Friday, January 01, 2010

New Year Day Birding Trip to Lockyear Valley




















We saw 86 birds on New Years Day (we aimed for 100 but got a late start). The birds above (from the top) are:

Royal Spoonbill (breeding plumage)
Red Kneed Dotterel
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Pink-eared Ducks
Lagoon at the Gatton Campus of UQ
Plumed Whistling Ducks
Pied Stilts
Red-rumped Parrot
Woodswallow
Cattle Egret (on cattle)
Yellow-rumped Thornbills
Skylark
Welcome Swallows
Ground Cuckoo Shrike
Pale-headed Rosella
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Brown Quail

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