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??