11/28/17
Mt. Nelson, near Hobart, Signalman's Cottage, Tasmania, AU:
Olive Whistler
11/24/17
Northeast Tasmania: Scottsdale, Lost Farm on Bass Strait near Bridport, TAS, AU
Black Swans & cygnets
Nankeen Kestrel: hovered 5-10' above dune, absolutely still in a stiff wind
White-fronted Chats: a breeding pair on the beach
Welcome Swallows
Ravens
Magpie
European Goldfinch
11/22-23/17
East coast, Tasmania, AU
Eastern Rosella
Scottsdale, Tasmania, AU (Willow Lodge)
Grey Fantails
Silvereyes (wings sound like a hummingbird)
Little Wattlebirds
Whistling Kite
English (House) sparrows
Common Blackbirds
11/18-20/17
Tasmania, AU
13 species:
Near airport: Tasmanian Native-hen
Mt. Nelson, near Hobart, Signalman's Cottage:
Superb Fairy-wrens, male and female (aka Jenny)
Striated Pardalotes
Dusky Robins
Green Rosellas
Yellow Wattlebirds (they cough like a pheasant)
Black Currawongs
Forest Ravens
Yellow-throated Honeyeaters
New Holland Honeyeaters
Masked Lapwings
Common Myna
Hobart: Galahs
11/15/17
Brisbane riverbank, QUT Gardens Point Campus, Queensland, AU, 8:00 AM.
Protocol: crossing Goodwill Bridge.
2 species:
Striated Heron (flying near mangroves)
White-faced Herons (flying) 3
11/5/17
Pacific Koel (Eudynamys orientalis) calling constantly: 2 notes, repeated in an ascending pair.
11/3 - 4/17
Maleny (Mary Cairncross) & Witta (Parklands Retreat, Airbnb), Queensland, AU
Protocol: Traveling. Comments: Fine, partly cloudy.
Heard the Whipbirds and Green catbirds pretty constantly.
Saw several
Rufous fantails
Yellow-throated scrubwrens
White-browed scrubwrens
Eastern yellow robins
King Parrots
Rainbow lorikeets
Currawongs.
Also saw many pademelons.
10/28/17
Lake Galletly (University of Queensland - Gatton campus), Queensland, AU, 1:40 - 2:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling, 5.0 kilometer(s). Comments: Fine, sunny and humid. Birding within the UQ Gatton campus and Lake Galletly.
28 species: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40163492
Magpie Goose 100 ca
Plumed Whistling Duck 28
Pacific Black Duck 1
Grey Teal 1
Pink-eared Duck 3
Hardhead 2
Australasian Grebe 3 Could have been an adult with 2 immature
Little Pied Cormorant 1
Little Black Cormorant 3
Eastern Cattle Egret 100
Australian White Ibis 20
Dusky Moorhen 8
Eurasian Coot 2
Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) 3
Crested Pigeon 4
Pacific Koel 2
Laughing Kookaburra 1
Oriental Dollarbird 1
Red-rumped Parrot 2
Rainbow Lorikeet 2
Brown Honeyeater 3
Striated Pardalote 2 HC
Australasian Figbird 2
Willie Wagtail 2
Magpie-lark 3
Torresian Crow 3
Welcome Swallow 6
House Sparrow 2
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Lake Apex Park (Gatton), Queensland, AU, 12:50 - 1:10 PM
Protocol: Traveling, 0.4 kilometer(s). Comments: Fine, sunny and humid.
20 species (+1 other taxa): http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40163465
Maned Duck 4
Pacific Black Duck 3
Mallard (Domestic type) 2
Hardhead 2
Australasian Grebe 1
Little Pied Cormorant 1
Little Black Cormorant 3
Australasian Darter 2
Australian Pelican 1
Great Egret 4 Some roosting in the trees around the lake and on islands
Eastern Cattle Egret 200 plus
Australian White Ibis 200 plus
Australasian Swamphen 2
Dusky Moorhen 5
Sacred Kingfisher 1
Pale-headed Rosella 1
Rainbow Lorikeet 12
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet 4
Noisy Miner 3
Australasian Figbird 3
Welcome Swallow 6---------------------------------------------------------------------
Lake Clarendon, Queensland, AU, 10:20 - 11:20 AM
Protocol: Traveling, 1.0 kilometer(s). Comments: Fine, sunny and humid. More water in the lake since the rains and everything much greener.
