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Conference birding – Brisbane and the Gold Coast 18-21 April 2016
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<blockquote data-quote="MKinHK" data-source="post: 3422095" data-attributes="member: 21760"><p>Many thanks Jon and Allen and, belatedly, Jeff.</p><p></p><p>Other birds seen on The Spit included numerous <strong>Willy Wagtails, Rufous Whistlers, Superb Fairy Wrens</strong>, a few <strong>Silvereyes</strong> and a couple of smart <strong>Double-banded Finches</strong> which came in close for a look to my pishing at various times. Every so often a <strong>Crested Tern</strong> would fly over towards the river and from the top I had views of the inner channel and a couple of sandbars in the river where a number of birds we roosting. These included some 100 <strong>Crested Terns</strong>, plus a few <strong>Bar-tailed Godwits, Australian Pelicans, Pied Oystercatchers, Silver Gulls</strong> and best of all a single <strong>Beach Thick Knee</strong> hunched down but still visible several hundred metres away. This was my first since seeing them twice in Indonesia in 1989 (Ujung Kulon and Bali Barat) more than a quarter of a century ago!</p><p></p><p>Other good birds on my way back included a <strong>Tawny Grassbird</strong> that showed much better than the bird the previous day, but like the <strong>Rainbow Bee-eater</strong> a few minutes later it did a bunk just as I was shooting. I also got half-decent shots of <strong>Bar-shouldered Dove</strong> and <strong>Crested Pigeons</strong>. Adding in the expected common birds such as <strong>Australian Magpie, Torresian Crow, Welcome Swallow, Tree Martin, Pied Currawong</strong>, a very confiding <strong>Yellow-rumped Thornbill</strong> and <strong>Magpie Lark</strong> I ran up a respectable total of 45 species before heading back to the conference. </p><p></p><p>I was tied up all day on 20th, but on my last morning I took an early bus up to Brisbane Airport where my counterpart there had kindly arranged for me to join their bird control officer for the morning survey. New for the trip were three <strong>Nankeen Kestrels</strong>, while <strong>Australasian Pipit and Fairy Martin</strong> were lifers. Other bits and pieces included <strong>White-bellied Woodswallow</strong> on the fence and a <strong>Striated Heron</strong> fishing in a net-covered channel designed to deter cormorants.</p><p></p><p>All told this was certainly my most productive conference birding trip in terms of number of species seen. I finished with a splendid total of 126 species, 116 of which I saw with Barry on the first day. The standout dip was Kookaburra, but I've seen them on a few times on previous visits to Australia, so this was no great hardship. As usual I'd be happy to share more details with anyone who might be interested.</p><p></p><p>Cheers</p><p>Mike</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MKinHK, post: 3422095, member: 21760"] Many thanks Jon and Allen and, belatedly, Jeff. Other birds seen on The Spit included numerous [B]Willy Wagtails, Rufous Whistlers, Superb Fairy Wrens[/B], a few [B]Silvereyes[/B] and a couple of smart [B]Double-banded Finches[/B] which came in close for a look to my pishing at various times. Every so often a [B]Crested Tern[/B] would fly over towards the river and from the top I had views of the inner channel and a couple of sandbars in the river where a number of birds we roosting. These included some 100 [B]Crested Terns[/B], plus a few [B]Bar-tailed Godwits, Australian Pelicans, Pied Oystercatchers, Silver Gulls[/B] and best of all a single [B]Beach Thick Knee[/B] hunched down but still visible several hundred metres away. This was my first since seeing them twice in Indonesia in 1989 (Ujung Kulon and Bali Barat) more than a quarter of a century ago! Other good birds on my way back included a [B]Tawny Grassbird[/B] that showed much better than the bird the previous day, but like the [B]Rainbow Bee-eater[/B] a few minutes later it did a bunk just as I was shooting. I also got half-decent shots of [B]Bar-shouldered Dove[/B] and [B]Crested Pigeons[/B]. Adding in the expected common birds such as [B]Australian Magpie, Torresian Crow, Welcome Swallow, Tree Martin, Pied Currawong[/B], a very confiding [B]Yellow-rumped Thornbill[/B] and [B]Magpie Lark[/B] I ran up a respectable total of 45 species before heading back to the conference. I was tied up all day on 20th, but on my last morning I took an early bus up to Brisbane Airport where my counterpart there had kindly arranged for me to join their bird control officer for the morning survey. New for the trip were three [B]Nankeen Kestrels[/B], while [B]Australasian Pipit and Fairy Martin[/B] were lifers. Other bits and pieces included [B]White-bellied Woodswallow[/B] on the fence and a [B]Striated Heron[/B] fishing in a net-covered channel designed to deter cormorants. All told this was certainly my most productive conference birding trip in terms of number of species seen. I finished with a splendid total of 126 species, 116 of which I saw with Barry on the first day. The standout dip was Kookaburra, but I've seen them on a few times on previous visits to Australia, so this was no great hardship. As usual I'd be happy to share more details with anyone who might be interested. Cheers Mike [/QUOTE]
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