Happy New Year

Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year, may you all see lots of birds in 2016.
This is some more of the birds seen during the Birds Queensland Camp at Rainbow Waters Holiday Park.

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Whistling Kite (Immature)(Haliastur sphenurus)

White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus) 

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Merry Christmas

Wishing everyone a Safe and Happy Christmas 

 From Australia

Galah (Cacatua roseicapilla)

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Spring - A time for young birds.

Due to family commitments and health concerns, I have been unable to keep up with blogs, though all now under control.

So it was good to be able to get away for a weekend of birding with members of Birds Queensland to Rainbow Waters Holiday Park, with visits to Inskip Point, Bullock Point, Mullen's, Tin Can Bay Foreshore and the Noosa Plains for the Ground Parrot. 

I was the only person lucky enough to see one of these just twenty meters from where the others were sitting having Happy Hour while waiting for the Dusk Chorus of these elusive birds, during which five more were heard. We also had King Quail calling close by. While waiting, a flock of 40 plus Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo kept us entertained.

It must have been a good breeding season due to the amount of young birds and nesting birds we found during our travels over the weekend.

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)(Juvenile)

Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus)(Juvenile)

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)(Immature)

Tree Martin (Petrochelidon nigricans)(Immature)

Varied Triller (Lalage leucomela) (Male & Juvenile)

Varied Triller (Juvenile)

Varied Triller (Male)

More birds to come as we managed to record 99 species for the weekend.
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