Wednesday, 30 December 2020

2021 SUNSHINE COAST BRANCH CALENDAR


Birdlife Australia Sunshine Coast acknowledges the Kabi Kabi and Jinibara Peoples as the traditional custodians of the Sunshine Coast, and wishes to pay respect to their elders past, present and emerging.

JANUARY – WEDNESDAY - MID WEEK OUTING

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – Robyn Combes robyn.combes62@gmail.com  [Hans Erkin assisting.]

Location – southern / Maleny end at Baroon Pocket Dam

Location –  Please meet in the car park.

Date – 13 January, 2021

Time – [beginning] – 7am

Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

Other details –

 

JANUARY – SATURDAY OUTING

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – Ken Cross friarbird43@bigpond.com

Location – Park Lakes, Bli Bli, with extension to Burton Road [Bli Bli – Yandina Road]

Location –  Meet at the car park at Park Lakes, adjacent to the Soccer fields.

Date – 30 January, 2021

Time – [beginning] – 7am

Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

Other details – no toilets on site.

 

World Wetland Day  - 2 February 2021 - http://www.environment.gov.au/water/wetlands/world-wetlands-day    Consider a survey of a local wetland and upload list to ebird or birdata.

 

FEBRUARY – BEGINNING BIRDING WALK

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – Ken Cross friarbird43@bigpond.com

Location – Mapleton Lilly Ponds  - Possible extension to Mapleton Falls NP circuit

Location –  Meet at the Lilly Ponds car park.

Date – Saturday 6 February, 2020.

Time – [beginning] – 7am

Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

Other details – Beginners only. Members are only invited if they are bringing beginning birders.

Beginners please bring your birding questions!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

FEBRUARY – WEDNESDAY - MID WEEK OUTING

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – Jenny Gursanscky   janscky@gmail.com

Location – Ben Bennett Bushland Park, Caloundra

Location –  Meet at the Queen Street Entrance.

Date – 10 February, 2021

Time – [beginning] – 7am

Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

Other details –

 

 

FEBRUARY – SATURDAY OUTING

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – Ken Cross friarbird43@bigpond.com and John Birbeck birbeckjs@gmail.com

Location – Curramore AWC [Australian Wildlife Conservancy] Reserve

Location –  

Date – 13 February, 2021

Time – [beginning] – 7am

Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea. Some money [if possible] to donate to AWC for their Curramore extension purchase…

Other details – https://www.australianwildlife.org/where-we-work/curramore/

 

World Wildlife Day – 3 March 2021 - https://www.wildlifeday.org/

 

MARCH – WEDNESDAY - MID WEEK OUTING

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – Patrick Colley

Location – Bellthorpe Stays

Location –   This is an excellent private property that offers, as its name suggests, accommodation. It also offers excellent birding. It is circa 30 min drive from Maleny.  200 Willett Road, Bellthorpe.

Date – 10 March, 2021

Time – [beginning] – 7-30am

Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9-30am with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

Other details – http://www.bellstays.com.au/

 

 

 MARCH – SATURDAY OUTING

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – Ken Cross friarbird43@bigpond.com

Location – Land for Wildlife Property, Mary River - Michelle and Bruce Wilson

Location –  160 Wilcox Rd Kenilworth

Date – 13 March, 2021

Time – [beginning] – 7am

Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

Other details – https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Environment/Get-Involved-in-Conservation/Land-for-Wildlife

 

International Day of Forests – 21 March, 2021 https://www.un.org/en/observances/forests-and-trees-day

 

Earth Hour – 27 March, 2021 - www.earthhour.org/

 

MARCH MINI CONGRESS – DETAILS TBA

Sunday  28/03/2021 at Maleny Community Hall.

Ken Cross / John Birbeck to organise – helpers needed!

 

APRIL  – WEDNESDAY - MID WEEK OUTING

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – Warren Bennett  0411166635

Location – Mooloolah River National Park, Sippy Downs

Location – Travel south on Claymore Road. At the end turn right and continue to  P on map to left.

