Highfields Falls 5/12/2009

Sightings within the local survey area for the period 1 Dec 2009 - 28 Feb 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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sburke
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Highfields Falls 5/12/2009

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I went out to Highfields Falls on Sunday 5th December to check out the Council clean-up, found a good natural hide near a little pool at the top of the falls and watched the birds come in for a drink in the heat.

Birds sighted are as follows:

Straw-necked Ibis
Brown Cuckoo-Dove
Crested Pigeon
Peaceful Dove
Galah
Rainbow Lorikeet
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Pale-headed Rosella
Common Koel
Tawny Frogmouth
Laughing Kookaburra
Sacred Kingfisher
White-throated Treecreeper
Superb Fairy-wren
Spotted pardalote
Brown Gerygone
Noisy Friarbird
Noisy Miner
Lwein's Honeyeater
White-naped Honeyeater
Brown Honeyeater
Eastern Yellow Robin
Grey Shrike-thrush
Black-faced Monarch
Rufous Fantail
Grey Fantail
Spangled Drongo
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Dusky Woodswallow
Pied Currawong
Torresian Crow
Double-barred FInch
Red-browed Finch
Silvereye
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