timsg80
Gregor Tims
I've decided to start a list of birds I've seen between starting university and before I graduate (right now in approximately November 2018). I started in late February this year, so I'll start by listing birds I've seen since then based on ebird observations I've made. I don't have any particular target as quite frankly I have no idea where life will take me during this time, but it's certainly going to be great fun tracking it with birding observations!
I'll start with my first ebird observations since I started (obviously these records don't represent the first time I saw the birds since starting uni, but the first time I recorded them on ebird). Species in bold are lifers.
19th March 2016, Southport Pelagic, Qld- not all birds seen were noted
1. Kermadec Petrel- my first lifer after starting university
2. Tahiti Petrel
3. Flesh-footed Shearwater
4. Wedge-tailed Shearwater
5. Hutton's Shearwater (Australia tick)
6. Wilson's Storm-petrel
7. Brown Booby
8. Australian Pied Cormorant
9. White-faced Heron
10. Pomarine Jaeger (Australia tick)
11. Arctic Jaeger (Australia tick)
12. Common Tern
21st April, University of Queensland, Qld (all birds had been seen here before this!)
13. Maned Duck
14. Pacific Black Duck
15. Hardhead
16. Australian Brushturkey
17. Little Black Cormorant
18. Little Pied Cormorant
19. Australasian Darter
20. Australian Pelican
21. Intermediate Egret
22. Striated Heron
23. Australian White Ibis
24. Brahminy Kite
25. Australasian Swamphen
26. Dusky Moorhen
27. Eurasian Coot
28. Masked Lapwing
29. Crested Pigeon
30. Laughing Kookaburra
31. Long-billed Corella
32. Little Corella
33. Rainbow Lorikeet
34. Noisy Miner
35. Australian Magpie
36. Magpie-Lark
21st April, Simpson Falls, Mount Coot-tha, Qld
37. Topknot Pigeon
38. Fan-tailed Cuckoo
39. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
40. Australian King Parrot
41. Pale-headed Rosella
42. Little Lorikeet
43. Lewin's Honeyeater
44. Yellow-faced Honeyeater
45. Scarlet Myzomela
46. White-throated Honeyeater
47. Striated Pardalote
48. Eastern Whipbird
49. Pied Currawong
50. Little Shrikethrush
51. Grey Shrikethrush
52. Australian Golden Whistler
53. Rufous Whistler
54. Willie Wagtail
55. Grey Fantail
56. Torresian Crow
57. Rose Robin
58. Silvereye
22nd April, Simpson Falls, Mount Coot-tha, Qld
59. White-headed Pigeon
60. Peregrine Falcon
61. White-browed Scrubwren
62. Grey Butcherbird
63. Rufous Fantail
64. Eastern Yellow Robin
65. Welcome Swallow
66. Red-browed Finch
25th April, Black Duck Hole, Murrumba Downs, Qld
67. Plumed Whistling Duck
68. Black Swan
69. Cotton Pygmy Goose
70. Grey Teal
71. Australasian Grebe
72. Little Egret
73. Royal Spoonbill
74. Whistling Kite
75. Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
76. Little Friarbird
77. White-breasted Woodswallow
78. Black-faced Cuckooshrike
2nd May, Grange Forest Park, Qld
79. Feral Pigeon
80. Spotted Dove
81. Red-backed Fairywren
82. Brown Honeyeater
83. Pied Butcherbird
84. Australasian Figbird
85. Tawny Grassbird
86. Common Myna
87. Double-barred Finch
88. Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
11th May, Anstead Bushland Reserve, Qld
89. Eastern Cattle Egret
90. Straw-necked Ibis
91. Peaceful Dove
92. Bar-shouldered Dove
93. Pheasant Coucal
94. Little Bronze Cuckoo
95. Rainbow Bee-eater
96. Noisy Friarbird
97. Spotted Pardalote
98. Varied Sittella
99. Olive-backed Oriole
16th May, Priors Pocket, Moggill, Qld
100. Pink-eared Duck
101. Great White Egret
102. White-bellied Sea Eagle
103. Buff-banded Rail
104. White-headed Stilt
105. Black-fronted Dotterel
106. Galah
107. Tree Martin
108. Common Starling
20th May, Kedron Brook Wetlands Reserve, Qld
109. Eastern Grass Owl
