Only half an hour north-west of Toowoomba, Jondaryan is a birding hotspot and well known as a reliable site to see Painted honeyeaters at the end of the year.
We surveyed two of the four 2020 plots along the Warrego Highway, but the noise of traffic ‘drove’ us away from doing the remaining two plots. Birds were quiet there two although we did hear two Painted Honeyeaters near the railway line, over the highway.
Then we did three new 2ha plots on the northern side, north of the coal facility and grain storage (we did general observations there last time). These plots were very rewarding, keeping us busy. Two of them had Painted Honeyeaters singing boldly and probably there was a third bird nearby. We watched a ‘family’ of four Ground Cuckoo-shrikes.
Lastly, we looked at Leahy Road in Jondaryan where we encountered another two Painted Honeyeaters: thus, at least six in total for the morning.
The survey results are in birdata here.
In total 46 species were sighted on the day
| Apostlebird | Struthidea cinerea |
| Australian Magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen |
| Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina novaehollandiae |
| Brown Honeyeater | Lichmera indistincta |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis |
| Crested Pigeon | Ocyphaps lophotes |
| Double-barred Finch | Taeniopygia bichenovii |
| Grey Butcherbird | Cracticus torquatus |
| Grey Fantail | Rhipidura fuliginosa |
| Grey-crowned Babbler | Pomatostomus temporalis |
| Ground Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina maxima |
| Leaden Flycatcher | Myiagra rubecula |
| Little Friarbird | Philemon citreogularis |
| Magpie-lark | Grallina cyanoleuca |
| Mistletoebird | Dicaeum hirundinaceum |
| Nankeen Kestral | Falco cenchroides |
| Noisy Friarbird | Philemon corniculatus |
| Noisy Miner | Manorina melanocephala |
| Olive-backed Oriole | Oriolus sagittatus |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa |
| Painted Honeyeater | Grantiella picta |
| Pale-headed Rosella | Platycercus adscitus |
| Pied Butcherbird | Cracticus nigrogularis |
| Pied Currawong | Strepera graculina |
| Red winged parrot | Aprosmictus erythropterus |
| Rock Dove | Columba livia |
| Rufous Songlark | Megalurus mathewsi |
| Rufous Whistler | Pachycephala rufiventris |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus |
| Scaly-breasted Lorikeet | Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus |
| Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | Chalcites lucidus |
| Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis |
| Speckled Warbler | Pyrrholaemus sagittatus |
| Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater | Acanthagenys rufogularis |
| Spotted Dove | Streptopelia chinensis |
| Striped Honeyeater | Plectorhyncha lanceolata |
| Superb Fairy-wren | Malurus cyaneus |
| Torresian Crow | Corvus orru |
| Weebill | Smicrornis brevirostris |
| White faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae |
| White-winged Chough | Corcorax melanorhamphos |
| White-winged Triller | Lalage tricolor |
| Willie Wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys |
| Yellow-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza chrysorrhoa |
| Yellow-throated Miner | Manorina flavigula |
| Zebra Finch | Taeniopygia guttata |
