Bird Nerd visits Queensland 07

Wappa Dam is one of Brisbane's water catchment dams about 100km northwest of Brisbane itself. It was recommended as a good birding site but when I got there, it did seem a bit "just a large body of water"-ish with a picnic area. How looks deceive [although only two waterbirds].

young Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta

young Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta

Australian Figbird Sphecotheres viridis

male Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum

female and male Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata

Cattle Egret Ardea ibis

Forest Kingfishers Todiramphus macleayii

Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus

Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus

Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus

Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia

In breeding garb.

male Red-backed Fairy-wren Malurus melanocephalus

Just to clinch the identification. Red back!!

Bird Nerd visits Queensland 06

A pictorial catalogue of bird species seen from a deckchair in Jarrah Road, Buderim over the Christmas few days.

male Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti vieilloti
"Green Figbird"

female Australasian Figbird

female Australasian Figbird

female Australasian Figbird

Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo leachii

Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus

Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus

Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus

This guy was a regular in the street just quietly going through everyone's garden, along tops of walls, across swimming pool decks. He was slightly wary but had a small flight distance. There was a patch of bush running alongside the back fences on one side of the street, presumably his/her home.

Australian Brush-turkey Alectura lathami

Australian Brush-turkey Alectura lathami

Bird Nird visits Queensland 05

Answers to Guess What.

You could be forgiven for thinking this is a Peregrine Falcon up close and personal. But it is a ....
Noisy Miner

This little darling is a female Red-backed Fairy-wren. The books tell us that only the Red-backed and, perhaps, the Superb are the two species that do not have blue in the tail. The two species do overlap in SE Qld so both were a possibility. It helps a lot when you see an eclipse male with the group.

This image contains a Latham's Snipe. It was only detected by being seen moving whilst using the scope.

This image contains a Comb-crested Jacana. Although these birds are always on the move, it is hard to see them unless they fly in which case, as they are not fast, it is easy to spot them. They also call when airborne.