2013 04 17 TMNHA Bird Walk Report - Coombabah
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- Created: Sunday, 14 July 2013 16:38
- Written by Julie Lake
Coombabah Wetlands is one of our regular annual walks and always yields a goodly number of species as well as interesting observations on bird behavior – and this April’s walk was no exception. This time the “wetlands” really lived up to its name and some of us wished we’d worn our wellies as the puddles and overflows were quite extensive in places. As were the mozzies!
Anyway, off we set around the boardwalk circuit which yielded a surprisingly good number of birds at 7–8am in the morning, and also a koala spotted by Rochelle. After a quick breakfast we then walked our usual circuit track, first through open country with some light timber then on to the mangrove wetlands. We hadn’t gone very far before Julie spotted two Cotton Pygmy geese flying up from a reed-lined ephemeral pool and going straight over our heads. A wonderful sighting and definitely the bird of the day.
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The weather was very kind to us for our autumn wader bird walk, with a light breeze, sunshine and a temperature that slowly increased as the day progressed. Our first call was to the hide at the Port of Brisbane where the tide was considerably higher than expected, but on the bay we saw Eastern Curlew, Whimbrel, Great Egret, and Gull-billed Tern. On the island there was a large flock of Pelicans, 
A wonderful warm, sunny day. We all met at 6 am and travelled to Lamington National Park driving through the controlled burn off until we reached the rainforest and on the way we saw groups of Pretty-faced Wallabies. Starting our walk the birds we were hearing and seeing were Logrunner, Rufous Fantail, Eastern Whipbird, Satin Bowerbird, and Lewin’s Honeyeater. Further down the track we saw many Black-faced Monarchs chasing each other through the trees and heard the Spectacled Monarch.
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