42 species: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40163435
Black Swan 100 plus
Cotton Pygmy Goose 1
Maned Duck 2 on one of the side earth dams
Australasian Shoveler 1
Pacific Black Duck 10 identified amongst all of the birds on the lake but likely to have been a lot more
Grey Teal 10 identified but others likely to have been on the lake
Hardhead 10 identified but others likely to have been on the lake
Australasian Grebe 1 on side earth dam
Little Pied Cormorant 2
Little Black Cormorant 1
Australian Pelican 20
Great Egret 1 likely to have been more
White-faced Heron 1
Little Egret (Australasian) 1 likely to have been more
Eastern Cattle Egret 20 in amongst the cattle on neighbouring property
Straw-necked Ibis 3
Black Kite (Black) 1
Whistling Kite 3
White-bellied Sea Eagle 1
Nankeen Kestrel 3
Eurasian Coot 20 plus in birds on the lake
Masked Lapwing 3
Pacific Koel 2 Heard Calls
Galah 2
Little Corella 3
Cockatiel 2
Pale-headed Rosella 5
Noisy Miner 3
Striped Honeyeater 2 HC
Little Friarbird 1
Grey-crowned Babbler 8
Australian Magpie 2
Black-faced Cuckooshrike 3
White-winged Triller 1
Australasian Figbird 2
Willie Wagtail 3
Magpie-lark 4
Torresian Crow 2
Welcome Swallow 6
Fairy Martin 10
Common Myna 3
Australian Pipit 2
10/22/17 Dowse Lagoon (Sandgate), Queensland, AU, 9:40 - 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling, 1.0 kilometer(s). Comments: Fine and sunny morning. We didn't see a lot of birds which have been reported lately. Perhaps they have moved on?
24 species: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40058759
Black Swan (new for AU): 1
Pacific Black Duck 4
Hardhead 8
Australasian Grebe 3
Little Pied Cormorant 3
Little Black Cormorant 6
Great Egret 1
Cattle Egret (new for AU): 1 beautifully coloured in breeding plumage
Australian White Ibis 30
Australasian Swamphen 10
Dusky Moorhen 5
Eurasian Coot 15
Comb-crested Jacana 7
Whiskered Tern 10
Crested Pigeon 2
Tawny Frogmouth 6 Lovely frogmouth family in Jacaranda tree near hall: 3 juveniles, 3 adults.
Rainbow Lorikeet 10
Brown Honeyeater 2
Grey Butcherbird 1
Pied Butcherbird 1
Australian Magpie 2
Pied Currawong 2
Olive-backed Oriole 1
Willie Wagtail 1
9/23/17 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands, Queensland, AU, 10:35 AM - 12:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling, 3.0 kilometer(s). Comments: Fine and sunny. 48 species: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39340692
Magpie Goose 1
Wandering Whistling-Duck 18
Australian Wood Duck 1
Pacific Black Duck 15
Grey Teal 12
Hardhead 6
Australasian Grebe 4
Little Pied Cormorant 9 some nesting
Little Black Cormorant 10 some nesting
Australasian Darter 4
Australian Pelican 5
Great Egret 3
Intermediate Egret 1
Little Egret 2
Australian White Ibis 20 plus
Royal Spoonbill 3
Osprey 3
Whistling Kite 1
Baillon's Crake 5 Crakes seen in 3 separate areas in main lagoon with deck and adjoining lagoon - west and east sides.
Australasian Swamphen 6
Dusky Moorhen 30 plus
Eurasian Coot 4
Masked Lapwing 2
Comb-crested Jacana 4
Peaceful Dove 1
Sacred Kingfisher 3
Rainbow Bee-eater 2
Superb Fairywren 1
Brown Honeyeater 5
White-throated Honeyeater 2
Striped Honeyeater 2 HC
Striated Pardalote 3
White-throated Gerygone 2 HC
White-breasted Woodswallow 2
Pied Butcherbird 2
Black-faced Cuckooshrike 3
Grey Shrikethrush 1 HC
Rufous Whistler 3
Olive-backed Oriole 1 HC
Willie Wagtail 6
Grey Fantail 1
Magpie-lark 4
Torresian Crow 3
Welcome Swallow 5
Fairy Martin 18
Australian Reed Warbler 30 plus
Tawny Grassbird 4
Double-barred Finch 2
Penfold Parade, Wynnum, Queensland, AU, 1:45 - 3:00 PM
Protocol: Stationary. Comments: Fine and sunny with afternoon sea breeze.
