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2013 03 16 TMNHA WADER REPORT
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Written by webmanager Sunday, 12 May 2013
The weather was very kind to us for our autumn wader bird walk, with a light breeze, sunshine and a temperature that slowly increased as the day progressed. Our first call was to the hide at the Port of Brisbane where the tide was considerably higher than expected, but on the bay we saw Eastern Curlew, Whimbrel, Great Egret, and Gull-billed Tern. On the island there was a large flock of Pelicans, Little-pied Cormorants, one Pied Cormorant, Black-winged Stilts, Little-black Cormorants, Chestnut Teal, and Darters. Calling, we identified Collared Kingfisher, Striped Honeyeater and Silvereye.
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2012 02 27 TMNHA BIRD WALK REPORT - BIDDADDABA
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Written by webmanager Sunday, 12 May 2013
Rain, rain and more rain was the weather forecast for most of February. Our Bird Walk to Binna Burra scheduled for 20th February was cancelled but we didn’t give up on the idea of a walk somewhere in February. Soooooo ……on Wednesday morning on the 27th February it actually stopped raining. Eight members set off at 6am for Biddaddaba to walk/bird/drive along Biddaddaba Road and other backroads in the area. We were not disappointed. After crossing the Boyland Bridge over the fast-flowing Canungra Creek, we stopped for a look.
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2012 11 21 TMNHA BIRD WALK REPORT - Moran Falls
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Written by Web Manager Tuesday, 18 December 2012
A wonderful warm, sunny day. We all met at 6 am and travelled to Lamington National Park driving through the controlled burn off until we reached the rainforest and on the way we saw groups of Pretty-faced Wallabies. Starting our walk the birds we were hearing and seeing were Logrunner, Rufous Fantail, Eastern Whipbird, Satin Bowerbird, and Lewin’s Honeyeater. Further down the track we saw many Black-faced Monarchs chasing each other through the trees and heard the Spectacled Monarch.
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2012 10 17 TMNHA BIRDWALK REPORT - COAST
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Written by Web Manager Wednesday, 28 November 2012
This very interesting and enjoyable day began at 6am at the Visitors Information Centre. First stop was Madigan Road Lake at Carrara 40 mins drive from North Tamborine. What a top spot right in the middle of the Gold Coast! Then onto several areas at Tweed Heads, including the Minjungbal Aboriginal Nature Reserve plus a lovely walk, starting in Ukerebagh Nature Reserve, a boardwalk over water in the mangroves.
One corner of the board-walk was a few inches under water at high tide so some shoes were removed when we tip-toed through.
Then on to gorgeous Fingal Head for lunch and a walk to the lighthouse. Best bird of note here was a White Tern flying up Kerosene Inlet. Also of note for Fingal – White-breasted Woodswallow, Osprey, Little Tern, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Oriole, Sacred Kingfisher and Variegated Wren. In the sea below Fingal Headland we saw a turtle, a large Stingray and a pod of dolphins. You never go there without seeing something interesting. George Matthews from Tweed Bird Observers was able to catch up with us here......
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2012 10 06 TMNHA BIRD GROUP WADER REPORT
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Written by Gail Molson Saturday, 27 October 2012
Migratory birds are now returning from breeding in the Northern Hemisphere summer to “overwinter” in the Southern Hemisphere so it was time for our spring wader watch. We had picked a warm day with a moderate on shore breeze and a good tide to ensure the success of our visit.
As usual, the Port of Brisbane Hide had a large flock of Chestnut Teal, good numbers of Pacific Black, Hardhead and Wood duck, Pelicans and little Black and Pied Cormorants. As the tide was out the waders and terns were out on the bay, however, we observed 5 Red-necked Avocets which was good for Susan as this was a new bird for her.
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2012 09 TMNHA BIRD GROUP CAMP REPORT
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Written by Web Manager Monday, 15 October 2012
This epic began at 7am from Tamborine Village. Ten of us in four cars (we met Jill and John there) travelled via Aratula and Warwick to Stanthorpe where we peeled west on the Texas road. 15 mins along we turned left into delectable Springdale Road to start our birding. First bird we saw was a Fuscous Honeyeater followed by a Weebill. A good start but amongst the many species of more common birds for the day were the notable Rufous Songlark, a pair of Hooded Robins with a nest, Little Lorikeets, Red-winged Parrot, Diamond Firetail and Striped Honeyeater.
The Bird of the trip - the Banded Lapwing.
