Here are two more species for "The Challenge":
Buff-banded Rail 22/3/2015 Helidon Mineral Spa
Masked Woodswallow * 22/9/2015 ‘Tiddalac’, Murphy’s Creek
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- Fri Nov 20, 2015 8:20 am
- Forum: Challenge 2015
- Topic: Buff-banded Rail & Masked Woodswallow
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- Wed Sep 02, 2015 9:28 am
- Forum: Challenge 2015
- Topic: Some Belated Records
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Some Belated Records
Here are some species that have been recorded over the year thus far: Wandering Whistling-Duck * 28/02/15 Helidon Dam Intermediate Egret 6/04/15 Helidon Golf-course Black Bittern * 21/02/15 ‘Tiddalac’, Upper Lockyer Comb-crested Jacana * 28/02/15 Helidon Dam Red-kneed Dotterel 25/04/15 Helidon Miner...
- Tue Oct 07, 2014 5:39 am
- Forum: The Challenge 2014
- Topic: Noisy Pitta
- Replies: 3
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Re: Noisy Pitta
That's a lot of sightings, Mick -many more than I would have imagined. The eighties seemed to be particularly good for them there.
Didn't Rod Hobson record one there a few years ago, an audible record from memory?
Didn't Rod Hobson record one there a few years ago, an audible record from memory?
- Sat Sep 13, 2014 3:00 pm
- Forum: The Challenge 2014
- Topic: Wandering Whistling-Duck
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Wandering Whistling-Duck
Yesterday there was a solitary Wandering Whistling-Duck in the pool immediately below the club rooms at the Helidon Golf-course.
- Sat Sep 13, 2014 2:57 pm
- Forum: The Challenge 2014
- Topic: Noisy Pitta
- Replies: 3
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Noisy Pitta
Despite a late start, I had a great morning inside Redwood Park today with a Noisy Pitta seen well on the upper (northern) part of the Ferny Gully Track. My first record of this species for this location. (Note: there was an earlier record of this species at a private property at Ballard but I do no...
- Mon Jun 02, 2014 10:59 pm
- Forum: The Challenge 2014
- Topic: White-headed Pigeon
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White-headed Pigeon
On the 30th of May Darren Fielder and myself saw at least two White-headed Pigeons flying over his house on Culliford Drive, Toowoomba.
- Fri May 02, 2014 9:53 am
- Forum: The Challenge 2014
- Topic: Nightjar, Thornbill and Dusky Woodswallow
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Nightjar, Thornbill and Dusky Woodswallow
Here are a few more records for the 2014 Challenge: Australian Owlet-nightjar Penderests Road, Cabarlah 25/3 Michael Wood Striated Thornbill Fifteen Mile Road -Paradise Creek Road int., Murphys Creek 27/4 Michael Wood Dusky Woodswallow ‘Abberton’, Helidon 26/4 Bill Jolly & Michael Wood -five or ...
- Mon Mar 17, 2014 7:56 pm
- Forum: The Challenge 2014
- Topic: Oriental Cuckoo
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Oriental Cuckoo
An hepatic Oriental Cuckoo was seen at the Helidon Golf-course this morning. The bird had extremely golden-brown upper plumage.
- Wed Mar 12, 2014 11:58 am
- Forum: The Challenge 2014
- Topic: Four from Ashlands Drive
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Four from Ashlands Drive
These two species can be added to the "Challenge": White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike 27/2/2014 Ashlands Drive, Helidon Michael Wood White-winged Triller 27/2/2014 Ashlands Drive, Helidon Michael Wood Buff-rumped Thornbill 27/2/2014 Ashlands Drive, Helidon Michael Wood Australasian Shoveler 27/2/...
- Wed Mar 12, 2014 11:53 am
- Forum: The Challenge 2014
- Topic: Redwood Park Observations
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Redwood Park Observations
Apologies for the lateness of these, but here are some records from Redwood Park on the 23rd of February: Australian Brush-turkey 23/2/2014 Redwood Park Michael Wood Regent Bowerbird 23/2/2014 Redwood Park Michael Wood Black-faced Monarch 23/2/2014 Redwood Park Michael Wood Spectacled Monarch 23/2/2...
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 4:59 pm
- Forum: The Challenge 2013
- Topic: Noisy Pitta
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1001
Noisy Pitta
On the 4th of this month there was a Noisy Pitta calling from the base (south-western corner) of Tabletop Mountain.
- Mon Oct 21, 2013 1:25 pm
- Forum: The Challenge 2013
- Topic: Harrier, Button-Quail, Owlet-Nightjar and Woodswallow
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Harrier, Button-Quail, Owlet-Nightjar and Woodswallow
Apologies for the belatedness of these records: Swamp Harrier –Ashlands Drive, Postmans Ridge 20/9 Chocolate-brown bird over ponds to north. Red-chested Button-Quail –East Egypt (private property) 23/5 Four or five birds flushed from same part of track on consecutive days. Australian Owlet-Nightjar ...
- Sat Oct 12, 2013 5:56 pm
- Forum: The Challenge 2013
- Topic: Diamond Dove
- Replies: 5
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- Fri Oct 11, 2013 5:54 pm
- Forum: The Challenge 2013
- Topic: Diamond Dove
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1540
Diamond Dove
This afternoon Bill Jolly and myself stopped along Lockyer Creek Road, Helidon, to take some photos of the Red-backed Kingfishers that have been seen along there recently. Whilst doing so, a Diamond Dove was seen (and photographed) almost directly below the kingfisher in a stock yard. There were als...
- Mon Sep 02, 2013 5:20 pm
- Forum: Spring Within - 2013
- Topic: Plum-headed Finch
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Plum-headed Finch
Early this morning there were at least 20 Plum-headed Finch (both adults and immatures) in the north-eastern paddock of Bill & Eileen Jolly's place at Helidon.