Grasswren surveys and N Queensland 2017

 

11/6/2017

Up at 5.30 and off from Mareeba wetlands by 6.00, down to Cairns, being a Sunday there were no fees for parking anywhere so parked opposite Woolworths and walked to C finger to board the Deep Sea Divers Den boat, a large catamaran. The trip out was a bit rough with a few showers, though we spent a fair amount of the time at briefings. At about 10.00 we got to the reef and were soon in the water at Norman reef 1. The in water training was brief and we were soon heading for the bottom on my first ever scuba dive. Being an introductory dive we had to link arms with the instructor, which was a bit cumbersome but the only way to get down there quickly, my ears would not equalize quickly but with a bit of rubbing behind the ear and a bit of patience I got myself down. The coral is badly damaged, and not the profusion of colour I had hoped for, but there were still a myriad of different things to look at, the 1/2hr dive was over too quickly but then we got another 1/2hr snorkeling which is almost as good. Lunch was excellent with plenty of food. We shifted a short way to another part of the same reef at Norman reef 2 and down we went again, the second dive was even better possibly as we went deeper and didn’t have to do any of the in water training. Again it was over too quickly and again we had time for more snorkeling. I think the only really disappointing thing about the day was the lack of education about the problems that the reef is experiencing, many of the people on the boat won’t have realized that the reef is damaged and not what it used to be. We were back in port after an even rougher trip in, in no time and I walked back to the car picked up some groceries and headed to Ross and Lock picnic, a quick snack and bed with my ears all still blocked up. Some of the fish I managed to identify were Crown Squirrel Fish, Gold Back, Peacock Grouper, Hexagon Grouper, Thin-spine Grouper, Six-lined Soap-fish, Black-striped Cardinalfish, Black and White Snapper, Diagonal-banded Sweetlips, Blue and Gold Fusilier, Orbicular Batfish, False Clown Anenomefish Two-tone Chromis, Bicolor Cromis, Springer’s Demoiselle, Great Barracuda, Humphead Wrasse, Cleaner Wrasse, Sunset Wrasse, Schlegel’s Parrotfish, Unicornfish, Moorish Idol, Foxfish, Titan Triggerfish, Bluefin Spotted Trevally, Flowery Cod, Humbug Dasicyllus, Gill Blotch Leatherjacket, several kinds of butterflyfish that I couldn’t remember the patterns of when I saw the possibilities, also there were Giant Clam, Brittlestar, Featherstar, Sand Gobbler and so many more organisms that I either didn’t get a good enough look at or couldn’t remember the details of when I got back to the boat.

 

12/6 239km

I didn’t sleep well, my ears remained clogged up and feeling uncomfortable, nevertheless I was up with the sun and had a look around the site and then re-organized the car, did some tyre pressure changes which took until 9.30, then up the Gillies Range Rd which if you’re not in a hurry is a nice drive, but everyone’s in a hurry, scurrying past me in the overtaking lanes. Lake Barrine had a flowering plant, which had Cairns Birdwing butterfly fluttering around the flowers, I managed to get a photo of it along with a Dusky honeyeater, the rainforest walk produced a few more birds, then on to lake Eacham, spotted the lone Freshwater Crocodile along with a Victoria’s Riflebird and a few others. Lunch was taken at Broomfield Swamp which had 14 Brolga and a pair of Tawny Grassbirds. Mt. Hypipamee NP only had 6sp with 3 hungry Bush Turkeys and a pair of Pale Yellow Robins. Archer Ck camp had a lot of flowering in the tall gums and had lots of Rainbow and Scaly-breasted Lorikeets with a few Little Lorikeets, the Scarlet Honeyeaters had also found the flowers. Wurruma Lake  had 5 small cygnets with parents but no other swans, there were also Squatter Pigeons here. Smith’s Ck SW Mt. Garnet had 9sp, 40 Mile Scrub NP had 10sp with Great Bowerbirds. Stopped at Duck dam Undara at 17.20 and just got dinner done before dark, there were a few ducks on the dam and a few Sulphur-crested Cockatoos and Galahs etc. coming in for a drink. My ears are still not happy even with a lot of popping and clicking as I went through the hills, I’ve actually got a bit of a migraine headache. This afternoon the ambient temperature was a mere 25 degrees when my supposedly fixed Hema HX1 began playing up, turning itself off I suspect because it had got too hot, then once I got it going again it started flickering, then it went back its old trick of not displaying my waypoints or tracks, so I’m not a happy camper this evening!