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2012_08_15 TMNHA BIRD WALK REPORT
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Written by webmanager Monday, 27 August 2012
Even the most powerful birds aren’t always successful predators, as those who went on the August bird walk discovered. We always manage to see something interesting and this time it was the sight of a large white-bellied sea eagle catching, dropping, retrieving and finally losing a fish… but let’s start at the beginning.....
Led by Julie, our group of Susan, Raymond, Jim, Ros, Gail, Jeff and Gill headed for the base of Mt Barney. After a quick breakfast, and having been joined by John who had spent the night camping at Mt Barney Lodge, we headed up the steep pinch that starts the walk through Mt Barney National Park, around the bottom of the mountain.
The low temperature climbed with us and soon we were ripping off our sweaters and jackets.
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2012 05 02 TMNHA BIRD WALK REPORT
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Written by Marg Eller Monday, 04 June 2012
It was a pleasant morning for our May Mountain Walk. We birded the Cliff Road Track, Roslyn Stathis Place, Esme Environmental Park and Crawford’s Corner. Many of the birds recorded were heard rather than seen, with a total of 32 species for the morning. The Cliff Road Track is one of our Albert’s Lyrebird Survey areas. As we walked along the track we heard a lyrebird calling as well as Wompoo Pigeon, Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo and various honeyeaters.
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2012 04 18 TMNHA BIRD WALK REPORT - Coombabah
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Written by Web Master Wednesday, 09 May 2012
What a great roll-up for our Coombabah walk. The weather was looking good when we left the mountain and in less than an hour we arrived in the car park at Rain Tree Glen, off Pine Ridge Rd where we started our walk. The walks around the track system here are level and you can do any or all of the tracks, depending on your time restraints, with ease. The track map which can be downloaded from the Gold Coast City Council website is easy to follow and each track is well marked. The birding was great right from the start. The calls of Spangled Drongo, Rufous Whistler, Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, Grey and Rufous Fantails were heard throughout the wetlands.
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2012 04 04 TMNHA BIRD WALK REPORT - Mt TAMBORINE
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Written by Web Manager Sunday, 15 April 2012
What a lovely day for a Bird Walk; sun shining, a blue sky with fluffy white cumulus clouds and no sign of rain. We had a wonderful attendance of 17 including two UK visitors.
Our local walk today was on private property on a north-west-west shelf of the mountain. We all negotiated the road down to Jim & Ros's property, which opened up onto a beautiful green shelf with lots of wonderful trees, westerly views and many magnificent staghorns. We walked north west across the property, down an original old road onto the mountain (circa. 1846) which Jim had mowed for our comfort, to avoid the local grass ticks. Birdlife was very quiet with only some very small birds - Weebils, Thornbills and Pardalotes in the very tops of the trees, trying to gather some of the coming warmth of the sunlight. As we moved along the track, members side-stepped the venomous Jumper ants genus Myrmecia nigrocincta as there were many nests.
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More Articles...
- 2012 03 24 TMNHA BIRD WALK REPORT - PORT of BRISBANE
- 2012 03 21 TMNHA Bird Walk Report - Wyaralong Dam
- 2012 02 15 TMNHA Bird Walk Report - Springbrook
- 2011 11 19 TMNHA Bird Walk Report - Python Rock_Pats Bluff
- 2011 09 17 TMNHA Bird Walk Report - Illinbah & Tabletop
- 2011 08 20 TMNHA Bird Walk Report - Christmas Crk to Beaudesert
- 2011 07 16 TMNHA Bird Walk Report - Christmas Creek Valley
- 2011 06 18 TMNHA Bird Walk Report - Biddadaba
- 2011 05 23 TMNHA Bird Walk Report - Darlington Rd, Sarabah, Boyland Rd.
- 2011 02 19 TMNHA Bird Walk Report - Kaiser Road Tamborine Mtn
- 2010 11 20 TMNHA Bird Walk Report - Python rock_Pats Bluff_Bristlebird Crk
- 2010 10 23 TMNHA Bird Walk Report - Illinbah -Darlington Ranges
- 2010 09 18 TMNHA Bird Walk Report - Coombabah
- 2010 07 17 TMNHA Bird Walk Report - Cainbable-Rathdowney
- 2010 06 19 TMNHA Bird Walk Report - Lost World
- 2009 11 21 TMNHA Bird Walk Report - Illinbah-Tabletop Rd- Upper Coomera
- 2009 08 15 TMNHA Bird Walk Report - Coombabah
- 2009 07 18 TMNHA Bird Walk Report - Noorindibar, Beaudesert, Christmas Ck
- 2009 05 16 TMNHA Bird Walk Report - Eagleby Wetlands
- 2009 03 21 TMNHA Bird Walk Report - Clagiraba Conservation Reserve
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