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<blockquote data-quote="Andrew Whitehouse" data-source="post: 1686174" data-attributes="member: 3550"><p><strong>Day 23: July 11th, Lamington NP - Brisbane</strong></p><p></p><p>My final morning at O'Reilly's didn't produce anything different, but it was good to see the usual array of forest birds one last time.</p><p></p><p>After breakfast, I headed off down the mountain and towards Brisbane, but I was going to stop off at a couple of sites on the way. The first site was one I'd been told was good for Speckled Warbler but I'm not sure that I found exactly the right spot. While I was trying to find it, I was entertained by three <strong>Wedge-tailed Eagles</strong>, two <strong>Scaly-breasted Lorikeets</strong> and a <strong>Rufous Whistler</strong>.</p><p></p><p>My next stop was at the small lake next to the racecourse in Beaudesert. This was my first 'twitch' in Australia, but at first there was no sign of my quarry. There were plenty of other birds on or around the lake. Waterfowl included no fewer than 115 <strong>Plumed Whistling-ducks</strong>, 3 <strong>Hardheads</strong>, several <strong>Pacific Black Ducks</strong> and <strong>Grey Teal</strong> and some <strong>Dusky Moorhens</strong>. I had a good view of three <strong>Pale-headed Rosellas</strong>, which were more yellow-headed than the form I'd seen further north. There were also a few <strong>Red-backed Fairy-wrens</strong> and a very showy <strong>Striated Pardalote</strong> of the yellow-rumped form. This was all good but I'd looked all over the lake and the bird I was looking for was nowhere to be seen. Then suddenly it appeared from nowhere: a male <strong>Freckled Duck</strong>. These are strange looking and apparently very primitive ducks. They're also rather rare and hard to find, so this lone bird was a great thing to see. It was even worth breaking my usual non-twitching rules for.</p><p></p><p>I couldn't stay for too long, because I had a plane to catch from Brisbane down to Newcastle NSW, where I was going to spend most of the remainder of the trip.</p><p></p><p>Here's a couple of shots of the Freckled Duck. Right queer looking in't it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andrew Whitehouse, post: 1686174, member: 3550"] [b]Day 23: July 11th, Lamington NP - Brisbane[/b] My final morning at O'Reilly's didn't produce anything different, but it was good to see the usual array of forest birds one last time. After breakfast, I headed off down the mountain and towards Brisbane, but I was going to stop off at a couple of sites on the way. The first site was one I'd been told was good for Speckled Warbler but I'm not sure that I found exactly the right spot. While I was trying to find it, I was entertained by three [B]Wedge-tailed Eagles[/B], two [B]Scaly-breasted Lorikeets[/B] and a [B]Rufous Whistler[/B]. My next stop was at the small lake next to the racecourse in Beaudesert. This was my first 'twitch' in Australia, but at first there was no sign of my quarry. There were plenty of other birds on or around the lake. Waterfowl included no fewer than 115 [B]Plumed Whistling-ducks[/B], 3 [B]Hardheads[/B], several [B]Pacific Black Ducks[/B] and [B]Grey Teal[/B] and some [B]Dusky Moorhens[/B]. I had a good view of three [B]Pale-headed Rosellas[/B], which were more yellow-headed than the form I'd seen further north. There were also a few [B]Red-backed Fairy-wrens[/B] and a very showy [B]Striated Pardalote[/B] of the yellow-rumped form. This was all good but I'd looked all over the lake and the bird I was looking for was nowhere to be seen. Then suddenly it appeared from nowhere: a male [B]Freckled Duck[/B]. These are strange looking and apparently very primitive ducks. They're also rather rare and hard to find, so this lone bird was a great thing to see. It was even worth breaking my usual non-twitching rules for. I couldn't stay for too long, because I had a plane to catch from Brisbane down to Newcastle NSW, where I was going to spend most of the remainder of the trip. Here's a couple of shots of the Freckled Duck. Right queer looking in't it. [/QUOTE]
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