Little Pied Cormorant 3
Australian White Ibis 2
Australian Pied Oystercatcher 5
Masked Lapwing 1
Whimbrel 2
Eastern Curlew 1
Bar-tailed Godwit 4 more arrived but we did not count
Great Knot 1
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 1
Red-necked Stint 2
Grey-tailed Tattler 8 plus
Silver Gull 3
Gull-billed Tern 8
Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) 1 White and light brown - perhaps he thought he was a seagull
Australasian Figbird 4 HC
Magpie-lark 1
9/2/17 Sherwood Arboretum, Queensland, AU, 7:00 AM - 9:35 AM
Protocol: Traveling, 1.2 kilometer(s). Comments: Cloudy to start but cleared to sunny weather. Of interest, a fox was seen drinking from the river bank on the opposite side to the pontoon & walkway.
38 species (+2 other taxa): http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38946733
Muscovy Duck (Domestic type) 3
Australian Wood Duck 9
Pacific Black Duck 11
Mallard (Domestic type) 2
Hardhead 6
Australian Brushturkey 1
Australasian Grebe 4
Little Pied Cormorant 1
Little Black Cormorant 2
Australian White Ibis 16
Australasian Swamphen 4
Dusky Moorhen 30
Eurasian Coot 5
Masked Lapwing 1
White-headed Pigeon 1
Spotted Dove 3
Crested Pigeon 2
Laughing Kookaburra 2
Galah 1
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo 4
Rainbow Lorikeet 30
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet 4
Superb Fairywren 3
Red-backed Fairywren 4
Noisy Miner 40
Brown Honeyeater 15
Blue-faced Honeyeater 8
Striated Pardalote 2
Grey Butcherbird 2
Australian Magpie 4
Pied Currawong 2
Olive-backed Oriole 1
Australasian Figbird 6
Willie Wagtail 2
Magpie-lark 4
Torresian Crow 4
Australian Reed Warbler 2
Tawny Grassbird 1
Welcome Swallow 10
8/23/17 Brisbane City Gardens 11:30 a.m.
Hardhead ducks
8/13/17 Mt. Glorious, Rainforest Circuit (access at Maiala) in the south section of D'Aguilar National Park, 2 km, 1 hour at dusk.
Bell Miners (heard calls)
Eastern Whipbirds (heard calls)
Eastern Catbirds (heard calls - like a baby crying!)
Wompoo Fruit Doves (heard calls)
Pied Currawongs
AND saw a pademelon!
8/12/17 Greenwood Lakes, Forestdale, Queensland, AU Aug 12, 2017 10:40 AM - 1:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling, 2.6 kilometer(s). Comments: Fine and sunny with some high cloud
41 species: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38598608
Pacific Black Duck 2
Australasian Grebe 1
Little Pied Cormorant 1
Little Black Cormorant 5
Australasian Darter 4 (especially the female)
Great Egret 1
White-faced Heron 1
White-bellied Sea-Eagle 1
Australian Hobby 1
Dusky Moorhen 2
Masked Lapwing 1
Spotted Dove 1
Bar-shouldered Dove 2
Fan-tailed Cuckoo 5 (call: trilling)
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo 4
Rainbow Lorikeet 10
Red-backed Fairywren 2
Eastern Spinebill 3
Lewin's Honeyeater 8
Yellow-faced Honeyeater 8
Scarlet Honeyeater 20
Brown Honeyeater 15
Noisy Friarbird 8 (sounds like laughing)
Noisy Miner 10
Spotted Pardalote 1
Striated Pardalote 10
Pied Butcherbird 2
Australian Magpie 3
Pied Currawong 2
Black-faced Cuckooshrike 1
Golden Whistler 4
Rufous Whistler 1
Australasian Figbird 5
Grey Fantail 5
Magpie-lark 1 HC
Torresian Crow 12
Rose Robin 1
Eastern Yellow Robin 3
Welcome Swallow 2 (I didn't see these to identify)
Silvereye 6 (I didn't see these to identify)
Red-browed Finch 3
Across the lake, we saw a water dragon sitting on a rock. On the way home, a Willie Wagtail flew in front of the car.
