How to wear Yellow and Grey.

Following on from my previous post I wish to share more birds from Churingas B&B. 

Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis) 

This is the first time I have been able to get a Yellow Robin to stay still long enough for a  decent photo.

Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)

The Striated Pardalote seemed to be everywhere we walked. All were busy with nesting activity, digging holes in banks.

White-throated Gerygone (Gerygone albogularis) 

The White-throated Gerygone were building a nest in a tall gum tree. The owners of the property told me the other day that the birds stopped building when there were strong winds, only to come back and continue when the wind dropped. 

More birds of Churingas next time.

What can be more Australian than this post !

There are a few animals that stand out to represent Australia, and I would like to share some of them.

On a recent visit to Churingas B&B just outside of town as part of our surveys for "Bird Trails of Cooloola", we were lucky enough to see all of the following, plus lots more birds, 62 species in all.  

Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)

Australian King-Parrot (Alisterus scapularis) (Female)

Australian King-Parrot (Male)

 Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)

Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) 

Will post more birds seen over the 2 days we were there soon.

Wader Count Time Again

After having a month of not counting waders it was hard to get back into the swing of things. Because it is Winter, we were not expecting many birds, but were surprised to see so many at Norman Point with 10 species for a total of 330 birds. We have only ever recorded Great Knot at Norman Point once before in June 1998. When we went to our second site at Mullen's we only got 11 species for a total of 131 birds.

Some of the 280 Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)

Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia) 

Gull-billed Tern (Sterna nilotica) Bar-tailed Godwit & Great Knot

Can you find the Great Knot among the Bar-tailed Godwit ?   

It was interesting to see just how many Bar-tailed Godwit and Great Knot still have breeding colour on them.

Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris) & Bar-tailed Godwit.