13/6 312km

Ended the survey with 37sp so a reasonable birding spot, despite it being a cattle dam. At Undara Resort Lodge there was a Pacific Baza and a young Laughing Kookaburra posing for me, so I obliged and took their portraits. Junction Ck W of Mt Surprise was flowing as indeed were all the creeks today, here I got 10sp. Toilets Gulf Development Rd had water in the dam below the road and had 11sp. Cumberland mining dam had 50sp, helped by the creek having water in it and a lot of the trees there flowering, there were at least 26 Blue-faced Honeyeaters there. Venture Ck W of Georgetown was back to 8sp. Little River Gulf Dev Rd had 20sp, perhaps because it’s now part of Littleton NP, as there’s not much apparent difference between here and Venture Ck. Turned south at the Richmond Rd and stopped at a dam off Richmond Rd at 13.50 and had 32sp by dark, the last one just on dark was a Black-necked Stork. The days are 28 degrees with a low of 12 degrees, so very pleasant weather.

 

 

14/6 327km

There was silence during the night, a few crickets that’s all, until just before dawn a Bush Stone Curlew gave a 2 second wail, shortly after an owlet Nightjar gave a single call, ended with 43sp. Headed on south down the Richmond Rd. First stop was Prospect Rd Esmeralda Station for 12sp including a Jacky Winter that posed for me. South to dams on Richmond Rd which had 27sp in the 2ha survey with Crimson Chat a stand out. The Glenora Rd Bellfield station site had some Variegated Fairywrens, and a lot of flowering wattles. Kalda Rd Richmond Rd was jumping with birds getting 17sp in what looked like quite poor woodland, but Grey-crowned Babblers, Little Woodswallow and a mixed flock of about 150 Masked and White-browed Woodswallows made sure I was wrong. Richmond Rd grid looked like better habitat though the cattle had done a lot of damage to the undergrowth here, so I only got 6sp but one was a Hooded Robin. Stawell River Cambridge crossing looks like it would be spectacular in flood with walls of sand having to be shoveled away after each wet season. It was dry now and had 10sp. Stopped at Flinders River Richmond, which still had large pools, but the area was dominated by the likes of Yellow-throated Miners, Little Friarbirds and Blue-faced Honeyeaters, had 18sp by dark.

 

15/6 361km

Had another Owlet Nightjar give a single call just before dawn, got a pair of Bustards on my morning round to end with 26sp. First stop this morning was Boundary Ck which had quite a few Bloodwods in flower, there was also plenty of water in the creek, and got 17sp. On westwards to Yorkshire Nella Rd S of Flinders Hwy for only 4sp. This is cattle country, here there is a virtual monoculture of one species of grass plus nearly all the acacia trees are dead, so a poor habitat. McKinlay Rd N of Gilliat looked a bit better but only had 3sp with Red-capped Robin eking out a living in the sparse acacias. Oorindi Rd N of Oorindi had a creek nearby and there was an improved diversity in the ground cover, though it still looked poor, there were 5sp here with Crimson Chat, Red-backed Kingfisher and 17 Zebra Finches. Rail crossing E of Cloncurry only had 3sp and a steam train; I was just starting my survey when people started arriving at the crossing, after a while I realized I wasn’t going to get many birds here so quizzed one of the bystanders who told me they were waiting for a steam train in commemoration of Cloncurry’s 150^th birthday, so I waited and sure enough around the corner came a steam train with a few carriages of flag waving patrons, behind the train came two service trucks on the rail, perhaps just in case. Chinaman Ck dam Cloncurry had 12sp and I stopped at Clem Walton reserve at the base of the dam, there were a lot of people here so I had to go further down the waterway to camp. Got 25sp by dark.