8/10/17 Brisbane City Botanic Gardens, edge of QUT, QLD, AU 3:30-ish
Brahminy Kite !!!
8/6/17 Fairfield area (including Brisbane Corso), Queensland, AU 3:40 PM - 5:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling, 4.0 kilometer(s), Comments: Fine but overcast
Australian Wood Duck 8
Little Black Cormorant 1
Australasian Darter 1
Australian Pelican 2
Great Egret 1
Australian White Ibis 2
Straw-necked Ibis 1
Bush Stone-curlew 2
Masked Lapwing 2
Sacred Kingfisher 1
Little Corella 2
Rainbow Lorikeet 15
Noisy Miner 15
White-browed Scrubwren 1
Pied Butcherbird 2
Australian Magpie 2
Black-faced Cuckooshrike 1
Australasian Figbird 9
Magpie-lark 1
Torresian Crow 6
Welcome Swallow 3 (I didn't see these to identify)
Fairy/Tree Martin 4
Spotted Dove 2 HC (heard calls)
Pied Currawong 2 HC (heard calls)
7/28/17 68 Cronin St., Annerley
Grey Butcherbird
7/26/17 Brisbane / Annerley, QLD, Australia : Daily birds
Rainbow Lorikeets, Noisy Miners, Australian Magpies, Pied Butcherbirds, Grey Butcherbirds, Magpie-larks, Torresian Crows, Spotted Doves (aka turtle-doves), Crested Pigeons, Tree Martins
Heard: Willie Wagtail (typewriter-like sounds), Pied Currawong, Magpie-Larks (make bluejay-like sounds)
6/20/17 Blandford
Indigo bunting
5/17/17 Home
3 flying Green Herons
5/16/17 St. Joseph
Killdeer
5/14/17 Kalamazoo Nature Center; Blandford Nature Center, Home
5/12/17 Home, Blandford, corner of Leonard & 8th.
Phoebe; Catbirds, Red-eyed Vireo, pair of male Mallards; 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks(1 female, 2 males)
5/9/17 GVSU.
Chipping sparrow
5/7/17 Aman Park.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
5/5/17 Bear Creek Park, Houston.
Prothonotary warbler, Summer tanager, Wood duck family, Blue-headed vireo (female? no yellow),
Tufted titmice, Carolina chickadees, Cardinals, Blue jays, Downy woodpeckers, Pileated woodpeckers, Mockingbirds, Grackles (great- or boat-tailed), White-winged doves.
Red-eared slider turtle.
4/27/17 Houston.
Carolina chickadees, Cedar waxwings.
4/24/17 Houston.
White-winged doves, mockingbirds, female Great-tailed Grackles. Heard: Carolina wrens, Swainson's thrush.
4/17 Aman Park.
Pileated woodpeckers
4/10 GVSU.
Phoebe, Kinglet (couldn't see the crown color)
4/5/17
Eastern Kingbirds, phoebes
3/24/17
3 Sandhill cranes!
3/11/17
A high 3-note call I couldn't identify - a small bird, high in the trees, maybe Brown Creepers?
