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| Little Wattlebird & young |
Winter
is almost at an end and for the second year running, the resident
Little Wattlebirds have raised a single youngster at what should be
the wrong time the year. The birds have taken a liking to the porch
hanging baskets, having nested in three different baskets. Like last
year, they laid in July. The young bird successfully left the nest
three weeks ago and although it appears fully grown, it continues to
be fed by the parents. They are expected to soon begin nesting for
the second time this year.
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| Little Wattlebird & young |
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| Little Wattlebird & young |
Elsewhere,
Black-necked Stork has been a regular visitor to the Parklakes
Wetland. This adult female was feeding when I was there, wielding its
substantial bill through the water in the hope of snaring a fish or
frog.
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| Black-necked Stork |
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| Black-necked Stork |
Spotted
Harriers are building a nest near Bli Bli. A Spotted Harrier was
quartering the still empty Yandina Creek Wetlands, where a
Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo was present.
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| Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo |
Other
birds at the wetlands included Golden Whistler and Rainbow Bee-eater.
Note there continues to be no public access to the main site; its
southern periphery is River Road.
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| Golden Whistler |
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| Rainbow Bee-eater |
Less
welcome at the wetlands was the sighting of two Red Foxes in
different places.
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| Red Fox |
A
Square-tailed Kite was seen nearby on the Yandina-Coolum Road. A
female Shining Flycatcher was in the mangroves of the Maroochy River
Wetland. Fairy Gerygone is common enough in the Sunshine Coast's
coastal scrubs but this one was found in the hinterland at the
Buderim Forest Park's upper carpark.
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| Fairy Gerygone |
Great
Crested Grebe continues to be a regular on Wappa Dam.
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| Great Crested Grebe |
A
pair of Glossy Black Cockatoos were feeding on Allocasuarina
cones at Noosaville.
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| Glossy Black Cockatoo |
A
pair of Cotton Pygmy Geese were on one of the small farm dams
near Eumundi. A
single Black Bittern was seen behind Lake Doonella. A
Dusky Honeyeater was busy on the Grevillea
flowers at Cooroibah.
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| Dusky Honeyeater |
Leaden
Flycatchers are back in force, calling commonly about the Sunshine
Coast. This species is the first of the summer migrants to return.
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| Leaden Flycatcher |
Plenty
of birds are busy nesting, like these Willie Wagtails that built
their nest over the water at Lake Doonella.
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| Willie Wagtail on nest |
Away
from the Sunshine Coast, I visited the Port of Brisbane shorebird
roost, where the only migratory waders present were two sparring
Eastern Curlews.
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| Eastern Curlews |
At
Redcliffe I saw a second-year Common Tern with two Crested Terns, one
with
a yellow bill and the other with a bill that was much more orange,
though not orange enough to indicate Lesser Crested Tern.
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| Common Tern & Crested Terns |
Crested
Terns with yellow and orangish bills were also present together
at
Woorim on Bribie Island.
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| Crested Terns |
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| Sunrise at Woorim |
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