Sunshine coast sightings

Sightings anywhere within a 250 km radius of Toowoomba, but excluding the local survey area (see above), for the period 1 Dec - 28 Feb 2009.

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Sunshine coast sightings

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Sightings during recent family holiday at Caloundra.

1-7/12/08 Moffat Beach, Caloundra

Pied Cormorant
Osprey
White-faced Heron
Reef Egret (dark and white phase)
Wandering Tattler (1)
Crested Tern
Silver Gull
Spotted Turtle-Dove
Crested Pigeon
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (5)
Rainbow Lorikeet
Common Koel
White-throated Needletail
Fork-tailed Swift (amongst flock of needletails 6/12/08)
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Noisy Miner
Figbird
Pied Butcherbird

6/12/08 Ben Bennett Botanical Park, Queen St, Caloundra

.://..caloundra.qld.gov.au/website ... es.asp#ben

My first visit to this park and was pleasantly surprised by the birdlife and habitat diversity. In the vine scrub, Little Shrike-thrushes were very prominent and vocal - a species I haven't often seen. Also surprised to see a Spectacled Monarch, and a Four-barred Swordtail - the first time I've seen this butterfly anywhere other than Toowoomba.

Birds
Australian White Ibis
Brown Goshawk
Bar-shouldered Dove
Rainbow Lorikeet
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Laughing Kookaburra
Sacred Kingfisher
Dollarbird
White-throated Treecreeper
Variegated Fairy-wren
Red-backed Fairy-wren
Brown Thornbill
Lewin's Honeyeater
Eastern Yellow Robin
Golden Whistler
Little Shrike-thrush (common and very vocal)
Grey Shrike-thrush
Spectacled Monarch (1 juvenile)
Rufous Fantail (feeding two chicks)
Grey Fantail
Willie Wagtail
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Cicadabird
Olive-backed Oriole (pair attacking Brown Goshawk)
Figbird
Australian Magpie
Torresian Crow

Butterflies:

Common Crow
Orchard Swallowtail
Four-barred Swordtail (1)
Evening Brown

6/12/08 Golden Beach, Caloundra

Black Swan
Darter
Little Black Cormorant
Australian Pelican
Royal Spoonbill
Osprey
Brahminy Kite
Bar-tailed Godwit
Whimbrel
Pacific Golden Plover
Silver Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Crested Tern
Little Tern
Crested Pigeon
Noisy Friarbird
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Noisy Miner
Magpie-lark
Willie Wagtail
Spangled Drongo
Grey Butcherbird
Pied Butcherbird
Australian Magpie
Torresian Crow
House Sparrow
Mistletoebird
Welcome Swallow
Silvereye

Others:

Forest Kingfisher 3/12/08 Little Mountain
Chestnut Teal 7/12/08 Nudgee
Red-necked Avocet 7/12/08 Nudgee
Michael Atzeni
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