3/9/17
2 Sandhill cranes!
1/2/17
Red-breasted nuthatches! White-breasted nuthatches, red-bellied woodpecker, chickadees, titmice, goldfinches, blue jays, cardinal
Mt. Nelson, near Hobart, Signalman's Cottage, Tasmania, AU:
Olive Whistler
11/24/17
Northeast Tasmania: Scottsdale, Lost Farm on Bass Strait near Bridport, TAS, AU
Black Swans & cygnets
Nankeen Kestrel: hovered 5-10' above dune, absolutely still in a stiff wind
White-fronted Chats: a breeding pair on the beach
Welcome Swallows
Ravens
Magpie
European Goldfinch
11/22-23/17
East coast, Tasmania, AU
Eastern Rosella
Scottsdale, Tasmania, AU (Willow Lodge)
Grey Fantails
Silvereyes (wings sound like a hummingbird)
Little Wattlebirds
Whistling Kite
English (House) sparrows
Common Blackbirds
11/18-20/17
Tasmania, AU
13 species:
Near airport: Tasmanian Native-hen
Mt. Nelson, near Hobart, Signalman's Cottage:
Superb Fairy-wrens, male and female (aka Jenny)
Striated Pardalotes
Dusky Robins
Green Rosellas
Yellow Wattlebirds (they cough like a pheasant)
Black Currawongs
Forest Ravens
Yellow-throated Honeyeaters
New Holland Honeyeaters
Masked Lapwings
Common Myna
Hobart: Galahs
11/15/17
Brisbane riverbank, QUT Gardens Point Campus, Queensland, AU, 8:00 AM.
Protocol: crossing Goodwill Bridge.
2 species:
Striated Heron (flying near mangroves)
White-faced Herons (flying) 3
11/5/17
Pacific Koel (Eudynamys orientalis) calling constantly: 2 notes, repeated in an ascending pair.
11/3 - 4/17
Maleny (Mary Cairncross) & Witta (Parklands Retreat, Airbnb), Queensland, AU
Protocol: Traveling. Comments: Fine, partly cloudy.
Heard the Whipbirds and Green catbirds pretty constantly.
Saw several
Rufous fantails
Yellow-throated scrubwrens
White-browed scrubwrens
Eastern yellow robins
King Parrots
Rainbow lorikeets
Currawongs.
Also saw many pademelons.
10/28/17
Lake Galletly (University of Queensland - Gatton campus), Queensland, AU, 1:40 - 2:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling, 5.0 kilometer(s). Comments: Fine, sunny and humid. Birding within the UQ Gatton campus and Lake Galletly.
28 species: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40163492
Magpie Goose 100 ca
Plumed Whistling Duck 28
Pacific Black Duck 1
Grey Teal 1
Pink-eared Duck 3
Hardhead 2
Australasian Grebe 3 Could have been an adult with 2 immature
Little Pied Cormorant 1
Little Black Cormorant 3
Eastern Cattle Egret 100
Australian White Ibis 20
Dusky Moorhen 8
Eurasian Coot 2
Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) 3
Crested Pigeon 4
Pacific Koel 2
Laughing Kookaburra 1
Oriental Dollarbird 1
Red-rumped Parrot 2
Rainbow Lorikeet 2
Brown Honeyeater 3
Striated Pardalote 2 HC
Australasian Figbird 2
Willie Wagtail 2
Magpie-lark 3
Torresian Crow 3
Welcome Swallow 6
House Sparrow 2
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Lake Apex Park (Gatton), Queensland, AU, 12:50 - 1:10 PM
Protocol: Traveling, 0.4 kilometer(s). Comments: Fine, sunny and humid.
20 species (+1 other taxa): http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40163465
Maned Duck 4
Pacific Black Duck 3
Mallard (Domestic type) 2
Hardhead 2
Australasian Grebe 1
Little Pied Cormorant 1
Little Black Cormorant 3
Australasian Darter 2
Australian Pelican 1
Great Egret 4 Some roosting in the trees around the lake and on islands
Eastern Cattle Egret 200 plus
Australian White Ibis 200 plus
Australasian Swamphen 2
Dusky Moorhen 5
Sacred Kingfisher 1
Pale-headed Rosella 1
Rainbow Lorikeet 12
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet 4
Noisy Miner 3
Australasian Figbird 3
Welcome Swallow 6---------------------------------------------------------------------
Lake Clarendon, Queensland, AU, 10:20 - 11:20 AM
Protocol: Traveling, 1.0 kilometer(s). Comments: Fine, sunny and humid. More water in the lake since the rains and everything much greener.
