Sunday drive around Oakey

Sightings anywhere within a 250 km radius of Toowoomba, but excluding the local survey area (see above), for the period 1 Sep - 30 Nov 2010.
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sburke
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Sunday drive around Oakey

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Yesterday's route was Toowoomba....Biddeston....Oakey....Speed Rd....Kearney Rd....Doctors Creek....Bridge St to front of abattoir at Oakey....Kearney Rd....Speed Rd....Warrego H'way....Toowoomba.

Highlight = lots of raptors. All sightings are at Oakey unless otherwise indicated.

Birds seen were:

Pacific Black Duck
Grey Teal
Hardhead
Australian Wood Duck
Black Swan
Dusky Moorhen
White-faced Heron
Australian White Ibis
Straw-necked Ibis
Masked Lapwing
Black-shouldered Kite (Bridge St/Warrego H'way pair have 2 young again)
Square-tailed Kite (1)
Whistling Kite (3)
Black Kite (7)
Nankeen Kestrel
Brown Falcon (2)
Black Falcon (1)
Wedge-tailed Eagle (1) - Gowrie Junction
Rock Dove
Spotted Turtle-Dove - Biddeston
Peaceful Dove - Doctor's Creek
Crested Pigeon
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Galah
Cockatiel - Biddeston
Red-rumped Parrot - Doctor's Creek
Rainbow Lorikeet
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Pale-headed Rosella
Laughing kookaburra
Rainbow Bee-eater - Doctor's Creek
Superb Fairy-wren
Spotted Pardalote - Doctor's Creek
White-throated Gerygone - Biddeston & Doctor's Creek
Weebill - Doctor's Creek
Yellow-rumped Thornbill - Doctor's Creek
Noisy Friarbird - Doctor's Creek
Little Friarbird - Doctor's Creek
Noisy Miner - Doctor's Creek
Yellow-throated Miner
Brown Honeyeater - Doctor's Creek
Golden Whistler - Doctor's Creek
Willie Wagtail
Grey Fantail - Doctor's Creek
Magpie-lark
Figbird - Biddeston
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike - Biddeston
Grey Butcherbird - Doctor's Creek
Magpie
Pied Currawong
Torresian Crow
Welcome Swallow
Richard's Pipit
Clamorous Reed-warbler - Doctor's Creek
Golden-headed Cisticola - Doctor's Creek
House Sparrow
Double-barred Finch - Doctor's Creek
Mistletoebird - Doctor's Creek
Silvereye
Common Starling - Biddeston
Common Myna
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