Hi,
Just came back from O'Reilly's in Lamington National Park. I had a wonderfull time seeing lots of beautiful birds. My favourite bird of all was by far this guy. I was eating a biscuit when he flew down and rippd it out of my mouth. Cheeky!
Enjoy!
I am so jealous Qldbird. I have always wanted to go to O'Reilly's. I have birding friends who go there regularly for family hols. Was it a great place to stay and how long did you stay there for?
Love that shot!
Sunshine Coast Queensland
I would highly recommend it. We stayed there for 2 days.
Just a tip: DON'T GO WHEN IT IS RAINING!!!!!!!!
Thanks Perthwings,
It was well worth the visit.
I have a list of birds i saw:
Logrunner
Albert's Lyrebird
White-throated Treecreeper
Green Catbird
Regent Bowerbird
Satin Bowerbird
Eastern Yellow Robin
Yellow-throated Scrubwren
White-browed Scrubwren
Crimson Rosella
Australian King Parrot
Red-browed Finch
Lewin's Honeyeater
Topknot Pigeon
Wompoo Pigeon
Wonga Pigeon
Eastern Whipbird
Scrub Turkey
Sivereye
Pied Currawong
Welcome Swallow
Grey-shrike Thrush
White-headed Pigeon
Noisy Pitta (Heard)
Paradise Riflebird (Heard)
Wow what a great photo and a beautiful Bowerbird.
Holy !@#$%^& Qldbird.... now that is a list worth travelling for. I must get there one day.
So glad you had a holiday which was suited to your birding.
Sunshine Coast Queensland
Great photo. What a magnificent colour scheme that bird has. Hubby and I visited O'Reilly's many years ago and the parrots walked all over our heads.
Thanks so much everyone i've never had such positive feedback.
That Regent Bowerbird is spectacular. I noticed Topknot Pigeon on ur list, and couldn't help being reminded of the time i was in Syd Olympic Park, with my bro and dad, and we saw a strange dove sitting in a tree. The conclusion we came to was that it was a young Topknot. THere had been huge winds the previous day, so we think it was probably blown there, as we saw another out-of-range bird (can't remember what it was)
don't forget to have a hoot!