42 species: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40163435
Black Swan 100 plus
Cotton Pygmy Goose 1
Maned Duck 2 on one of the side earth dams
Australasian Shoveler 1
Pacific Black Duck 10 identified amongst all of the birds on the lake but likely to have been a lot more
Grey Teal 10 identified but others likely to have been on the lake
Hardhead 10 identified but others likely to have been on the lake
Australasian Grebe 1 on side earth dam
Little Pied Cormorant 2
Little Black Cormorant 1
Australian Pelican 20
Great Egret 1 likely to have been more
White-faced Heron 1
Little Egret (Australasian) 1 likely to have been more
Eastern Cattle Egret 20 in amongst the cattle on neighbouring property
Straw-necked Ibis 3
Black Kite (Black) 1
Whistling Kite 3
White-bellied Sea Eagle 1
Nankeen Kestrel 3
Eurasian Coot 20 plus in birds on the lake
Masked Lapwing 3
Pacific Koel 2 Heard Calls
Galah 2
Little Corella 3
Cockatiel 2
Pale-headed Rosella 5
Noisy Miner 3
Striped Honeyeater 2 HC
Little Friarbird 1
Grey-crowned Babbler 8
Australian Magpie 2
Black-faced Cuckooshrike 3
White-winged Triller 1
Australasian Figbird 2
Willie Wagtail 3
Magpie-lark 4
Torresian Crow 2
Welcome Swallow 6
Fairy Martin 10
Common Myna 3
Australian Pipit 2
10/22/17 Dowse Lagoon (Sandgate), Queensland, AU, 9:40 - 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling, 1.0 kilometer(s). Comments: Fine and sunny morning. We didn't see a lot of birds which have been reported lately. Perhaps they have moved on?
24 species: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40058759
Black Swan (new for AU): 1
Pacific Black Duck 4
Hardhead 8
Australasian Grebe 3
Little Pied Cormorant 3
Little Black Cormorant 6
Great Egret 1
Cattle Egret (new for AU): 1 beautifully coloured in breeding plumage
Australian White Ibis 30
Australasian Swamphen 10
Dusky Moorhen 5
Eurasian Coot 15
Comb-crested Jacana 7
Whiskered Tern 10
Crested Pigeon 2
Tawny Frogmouth 6 Lovely frogmouth family in Jacaranda tree near hall: 3 juveniles, 3 adults.
Rainbow Lorikeet 10
Brown Honeyeater 2
Grey Butcherbird 1
Pied Butcherbird 1
Australian Magpie 2
Pied Currawong 2
Olive-backed Oriole 1
Willie Wagtail 1
9/23/17 Sandy Camp Road Wetlands, Queensland, AU, 10:35 AM - 12:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling, 3.0 kilometer(s). Comments: Fine and sunny. 48 species: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39340692
Magpie Goose 1
Wandering Whistling-Duck 18
Australian Wood Duck 1
Pacific Black Duck 15
Grey Teal 12
Hardhead 6
Australasian Grebe 4
Little Pied Cormorant 9 some nesting
Little Black Cormorant 10 some nesting
Australasian Darter 4
Australian Pelican 5
Great Egret 3
Intermediate Egret 1
Little Egret 2
Australian White Ibis 20 plus
Royal Spoonbill 3
Osprey 3
Whistling Kite 1
Baillon's Crake 5 Crakes seen in 3 separate areas in main lagoon with deck and adjoining lagoon - west and east sides.
Australasian Swamphen 6
Dusky Moorhen 30 plus
Eurasian Coot 4
Masked Lapwing 2
Comb-crested Jacana 4
Peaceful Dove 1
Sacred Kingfisher 3
Rainbow Bee-eater 2
Superb Fairywren 1
Brown Honeyeater 5
White-throated Honeyeater 2
Striped Honeyeater 2 HC
Striated Pardalote 3
White-throated Gerygone 2 HC
White-breasted Woodswallow 2
Pied Butcherbird 2
Black-faced Cuckooshrike 3
Grey Shrikethrush 1 HC
Rufous Whistler 3
Olive-backed Oriole 1 HC
Willie Wagtail 6
Grey Fantail 1
Magpie-lark 4
Torresian Crow 3
Welcome Swallow 5
Fairy Martin 18
Australian Reed Warbler 30 plus
Tawny Grassbird 4
Double-barred Finch 2
Penfold Parade, Wynnum, Queensland, AU, 1:45 - 3:00 PM
Protocol: Stationary. Comments: Fine and sunny with afternoon sea breeze.
