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| Black Falcon [Steve Popple pic] |
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| Blue billed Duck [poor pic by Ken Cross] |
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| Pink eared Duck with Blue billed in attendance [Ken Cross] |
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| Pink eared Duck [Ken Cross] |
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| Pink eared Duck [Ken Cross] |
From this base we explored, over a very windy Saturday, a variety of the Lockyer Valley sites. Best birds included multiple sightings of Black Falcon, two blue billed Ducks at Gatton's UQ campus,hundreds of Pink-eared Duck, several Banded Lapwing and excellent views of Buff rumped Thornbills plus migrating Silvereyes from Tasmania. Thanks to Mike Mathieson who was our trusty guide and navigator.
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| Buff rumped Thornbill [Ken Cross] |
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| Buff rumped Thornbill [Ken Cross] |
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| [Tasmanian sub sp] Silvereye [Ken Cross] |
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| [Tasmanian sub sp] Silvereye [Ken Cross] |
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| Banded Lapwing [Steve Popple] |
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| A nice line of Cockatiels - rarely if ever seen on the Sunny Coast [Steve Popple] |
Had dinner and a few obligatory drinks at an Esk Hotel before some essential sleep...
Sunday allowed us to explore the nearby Crow's Nest Falls National Park and there was a lovely short two kilometre walk through forest that circled back via the creek line. A reasonable variety of bush birds with Rose robin perhaps the standout. Koala was the stand out mammal.
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| Koala [Ken Cross] |
Lake Perseverance allowed us to 'twitch' Brush tailed Rock Wallabies. A cute little macropod species that are reasonably easy to find on the dam wall.
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| Brush tailed Rock Wallaby [Ken Cross] |
Bird Species recorded
Esk Weekend
Australian Brush Turkey
Magpie Goose
Plumed Whistling-Duck
Wandering Whistling-Duck
Black Swan
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| Hardhead, Black Duck, Plumed Whistling Duck, Pink eared, Grey Teal [Steve Popple] |
Australian Wood Duck
Grey Teal
Pacific Black Duck
Hardhead
Pink eared Duck
Blue billed Duck
Australasian Grebe
Rock Dove
Spotted Dove
Crested Pigeon
Peaceful Dove
Bar-shouldered Dove
Wonga Pigeon
Australasian Darter
Little Pied Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Little Black Cormorant
Australian Pelican
White-necked Heron
Eastern Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
Cattle Egret
White-faced Heron
Little Egret
Glossy Ibis
Australian White Ibis
Straw-necked Ibis
Royal Spoonbill
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Eastern Osprey
Black-shouldered Kite
Black Kite
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Whistling Kite
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Nankeen Kestrel
Black Falcon
Purple Swamphen
Dusky Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Black-winged Stilt
Black-fronted Dotterel
Red Kneed Dotteral
Masked Lapwing
Banded Lapwing
Whiskered Tern
Galah
Little Corella
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Cockatiel
Rainbow Lorikeet
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Little Lorikeet
Australian King Parrot
Pale-headed Rosella
Red-rumped Parrot
Pheasant Coucal
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Southern Boobook
Laughing Kookaburra
White-throated Treecreeper
Superb Fairy-wren
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| Superb Fairy-wren [Steve Popple] |
Red-backed Fairy-wren
Variegated Fairy-wren
White-browed Scrubwren
White-throated Gerygone
Striated Thornbill
Buff-rumped Thornbill
Brown Thornbill
Spotted Pardalote
Striated Pardalote
Lewin's Honeyeater
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Noisy Miner
Little Wattlebird
Scarlet Honeyeater
Brown Honeyeater
White-throated Honeyeater
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Noisy Friarbird
Little Friarbird
Striped Honeyeater
Eastern Whipbird
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Golden Whistler
Rufous Whistler
Grey Shrike-thrush
Australasian Figbird
White-breasted Woodswallow
Grey Butcherbird
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| Leaden Flycatcher female [Ken Cross] |
Pied Butcherbird
Australian Magpie
Pied Currawong
Grey Fantail
Willie Wagtail
Torresian Crow
Leaden Flycatcher
Restless Flycatcher
Magpie-Lark
Rose Robin
Eastern Yellow Robin
Silvereye
Welcome Swallow
Fairy Martin
Tree Martin
Common Starling
Common Myna
Double-barred Finch
Red-browed Finch
House Sparrow
Mammals
Brown Bandicoot
Koala
Red necked Wallaby
Brush tailed Rock Wallaby
Reptiles
Macquarie River Turtle
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