I have recently gone to Sundown National Park and I have seen a multitude of birds. As you have probably noted from the title, yes indeed, i did see some turquoise parrots which was awesome for a brisbanite like me. I saw heaps of birds. My list includes:
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Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Speckled Warbler
Southern Whiteface
White-browed Scrubwren
Wood duck
Black duck
White-faced heron
Pied Currawong
Grey Butcherbird
Magpie
Pied Butcherbird
Galah
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Masked Lapwing
Brown Treecreeper
Common Bronzewing
Crested Pigeon
Peaceful Dove
White-winged Chough
Apostlebird
Australian Raven
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Spangled Drongo
Diamond Firetail
Double-barred Finch
Red-browed Finch
Brown Falcon
Nankeen Kestrel
Kookaburra
Fairy Martiin
Tree Martin
Welcome Swallow
Superb Fairy-wren
White-browed Babbler
King Parrot
Red-winged Parrot
Little Lorikeet
Turquoise Parrot
Pale-headed Rosella
Red-rumped Parrot
Rainbow Lorikeet
Willie Wagtail
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Scarlet Haneyeater
White-plumed Honeyeater
Noisy Friarbird
Restless Flycatcher
MIstletoebird
Jacky Winter
Here are some of my photos.
Enjoy!
Turquoise Parrot
Turquoise Parrot
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Jacky Winter
Southern Whiteface
Diamond Firetail
Brown Treecreeper
Great-crested Grebe (Taken at glenlyon dam just down the road. Very excitied to see it)
Restless Flycatcher
Wow...go Qldbird!!!! that is one hell of a list young man!!! Your pics are going from strength to strength too. Where is Sundown NP? I had better go there!
Sunshine Coast Queensland
shat a birdlist!
and great shots, especially the turquoise parrot. i would love to see one. great work qld bird.
Cheers, Owen.
Thanks Birdie, merci beaucoup (yeah im learnin' french too!). Sundown NP is on the border of NSW and QLD, south west from Stanthorpe. It was just magic. We had the park for ourselves for 2 days!!!! The bird life was unbelievable. You would drive along the road and parrots would explode form the side of the road!!
Truly amazing. And thankyou for the lovely comments, both you and Owen.
Thank you.
The biggest surprise for me was probably seeing the Grebes. I was on the way back o the boat ramp and i wanted to test my new binos. I looked through at what i thought were cormorants but to my surprise they were the grebes.
A truly special weekend.
Mate truly spectacular....what a weekend, it doesn't get any better than that mate.
I was wrapped to see the Turks, I have a soft spot for them as I used to breed them.
Thanks mate for sharing I am definately going to make that a weekend away, its only 10 hours down the road so I am there.
I am insanely jealous! What a marvelous way to spend a weekend :)
Thanks Holly. It was a great weekend
Hey Holly,
What do you think about the merger of BA and BoCA and if or when it happens will you be put out of a job and will the birds in backyards project finish?
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Is it too late to give you a photo for the new website?
I was thinking one of my southern whiteface ones and one of the turquoise parrot ones? Please tell me so i can email the to you.
Qldbird - its going to be an interesting AGM/Conservation Forum in Perth when the vote will be occuring.
BIBY is safe and not going anywhere soon. We are actually funded by a private donor but even so, it is a really important BA project and so hopefully we won't be going anywhere for a very long time. I am under the impression that the merger won't result in job losses.
Are you a member of BA or BOCA? Have you received your merger information?
What a collection! I'd be going there often if I could. The turquoise parrot is so stunning it is hard to believe it is real
@Holly
Yeah im a member of BA and i received the information about it. Im not quite sure of the what changes will occur.
@Birdgirl
Thanks Birdgirl. I had a really good time. When i first saw the "turk" i was mesmerised. How can a bird have so many bright colours!
Can't believe you saw so many birds in one place over a weekend. Must be paradise for birdwatchers. Thanks for sharing.
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