16 species: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39340713
Little Pied Cormorant 3
Australian White Ibis 2
Australian Pied Oystercatcher 5
Masked Lapwing 1
Whimbrel 2
Eastern Curlew 1
Bar-tailed Godwit 4 more arrived but we did not count
Great Knot 1
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 1
Red-necked Stint 2
Grey-tailed Tattler 8 plus
Silver Gull 3
Gull-billed Tern 8
Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) 1 White and light brown - perhaps he thought he was a seagull
Australasian Figbird 4 HC
Magpie-lark 1
9/2/17 Sherwood Arboretum, Queensland, AU, 7:00 AM - 9:35 AM
Protocol: Traveling, 1.2 kilometer(s). Comments: Cloudy to start but cleared to sunny weather. Of interest, a fox was seen drinking from the river bank on the opposite side to the pontoon & walkway.
38 species (+2 other taxa): http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38946733
Muscovy Duck (Domestic type) 3
Australian Wood Duck 9
Pacific Black Duck 11
Mallard (Domestic type) 2
Hardhead 6
Australian Brushturkey 1
Australasian Grebe 4
Little Pied Cormorant 1
Little Black Cormorant 2
Australian White Ibis 16
Australasian Swamphen 4
Dusky Moorhen 30
Eurasian Coot 5
Masked Lapwing 1
White-headed Pigeon 1
Spotted Dove 3
Crested Pigeon 2
Laughing Kookaburra 2
Galah 1
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo 4
Rainbow Lorikeet 30
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet 4
Superb Fairywren 3
Red-backed Fairywren 4
Noisy Miner 40
Brown Honeyeater 15
Blue-faced Honeyeater 8
Striated Pardalote 2
Grey Butcherbird 2
Australian Magpie 4
Pied Currawong 2
Olive-backed Oriole 1
Australasian Figbird 6
Willie Wagtail 2
Magpie-lark 4
Torresian Crow 4
Australian Reed Warbler 2
Tawny Grassbird 1
Welcome Swallow 10
8/23/17 Brisbane City Gardens 11:30 a.m.
Hardhead ducks
8/13/17 Mt. Glorious, Rainforest Circuit (access at Maiala) in the south section of D'Aguilar National Park, 2 km, 1 hour at dusk.
Bell Miners (heard calls)
Eastern Whipbirds (heard calls)
Eastern Catbirds (heard calls - like a baby crying!)
Wompoo Fruit Doves (heard calls)
Pied Currawongs
AND saw a pademelon!
8/12/17 Greenwood Lakes, Forestdale, Queensland, AU Aug 12, 2017 10:40 AM - 1:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling, 2.6 kilometer(s). Comments: Fine and sunny with some high cloud
41 species: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38598608
Pacific Black Duck 2
Australasian Grebe 1
Little Pied Cormorant 1
Little Black Cormorant 5
Australasian Darter 4 (especially the female)
Great Egret 1
White-faced Heron 1
White-bellied Sea-Eagle 1
Australian Hobby 1
Dusky Moorhen 2
Masked Lapwing 1
Spotted Dove 1
Bar-shouldered Dove 2
Fan-tailed Cuckoo 5 (call: trilling)
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo 4
Rainbow Lorikeet 10
Red-backed Fairywren 2
Eastern Spinebill 3
Lewin's Honeyeater 8
Yellow-faced Honeyeater 8
Scarlet Honeyeater 20
Brown Honeyeater 15
Noisy Friarbird 8 (sounds like laughing)
Noisy Miner 10
Spotted Pardalote 1
Striated Pardalote 10
Pied Butcherbird 2
Australian Magpie 3
Pied Currawong 2
Black-faced Cuckooshrike 1
Golden Whistler 4
Rufous Whistler 1
Australasian Figbird 5
Grey Fantail 5
Magpie-lark 1 HC
Torresian Crow 12
Rose Robin 1
Eastern Yellow Robin 3
Welcome Swallow 2 (I didn't see these to identify)
Silvereye 6 (I didn't see these to identify)
Red-browed Finch 3
Across the lake, we saw a water dragon sitting on a rock. On the way home, a Willie Wagtail flew in front of the car.