 

 

 

 

16/6 183km

Ended the survey with 28sp because I didn’t have time to go for a walk. I was in Mt Isa by 8.30, and met Neil at his room, he offered to let me have a shower before he checked out, which I gladly accepted. We went up to the Mt. Isa sewerage plant for 41sp, they seem to be discouraging birdos to enter the gate as they have constructed a little viewing platform, but one can only see in to the two ponds near the gate, I rang the supervisor and got permission to go in, the walk along the path beside the ponds also added a few more species. We then went shopping, filled up my car with diesel at $1.20.9cpl with a discount at Woolworths then went down to Mica Ck, had lunch at 13.00 then went to the two spots where I’ve seen Kalkadoon Grasswrens at this site before but couldn’t find any, 15sp here. Lake Moondarra picnic had 21sp with Glossy Ibis. It was quite hot at Mt. Gordon T junction and there were no birds to start with, then a feeding group came through and we got 8sp with Crimson Chat. The campsite wasn’t far up the road, so we set up camp and relaxed in the late avo sun.

 

17/6 455km

There was a lot of nothing in the morning, originally I was going to go survey a site they hadn’t had time to survey last week, then it was decided that I should drive to Limmen NP setting off today, but by the time all the nitty-gritty was sorted out it was nearly midday, I set off with Ray not far behind, though it took him to Camooweal to catch me, we decided to have a late lunch at Nowranie waterhole in the NP and got 17sp with Red-browed Pardalote. They decided to sprint on ahead from there and I did Telstra site Barkly Hwy only finding Orange Chat, and Ranken Rd 3 only getting Australian Raven and Crested Pigeon, I then saw that the sun was speeding up on its way to the horizon, so headed to Barkly Homestead, getting there at 19.00 and stopping just up the road at my site fence 375km S of Cape Crawford after filling up at $1.78.9cpl.

18/6 493km

Up before dawn and had breaky then did the survey where I’d stopped last night  getting Black-chinned Honeyeater in a noisy feeding group, that included 12 Yellow-throated Miners. North up the Tablelands Hwy. I knew I wouldn’t have time to do all my surveys on the road so picked out sites at well spaced intervals, the first up the road was 326km S of Cape Crawford, there was still water in the Playford River but just a pool crammed full of 360 Pelicans, interspersed with 160 Hardheads and surrounded by 200 Galahs, a busy site. At Boree Ck I had the usual rude truck driver who couldn’t wait for me to get off the road to let him past, but went onto the gravel spraying me with stones and dust, I hope all his tyres de-laminate. Boree Ck was dry but had 30 Australian Pratincoles and a flock of 30 Flock Bronzewings. As I headed north, it may have been the same flock that raced me, I was doing about 85km/hr and they were just outpacing me as we headed up the road, it was quite some sight seeing them an unruly mob flapping away right next to the car, as soon as they’d got in front of me they wheeled around in front of me and headed south. Rest area 148km N of Barkly Homestead still had the little container that water drips into and the Zebra Finches were still taking advantage of it, also last time I was here I saw the makings of a Hobby Falcon nest, now there was an extra Hobby Falcon zooming about the site at full speed. Walhollow junction turnoff had 11sp with Jacky Winter and Western Gerygone. 44Km S of Cape Crawford had a Red-backed Kingfisher. I checked in at cape Crawford and there were no messages from either Graham or Ray, so I don’t know where Ray is, I would have thought that I’d had met up with him during the day, or he’d have left a message here. I headed north and stopped at Batten Ck Limmen NP for 15sp in the late afternoon with Crimson and Masked Finches. Even later in the afternoon at Eastern Ck Limmen NP there were 18sp with another Masked Finch. It was 17.10 when I stopped at Southern Lost City Limmen NP, I still got 13sp before dark whilst squashing quite a few micro-mini mozzies. When it got too dark to see them I went inside the camper to cook dinner, which was a re-heat of last night’s left-overs as well as the usual small tub of yoghurt. The lumpy top end of the Tablelands Hwy bit me today as when I arrived at camp there was an ominous leak from the fridge. Every second night I open a can of tomatoes for dinner and the rest goes into a container, you can guess where this is going can’t you. It was a Tupperware container that I had sitting on the top shelf, there nothing in the door of the fridge as I’d just glued it up after the tray had broken on the first day, just not sturdy enough Waeco fridge, so the container fell into the empty tray and just managed to crack the lid, tomato juice everywhere, so some of my evening was spent cleaning up the mess.

