Birding Southern Queensland

My guesses are:
Black Duck
Coot
Little Pied Cormorant
White-faced Heron
Striated Pardalote
Elizabeth Shaw
Phillip Island
Victoria
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Hi all,

An unexpected last-minute business trip to Alice Springs a week ago

Just received this nice note from Aunty:
Dear Mr _______
I thought I would take this opportunity to send you through a quick update.
As a result of ABC viewer feedback, you may be pleased to know the ABC has
been able to identify a timeslot in QLD to re-broadcast* Australia: Land of
Parrots* on Saturday 17 May at 4pm. This broadcast will be available on

Not yet - expect a burst of newspaper stories when the toad front
reaches WA. Along the Victoria Highway the front was said to be 25km from
the WA border at the end of March. So next wet should see toads in WA.
They'll like Kununurra.
Andrew
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Aus Birders,
Back on April 14 I went to Cheetham office around noon to pick up a key and
was told there was no gate key available as they were all out. However,
after checking in the mail box the assistant found one key. At the time I
thought there must be a few people out at the salt ponds. This time I came

Re my RFI for Sooty Oystercatcher locations in North Queensland:
As Indicated in the Subject Line of my original posting about this topic I
am after information about locations on the mainland.
Locations on islands are of no interest for me.
I am sorry if there has been some confusion about my request for

Might as well have a go.
Welcome Swallow (surely?)
Wedge-tailed Eagle (good chance but may have missed in Tas?)
Brown Falcon (may have missed in SW WA - but he should have seen it at
Cheyne Beach)
Australian Magpie (may have missed in NT?)
Yellow-rumped Thornbill (my long shot)
Left out in order Tree Martin, Brown Goshawk, Collared Sparrowhawk,

I have a great desire, verging on compulsion, to take some photos of Sooty
Oystercatchers in North Queensland.
The background to this is my curiosity about the sub-species status (for
want of a better description) of Sooty Oystercatchers around Australia.
The current wisdom suggests (perhaps that should be "claims") that the

Belinda,
I would say Collared Sparrowhawk (adult) based on the length of the longest
toe and the square tail. Was it relatively small?
Greg Clancy
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Belinda
I don't claim to be an expert but I would say collared sparrowhawk, based
mainly on tail and brow.
I think it was a good idea to ask-very respectful!
Gary
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Ok today we heard a huge `raucus' in the forest and we traced it to the bird
in the photo below. It seemed pretty happy to let us approach, so I asked it
if could tell me if it is a brown Goshawk or a Collared Sparrowhawk? It
can't hurt to ask.
Anyway, being unable to speak English, it responded in what I have to

Kestrel is POSSIBLE in Tas, but very unlikely.
John Tongue,
Ulverstone, Tas
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Hi all.
My guess would be,
Australian Kestrel
Grey Fantail
Grey Shrike-thrush
Australian Magpie
Silver Gull
Cheers, Paul
Paul Hackett
Melbourne, Australia
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People might have noticed I haven't had a try yet - much easier to
sit back and tell people what doesn't work!
As Grant Brosie says, there are so many options! Wedge-tailed Eagle
could also be in there, along with Brown Falcon, Grey Fantail,
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo and Pallid Cuckoo.
So how's that for an attempt:

Sounds good for Tas,
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Hmmmmm.
Lets see if you can guess who hasn't birded in Tas?
When I re-read the question things started to dawn on me, albeit slowly....
Shamefully
Graham Turner
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Sorry Graham, four of your five guesses don't occur in Tas! (White-
plumed, Willy, Peewee and Mistletoebird) so try again!
John Tongue
Ulverstone, Tas.
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My guess,
Magpie
Galah
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Silver Gull
Tree Martin
So many options!
Can I have another go?
Cheers,
Grant
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Lots of raptors also possible.
2008/5/9 Graham Turner <ori...@ozemail.com.au>:
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Magpie, of course.
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Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] common birds - quiz [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]
Magpie-lark
Australian Magpie
Grey Butcherbird