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Thursday 2 February 2017

Superb Fruit-Dove at Cooloolabin, Sunshine Coast


Superb Fruit-Dove
 Superb Fruit-Dove is a rare summer visitor to south-east Queensland but generally I see one or two about the Sunshine Coast per season. Today I saw my first for this summer in lowland rainforest at Cooloolabin, in a spot where I've seen the species previously.

Superb Fruit-Dove
As is often the case, it was a single male detected by its distinctive call that proved difficult to track down. The bird would sit calling high in the canopy - hence the mediocrity of these images - before occasionally flying to another roost. See here for ebird list.

Superb Fruit-Dove
Several Rose-crowned Fruit-Doves were also about and I had Dusky Honeyeater, a regular visitor here.

South Maroochy River, Kureelpa
Earlier I checked out a couple of the tracks that head off into Mapleton National Park from the end of Kureelpa Falls Road, Kureelpa. One track leads to the Kureelpa Falls and another to a ridge with a scenic outlook over the South Maroochy River. I had White-eared Monarch along the first part of the track to the falls, which has been good in the past for birds including Barred Cuckoo-shrike and Oriental Cuckoo.

4 comments:

  1. Greg,
    Can't see an obvious email link on your blog - may I ask you to contact me at info@mdahlem.net please?
    Thx,
    Michael

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    1. Michael I think we've been in touch but there is an email address in the facebook badge.

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  2. Greg, I heard and saw quite a lot of Rose-crowned Fruit-Doves at Bellthorpe Nat Park yesterday. It seems like they have been really vocal since Dec in many rainforest areas on the Range. Is Dec-Feb the key breeding period?

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    1. That's correct Susie. In my experience they are most vocal (and therefore breeding) November-February. For much of the year they are silent.

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