 

19/6 95km

Up before dawn and had a quick walk to the rock formations, then headed for the headquarters, getting there just after 8am, and I waited for the others to arrive, and I waited for the others to arrive, and I waited and I waited, it was nearly lunchtime when they arrived, and we spent the afternoon sorting out what we’d do for the time we’re here. It was very late when we set off for the drive to the old quarry to camp for the night.

 

20/6 55km

We headed off at 7am, Ray, James and I for the 6km walk to site L14 Limmen NP we found some nice spinifex old growth, and spent the rest of the day trying to find grasswrens to no avail, we did get a Sandstone Shrike-thrush and a pair of Peregrine Falcons battling, tearing feathers from each other. The gorge walk was excellent, with a few large pools good enough for swimming. All in all it was a great day’s walk through country that few people will have ever seen from the ground. I was quite exhausted by the time we got back, but after a short relax we packed up and headed back to HQ for a well earned shower, the rangers capped off a great day with a BBQ with locally shot Water Buffalo and salad and a home made brownie for dessert.

Painted Grasshawk

21/6 93km

Off at 7am with Heim and James to the north to survey Limmen Np 7, it was a disappointment with no spinifex in the Calitris Pine woodland, we still had a nice walk through the woodland finding Varied Sitella, Leaden Flycatcher and Grey Fantail. On the way back had a look at Cox’s (Long) Lagoon finding 31sp with White-bellied Sea-eagle, Green Pygmy-goose and Brolga. We spotted a reasonable looking habitat at Limmen NP 264, and got Black-tailed Treecreeper in reasonable spinifex, at James’ folly we again found reasonable spinifex but no grasswrens. It was 15.30 when we got back to HQ and it was Paul’s turn to put on a good feed with the best camp cooked garlic bread I’ve had and exceptional fish patties. The NP has a large feral animal problem, and with only 2 rangers and not enough resources it’s impossible for them to get on top it, this is compounded by cattle from the adjoining properties effectively getting free agistment, as the rangers aren’t allowed to shoot any cattle, even unbranded ones, the owners are not even fined for having their animals in a NP. This is wrong, this is dead and unequivocally wrong, and another blatant abuse of power by the farmers lobby, National Parks should be a refuge for our struggling wildlife not an extra paddock for their fat cows to feed up to line the farmers their fat pockets, it’s high time farmers are forced to do the right thing for the environment since they are all too often destroyers of the environment in all manner of ways from inappropriate fire regimes to woeful managers of the waterpoints on their property, very few seem to be voluntarily doing the right thing to the environment.

 

22/6 80km

We set off at 7.30 Heim and I for the short drive down to site Limmen LUB 16 which was quite close to the road, The actual site was on top of the hill, but the better habitat remained around the base, so we went up the small ravine around the back of the hill swung south and went back down the next gully that had a small waterfall with a pool at the base and some pandanus. The birding was prolific to start with and slowly petered out as the morning wore on. We ended with 32sp but not even a hint of a grasswren. We drove down to the Southern Lost city to wait for the others but only Ray rocked up, and after a while we decided to head back to HQ. Graham had cooked up a yummy Water Buffalo casserole, Ray supplied the vegies, and Harry supplied some cookies, but the  scene stealer was the lemon slice supplied by Helena.

