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by Wes & Norma Sturdee
Tue Oct 07, 2014 2:59 pm
Forum: Spring Beyond 2014
Topic: Sightings from our recent short trip
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Sightings from our recent short trip

Spotted at Coolmunda Dam from 1st to 9th September:- Wood Duck Grey Teal Hardhead Pacific Black Duck Australasian Grebe Great Cormorant Little Pied Cormorant Little Black Cormorant Pied Cormorant Pelican Great Egret Little Egret White-faced Heron Whistling Kite Black-shouldered Kite Wedge-tailed Eag...
by Wes & Norma Sturdee
Wed Jul 02, 2014 5:06 pm
Forum: Winter Beyond 2014
Topic: Birds we observed on our travels from 1st to 7th June 2014
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Birds we observed on our travels from 1st to 7th June 2014

Wood Duck at Boondooma Dam via Proston Pink-eared Duck at Jandowae Dam Grey Teal at Boondooma and Jandowae Dams Hardhead at Jandowae Dam Pacific Black Duck at Bjelke-Petersen, Boondooma and Jandowae Dams Australasian Grebe at Jandowae Dam Darter at Bjelke-Petersen and Jandowae Dams Great Cormorant a...
by Wes & Norma Sturdee
Wed Jul 02, 2014 3:29 pm
Forum: Winter Within 2014
Topic: A few more local sightings
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A few more local sightings

Here's a few extras seen around our home at 9 Muir St. Toowoomba:-

Straw-necked Ibis
Feral Pigeon
Superb Fairy-Wren
Satin Bowerbird
House Sparrow
Common Myna
by Wes & Norma Sturdee
Tue Jun 10, 2014 4:39 pm
Forum: Autumn Beyond 2014
Topic: Some more late sightings from around the district
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Some more late sightings from around the district

Lake Cressbrook, from 4th to 13th May, 2014 Great Cormorant Eastern Great Egret Eastern Osprey (eating fish in fork of tree) Black Kite White-bellied Sea-Eagle Brown Quail Azure Kingfisher Restless Flycatcher Jacky Winter Varied Sitella White-throated Treecreeper White-throated Honeyeater Somerset D...
by Wes & Norma Sturdee
Fri Mar 07, 2014 8:46 am
Forum: Summer Beyond - 2013-14
Topic: A day's outing to Ravensbourne & Cressbrook
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A day's outing to Ravensbourne & Cressbrook

Here's a few more seen on 27/2/14 Ravensbourne N.P. White-headed Pigeon Superb Fruit-Dove (heard) King Parrot Lewins Honeyeater Noisy Friarbird White-throated Honeyeater Eastern Yellow Robin Channel-billed Cuckoo Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Brown Thornbill Grey Shrike-Thruch Pheasant Coucal Crimson...
by Wes & Norma Sturdee
Fri Mar 07, 2014 8:24 am
Forum: Autumn Within 2014
Topic: A few more for list
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A few more for list

Seen around Toowoomba city Common Myna Galah Pied Currawong Spotted Dove Satin Bowerbird Crested Pigeon Magpie Straw-necked Ibis Cattle Egret Magpie-lark Pale-headed Rosella Rainbow Lorikeet Kookaburra Red Wattlebird Masked Lapwing Grey Butcherbird Starling Welcome Swallow Noisy Miner Sparrow Blac-f...
by Wes & Norma Sturdee
Fri Mar 07, 2014 8:04 am
Forum: Summer Beyond - 2013-14
Topic: Seen recently locally and at Bribie and environs
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Seen recently locally and at Bribie and environs

Hi there folks, here is an unscrambled version of previous report from Wes & Norma Sturdee:- Cooby Dam 11/1/14 Whiskered Tern Silvereye Double-barred Finch Pheasant Coucal Brown Honeyeater White-winged Chough Brown Honeyeater White-winged Chough Brown Cuckoo-Dove Grey-Crowned Babbler Buckley's W...
by Wes & Norma Sturdee
Fri Mar 07, 2014 7:21 am
Forum: The Challenge 2014
Topic: A few to add to the list
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A few to add to the list

Here's a few extra from our backyard in North Toowoomba:

Satin Bowerbird
Red Wattlebird
House Sparrow
by Wes & Norma Sturdee
Mon Oct 14, 2013 3:46 pm
Forum: Spring Beyond - 2013
Topic: 2 more from Cooby Dam
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2 more from Cooby Dam

Wes & I spotted Whiskered Terns and a Latham's Snipe on Saturday 12th October around 4.15 pm
by Wes & Norma Sturdee
Mon Sep 30, 2013 5:11 pm
Forum: Spring Beyond - 2013
Topic: Some Spring additions
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Some Spring additions

Having recently returned from a few weeks' tripping around, we have a few additions for Spring list as follows:- 5/9 Charlie Moreland Camping area Red-browed Finch 5/9 Fig Tree Walk Pale-Yellow Robin Australian Logrunner Little Shrike-Thrush 16/9 Tin Can Bay Grey-tailed Tattler Inskip Point via Rain...
by Wes & Norma Sturdee
Wed Jun 05, 2013 1:05 pm
Forum: Winter Beyond - 2013
Topic: Seen around Goomburra & Gordon Country on 5th June,2013
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Seen around Goomburra & Gordon Country on 5th June,2013

Magpie Mappie Lark Satin Bowerbird Grey Butcherbird Pied Butcherbird Bell Miner Noisy Miner Spotted Pardalote Brown Thornbill Crimson Rosella Lewins Honeyeater Eastern Whipbird Eastern Yellow Robin Grey Shrike-Thrush Fan-tailed Cuckoo Red-browed Finch Grey Fantail White-browed Scrubwren Masked Lapwi...
by Wes & Norma Sturdee
Wed Jun 05, 2013 12:53 pm
Forum: Winter Within - 2013
Topic: A few extra
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A few extra

Here are a few from our backyard (Muir St, Harlaxton) and close vicinities:-

Cattle egret
Collard Sparrowhawk
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Grey Butcherbird
Common Starling
Welcome Swallow

Highfields:-

White-browed Scrubwren
Variegated Fairy-Wren
Little Corella

Near Cambooya:-

Black-shouldered Kite
by Wes & Norma Sturdee
Fri Apr 26, 2013 4:35 pm
Forum: Autumn Beyond - 2013
Topic: Pacific Baza sighting
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Pacific Baza sighting

On return from Sunshine coast on 20th April, we spotted a Pacific Baza
patrolling on the road between Kilcoy and Somerset Dam
by Wes & Norma Sturdee
Mon Oct 22, 2012 11:42 am
Forum: Spring Beyond - 2012
Topic: A few more from Cooby Dam
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Views: 779

A few more from Cooby Dam

Yesterday 21st October, Wes & I grabbed a couple of hours to check out the birds at Cooby. Among 35 species we also saw:- A pair of Musk Ducks with the male performing an unusual display of seeming to stand upright on a couple of occasions. We really appreciated article & photos from Al Youn...
by Wes & Norma Sturdee
Wed Sep 19, 2012 8:08 pm
Forum: Spring Beyond - 2012
Topic: See at Thompsons' Creek 5 kls west of Ban Ban Springs
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See at Thompsons' Creek 5 kls west of Ban Ban Springs

Observed from 14/9 to 16/9/12

Peaceful Dove
Forest Kingfisher
Double-barred Finch
Little Friarbird
Bar-shouldered Dove
Australian Hobby
Pale-headed Rosella
Australian White Ibis
White-throated Honeyeater
Olive-backed Oriole
White-winged Chough
Southern Boobook (heard)

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