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| Superb Fruit-Dove |
A
flurry of decent
observations in the Sunshine Coast region,
most notably a way-out-of-range Torresian Imperial Pigeon, continued
in the form of another pigeon. A female Superb Fruit-Dove was found
by Esther Horton-Van Der Woude last month at Gardeners Falls, a
popular tourist spot near Maleny. While one or two Superb Fruit-Doves
turn up annually, the behaviour of this bird was highly unusual. It
was feeding in a privet at eye level and hung around for several days
in the same spot, allowing most locals to get onto the bird.
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| Superb Fruit-Dove |
Then
Tony Baker found a White-browed Crake at Buckleys Hole, Bribie
Island. When I arrived a few hours later, I saw the bird briefly
before it disappeared. It emerged again and showed well but distantly
on the far shore opposite the hide for about 20 minutes. This is the
first record of this tropical species for our region and just the
second for south-east Queensland.
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| White-browed Crake |
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| White-browed Crake |
I
headed out to the South Burnett for a couple days, exploring the
newly expanded western sector of the Zone of Happiness. I found
Bullcamp Road east of Nanango, and various roads and tracks that run
off it, to be particularly productive. The highlight was a covey of
Red-chested Buttonquail flushed from well-grassed woodland. Other
good birds in the area included a flock of 100+ Plum-headed Finch,
Black-chinned Honeyeater, Brown-headed Honeyeater, Brown Treecreeper,
Apostlebird and White-winged Chough.
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| Black-chinned Honeyeater |
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| Plum-headed Finch |
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| Red-chested Buttonquail |
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| White-winged Chough |
I
also explored the Burnett Highway between Nanango and Goomeri and
several roads to its east, notably Kilcoy-Murgon Road and
Kinbombi Road, double-tracking
the highway to do this.
More good birds followed including Red-winged Parrot, Cockatiel,
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Striped Honeyeater and Buff-rumped
Thornbill.
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| Red-winged Parrot |
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| Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater |
A
pelagic trip off Mooloolaba yesterday was worthwhile with a
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel being the stand-out. Good numbers of
Providence Petrel and Wilson's Storm-Petrel were also seen.
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| Black-bellied Storm-Petrel |
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| Providence Petrel |
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