 

24/6 192km

We were slow away today, Paul and Ray left early for home, we eventually left at 8.30 for the drive down to the bottom of the park to site Limmen NP LUB2. The first survey point was in okay habitat, with no result, the second was in excellent habitat and we were just packing up after the usual silence in response to our recording being played when I heard a contact call that sounded like a grasswren call, I replayed the recording again and got several more contact calls as it skirted around us, typical grasswren activity, but as hard as we looked we couldn’t spot the bird, in desperation I played the distress call, and that was the last we heard of it. We moved on to the next way-point which looked even better habitat but there was to be no more contact, so we got back to the car at 13.00 where Harry was waiting, we then sat around for two hours in various states of wakefulness waiting for the others to arrive. At 15.00 we decided that something must be wrong so went back to the junction to Boroloola and Harry went further back to see if he could find the others. Dianne arrived shortly after and told us that Cienwen and Graham were ahead of her, they had taken a wrong turn. So we said our goodbyes to her after telling her about our possible contact with a grasswren and headed up the road to Boroloola. Graham had realized his mistake and was heading back, so we all met up and headed in the right direction, but it was very late by now, and it was decided to camp at a very nice spot on the Batten Ck Limmen Rd at 16.30. Graham had a curry lined up, so I supplied some vegies and Harry pulled out another dessert from his bag of tricks. I had another little disaster in the fridge this afternoon, I put an old drink bottle in the fridge on the top shelf as I don’t trust the door shelf, today when I arrived at camp there was water on the tray under the camper, strange I thought, when I eventually looked inside the camper more water everywhere, inside the fridge the bottom was awash with water, the screw cap had come off and 1.25L of water had gone everywhere, easier to clean up than the tomato juice of the other day though.

24/6 211km

Ended the survey with 35sp at 8.45 and we headed into Boroloola, filled up at the Gull service station at $1.53.0cpl the others did some shopping then we went to Harry the ranger’s house to discuss our trip to China Wall on Monday, that sorted out we went down to Caranbirini CP for lunch and got 32sp, then on down to Cape Crawford and up to where I thought we’d got the Carpentarian Grasswren yesterday, it was 15.30 when we got to the site, but there was no call in response this time, so we split into two teams I went a bit further south and down the hill and again heard some contact calls that came a bit closer but it was less convincing than yesterday, it only called twice then nothing. Further south the habitat soon ran out so we went back to the cars and went to our campsite on the Batten Ck and had another nice meal main course supplied by Ceinwen, and the nibbles and desserts supplied by Harry again, then sat around and chatted till bed time.

 

25/6 166km

We set off at 8.45 this morning after getting 30sp in 1.3hrs the last bird was a Pacific Baza. We drove back down to the site where I thought we’d had the Carpentarian Grasswren the other day, but after several hours of fruitless searching we gave up, and I missed my chance at fame, we got 33sp with Black-chinned Honeyeater and Pictorella Mannikin. We went down to my site on Little River Carpentaria Hwy  but there were several other caravans there and the only large area left was out in the open in the heat, we decided to head off, the others went straight to the campsite but Heim and I did my survey points up the highway at 30km E of Cape Crawford, getting Brolga. 2Km N of MacArthur river had 30 Black Kites. We revisited Caranbirini NP and got one of the Tawny Frogmouths from yesterday. We arrived where the others were camped at the campsite from 23/6 at Batten Ck Limmen Rd at 16.00 and did some armchair birding getting 21sp before dark with 20 Crimson Finches and a Whistling Kite that perched directly above us and regurgitated something evil looking before flying off. Heim and Henry were setting off to do some fishing. When I protested, they wouldn’t listen to me as I gave them my reasons not to go fishing, thankfully Graham indefatigably told them no fishing and him they had to obey, They are both excellent value and good young men, but like too many people they don’t seem to get the idea of interfering with the wild creatures of nature as little as possible. Dinner tonight was Graham’s paella followed by Harry’s fruitcake.