110. Superb Fairywren
111. Spangled Drongo
26th May, Gold Creek Reservoir, Qld
112. Brown Quail
113. Wonga Pigeon
114. Azure Kingfisher
115. Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
116. Bell Miner
29th May, Gold Creek Reservoir, Qld
117. Grey Goshawk
118. Black-breasted Buttonquail
119. Common Emerald Dove
120. Large-billed Scrubwren
121. Brown Thornbill
12th June, Nudgee Beach, Qld
122. Pied Oystercatcher
123. Whimbrel
124. Far Eastern Curlew
125. Silver Gull
126. Gull-billed Tern
127. Caspian Tern
128. Greater Crested Tern
129. Torresian Kingfisher
130. Australian Hobby
17th June, Moorlands Park, Auchenflower, Qld
131. Pacific Baza
132. Bush Stone-Curlew
27th June, Mount Glorious, D'Aguilar NP, Qld
133. Wompoo Fruit-Dove
134. Marbled Frogmouth
135. Crimson Rosella
136. Green Catbird
137. Satin Bowerbird
138. Yellow-throated Scrubwren
139. Brown Gerygone
140. Australian Logrunner
141. Pale-yellow Robin
142. Russet-tailed Thrush
27th June, Enoggera Reservoir, Qld
143. Variegated Fairywren
144. White-naped Honeyeater
145. Striated Thornbill
146. Varied Triller
147. White-eared Monarch
27th June, Harold Keilly Park, Qld
148. Magpie Goose
27th June, Black Duck Hole, Murrumba Downs, Qld
149. Forest Kingfisher
150. Blue-faced Honeyeater
27th June, Dowse Lagoon, Sandgate, Qld
151. Black-necked Stork
152. Great Cormorant
153. Comb-crested Jacana
154. Fairy Martin
27th June, Nudgee Beach, Qld
155. Bar-tailed Godwit
156. Mangrove Honeyeater
27th June, Kedron Brook Wetlands Reserve, Qld
157. Chestnut Teal
158. Black-shouldered Kite
159. Swamp Harrier
160. Brown Goshawk
161. Sacred Kingfisher
162. Mangrove Gerygone
163. Mistletoebird
30th June, Luggage Point, Qld
164. Pale-vented Bush-hen
165. Yellow-rumped Thornbill
166. Australian Reed Warbler
167. Golden-headed Cisticola
168. Australian Pipit
1st July, Slaughter Falls, Mount Coot-tha, Qld
169. Powerful Owl
170. Tawny Frogmouth
3rd July, Kedron Brook Wetlands Reserve, Qld
171. Brown Falcon
5th July, Armidale, NSW
172. Eastern Rosella
173. Red Wattlebird
174. Australian Raven
175. Common Blackbird
176. House Sparrow
8th July, McPherson Road, Tuggerah, NSW
177. Mallard
178. Red-whiskered Bulbul
8th July, Werakata NP, NSW
179. Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
180. White-cheeked Honeyeater
181. Yellow Thornbill
9th July, Mulla Creek, NSW
182. Red-rumped Parrot
183. Brown Treecreeper
184. Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
185. White-plumed Honeyeater
186. Crested Shriketit
187. Apostlebird
9th July, Dumaresq Dam, NSW
188. Musk Duck
9th July, New England Highway, NSW
189. Nankeen Kestrel
190. White-winged Chough
9th July, Old Wallangara Road, Qld
191. Wedge-tailed Eagle
192. Spotted Harrier
193. White-throated Treecreeper
194. Brown-headed Honeyeater
195. Diamond Firetail
13th July, Mutdapilly, Qld
196. Square-tailed Kite
20th July, Inskip Point, Qld
197. Little Wattlebird
26th July, Manly, Qld
198. Red-necked Stint
26th July, Sand Camp Road Wetlands, Qld
199. Eastern Spinebill
9th August, Anstead Bushland Reserve, Qld
200. White-bellied Cuckooshrike
29th August, Woodward Place Park, Pullenvale, Qld
201. Brown Cuckoo-Dove
For some reason, I didn't upload my observations from a trip to Melbourne in early April this year, where I also saw:
202. Little Penguin
203. Nankeen Night-Heron
204. Little Raven
While on the 21st May, I saw this at Emerson Park in Brisbane
205. Lewin's Rail
and on the 13th July this at Aratula in Qld
206. Jacky Winter
and during my first few days at UQ, several of these flew over:
207. White-throated Needletail
For now I'll just be focusing on birding around Brisbane, but I am hopeful that some overseas travel will be coming up at some point!