8/10/17 Brisbane City Botanic Gardens, edge of QUT, QLD, AU 3:30-ish
Brahminy Kite !!!
8/6/17 Fairfield area (including Brisbane Corso), Queensland, AU 3:40 PM - 5:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling, 4.0 kilometer(s), Comments: Fine but overcast
25 species (+1 other taxa) http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38501796
Australian Wood Duck 8
Little Black Cormorant 1
Australasian Darter 1
Australian Pelican 2
Great Egret 1
Australian White Ibis 2
Straw-necked Ibis 1
Bush Stone-curlew 2
Masked Lapwing 2
Sacred Kingfisher 1
Little Corella 2
Rainbow Lorikeet 15
Noisy Miner 15
White-browed Scrubwren 1
Pied Butcherbird 2
Australian Magpie 2
Black-faced Cuckooshrike 1
Australasian Figbird 9
Magpie-lark 1
Torresian Crow 6
Welcome Swallow 3 (I didn't see these to identify)
Fairy/Tree Martin 4
Spotted Dove 2 HC (heard calls)
Pied Currawong 2 HC (heard calls)
7/28/17 68 Cronin St., Annerley
Grey Butcherbird
7/26/17 Brisbane / Annerley, QLD, Australia : Daily birds
Rainbow Lorikeets, Noisy Miners, Australian Magpies, Pied Butcherbirds, Grey Butcherbirds, Magpie-larks, Torresian Crows, Spotted Doves (aka turtle-doves), Crested Pigeons, Tree Martins
Heard: Willie Wagtail (typewriter-like sounds), Pied Currawong, Magpie-Larks (make bluejay-like sounds)
6/20/17 Blandford
Indigo bunting
5/17/17 Home
3 flying Green Herons
5/16/17 St. Joseph
Killdeer
5/14/17 Kalamazoo Nature Center; Blandford Nature Center, Home
- Rufous-sided Towhee pair,
- Common Yellow-throated Warbler,
- Catbirds,
- Tree Swallows,
- Pileated Woodpeckers,
- Wood Thrush,
- Black-billed Cuckoo,
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak pair,
- Red-winged Blackbirds,
- Robins,
- Chipping sparrow,
- Goldfinch.
- Red-winged Hawk,
- Turkey Vultures,
- Herring Gull,
- 2 Sandhill Cranes.
- 3 Baltimore Oriole males,
- Chickadees (including a crestless juvenile),
- Mourning Doves,
- Canada Geese,
- Cardinal,
- Mallard Ducks,
- Downy Woodpecker,
- Crows,
- Red-eyed Vireo
5/12/17 Home, Blandford, corner of Leonard & 8th.
Phoebe; Catbirds, Red-eyed Vireo, pair of male Mallards; 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks(1 female, 2 males)
5/9/17 GVSU.
Chipping sparrow
5/7/17 Aman Park.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
5/5/17 Bear Creek Park, Houston.
Prothonotary warbler, Summer tanager, Wood duck family, Blue-headed vireo (female? no yellow),
Tufted titmice, Carolina chickadees, Cardinals, Blue jays, Downy woodpeckers, Pileated woodpeckers, Mockingbirds, Grackles (great- or boat-tailed), White-winged doves.
Red-eared slider turtle.
4/27/17 Houston.
Carolina chickadees, Cedar waxwings.
4/24/17 Houston.
White-winged doves, mockingbirds, female Great-tailed Grackles. Heard: Carolina wrens, Swainson's thrush.
4/17 Aman Park.
Pileated woodpeckers
4/10 GVSU.
Phoebe, Kinglet (couldn't see the crown color)
4/5/17
Eastern Kingbirds, phoebes
3/24/17
3 Sandhill cranes!
3/11/17
A high 3-note call I couldn't identify - a small bird, high in the trees, maybe Brown Creepers?
3/9/17
2 Sandhill cranes!
1/2/17
Red-breasted nuthatches! White-breasted nuthatches, red-bellied woodpecker, chickadees, titmice, goldfinches, blue jays, cardinal
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