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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More Birds from Brooloo Park.

Here are some more photos from our last survey at

 Brooloo Park.

Scarlet Honeyeater (Male)(Myzomela sanguinolenta) 

Red-backed Fairy-wren (Male)(Malurus melanocephalus)  

Brown Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia amboinensis) 

Forest Kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii)

Coonoongibber Creek

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Brooloo Park Birds

A very good couple of days spent birdwatching and recording at Brooloo Park.

Last time we were there in July we had 65 species for the 2 days, and this time we managed to get 75 species over 2 days. Total for the property 92 with one more count to come in spring. Let's hope we can get over the 100 mark then!

Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)

Dusky Honeyeater (Myzomela obscura)

Brown Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia amboinensis)

Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis)