At the end of November 2018 I was invited to ‘guide’ bird-walks at the Wild Mountains venue on the ‘Scenic-Rim’ in South-east Queensland. The trip was designed to coincide with the annual ‘Scrub-Jam’. I arrived early and did some reconnaissance, doing walks in various habitats such as rainforest and eucalypt, finding such ‘delights’ as Glossy Black-Cockatoo, Noisy Pitta, Paradise Riflebird and Crested Shrike-tit (…amongst others) The ‘designated’ walk itself went quite successfully with about 10 people turning up and around and 40+ species seen
Please have a look through this post and let me know what you think, I’ve created it with the new WordPress 5 software so there may be some errors or problems. ‘Wild Mountains’ is a wonderful area and a great place to visit if you love nature….please give me some ‘feed-back’.
Barred Cuckooshrike 
Wompoo Pigeon 
Dollarbird on Tartar Creek Rd
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List of species observed (28 November to 3 December 2018)
| Birds | |
| Brown Quail | Synoicus ypsilophorus |
| White-headed Pigeon | Columba leucomela |
| Brown Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia phasianella |
| Pacific Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps longirostris |
| Wompoo Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus magnificus |
| Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus regina |
| Topknot Pigeon | Lopholaimus antarcticus |
| Channel-billed Cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae |
| Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx lucidus |
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis |
| Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus |
| Australian Owlet-nightjar | Aegotheles cristatus |
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus |
| Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus |
| Laughing Kookaburra | Dacelo novaeguineae |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus |
| Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus |
| Glossy Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus lathami |
| Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus funereus |
| Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua galerita |
| Australian King-Parrot | Alisterus scapularis |
| Crimson Rosella | Platycercus elegans |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus |
| Noisy Pitta | Pitta versicolor |
| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis |
| Green Catbird | Ailuroedus crassirostris |
| Regent Bowerbird | Sericulus chrysocephalus |
| Satin Bowerbird | Ptilonorhynchus violaceus |
| White-throated Treecreeper | Cormobates leucophaea |
| Variegated Fairywren | Malurus lamberti |
| Red-backed Fairywren | Malurus melanocephalus |
| Eastern Spinebill | Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris |
| Lewin’s Honeyeater | Meliphaga lewinii |
| Yellow-faced Honeyeater | Caligavis chrysops |
| Bell Miner | Manorina melanophrys |
| Scarlet Honeyeater | Myzomela sanguinolenta |
| White-naped Honeyeater | Melithreptus lunatus |
| Spotted Pardalote | Pardalotus punctatus |
| Striated Pardalote | Pardalotus striatus |
| Yellow-throated Scrubwren | Sericornis citreogularis |
| White-browed Scrubwren | Sericornis frontalis |
| Brown Thornbill | Acanthiza pusilla |
| Striated Thornbill | Acanthiza lineata |
| White-throated Gerygone | Gerygone olivacea |
| Brown Gerygone | Gerygone mouki |
| Eastern Whipbird | Psophodes olivaceus |
| Pied Currawong | Strepera graculina |
| Barred Cuckooshrike | Coracina lineata |
| Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae |
| Varied Triller | Lalage leucomela |
| Common Cicadabird | Edolisoma tenuirostre |
| Crested Shrike-tit | Falcunculus frontatus |
| Grey Shrikethrush | Colluricincla harmonica |
| Little Shrikethrush | Colluricincla megarhyncha |
| Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis |
| Rufous Whistler | Pachycephala rufiventris |
| Olive-backed Oriole | Oriolus sagittatus |
| Australasian Figbird | Sphecotheres vieilloti |
| Spangled Drongo | Dicrurus bracteatus |
| Grey Fantail | Rhipidura albiscapa |
| White-eared Monarch | Carterornis leucotis |
| Black-faced Monarch | Monarcha melanopsis |
| Spectacled Monarch | Symposiachrus trivirgatus |
| Torresian Crow | Corvus orru |
| Paradise Riflebird | Ptiloris paradiseus |
| Pale-yellow Robin | Tregellasia capito |
| Eastern Yellow Robin | Eopsaltria australis |
| Welcome Swallow | Hirundo neoxena |
| Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis |
| Russet-tailed Thrush | Zoothera heinei |
| Mistletoebird | Dicaeum hirundinaceum |
| Red-browed Finch | Neochmia temporalis |
| Mammals | |
| Koala | Phascolarctos cinereus |
| Dingo | Canis familiaris |
| Red-necked Wallaby | Macropus rufogriseus |
| Red-necked Pademelon | Thylogale thetis |
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