Updating the Spring list

Sightings within the local survey area for the period 1 Sep 2008 - 30 Nov 2008. The local survey area is a rectangular area extending from Kingsthorpe NW of Toowoomba to the Mt Whitestone/Fordsdale area SE of Helidon.

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Bill Jolly
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Updating the Spring list

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Just looking at the list of species still needed for the spring list, I can add the following birds seen in September:

At Abberton:

Brown Quail
Plumed Whistling-Duck
Little Pied Cormorant
Little Black Cormorant
Australian Pelican
White-faced Heron
Great Egret
Nankeen Night-Heron
Straw-necked Ibis
Royal Spoonbill
Whistling Kite
Brown Falcon
Dusky Moorhen
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Azure Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Striated Pardalote
Speckled Warbler
Little Friarbird
Rufous Whistler

Around Helidon, including farm dams:

Australasian Shoveler
Grey Teal
Cattle Egret
Purple Swamphen
Black-winged Stilt
Black-fronted Dotterel
Common Bronzewing
Golden-headed Cisticola


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