Happy New Year

What a way to start the New Year. Walk out on the verandah to have a cup of tea and see the Golden Shower in the back yard alive with birds. Scarlet Honeyeater, Brown Honeyeater, Rainbow Lorikeet, Noisy Miner and Noisy Friarbird.
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Scarlet Honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta) (Male)

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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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Honeyeater Heaven

This post is for Wild Bird Wednesday. 

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Honeyeater heaven is the only way to describe our recent Winter survey at Amamoor Homestead B&B  Country Cottages for our "Bird Trails of Cooloola" project. (For more information visit www.birdingcooloola.org.au) 

Brown Honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta) 

The Brown Honeyeater came to the Grevillea flowers growing in front of our Cottage right beside us as we were having a cup of tea. Best way to watch birds as they come to you instead of having to go and find them.

 Dusky Honeyeater (Myzomela obscura)

The gardens leading up to and around the Homestead and Cottages have been well planned and maintained to attract birdlife, also providing a link to the surrounding bush. Dusky Honeyeater seemed to be everywhere among the flowering trees and shrubs.

 Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii)

Every good garden has water available for the birds to drink and bathe.

 Scarlet Honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta) (Female)

This female Scarlet was in the shrub only a few metres from where we were sitting, and not long after a male Scarlet came into the same bush as well. Even though not as brightly coloured as the male, she is still beautiful.

 Scarlet Honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta) (Male)

Scarlet Honeyeater, like the Dusky Honeyeater, were all over the flowers. They even came up to the shrubs by the Cottage where we were sitting having afternoon tea. Why do birds always seem to show up for photo opportunities when you are trying to eat and drink? Well worth the tea going cold this time though!

White-throated Honeyeater (Melithreptus albogularis)

This White-throated Honeyeater was another visitor to the bird bath.

More birds from Amamoor B&B next time.

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.

Scarlet Honeyeater

After having so much rain it was hard to get any photos of birds in the bush as we were flooded in. It was time to see what came into our yard. Just as well our Syzigium (Lily Pilly) was in full flower, as the Scarlet Honeyeaters soon found it. There were at least a dozen of them, mainly male with only a few females. As you will see and hear in the video it was raining as I was filming from our verandah. The high pitched tinkling call is that of the Scarlet Honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta)

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Coastal Outing

A very busy June long weekend saw us traveling from Beach to Bush in search of birds. (For Saturday, see Cotton Tree Post.)

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Sunday Norman Point Tin Can Bay
9 Pied Oystercatchers along with 17 Eastern Curlew.

Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)

Then to the local Sewage Works, one of our wader counting sites.
Their redevelopment will see the creation of a series of ponds specifically for wader and wetland birds. Many bush bird species may also be found here.

Forest Kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii)

Grey Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa)

Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata)

Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

After finishing at the Sewage Works, Mick joined us for a visit to Seary's Creek where the Melaleucas were in full flower with plenty of Scarlet Honeyeaters and others feeding on these.

Scarlet Honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta)

Then onto Bullock Point for a quick look around where this Silvereye was part of a large flock passing through. Also at this site were White-eared Monarch, Varied Triller, Eastern Yellow Robin, and Shining Bronze Cuckoo among others.

Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)

Seary's Creek.

(For Monday, see Mixed Birds Post.) Thanks Mick for sharing the afternoon with us.