Spring in Upper Lockyer

Sightings within the local survey area for the period 1 Sep - 30 Nov 2010. 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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Mick Atzeni
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Spring in Upper Lockyer

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All recorded 5/9 at "Tiddalac" unless otherwise indicated.

Australian Wood Duck
Pacific Black Duck
Brown Goshawk
Wedge-tailed Eagle (4/9)
Pale-vented Bush-Hen (heard)
Dusky Moorhen
Bush Stone-curlew - new bird for "Tiddalac"
Masked Lapwing
Brown Cuckoo-Dove (7/9)
Common Bronzewing
Crested Pigeon
Peaceful Dove
Bar-shouldered Dove
Little Corella (8/9)
Rainbow Lorikeet
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Little Lorikeet
Australian King-Parrot
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
Little Bronze-Cuckoo
Azure Kingfisher
Laughing Kookaburra
White-throated Treecreeper
Red-backed Fairy-wren
Striated Pardalote
Weebill
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Noisy Friarbird
Noisy Miner
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
White-throated Honeyeater
Scarlet Honeyeater
Jacky Winter
Eastern Yellow Robin (8/9)
Eastern Whipbird
Grey Shrike-thrush
Magpie-lark
Willie Wagtail
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Olive-backed Oriole
Figbird
Grey Butcherbird
Pied Butcherbird
Australian Magpie
Pied Currawong
Torresian Crow
Golden-headed Cisticola
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Black Bittern at Upper Lockyer 11/09/10

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A Black Bittern seen by myself and Rod Hobson late yesterday afternoon was not only new for Spring but also new for "Tiddalac". :D

Between Rod and I we picked up the following additions for Spring including our first Channel-bill and Koel for the season. Also saw my first Leaden Flycatcher this season.

Little Pied Cormorant - farm dam, near Lockyer Siding turnoff
Black Bittern - flushed one along creek; new bird for "Tiddalac"
Eastern Koel - first this season
Channel-billed Cuckoo - first this season
Pheasant Coucal
White-browed Scrubwren
Speckled Warbler
White-throated Gerygone
Buff-rumped Thornbill
Striated Thornbill
Striped Honeyeater
Lewin's Honeyeater
Brown-headed Honeyeater
Rufous Whistler
Grey Fantail
Silvereye


Regards
Mick
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