I'll start with my first ebird observations since I started (obviously these records don't represent the first time I saw the birds since starting uni, but the first time I recorded them on ebird). Species in bold are lifers.
19th March 2016, Southport Pelagic, Qld- not all birds seen were noted
1. Kermadec Petrel- my first lifer after starting university
2. Tahiti Petrel
3. Flesh-footed Shearwater
4. Wedge-tailed Shearwater
5. Hutton's Shearwater (Australia tick)
6. Wilson's Storm-petrel
7. Brown Booby
8. Australian Pied Cormorant
9. White-faced Heron
10. Pomarine Jaeger (Australia tick)
11. Arctic Jaeger (Australia tick)
12. Common Tern
21st April, University of Queensland, Qld (all birds had been seen here before this!)
13. Maned Duck
14. Pacific Black Duck
15. Hardhead
16. Australian Brushturkey
17. Little Black Cormorant
18. Little Pied Cormorant
19. Australasian Darter
20. Australian Pelican
21. Intermediate Egret
22. Striated Heron
23. Australian White Ibis
24. Brahminy Kite
25. Australasian Swamphen
26. Dusky Moorhen
27. Eurasian Coot
28. Masked Lapwing
29. Crested Pigeon
30. Laughing Kookaburra
31. Long-billed Corella
32. Little Corella
33. Rainbow Lorikeet
34. Noisy Miner
35. Australian Magpie
36. Magpie-Lark
21st April, Simpson Falls, Mount Coot-tha, Qld
37. Topknot Pigeon
38. Fan-tailed Cuckoo
39. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
40. Australian King Parrot
41. Pale-headed Rosella
42. Little Lorikeet
43. Lewin's Honeyeater
44. Yellow-faced Honeyeater
45. Scarlet Myzomela
46. White-throated Honeyeater
47. Striated Pardalote
48. Eastern Whipbird
49. Pied Currawong
50. Little Shrikethrush
51. Grey Shrikethrush
52. Australian Golden Whistler
53. Rufous Whistler
54. Willie Wagtail
55. Grey Fantail
56. Torresian Crow
57. Rose Robin
58. Silvereye
22nd April, Simpson Falls, Mount Coot-tha, Qld
59. White-headed Pigeon
60. Peregrine Falcon
61. White-browed Scrubwren
62. Grey Butcherbird
63. Rufous Fantail
64. Eastern Yellow Robin
65. Welcome Swallow
66. Red-browed Finch
25th April, Black Duck Hole, Murrumba Downs, Qld
67. Plumed Whistling Duck
68. Black Swan
69. Cotton Pygmy Goose
70. Grey Teal
71. Australasian Grebe
72. Little Egret
73. Royal Spoonbill
74. Whistling Kite
75. Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
76. Little Friarbird
77. White-breasted Woodswallow
78. Black-faced Cuckooshrike
2nd May, Grange Forest Park, Qld
79. Feral Pigeon
80. Spotted Dove
81. Red-backed Fairywren
82. Brown Honeyeater
83. Pied Butcherbird
84. Australasian Figbird
85. Tawny Grassbird
86. Common Myna
87. Double-barred Finch
88. Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
11th May, Anstead Bushland Reserve, Qld
89. Eastern Cattle Egret
90. Straw-necked Ibis
91. Peaceful Dove
92. Bar-shouldered Dove
93. Pheasant Coucal
94. Little Bronze Cuckoo
95. Rainbow Bee-eater
96. Noisy Friarbird
97. Spotted Pardalote
98. Varied Sittella
99. Olive-backed Oriole
16th May, Priors Pocket, Moggill, Qld
100. Pink-eared Duck
101. Great White Egret
102. White-bellied Sea Eagle
103. Buff-banded Rail
104. White-headed Stilt
105. Black-fronted Dotterel
106. Galah
107. Tree Martin
108. Common Starling
20th May, Kedron Brook Wetlands Reserve, Qld
109. Eastern Grass Owl
110. Superb Fairywren
111. Spangled Drongo
26th May, Gold Creek Reservoir, Qld
112. Brown Quail
113. Wonga Pigeon
114. Azure Kingfisher
115. Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
116. Bell Miner
29th May, Gold Creek Reservoir, Qld
117. Grey Goshawk
