This excursion, another joint activity of BirdLife and Toowoomba Bird Observers, attracted a dozen participants on a most pleasant morning.
We visited a private property along the banks of Lockyer Creek, with river pool and bank, open-forest, woodland, and farmland (grazed) habitats.
First-up the group enjoyed sweeping views of the riverine landscape from high sandstone close to the picnic area. Subsequently, we followed the creek some distance downstream with a couple of forays on to the densely vegetated creek bed where a few wetland-associated birds were encountered.
There were no obvious major sources of nectar on this visit and despite 52 bird species identified with full confidence, the bird activity seemed a little less prolific than on a similar group survey almost exactly twelve months earlier. Highlights today included Black-chinned Honeyeater (brief calls recognised only by some of the more experienced participants), Great Cormorant, Pheasant Coucals and young Dollarbirds.
| Australasian Figbird | Sphecotheres vieilloti |
| Australian Magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen |
| Bar-shouldered Dove | Geopelia humeralis |
| Black-chinned Honeyeater | Melithreptus gularis |
| Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina novaehollandiae |
| Brown Goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus |
| Brown Honeyeater | Lichmera indistincta |
| Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| Common Cicadabird | Edolisoma tenuirostre |
| Crested Pigeon | Ocyphaps lophotes |
| Double-barred Finch | Taeniopygia bichenovii |
| Eastern Whipbird | Psophodes olivaceus |
| Galah | Eolophus roseicapilla |
| Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| Grey Butcherbird | Cracticus torquatus |
| Grey Shrike-thrush | Colluricincla harmonica |
| Laughing Kookaburra | Dacelo novaeguineae |
| Lewin’s Honeyeater | Meliphaga lewinii |
| Little Friarbird | Philemon citreogularis |
| Little Lorikeet | Glossopsitta pusilla |
| Magpie-lark | Grallina cyanoleuca |
| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles |
| Mistletoebird | Dicaeum hirundinaceum |
| Noisy Friarbird | Philemon corniculatus |
| Noisy Miner | Manorina melanocephala |
| Oriental Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa |
| Pale-headed Rosella | Platycercus adscitus |
| Peaceful Dove | Geopelia placida |
| Pheasant Coucal | Centropus phasianinus |
| Pied Butcherbird | Cracticus nigrogularis |
| Pied Currawong | Strepera graculina |
| Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus moluccanus |
| Red-backed Fairy-wren | Malurus melanocephalus |
| Rufous Whistler | Pachycephala rufiventris |
| Scaly-breasted Lorikeet | Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus |
| Scarlet Honeyeater | Myzomela sanguinolenta |
| Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis |
| Spangled Drongo | Dicrurus bracteatus |
| Straw-necked Ibis | Threskiornis spinicollis |
| Striated Pardalote | Pardalotus striatus |
| Striped Honeyeater | Plectorhyncha lanceolata |
| Superb Fairy-wren | Malurus cyaneus |
| Torresian Crow | Corvus orru |
| Wedge-tailed Eagle | Aquila audax |
| Welcome Swallow | Hirundo neoxena |
| White-browed Scrubwren | Sericornis frontalis |
| Willie Wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys |
Unfortunately no further bird photos, but Howard Ward did get a good collection of insects
