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<blockquote data-quote="podargus" data-source="post: 2937695" data-attributes="member: 109359"><p><strong><u>27/11/11</u></strong></p><p>After landing in Brisbane the day before we’d made our way up to the Sunshine Coast, getting as far as Tin Can Bay. Driving around looking for places to stay the evening before, big <strong>Rainbow Lorikeet</strong> roosts had been notable in just about every coastal area we went through. </p><p>Waking early we headed out to see the main wildlife attraction of the area – a pair of <strong>Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins</strong> which come in each morning to be fed fish. It was really great to see them moving around in knee deep water, and although we didn’t pay to feed them it was quite entertaining to watch the assembled <strong>Pied </strong>and <strong>Little Black Cormorants</strong> attempting to snatch fish from the tourist’s hands before they got to the Dolphins. There were also <strong>Eastern Ospreys</strong>, <strong>White-bellied Sea-eagles</strong> and <strong>Brahminy Kites</strong> passing by to add interest. </p><p>As soon as the fish ran out the Dolphins left, and we moved on for a brief stop at Inskip Point and Rainbow Beach. I didn’t manage to find any Black-breasted Button-quals in our short visit, although there were plenty of platelets around and a tiny fluffy <strong>Australian Brush-turkey</strong> chick running through the bushes had me excited for a moment. There were other nice birds around though, including <strong>Red-capped Plovers</strong>, an <strong>Australian Koel</strong>, <strong>Mangrove Honeyeaters</strong>, <strong>Varied Triller</strong> and a number of <strong>Rainbow Bee-eaters </strong>nesting in the sandy verges. A <strong>Sand Monitor</strong> near the point was another new species for me.</p><p>After this we started the drive up to Gladstone which was fairly quiet apart from a roadside <strong>Wedge-tailed Eagle</strong>. </p><p></p><p><strong><u>Birds</u></strong></p><p><strong>263. Australian Koel</strong></p><p><strong>264. Red-capped Plover</strong></p><p></p><p><strong><u>Reptiles & Amphibians</u></strong></p><p><strong>16. Sand Monitor</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="podargus, post: 2937695, member: 109359"] [B][U]27/11/11[/U][/B] After landing in Brisbane the day before we’d made our way up to the Sunshine Coast, getting as far as Tin Can Bay. Driving around looking for places to stay the evening before, big [B]Rainbow Lorikeet[/B] roosts had been notable in just about every coastal area we went through. Waking early we headed out to see the main wildlife attraction of the area – a pair of [B]Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins[/B] which come in each morning to be fed fish. It was really great to see them moving around in knee deep water, and although we didn’t pay to feed them it was quite entertaining to watch the assembled [B]Pied [/B]and [B]Little Black Cormorants[/B] attempting to snatch fish from the tourist’s hands before they got to the Dolphins. There were also [B]Eastern Ospreys[/B], [B]White-bellied Sea-eagles[/B] and [B]Brahminy Kites[/B] passing by to add interest. As soon as the fish ran out the Dolphins left, and we moved on for a brief stop at Inskip Point and Rainbow Beach. I didn’t manage to find any Black-breasted Button-quals in our short visit, although there were plenty of platelets around and a tiny fluffy [B]Australian Brush-turkey[/B] chick running through the bushes had me excited for a moment. There were other nice birds around though, including [B]Red-capped Plovers[/B], an [B]Australian Koel[/B], [B]Mangrove Honeyeaters[/B], [B]Varied Triller[/B] and a number of [B]Rainbow Bee-eaters [/B]nesting in the sandy verges. A [B]Sand Monitor[/B] near the point was another new species for me. After this we started the drive up to Gladstone which was fairly quiet apart from a roadside [B]Wedge-tailed Eagle[/B]. [B][U]Birds[/U][/B] [B]263. Australian Koel 264. Red-capped Plover[/B] [B][U]Reptiles & Amphibians[/U][/B] [B]16. Sand Monitor[/B] [/QUOTE]
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