Birds around Gheerulla

Hopefully things are getting back to normal; where has the year gone, nearly half way through 2017!

Gheerulla is an area near Kenilworth in the Sunshine Coast hinterland.
I have been trying to get a decent photo of the Rufous Fantail for many years, and at long last got one. The Rufous Fantail is not an easy bird to get photos of. They don't stay still for very long.
The Fan-tailed Cuckoo is a resident, while the Rose Robin has only recently arrived from the highlands and Southern regions. 

Rufous Fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons) 

Spectacled Monarch (Monarcha trivirgatus)

Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis)

Bell Miner (Manorina melanophrys)

Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)

Rose Robin (Female) (Petroica rosea)

Brown Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia amboinensis)

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Camp Check Out

With the weather far from ideal for camping and birdwatching we went and checked out the area to see what birds were most likely to be around during the camp. Lucky for us all these birds were seen again during it. Eight people came on the camp, with the forecast for heavy rain on the Sunday, it is a wonder anyone came. Just as well the rain held off until the Saturday night after we did the long walk through the forest. After a quick pack up Sunday morning while the rain eased off, we then went on a short drive to the Dam to see what birds were around, only to have the rain start pouring down. Not sure who will want to come camping with us next time, as it always seems to rain when we go camping. 

Chestnut-breasted Mannikin

Eastern Yellow Robin

Fan-tailed Cuckoo

Tawny Grassbird

Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo

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Glastonbury Creek Camping Area.

Glastonbury Creek camping area is an area we have not been to for a long time, so we decided it was time to go and have a camp there to see what was around before it got to cold to camp. These are some of the birds and habitat around the camp ground. Will post more next time.

Fan-tail Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis)

Some of the Habitat around the camping area

Went for a walk up one of the tracks and found this Banskia

Glastonbury Creek

Golden Whistler (Female)(Pachycephala pectoralis)

Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)

Little Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla megarhyncha)

Rose Robin (Female) (Petroica rosea)

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Mixed Birds.

 Just a few mixed birds we have seen around our area.

 Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis)

This Australian Hobby was a case of being in the right place at the right time.

 Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis)

The Fan-tailed Cuckoo and Noisy Pitta we saw at Bymien Picnic Area in Cooloola National Park.

Noisy Pitta (Pitta versicolor)

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Cedar Grove

Cedar Grove camping ground is a great place to stay and see lots of birds, 54 species over 2 days in September.We had Green Catbird and Wompoo Fruit-Dove in the trees near our camp site. Other birds of note were Paradise Riflebird,Bassian Thrush, Noisy Pitta and a Powerful Owl calling in the early morning. 

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Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis) (Male)

Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis) (Juvenile)

Bassian Thrush (Zoothera lunulata)

 

As we were walking along the rainforest track I heard a rustle in the leaf litter. Upon further inspection found this pair of Bassian Thrush, (Adult with Juvenile). They kept moving along the track in front of us. After a little way they moved down to the edge of the creek out in the open. A lot easier to photograph them there than in the rainforest.  

 Australian Brush-turkey (Alectura lathami)

 Wompoo Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus magnificus)

 

Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis)

 Flood damage from earlier in the year.

 The force of Mother Nature.

 Buttress root of a large fig tree snapped off.

More of the above fig tree

One of the New Toilet Blocks to replace the ones that were washed away during the floods.

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More Birds from Churingas B&B

This post is for Wild Bird Wednesday.

Following on from the last post, this Fan-tailed Cuckoo flew in and landed right in front of me while I was taking photos of the Grey Shrike-thrush.

Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis) (Female)

Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica) 

Scarlet Honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta) (Male) 

Scarlet Honeyeater were calling all around us.

White-throated Treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaeus) 

I followed the White-throated Treecreeper for quite some time before it finally showed itself long enough for this photo while it was working its way up a tree trunk, and the Willie Wagtail was happy to just perch on a stump.

Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)

Will finish off the birds of Churingas B&B next time.