2015 08 12 TMNHA BIRD WALK REPORT - Eagleby Wetlands
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- Created: Sunday, 23 August 2015 16:07
- Written by Gail Patricia Molson
The weather was perfect for our mornings birding which started on the boardwalk and the adjacent lakes. Scarlet Honeyeaters were calling and looking for nesting sites in the trunks of the Melalukias, such a bright red of the males early in the morning got the walk off to a good start. Brown Honeyeaters were in abundance along with calling Tawny Grassbirds and Cisticolas and in the grasses near the lakes were Red-backed Fairy Wrens, Little Grassbirds and Superb Fairy Wrens.
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The weather was kind for our walk in Coombabah Wetlands; chilly to start, then warming up nicely and having had enough rain to lay the dust without making the tracks too wet. 
On arrival in Lamington National Park we started the morning on the board walk leading to the tree top experience. Along the way were three different scrub wrens feeding, Yellow throated, White-browed & large–billed. We heard the lovely call of a Golden Whistler; saw many Rufous Fantails chasing each other & a calling Shining Bronze cuckoo no doubt looking for the Thornbills. After the canopy walk we followed the trail to the Green Mountain Botanical Gardens where we were very lucky to observe, close up, an Adult Albert’s Lyrebird feeding a large juvenile.
Our first stop was Springbrook National Park Settlement Day Area which has a large covered picnic area, and it was just as well because the rain started to fall as we parked the cars. We decided to have a cuppa and wait for the rain to clear. After about half an hour, the sun came out and we started our walk. As we were leaving the day area we saw two raptors identified by their calls, Pacific Bazas. Then we walked along the creek and saw White-headed Pigeon and Brown Cuckoo-Dove and other familiar birds as we entered the National Park.
Although the temperature for the day was forecast to be in the thirties, nine members turned up for the walk. After an early start we drove to Hinterland Regional Park in Hardys Road, Mudgeeraba, a parkland of 62 hectares with mostly grassed walking tracks. This area was the first Mudgeeraba land settled by Europeans in 1869. It has undergone many changes since then from timber cutting, clearing and grazing; disturbance by construction of water pipelines and powerlines has aided the invasion of weeds. A very active bushcare group is working with Council to restore some of the natural bushland areas within the parkland. We recorded 42 species. After a very welcome morning tea, we drove to Schuster Park, Tallebudgera. The day was heating up!
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