Coast has turned up a very smart male Australian Little Bittern.Australian Little BitternLast week, I...
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Lewin's Rail, King Quail, Little Bittern near Bli Bli
Australian Little BitternA 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...
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Australian Painted Snipe at Parklakes
Australian Painted SnipeAustralian Painted Snipe is the latest rarity to turn up at the Parklakes Wetland near Bli Bli. This male bird was seen this morning and late yesterday afternoon at the western...
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Fostered Channel-billed Cuckoo
Channel-billed CuckooThe juvenile Channel-billed Cuckoo being fostered by a hapless Pied Currawong in our Sunshine Coast garden at Ninderry continues to thrive.Pied CurrawongBut there's a curious...
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Pectoral Sandpiper Near Gatton
Pectoral Sandpiper This morning I checked out the so-called Cross Road Lagoon at Lower Tenthill, a few kilometres south-west of Gatton. The lagoon is on your left heading from Gatton towards Lower...
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Lockyer Valley: Black Falcon, Plum-headed Finch, Freckled Duck, Brown...
Pink-eared DuckGood birds encountered during another foray to the Lockyer Valley (other than the Pectoral Sandpiper reported earlier) included Black Falcon, Plum-headed Finch, Freckled Duck,...
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In Search of Lost Treasure: Is Australia's Remarkable Gastric-brooding Frog...
Southern Gastric-brooding FrogEvery now and then, I can't resist. I did it again this week. I searched rainforest streams in the Conondale Range, in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, for one of...
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Asian Dowitcher, Bush-hen on Pumicestone Passage
Asian DowitcherThis afternoon I saw an Asian Dowitcher at the high tide roost at Toorbul, on Pumicestone Passage. Â I was searching through a large gathering of Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit...
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Franklin's Gull and Barambah Bits
Franklin's Gull A vagrant Franklin's Gull turning up at Barambah (or Bjelke-Petersen) Dam near Murgon, south-east Queensland, a fortnight ago seemed like a good opportunity to check this area out. I...
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Sunshine Coast February Birding Bits
Baillon's CrakeA couple of days birding around the Sunshine Coast. At the Cooroy sewege treatment works, three Baillon's Crakes were showing well, foraging in the open. A single Pale-vented Bush-hen...
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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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Sunshine Coast Garden Birdbath
White-headed PigeonIt has been exceptionally dry on the Sunshine Coast, with very little rain over the summer months - usually the wettest time of the year. So well-placed birdbaths in the garden are...
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