Birding at Yelarbon

23 July 2016

DUMARESQ RIVER - YELARBON QLD

A weekend away fishing also resulted in some some great wildlife sightings on the edges of the Dumaresq river at Yelarbon in Queensland.  Peregrine Falcons were without a doubt the highlight, with it being a few years since I have seen one, it was also a first sighting for our son. He also was impressed to see Emus in the wild.

Bird list includes:

Apostle bird
White winged Chough
Indian myna
Magpie
Whistling kite
Mud lark
Crow
Scaly breasted lorikeets 
Nankeen kestrel
Gilbert (Willie Wagtail)
Galah
Swallow
Pelican.
Crested pigeon
Sulfur crested cockatoo.
Bently
Peregrine falcon
Brown honeyeater
Little pied cormorant 
Azure  kingfisher 
Correla
Chuckles (Tawny Frogmouth)
Wood duck
pacific Black duck
Little egrets 
Yellow spoonbill
Golden whistler
Wrens
Red-rumps
Whistling kite
Pardalote
Kookaburra
Noisy miner
Darter
Grey crowned babbler
Richards pipit
Masked plover
White ibis
White necked heron.
Black shouldered kite
White plumed h/eater 
Brown falcon

Unfortunately the full moon didn't guarantee much fishing success for us this time, but a few more european carp were removed from the river.


B & C Gray



Brown Falcon, Yelarbon, 23/07/16

Yellow-billed Spoonbill at Yelarbon 23/07/17




Little Corella at Yelarbon, 23/07/16

White-plumed Honeyeater at Yelarbon, 23/07/16


Pacific Black Ducks taking off from the Dumaresq River, Yelarbon 23/07/16


Rufous Whistler, Yelarbon 23/07/16

Female Superb-Blue Fairy Wren, Yelarbon 23/07/16

Interested in your thoughts on the i.d. of this one?  Darter maybe??

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