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| Powerful Owl |
A pair of Powerful Owls was detected last week at Sheep Station Creek Conservation Park - a nice area of dry open forest near Caboolture - along the Spotted Gum Track by Stuart Kelly and Carla Perkins.
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| Powerful Owl |
I found one of the owls this morning. Early in the morning I walked the track and there was no sign of the birds. Later, I followed the creek bank south from the Grey Gum Circuit to the Spotted Gum Track, hoping to find a roosting-place. It was then that a bird flushed and landed beside the track.
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| Powerful Owl |
The owl proved most co-operative, offering front and rear views. It was in the same place when I returned two hours later. In the image above, it is looking backwards.
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| Powerful Owl |
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| Powerful Owl |
It's been excellent over the past couple of weeks to have encounters with Sooty, Masked, Eastern Grass and Powerful Owls.
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| Black-chinned Honeyeater |
Another nice sighting was a single Black-chinned Honeyeater spotted about half-way along the Spotted Gum Track. This is a scarce species in south-east Queensland.
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| Fuscous Honeyeater |
Fuscous Honeyeaters were plentiful. It was also good to see a single Yellow-footed Äntechinus (too quick for the camera) foraging in the leaf litter late in the morning.
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| White-bellied Sea-Eagle |
An immature White-bellied Sea-Eagle was seen on the way home over Ewen Maddock Dam.
I must try Sunday to get to Sheep Station Creek Greg. It's just a hop skip and jump from where I live and I've never seen a Power Owl in Qld as it turns out. Just Victoria. Thanks for posting.
ReplyDeleteJude
Jude, a friend looked today without success. it was at the western end of the spotted gum track, where there is a small wooden bridge crossing a creek
ReplyDeleteI'm going to finally get to Sheep Station today ... will let you know if I see it.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jude
Alas no, I did not see the Powerful Owl Greg. There were two other families also looking for the bird unsuccessfully. We met a couple on the Spotted Gum Track that live on the border of the Conservation Reserve. They said quite a few people had been looking for the owl but knew of no one finding it. Thems the breaks !
ReplyDeleteJude
Yes birds have a habit of being unpredictable
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