A Kick-off for "Spring Beyond - 2011"

Sightings anywhere within a 250 km radius of Toowoomba, but excluding the local survey area (see above), for the period 1 Sep 2011 - 30 Nov 2011.

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Rod Hobson
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A Kick-off for "Spring Beyond - 2011"

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Folks,

I had work at Moggill today and hereunder are some of the birds that I saw on my way to and from there for our "Spring Beyond - 2011" list. There's a few good ones here especially a Little Grassbird at Lake Galletly on the University of Queensland's Gatton campus, thirteen Glossy Ibis at Prenzlau Swamp and Black-chinned Honeyeater at Pechey Swamp, Ropely. Bird list for today was:

Brown Quail - Grantham Scrub Road, Carpendale
Magpie Goose - Lake Galletly, UQ Gatton
Plumed Whistling-Duck - Lake Galletly, UQ Gatton
Black Swan - Lowes Road Dam, Placid Hills
Australian Wood Duck - Lowes Road Dam, Placid Hills
Pacific Black Duck - Lowes Road Dam, Placid hills
Grey Teal - Lake Galletly, UQ Gatton
Hardhead - Lowes Road Dam, Placid Hills
Australasian Grebe - Lowes Road Dam, Placid Hills
Great-crested Grebe - Bill Gunn Dam, Laidley
Darter - Bill Gunn Dam, Laidley
Little Black Cormorant - Lowes Road Dam, Placid Hills
Australian Pelican - Bill Gunn Dam, Laidley
White-faced Heron - Bumstead Road, Prenzlau
White-necked Heron - Pechey Swamp, Ropely
Great Egret - Lowes Road Dam, Placid Hills
Intermediate Egret - Bill Gunn Dam, Laidley
Cattle Egret - Hattonvale
Glossy Ibis - Petrea Road wetlands, Prenzlau
Australian White Ibis - Brooks Road, Grantham
Straw-necked Ibis - Karana Downs (overhead)
Royal Spoonbill - Lake Galletly, UQ Gatton
Yellow-billed Spoonbill - Pechey Swamp, Ropely
Black-shouldered Kite - Cross Road, Winwill
Whistling Kite - Petrea Road wetlands, Prenzlau
Brown Falcon - Bumstead Road, Prenzlau
Purple Swamphen - Brooks Road, Grantham
Dusky Moorhen - Brooks Road, Grantham
Eurasian Coot - Lowes Road Dam, Placid Hills
Comb-crested Jacana - Pechey Swamp, Ropely
Black-winged Stilt - Lake Galletly, UQ Gatton
Black-fronted Dotterel - Lake Galletly, UQ Gatton
Masked Lapwing - Grantham
Gull-billed Tern - Bill Gunn Dam, Laidley
Spotted Turtle-Dove - Grantham
Crested Pigeon - Grantham
Bar-shouldered Dove - Minden
Galah - Grantham
Little Corella - Pechey Swamp, Ropely
Cockatiel - Winwill Connection, Winwill
Rainbow Lorikeet, QPWS Moggill
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet - Bumstead Road, Prenzlau
Pheasant Coucal - Laidley North
Tawny Frogmouth - Karana Downs
Laughing Kookaburra - Lawlers Road, Grantham
Rainbow Bee-eater - Karrasch's Dam, Placid Hills
Striated Pardalote - Brooks Road, Grantham
Noisy Miner - Grantham
Black-chinned Honeyeater - Pechey Swamp, Ropely
Brown Honeyeater - Grantham
Rufous Whistler - Pechey Swamp, Ropely
Magpie-lark - Grantham
Willie Wagtail - Grantham
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike - Grantham
Pied Butcherbird - Lawlers Road, Grantham
Australian Magpie - Brooks Road, Grantham
Torresian Crow - Lawlers Road, Grantham
Apostlebird - Mt. Crosby Road, Anstead
House Sparrow - Grantham
Welcome Swallow - Gatton
Fairy Martin - Placid Hills
Clamorous Reed-Warbler - Brooks Road, Grantham
Little Grassbird - Lake Galletly, UQ Gatton
Golden-headed Cisticola - Lowes Road Dam, Placid Hills
Silvereye - Lowes Road Dam, Placid Hills
Common Myna - Grantham

Regards,
Rod Hobson
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