[Birding-Aus] Birdline Central & Southern Queensland Weekly Update

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Published sightings for the week ending 25 Mar 2012.

Sun 25 Mar	Oriental Cuckoo Rush Creek Road near Dayboro Two birds (one hepatic/one 'normal) still present on Saturday and Sunday. Go to 'chain-gate' with 'Keep-out" sign at end of road. Tom Tarrant, John Reynolds, Brian Russell, Paul Walbridge
	Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Burnett Hwy, Mundubbera Durong Rd Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo At least 300 around the Boyne river south of Mundubbera Glen Pacey
Sat 24 Mar	Satin Flycatcher Highfields Falls, Highfields (north Toowoomba) Female hawking high in eucalypt, presumably on passage north. Very hard to find migrant in SE Qld. Highfields Falls is on Kleve Road - turn right onto Dau Road in Highfields if heading north to Crow's Nest. One White Goshawk female also at this location. Andrew Stafford
Fri 23 Mar	Plum-headed Finch Manly Boat Harbour Five Plum-headed Finches were a surprising find at this coastal site. Also present were the more usual Chestnut-breasted Mannikins. Chris Wiley
Thu 22 Mar	Mangrove Robin Shoalwater Bay I have just found mangrove robins (1x immature and 1x adult at the bottom of Shoalwater Bay in central Qld). The young bird was calling and in close proximity with the adult bird the whole time. It (immature) had wings dropped and quivering when settled on low branches, but I did not actually see it being fed – although our views of the 2 birds were never long before they moved and were resighted. Andrew (Rocky) McDougall
Mon 19 Mar	Glossy Black Cockatoo Foggs Road, Closeburn. Ten feeding close to road,inc Males,Females and immatures. David Redhead
Sun 18 Mar	Buff-banded Rail Nudgee Beach Reserve Buff-banded Rail (2) Near shrubbery at rear of esplanade not far from toilet block Roger and Stephanie Ford
	Cicadabird Nudgee Reserve Waterhole Cicadabird (2) Male and female. This species seen here same time last year. Roger and Stephanie Ford

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Published sightings for the week ending 1 Apr 2012.

Fri 30 Mar

Oriental Cuckoo Rush Creek Road near Dayboro

'Hepatic' female still present (same location) 09.00am Tom Tarrant
Sat 24 Mar	Buller's Shearwater, Black Noddy North Stradbroke Island Buller's Shearwater (1) > and Black Noddy (3) > These 3 birds were all close to the headland, it is possible others passed further out but have been included in the Common/Brown count. Colin Reid, Rob Dougherty
Sun 11 Mar	Flock Bronzewing Winton Flying over road, just south of town in pairs. Chris Read
Sat 10 Mar	Striated Grasswren Opalton Near small hill just past airport, on left side of road, 1pm Chris Read
	Ground Cuckoo-Shrike Bladensburg National Park Chris Read
	Pictorella Mannikin Bladensburg National Park Flock in spinifex, south of Skull Hole. Chris Read