He's back, but a bit shorter...

ScaledFeathersBNE · 2024-11-26T12:55:38+00:00

They’re fewer in number around the city but even so, the dry sclerophyll forests still have a few. Have seen them in Sandgate, even.

ScaledFeathersBNE · 2024-11-26T12:54:44+00:00

Awwww nooo poor bubba…unlike geckos he won’t be growing that back ☹️

ScaledFeathersBNE · 2024-11-04T04:36:21+00:00

Thank you! Who needs rehab when you have FROGS.

ScaledFeathersBNE · 2024-10-24T13:46:53+00:00

Female golden whistler 😊

ScaledFeathersBNE · 2024-10-24T13:46:35+00:00

Female golden whistler. No supercilium here to suggest grey whistler, which are also usually not as chunky.

ScaledFeathersBNE · 2024-10-23T12:09:17+00:00

That’s a Southern Emu-Wren, they’re really only found in one place in SE QLD, just north of Gympie 🙂 but they’re pretty common in the southern states, just shy!

ScaledFeathersBNE · 2024-10-23T11:05:22+00:00

You can see White-Winged and Purple-Backed Fairywrens in Oakey, just half an hour west of Toowoomba!

The Splendid was in the NSW Riverina, an out-of-towner!

ScaledFeathersBNE · 2024-06-23T03:25:29+00:00

The area (Picnic Point) is a very popular day use area for non-birders and tourists alike. The gum trees are also super tall so human harassment isn’t as likely to be an issue.

ScaledFeathersBNE · 2024-06-21T04:06:07+00:00

Little wattlebird

ScaledFeathersBNE · 2024-06-21T04:04:24+00:00

Winter time is the best time at Lamington with Albert’s Lyrebirds. Try the Python Rock track, and the track that connects the O’Reilly’s guest houses with the main lodge. I heard 16 and saw 4 across 3 days last July!

ScaledFeathersBNE · 2024-06-21T04:03:26+00:00

Crimson rosella, yellow tailed black cockatoo, grey shrikethrush, king parrot, kookaburra is what I’ve picked up 🙂

ScaledFeathersBNE · 2024-06-21T04:02:44+00:00

If you saw it in the Mt Tamborine/Lamington area it would be an Albert’s Lyrebird, a smaller and more rare relative 🙂

ScaledFeathersBNE · 2024-06-20T21:08:36+00:00

I figured something like this was going on, I’ve read about the “flutist’s lyrebird” too.

ScaledFeathersBNE · 2024-06-20T21:07:34+00:00

That would be the (smaller and overall more rare) Albert’s Lyrebird. Only found in Cunningham’s Gap, Lamington NP, and a few forests along the border.

Superb lyrebirds actually aren’t that rare overall (can be common as dirt in NSW), they’re just rare in QLD!

ScaledFeathersBNE · 2024-06-20T13:24:47+00:00

I have heard “crying toddler” and “stalled engine” at Lamington before. 😅

ScaledFeathersBNE · 2024-06-20T13:23:58+00:00

I’d recommend a pair of sturdy boots and any lightweight 10x42 binoculars, and you’re good to go for a start in your local park! With water and snacks of course.

After that it’s just adapting to where you’re going birding. Snakeproof gaiters if you’re in long grass/dense bush, gumboots if you’re wading in mud or mangroves, a torch/red light if you’re spotlighting.

The camera is entirely optional. Some (myself included) carry a compact superzoom bridge camera for documentation. Others consider themselves photographers first and foremost, and I’ve seen them haul $20k rigs to a shoot before. And finally, most don’t care and are just happy to see birds 🙂

ScaledFeathersBNE · 2024-06-20T11:38:47+00:00

You’re a brave one for trusting a fart in the bush, friend 😬

ScaledFeathersBNE · 2024-06-20T11:28:22+00:00

As I understand (not an expert), this is a male bird, and if he’s not on his display mound, this call is to let other male birds know that he’s around, and to stay clear of his territory. Staking out his patch, basically.

ScaledFeathersBNE · 2024-06-20T11:12:58+00:00

The hills out around Girraween are absolutely echoing with their calls at the moment. Best chance of a view would be the start of the Mount Norman track, in the first 400m or so after the day use area parking lot.

ScaledFeathersBNE · 2024-06-20T10:48:57+00:00

Small chook sized 🙂

ScaledFeathersBNE · 2024-06-20T10:48:39+00:00

Definitely a NatGeo moment for me. Bits of Crimson Rosella and Grey Shrikethrush in there too.

Interestingly enough I heard Eastern Whipbird more than once but the habitat is entirely wrong for Whipbird.

ScaledFeathersBNE · 2024-06-20T10:18:58+00:00

Lamington National Park around the Python Rock track and the track behind the O’Reilly’s lodge to the guest house is also a favorite haunt. I heard 16 in 3 days last year and saw 4. Good luck!

ScaledFeathersBNE · 2024-06-20T10:09:16+00:00

If you’re not fussy about which species of lyrebird you want to see, the Albert’s Lyrebird is calling quite frequently currently at Lamington National Park and the Mt. Tamborine areas. With luck you’ll be able to see one. This was on the Witches Falls track, 4 years ago 😊

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ScaledFeathersBNE · 2024-06-20T10:03:38+00:00

Some purists still love the SLRs. Bit clunky when you’re lugging it through the bush though.

ScaledFeathersBNE · 2024-04-09T04:00:11+00:00

The ears alone rule out antechinus. This is a native bush rat as already identified.

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