26/6 368km

The woodland along the road was jumping with birds in the morning and I ended the survey with 39sp with Pheasant Coucal, Variegated Fairywren and Northern Rosella amongst others as new for the site. We drove into Borroloola and filled up at the Gull service station then went to the ranger station and hung around until 13.00 when after my lunch I took off with Heim for Hell’s Gate, the road was pretty good for the most part, the only badly corrugated section was coming into Hell’s Gate, arriving just after dark, it wasn’t long before the others turned up so my early departure from Boroloola was perfectly timed (I drive a lot slower than most people, as I think it’s more friendly to the vehicle). We then had to wait for the rangers, we had our dinner at the roadhouse, I had a hamburger and chips for $18 which wasn’t quite enough but was quite nice, there was a group having a party and they gave us some pieces of Mud Crab to nibble on. It was nearly 21.00 when we decided that the rangers weren’t coming, so the others stayed in the campground, I drove down the road and found a track off to the right and drove down it a short way and camped just within earshot of the roadhouse generator.

27/6 154km

Up at dawn and back the 2km to Hell’s Gate roadhouse by 7.30 and waited, and waited, and waited, it was 10.00 when the rangers arrived just as the others were ready, it was then another hour before we set off for China Wall, we went down to the old Kingfisher Lodge track, then kept going west, arriving at the Dry Creek outstation at 14.00. The difference in the quality of the vegetation between the cattle station that we drove through in Queensland to the Aboriginal land in Northern Territory was stark, there was the odd patch of nice habitat in the station in the hills, whereas just around the Dry Creek outstation in the reserve there was so much quality habitat that we spent a few hours in the late afternoon surveying, unfortunately we couldn’t find a Carpentatian Grasswren, but we found a Burton’s Legless Lizard and a Black-headed Python, our TO (traditional owner) Derek is afraid of snakes and he almost stepped on the legless lizard and jumped a mile when he saw it under his feet, when Ceinwen went to show us the python he was suspicious of the bag over her shoulder and thought she had the snake in there, the poor man was paranoid! Dinner was cooked by Henry with assistance from Heim, I did the washing up, and we sat around the table chatting until bedtime at 20.50. Henry and Heim went off spotlighting and soon found a Spiny-tailed Gecko that they came back and showed everyone, handling the wildlife again (sigh).

 

