Below are a variety of opinions, in no particular order...
- Australasian
Bittern photographed over Coolum industrial estate by Gillian Matthew. And then again over
Parklakes by Gary [and Deb] Quirk -
an excellent record [and photo] of a specie not really expected here.
Australasian Bittern over Coolum [G. Matthew] 
and again over Parklakes [Gazanddeb] - Great
Bowerbird [not seen by me] photographed near Montville by Gillian Matthew - an unbelievable record
[though i clearly believe it as i have seen the pic!] What is such a bird
doing in Montville!? The nearest population is probably as north as Bowen.
This is a specie that does not migrate, as far as i know not particularly
nomadic, is a bird of lowlands and not hills, drier forests and scrubland
not closed forests....Therefore everything about this record seems
'weird'. It is great that birds do not read the books and continue to
amaze and confound.
it is a Bowerbird and it is great [G. Matthew] - Bar breasted Honeyeater seen
briefly at Lake McDonald in January was another mega for the Sunshine
Coast.
- Blue
winged Kookaburra - again an interesting vagrant - one of the first SC
records. Some records on ebird are almost certainly false.
Blue winged Kookaburra - Banded
Lapwing - an unexpected dryland bird that turned up to play croquet in
Caloundra. Thanks are due to Terry Kirkland for getting the word out in a
timely fashion!
Banded Lapwing - Oriental
Cuckoos seemed to be almost common in 2019 with multiple sightings at
multiple sites - surely a new bird for many!
Oriental Cuckoo [P Fraser] - A long staying Freckled Duck at Gympie caused many to drive north.
Freckled Duck in Gympie [Steve and Carol Popple] - A
huge flock of Plum headed Finches at everyone's favourite birding
locale - Finland Road was a
pleasant and amazing surprise. Again a dryland specie turning up near the
coast.
some Plum-headed Finches - Other
dryland species turning up included Rufous and Brown Songlarks and
Pallid Cuckoo on Finland Road. As well as Stubble Quail.
amazing shot of a female Stubble Quail at Finland Road [G. Matthew] 
Pallid Cuckoo - How
could I forget? First ever record of Wood Sandpiper on SC at Yandina Creek Wetlands in January.
YCW Wood Sandpiper - Diamond Firetails [and with it a
great little suite of species – Brown
Treecreeper, Dusky Woodswallow, Jacky Winter, Fuscous and Yellow tufted
Honeyeaters, Rufous Songlark etc etc] recorded near Jimna as the SOH extended
controversially further west.
Diamond Firetail - F
Galegar Road also has a great little suite of spp – Weebill, Striated, Yellow and Buff rumped Thornbills, Speckled
Warblers, Red tailed Black cockatoos etc etc]
Add caption 
Add caption - Pelagics
off Mooloolaba yielded Long tailed
Jaeger and Masked Booby along with other species such as Wedge tailed,
Short tailed, Flesh footed, Huttons, Fluttering, Shearwaters, Wilson’s Storm Petrel,
Tahiti Petrel etc. Special thanks to Greg Roberts and Richard Fuller for
continuing to organise these trips.
Composite pictures of a Long tailed Jaeger [R Fuller et el] 
Masked Booby [G. Matthew] - Black tailed Native hen recorded
at the year’s end on Cove Road, Stanmore.
Black tailed Native hen - Hoary headed Grebe recorded on Kinbombi
Falls Road in the northern parts of the zone by Paddy Colley and Gillian
Matthew.
Hoary headed Grebe [G. Matthew] -
Not so much unusual birds, we know they're there. Just damn
hard to see. Several brilliant pictures of Ground Parrots and Pale-vented Bush-hens (and even chicks).
Pale vented Bush hen [S. Harrison] 
wonderful image of a Ground Parrot in Cooloola [Ian 'Christopher Robin']
All non attributed pics taken by Ken Cross
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