Date – 21 April, 2021

Time – [beginning] – 7am

Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

 

Other details – We will be walking from the yellow P on the previous photo, along the bush that follows the Mooloolah River. There are no toilets.

 

APRIL – SATURDAY OUTING

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – Michael Dawson mickod7019@hotmail.com

Location – Coochin Creek, Beerwah

Location –  Meet at Kellos Rd, Beerwah

Date – 24 April, 2021

Time – [beginning] – 7am

Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

Other details –

 

MAY – BEGINNING BIRDING WALK

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – Russ Lamb  lambrk49@yahoo.com.au

Location – Lake MacDonald Botanical Gardens

Location –  Noosa Botanical Gardens, Lake MacDonald, meet in car park above the boat ramp, toilet facilities on site  

Date – 1 May, 2021

Time – [beginning] – 7am

Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

Other details – Beginners only. Members are only invited if they are bringing beginning birders.

Beginners please bring your birding questions!!!

 

MAY – WEDNESDAY - MID WEEK OUTING TBA

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – Bob James

Location –Yandina Land for Wildlife Property; Sharon and Glen Otto’s Macadamia Farm.

Location –  180 Yandina-Bli Bli Rd Yandina.

Date – 12 May, 2021

Time – [beginning] – 7am

Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

Other details – https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Environment/Get-Involved-in-Conservation/Land-for-Wildlife

 

MAY – WEEKEND AWAY

friarbird43@bigpond.com

details – 21, 22, 23 May

I am thinking of the Kilcoy to Murgon trip that we missed in 2020…. Details TBA soon.

 

International Day for Biological Diversity 22 May 2021 https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/un/international-day-for-biological-diversity

 

MAY – SATURDAY OUTING

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – Russ Lamb lambrk49@yahoo.com.au

Location – Hamilton Road, Lake Macdonald (Noosa Bird Trail 13)

Location –  park at end of Hamilton Road, nearest facilities at Kookaburra Park, Lake MacDonald

Date – 29 May, 2021

Time – [beginning] – 7am

Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

Other details –

 

JUNE – BEGINNING BIRDING WALK

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – Steve and Carol Popple / Paul Jensen to assist?

Location – Park Lakes, Bli Bli

Location –  Meet near the playground on Parklakes Drive – near Little Sprouts Childcare Centre.

Date – 5 June, 2021

Time – [beginning] – 8am

Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 10am with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

Other details – Beginners only. Members are only invited if they are bringing beginning birders.

Beginners please bring your birding questions!!!

World Environment Day 5 June 2021 - https://www.un.org/en/observances/environment-day

 

World Oceans Day – 8 June 2021 - https://www.un.org/en/observances/oceans-day

 

JUNE – WEDNESDAY - MID WEEK OUTING

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – Michael Dawson mickod7019@hotmail.com

Location – Ewan Maddock Trail from Landsborough

Location –  Gympie St, N  [from Landsborough] end of the road there is a walkway that begins.

Date – 9 June, 2021

Time – [beginning] – 8 am

Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

JUNE – SATURDAY OUTING

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – Vince Lee albatross4560@gmail.com

Location – Imbil-Brooloo rail trail

Location –  

Date –  19 June, 2021

Time – [beginning] – 8 am

Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 10am with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

Other details –

 

JULY – NAMBOUR GARDEN EXPO – 09 / 10 / 11

Volunteers required! Please contact Robyn Combes if interested.

 

JULY – WEDNESDAY - MID WEEK OUTING TBA

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – TBA

Location – Yandina Creek Wetlands

Location –  Car Park at eastern end of River Road [between Yandina and Coolum]

Date –  14 July, 2021

Time – [beginning] – 8 am

Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

Other details –

 

JULY BEGINNING BIRDING WALK

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – John Kooistra / Vince Lee albatross4560@gmail.com / Russell MacGregor

Location – Wappa Dam

Location –  Meeting near the facilities at 8am.