Bird list for the trip. % is of the 94 surveys done. B is for breeding

• Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata 2 (2.13%)
• Plumed Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna eytoni 1 (1.06%)
• Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus 2 (2.13%)
• Black Swan Cygnus atratus 1 (1.06%) (B)
• Radjah Shelduck Radjah radjah 2 (2.13%)
• Hardhead Aythya australis 5 (5.32%)
• Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa 10 (10.64%)
• Grey Teal Anas gracilis 6 (6.38%)
• Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata 5 (5.32%)
• Cotton Pygmy-goose Nettapus coromandelianus 1 (1.06%)
• Green Pygmy-goose Nettapus pulchellus 3 (3.19%)
• Australian Brush-turkey Alectura lathami 3 (3.19%)
• Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt 2 (2.13%)
• Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophora 3 (3.19%)
• Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae 10 (10.64%)
• Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 1 (1.06%)
• Rock Dove Columba livia 1 (1.06%)
• Squatter Pigeon Geophaps scripta 3 (3.19%)
• Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera 3 (3.19%)
• Flock Bronzewing Phaps histrionica 2 (2.13%)
• Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes 14 (14.89%)
• Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata 10 (10.64%)
• Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida 48 (51.06%)
• Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis 20 (21.28%)
• Wompoo Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus magnificus 1 (1.06%)
• Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus 2 (2.13%)
• Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae 1 (1.06%)
• Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites basalis 1 (1.06%)
• Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis 4 (4.26%)
• Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides 3 (3.19%)
• Spotted Nightjar Eurostopodus argus 1 (1.06%)
• Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus 7 (7.45%)
• Australian Swiftlet Aerodramus terraereginae 2 (2.13%)
• Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio 2 (2.13%) (B)
• Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa 1 (1.06%)
• Black-tailed Native-hen Tribonyx ventralis 2 (2.13%)
• Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 3 (3.19%)
• Sarus Crane Antigone antigone 1 (1.06%)
• Brolga Antigone rubicunda 8 (8.51%)
• Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius 2 (2.13%)
• Black-winged Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus 3 (3.19%)
• Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops 8 (8.51%)
• Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles 12 (12.77%)
• Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus 2 (2.13%)
• Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea 2 (2.13%)
• Red-chested Button-quail Turnix pyrrhothorax 1 (1.06%)
• Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella 1 (1.06%)
• Common Noddy Anous stolidus 1 (1.06%)
• Black Noddy Anous minutus 2 (2.13%)
• Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae 1 (1.06%)
• Australian Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa 1 (1.06%)
• Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana 1 (1.06%)
• Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii 2 (2.13%)
• Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus 3 (3.19%)
• Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus 4 (4.26%)
• Nankeen Night-Heron Nycticorax caledonicus 2 (2.13%)
• Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 2 (2.13%)
• White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica 9 (9.57%)
• Great Egret Ardea alba 7 (7.45%)
• Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia 4 (4.26%)
• White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 10 (10.64%)
• Little Egret Egretta garzetta 1 (1.06%)
• Australian White Ibis Threskiornis moluccus 3 (3.19%)
• Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis 8 (8.51%)
• Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia 1 (1.06%)
• Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 2 (2.13%)
• Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel 1 (1.06%)
• Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 2 (2.13%)
• Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos 6 (6.38%)
• Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris 3 (3.19%)
• Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae 11 (11.70%)
• Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris 1 (1.06%)
• Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata 2 (2.13%)
• Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax 3 (3.19%)
• Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides 1 (1.06%)
• Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus 2 (2.13%)
• Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrocephalus 2 (2.13%)
• White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster 1 (1.06%)
• Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus 37 (39.36%)
• Black Kite Milvus migrans 37 (39.36%)
• Barn Owl Tyto alba 1 (1.06%)
• Southern Boobook Ninox boobook 4 (4.26%)
• Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus 24 (25.53%)
• Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus 3 (3.19%)
• Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii 3 (3.19%)
• Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus 4 (4.26%)
• Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrrhopygius 3 (3.19%)
• Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae 5 (5.32%)
• Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii 11 (11.70%)
• Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides 9 (9.57%)
• Australian Hobby Falco longipennis 2 (2.13%)
• Brown Falcon Falco berigora 6 (6.38%)
• Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 1 (1.06%)
• Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus 11 (11.70%)
• Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii 20 (21.28%)
• Galah Eolophus roseicapilla 24 (25.53%) (B)
• Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea 4 (4.26%) (B)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita 21 (22.34%)
• Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus 14 (14.89%)
• Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans 1 (1.06%)
• Northern Rosella Platycercus venustus 4 (4.26%)
• Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus 9 (9.57%)
• Little Lorikeet Glossopsitta pusilla 1 (1.06%)
• Varied Lorikeet Psitteuteles versicolor 13 (13.83%)
• Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus 14 (14.89%)
• Red-collared Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubritorquis 8 (8.51%)
• Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus 2 (2.13%) (B)
• Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus 4 (4.26%)
• Spotted Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus maculatus 1 (1.06%)
• Great Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis 22 (23.40%)
• Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus 2 (2.13%)
• Black-tailed Treecreeper Climacteris melanurus 1 (1.06%)
• Purple-crowned Fairy-wren Malurus coronatus 2 (2.13%)
• Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti 10 (10.64%)
• Red-backed Fairy-wren Malurus melanocephalus 16 (17.02%)
• Dusky Honeyeater Myzomela obscura 1 (1.06%)
• Scarlet Honeyeater Myzomela sanguinolenta 2 (2.13%)
• Silver-crowned Friarbird Philemon argenticeps 10 (10.64%)
• Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus 1 (1.06%)
• Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis 17 (18.09%)
• Banded Honeyeater Cissomela pectoralis 1 (1.06%)
• Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta 38 (40.43%)
• Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis 21 (22.34%)
• Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis 6 (6.38%)
• White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis 15 (15.96%)
• Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis 9 (9.57%)
• Bar-breasted Honeyeater Ramsayornis fasciatus 2 (2.13%)
• Crimson Chat Epthianura tricolor 5 (5.32%)
• Orange Chat Epthianura aurifrons 3 (3.19%)
• White-gaped Honeyeater Stomiopera unicolor 10 (10.64%)
• Yellow Honeyeater Stomiopera flava 12 (12.77%)
• Lewin’s Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii 6 (6.38%)
• Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis 6 (6.38%)
• Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens 11 (11.70%)
• Grey-headed Honeyeater Ptilotula keartlandi 5 (5.32%)
• Grey-fronted Honeyeater Ptilotula plumula 1 (1.06%)
• Yellow-tinted Honeyeater Ptilotula flavescens 13 (13.83%)
• White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata 8 (8.51%)
• Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala 3 (3.19%)
• Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula 15 (15.96%)
• Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus 1 (1.06%)
• Red-browed Pardalote Pardalotus rubricatus 3 (3.19%)
• Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus 45 (47.87%)
• Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa 3 (3.19%)
• White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea 10 (10.64%)
• Large-billed Gerygone Gerygone magnirostris 2 (2.13%)
• Western Gerygone Gerygone fusca 7 (7.45%)
• Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris 43 (45.74%)
• Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis 11 (11.70%)
• Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera 3 (3.19%)
• Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae 14 (14.89%)
• White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis 12 (12.77%)
• White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor 11 (11.70%)
• Varied Triller Lalage leucomela 1 (1.06%)
• Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris 29 (30.85%)
• Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis 3 (3.19%)
• Little Shrike-thrush Colluricincla megarhyncha 1 (1.06%)
• Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica 5 (5.32%)
• Sandstone Shrike-thrush Colluricincla woodwardi 3 (3.19%)
• Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus 2 (2.13%)
• Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti 1 (1.06%)
• Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus 5 (5.32%)
• Yellow Oriole Oriolus flavocinctus 2 (2.13%)
• Pied Currawong Strepera graculina 3 (3.19%)
• Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen 17 (18.09%)
• Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis 28 (29.79%)
• Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus 6 (6.38%)
• Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus 7 (7.45%)
• White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus 6 (6.38%)
• Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus 13 (13.83%)
• Little Woodswallow Artamus minor 7 (7.45%)
• White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus 3 (3.19%)
• Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris 3 (3.19%)
• Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 51 (54.26%)
• Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa 19 (20.21%)
• Torresian Crow Corvus orru 27 (28.72%)
• Little Crow Corvus bennetti 1 (1.06%)
• Australian Raven Corvus coronoides 19 (20.21%)
• Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula 4 (4.26%)
• Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta 20 (21.28%)
• Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 31 (32.98%)
• Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea 12 (12.77%)
• Victoria’s Riflebird Lophorina victoriae 1 (1.06%)
• Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii 1 (1.06%)
• Lemon-bellied Flycatcher Microeca flavigaster 2 (2.13%)
• Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans 9 (9.57%)
• Buff-sided Robin Poecilodryas cerviniventris 1 (1.06%)
• Grey-headed Robin Heteromyias albispecularis 1 (1.06%)
• Pale-yellow Robin Tregellasia capito 2 (2.13%)
• Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata 1 (1.06%)
• Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum 10 (10.64%)
• Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax 2 (2.13%)
• Pictorella Mannikin Heteromunia pectoralis 1 (1.06%)
• Painted Finch Emblema pictum 1 (1.06%)
• Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis 1 (1.06%)
• Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton 7 (7.45%)
• Masked Finch Poephila personata 6 (6.38%)
• Long-tailed Finch Poephila acuticauda 5 (5.32%)
• Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata 14 (14.89%)
• Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii 15 (15.96%)
• Gouldian Finch Chloebia gouldiae 1 (1.06%)
• Horsfield’s Bushlark Mirafra javanica 1 (1.06%)
• Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis 2 (2.13%)
• Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis 1 (1.06%)
• Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi 6 (6.38%)
• Tawny Grassbird Cincloramphus timoriensis 1 (1.06%)
• Australian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus australis 2 (2.13%)
• Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel 2 (2.13%)
• Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans 3 (3.19%)
• Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena 1 (1.06%)
• Silvereye Zosterops lateralis 1 (1.06%)
• Domestic Goose 1 (1.06%)

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