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Geham NP

Leaden flycatcher (Myiagra rubecula) – adult and juvenile – Photo: Tony Bond

Maintaining something of a tradition for first excursion of the year, our local BirdLife group (8 participants) today visited Geham National Park.

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Bunya Mountains KBA

Green catbird – Ailuroedus crassirostris Photo: Ann Alcock

Once again we finished the year with a great weekend in the Bunya Mountains completing surveys for the Key Biodiversity Area programme.

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Lockyer Uplands Private Property #4

Leaden Flycatcher – Myiagra rubecula – Photo: Mitchell Roberts

Our fourth joint activity in 2023 with Toowoomba Bird Observers club, for the bird survey of private properties of members of Lockyer Uplands Catchments Inc., was planned for an early start in case of hot weather. As it turned out, we had overcast conditions all day with low cloud, mist and periods of light rain!

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Jondaryan and surrounds

Variegated Fairywren Malurus lamberti Photo: Scot McPhie

Our team of four observers enjoyed a relaxing time observing the birds of the Jondaryan area on a mild to warm, windy morning.

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Myall Park Botanic Gardens and Surrounds

Spotted bowerbird Chlamydera maculata Photo: Roger Jaensch

Over the King’s birthday long weekend five of us stayed at the Myall Park Botanic Gardens and did surveys there and in surrounding areas of importance.

All up it was a fantastic long weekend with some really great birding!

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Upper Redwood Park

Lewin’s Honeyeaters Meliphaga lewinii Photo: Mitchell Roberts

Having spent a lot of time in Redwood Park in 2020 and early 2021 to do our study of the birdlife of the park, it was fun to revisit some of those sites.

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Highfields Falls

Highfields Falls is definitely one of the best birding spots in the Toowoomba region.

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Lockyer Uplands Private Property #3

Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis Photo: Mitchell Roberts

The on-site briefing for our joint BirdLife-TBO contribution to the LUCI bird survey project was interrupted when a passing vehicle flushed two or three Glossy Black-Cockatoos.

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Ruthven Street South Bushland Reserve

Spotted pardalote – Pardalotus punctatus Photo credit: Mitchell Roberts

The first visit by our group to the bushland reserve ‘Ruthven St South’ on Toowoomba’s southern edge proved to be enjoyable, with relatively rich birdlife.

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Lockyer Uplands Private Property #2

Eastern yellow robin – Eopsaltria australis – Photo: Mitchell Roberts

This outing was the second in 2023 combining the members of BirdLife and of Toowoomba Bird Observers, to survey birds on private properties in the Lockyer Uplands.