Date – Saturday, 17 July

Time – [beginning] – 8 am

Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

Other details – Beginners only. Members are only invited if they are bringing beginning birders.

Beginners please bring your birding questions!!!

This site features a variety of wetland species and common woodland birds. There are toilets on site.

 

JULY – SATURDAY OUTING

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – Ken Cross friarbird43@bigpond.com

Location – Property ‘The Book Farm’ 8 Rees Lane, Reesville. [Hinterland Bush Links]*

Date – 24 July, 2021

Time – [beginning] – 8 am

Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

Other details: https://www.hinterlandbushlinks.org/

 

National Tree Day – 1 August, 2021 - https://treeday.planetark.org/about/

 

AUGUST – BEGINNING BIRDING WALK

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – Carolyn Scott

Location – Maroochy Wetland Sanctuary, Bli Bli

Location – Please meet at the car park near the information centre.

Date – 7 August, 2021

Time – [beginning] – 7 am

Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

Other details – Beginners only. Members are only invited if they are bringing beginning birders.

Beginners please bring your birding questions!!!

This is a walk through mangroves and adjacent woodland. Much of the walk is along a board walk. There are toilets on site.

 

AUGUST – WEDNESDAY - MID WEEK OUTING TBA

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – Carolyn Scott

Location – Maroochy Wetlands Sanctuary Bli Bli

Location –  Please meet at the car park near the information centre.

Date –  11 August, 2021

Time – [beginning] – 8 am

Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

Other details – This is a walk through mangroves and adjacent woodland. Much of the walk is along a board walk. There are toilets on site.

 

AUGUST – SATURDAY OUTING

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – Ken Cross friarbird43@bigpond.com  Jenny Gursanscky janscky@gmail.com

Location – Wildflower Walk  - Kathleen McArthur reserve

Location –  This will be a birds and wildflower walk [for something a little different….]

Date – 14 August, 2021

Time – [beginning] – 8 am

Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 10 am with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

Other details – This reserve is a small remnant of wallum heath that was once a common plant community along the Sunshine Coast. Short walks, wildflowers, coastal birds, and views of the ocean beach and lake feature here. Vividly coloured heath wildflowers reach their peak flowering time in late winter and spring months.

The park is named after Kathleen McArthur, a local artist, conservationist and founding member of the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland (1962). Kathleen was passionate about wallum heathlands and campaigned to have these plant communities protected in the Sunshine Coast region. The heathland wildflowers were a favourite subject for her botanical illustrations.

Recommended native flower reference - A Field Guide to Native Plants of Bribie Island by Allan Carr

September is Biodiversity Month https://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/biodiversity-month

World Shorebird Day – early September 2021  https://www.worldshorebirdsday.org/  

 

SEPTEMBER – SATURDAY OUTING

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – John Birbeck birbeckjs@gmail.com

Location – SCC Reserve  - Annie Hehir Environmental Reserve

Location – meet at Peachester Primary School car park so we can carpool to the Reserve.

Date – 4 September, 2021

Time – [beginning] – 7 am

Time – [ending -estimated] – TBA

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

Other details – Annie Hehir Environment Reserve is an exceptional conservation area. It contains high biodiversity values and pristine waterways. These include: Large areas of Eucalypt forest and rainforest, 98 native plant species, including threatened plants such as the Maroochy nut (species name), 145 native animal species, including threatened animals such as the giant barred frog (species name). The Reserve was created when two properties in Peachester were purchased using Environment Levy funds in 2011 and 2017.

 

Threatened Species Day – 7 September 2021 -

 

SEPTEMBER – WEDNESDAY - MID WEEK OUTING

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – Gillian Matthew

Location – Quanda Road, Coolum Industrial Estate

Location –  Meet at the wetland between Carter’s Transport and the Sunshine Coast Model Flyers.

Date – 14 September, 2021

Time – [beginning] – 7am

Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

Other details –  We will move to another site <1km away after 45 minutes and bird call will be at the second site.  