118. Black-breasted Buttonquail
119. Common Emerald Dove
120. Large-billed Scrubwren
121. Brown Thornbill
12th June, Nudgee Beach, Qld
122. Pied Oystercatcher
123. Whimbrel
124. Far Eastern Curlew
125. Silver Gull
126. Gull-billed Tern
127. Caspian Tern
128. Greater Crested Tern
129. Torresian Kingfisher
130. Australian Hobby
17th June, Moorlands Park, Auchenflower, Qld
131. Pacific Baza
132. Bush Stone-Curlew
27th June, Mount Glorious, D'Aguilar NP, Qld
133. Wompoo Fruit-Dove
134. Marbled Frogmouth
135. Crimson Rosella
136. Green Catbird
137. Satin Bowerbird
138. Yellow-throated Scrubwren
139. Brown Gerygone
140. Australian Logrunner
141. Pale-yellow Robin
142. Russet-tailed Thrush
27th June, Enoggera Reservoir, Qld
143. Variegated Fairywren
144. White-naped Honeyeater
145. Striated Thornbill
146. Varied Triller
147. White-eared Monarch
27th June, Harold Keilly Park, Qld
148. Magpie Goose
27th June, Black Duck Hole, Murrumba Downs, Qld
149. Forest Kingfisher
150. Blue-faced Honeyeater
27th June, Dowse Lagoon, Sandgate, Qld
151. Black-necked Stork
152. Great Cormorant
153. Comb-crested Jacana
154. Fairy Martin
27th June, Nudgee Beach, Qld
155. Bar-tailed Godwit
156. Mangrove Honeyeater
27th June, Kedron Brook Wetlands Reserve, Qld
157. Chestnut Teal
158. Black-shouldered Kite
159. Swamp Harrier
160. Brown Goshawk
161. Sacred Kingfisher
162. Mangrove Gerygone
163. Mistletoebird
30th June, Luggage Point, Qld
164. Pale-vented Bush-hen
165. Yellow-rumped Thornbill
166. Australian Reed Warbler
167. Golden-headed Cisticola
168. Australian Pipit
1st July, Slaughter Falls, Mount Coot-tha, Qld
169. Powerful Owl
170. Tawny Frogmouth
3rd July, Kedron Brook Wetlands Reserve, Qld
171. Brown Falcon
5th July, Armidale, NSW
172. Eastern Rosella
173. Red Wattlebird
174. Australian Raven
175. Common Blackbird
176. House Sparrow
8th July, McPherson Road, Tuggerah, NSW
177. Mallard
178. Red-whiskered Bulbul
8th July, Werakata NP, NSW
179. Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
180. White-cheeked Honeyeater
181. Yellow Thornbill
9th July, Mulla Creek, NSW
182. Red-rumped Parrot
183. Brown Treecreeper
184. Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
185. White-plumed Honeyeater
186. Crested Shriketit
187. Apostlebird
9th July, Dumaresq Dam, NSW
188. Musk Duck
9th July, New England Highway, NSW
189. Nankeen Kestrel
190. White-winged Chough
9th July, Old Wallangara Road, Qld
191. Wedge-tailed Eagle
192. Spotted Harrier
193. White-throated Treecreeper
194. Brown-headed Honeyeater
195. Diamond Firetail
13th July, Mutdapilly, Qld
196. Square-tailed Kite
20th July, Inskip Point, Qld
197. Little Wattlebird
26th July, Manly, Qld
198. Red-necked Stint
26th July, Sand Camp Road Wetlands, Qld
199. Eastern Spinebill
9th August, Anstead Bushland Reserve, Qld
200. White-bellied Cuckooshrike
29th August, Woodward Place Park, Pullenvale, Qld
201. Brown Cuckoo-Dove
For some reason, I didn't upload my observations from a trip to Melbourne in early April this year, where I also saw:
202. Little Penguin
203. Nankeen Night-Heron
204. Little Raven
While on the 21st May, I saw this at Emerson Park in Brisbane
205. Lewin's Rail
and on the 13th July this at Aratula in Qld
206. Jacky Winter
and during my first few days at UQ, several of these flew over:
207. White-throated Needletail
For now I'll just be focusing on birding around Brisbane, but I am hopeful that some overseas travel will be coming up at some point!
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