A December Challenge for anyone?

In a similar vein to the yearly Challenge, let's see what a SINGLE MONTH's collective effort can yield in our local survey area. Please report any additions for the month here ...

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A December Challenge for anyone?

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During the recent October species cenus we recorded 160+ species in a "long" weekend. With plenty of people having time off over December, who's up for collectively trying for 200 species in a month in the survey area?

All those in favour, just start submitting your December '06 sightings (species, location, date) under this topic - "Bird Notes".

In doing so, hopefully, we can also boost the total for the 2006 Challenge too!
Michael Atzeni
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December sightings

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Well looks like everyone's waiting for someone to make the first move so here's what I've seen so far this month, mainly around home (Rangeville), at work (DPI&F), and one visit (3/12/06) to Prince Henry Drive (PHD).

Will only give dates for more interesting ones:

Australian Brush-turkey - 10/12/06 Picnic Point
Australian Wood Duck
Pacific Black Duck
White-faced Heron
Cattle Egret
Australian White Ibis
Straw-necked Ibis
Black-shouldered Kite
Peregrine Falcon - 12/12/06 - DPI&F
Purple Swamphen
Eurasian Coot - Toowoomba Waterbird Habitat
Masked Lapwing
Rock Dove
Spotted Turtle-Dove
Brown Cuckoo-Dove - PHD
Crested Pigeon
Peaceful Dove - PHD
Bar-shouldered Dove -PHD
Galah
Cockatiel - USQ
Rainbow Lorikeet
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Musk Lorikeet - small numbers still present at DPI&F
Australian King-Parrot
Pale-headed Rosella
Common Koel
Pheasant Coucal _PHD
Laughing Kookaburra
Dollarbird - DPI&F
Superb Fairy-wren
Variegated Fairy-wren - PHD
Red-backed Fairy-wren - PHD
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Red Wattlebird
Noisy Friarbird
Little Friarbird
Noisy Miner
Lewin's Honeyeater
Yellow-faced Honeyeater - PHD
White-naped Honeyeater - PHD
Brown Honeyeater
Eastern Yellow Robin - PHD
Eastern Whipbird - PHD
Grey Shrike-thrush - PHD
Black-faced Monarch - PHD
Magpie-lark
Willie Wagtail
Spangled Drongo - Fairholme St
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Cicadabird - PHD, Rodway St
Varied Triller - PHD
Olive-backed Oriole - PHD
Figbird
Pied Butcherbird
Australian Magpie
Pied Currawong
Torresian Crow
Satin Bowerbird - 3/12/06 home
House Sparrow
Double-barred Finch - PHD
Red-browed Finch - PHD
Mistletoebird
Welcome Swallow
Silvereye
Common Starling
Common Myna

66 spp ... 134 to go!!

Cheers
Michael Atzeni
7 Woden St, Murphys Creek 4352
Mob: 0499 395 485
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