 

 

 

OCTOBER – WEDNESDAY - MID WEEK OUTING TBA

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – Bob James

Location – Toorbul

Location – southern end of the esplanade at Toorbul.

Date –  13 October 2021

Time – [beginning] – 3 pm

Time – [ending -estimated] – 5pm with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

Other details – High tide is expected at 4pm. The birding emphasis will be on migratory waders that assemble at the southern end of Toorbul on the high tides. Folks are encouraged to have a takeaway meal at the local café.

 

OCTOBER – BEGINNING BIRDING WALK

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – Paul Fraser if available or TBA

Location – Maleny Precinct

Location –  Meet at the boardwalk opposite Woolworths overlooking the creek.

Date – 16 October, 2021

Time – [beginning] – 7am

Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

Other details – Beginners only. Members are only invited if they are bringing beginning birders.

Beginners please bring your birding questions!!!

 

 

 OCTOBER – SATURDAY OUTING

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – Russ Lamb lambrk49@yahoo.com.au

Location – Bellbird Hollow, Allan Pratt's property at 4290 Mary Valley Rd, Brooloo

Location –  entrance to property is exactly 8.7km from intersection of Eumundi Kenilworth Rd and Kenilworth Brooloo Rd , park in open space

Date – 23 October, 2021

Time – [beginning] – 7am

Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

Other details –

 

 

NOVEMBER – WEDNESDAY - MID WEEK OUTING TBA

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – Robyn Combes robyn.combes62@gmail.com

Location – Gheerulla Falls Track, near Mapleton

Location –  Please meet at the Mapleton Lilyponds at 7am. We will sign on and then carpool to the track head – there is limited parking there.

Date –  10 November, 2021

Time – [beginning] – 7am

Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

Other details – The walk is circa 2 kilometres return and follows a ridge line down to a small creek. It then returns the same way. This can be a very good track for pigeon species. Superb Fruit-dove has been recorded there.

 

NOVEMBER – SATURDAY OUTING

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – Steve & Carol Popple bushescapes@bigpond.com

Location – Cooran – Chris Kenny Park

Location –  Meet at the Cooran Football Club, which is within Chris Kenny Park, Cooran. Plenty of parking and toilets nearby.

Date – 20 November, 2021

Time – [beginning] – 7am

Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

Other details – Good undercover area that we can use for morning tea and Birdcall.

There are coffee shops and general store nearby.

 

NOVEMBER WEEKEND AWAY – Saturday and Sunday, 27 and 28 November 2021

[If interest allows] A weekend birding in Brisbane, incorporating a full day Saturday Wader Workshop with the Queensland Wader Studies Group. The workshop will feature presentations on Wader Taxonomy and Identification, Migration, Breeding, Banding Studies and Conservation. Included in this day will be a circa two-hour visit to the Manly Roost where we will be able to put our Wader ID skills to the test….

We will spend the Sunday morning, not sleeping in, but exploring some of the better birding sites of Eastern Brisbane before returning to Nambour at c. 5pm.

If you would like to book your place please email me;  friarbird43@bigpond.com

 

DECEMBER – SATURDAY OUTING & XMAS BREAK-UP!

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – Ken Cross friarbird43@bigpond.com / John Birbeck

Location – John Birbeck’s place at Black Mountain and surrounds

Location –  details TBA

Date – 4 December, 2021

Time – [beginning] – 7am

Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

Other details –

 

DECEMBER – WEDNESDAY - MID WEEK OUTING TBA

Group – Sunshine Coast

Leader/s and contact details – John Kooistra / Russell MacGregor / Vince Lee albatross4560@gmail.com

Location – Kureelpa Falls Track

Location –  

Date –  8 December, 2021

Time – [beginning] – 7am

Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call

What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.

Other details – Take the Mapleton Road from either Nambour or Mapleton and opposite the Dulong Lookout at Kanyana Park turn into Kureelpa Falls Road. Follow the road along the ridge (great views) to its far end (last section is on gravel) where there is room to park before the gated access to the Park. No facilities. [Closest at Dulong Lookout.]

 

 

 

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