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A wild chase for a Caribbean rarity was a big success -- I got two life birds out of it!

Key West (04/30/09)
281) Dickcissel (L)
282) Western Spindalis (L)

 

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I took my first trip ever to the Dry Tortugas National Park, where I had a fantastic time and picked up many year birds and a life bird (only spot in the USA to get Masked Booby!).

Dry Tortugas National Park (05/03/09)
283) Brown Booby
284) Sooty Tern
285) Brown Noddy
286) Bridled Tern
287) Bobolink
288) Chestnut-sided Warbler
289) Masked Booby (L)

Key West Airport (05/03/09)
290) Antillean Nighthawk (L)

A report yesterday about a White-rumped Sandpiper at Cutler Wetlands in southern Miami-Dade county was good enough of a reason for me to head out down south to go see it. There were many shorebirds around in this small parcel of habitat, including Black-necked Stilt, Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Killdeer, and Semipalmated Plover.

Cutler Wetlands (05/07/09)
291) Semipalmated Sandpiper
292) White-rumped Sandpiper

 

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On May 9th, Miami-Dade County had its North American Migration Count. I volunteered for two of the best migrant traps in the county -- A.D. Barnes Park and Matheson Hammock. Although migration is well past its peak in South Florida, we still managed to find 9 species of warbler for the day -- one of which is one of the more sought after migrants, with a very narrow migration window to find them -- Connecticut Warbler!

A.D. Barnes Park (05/09/09)
293) Connecticut Warbler

On May 16th, I went with the local chapter of the Audubon Society to look for Mangrove Cuckoo and other Florida Keys specialties. We managed to find most of our target birds, including Black-whiskered Vireo, Gray Kingbird, Reddish Egret, and White-crowned Pigeon. However, the best was saved for last as a Mangrove Cuckoo flew right over the path over our heads. It was soon joined by a second Mangrove Cuckoo being chased by a Great Crested Flycatcher! A great way to end our birding excursion -- with a much desired year and life bird.

Key West State Botanical Site (05/16/09)
294) Mangrove Cuckoo (L)

 

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From May 18th to the 28th, I was in Costa Rica on my first big birding adventure in the neotropics. I had a fantastic time, seeing 301 species of bird in the course of 10 days. I used public transportation and created my own itinerary. This country was very safe and easy to travel in, so I recommend it heartily to anyone with any doubts about visiting. My first stop on the trip was the Pacific lowlands. I decided to stay at the small town of Tarcoles at Hotel Carara, which was affordable and gave me access to birding sites in the area such as the Tarcoles Beach, Tarcoles River, and Carara National Park.

Costa Rica: Carara National Park, Tarcoles River, Tarcoles (05/18-05/20/09)
295) Great-tailed Grackle (L)
296) Red-billed Pigeon (L)
297) Clay-colored Thrush (L)
298) Scarlet Macaw (L)
299) Yellow-headed Caracara (L)
300) Great Kiskadee
301) Inca Dove (L)
302) Rufous-naped Wren (L)
303) Hoffmann's Woodpecker (L)
304) Groove-billed Ani (L)
305) Yellow-bellied Elaenia
306) Gray-breasted Martin
307) Green Kingfisher (L)
308) Mangrove Swallow (L)
309) Blue-gray Tanager
310) Ruddy Ground-Dove
311) Bank Swallow
312) Common Tody-Flycatcher
313) Rose-throated Becard (L)
314) Mangrove Vireo (L)
315) Streak-headed Woodcreeper (L)
316) Common Black-Hawk (L)
317) White-throated Magpie-Jay (L)
318) Yellow-naped Amazon (L)
319) Ringed Kingfisher (L)
320) Red-legged Honeycreeper (L)
321) Orange-chinned Parakeet
322) Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet (L)
323) Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (L)
324) Dot-winged Antwren (L)
325) Barred Antshrike (L)
326) Black-hooded Antshrike (L)
327) Rufous-and-white Wren (L)
328) Stripe-throated Hermit
329) Northern Bentbill (L)
330) Orange-collared Manakin (L)
331) Lesser Greenlet (L)
332) Pale-billed Woodpecker (L)
333) White-tipped Dove
334) Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (L)
335) Black-throated Trogon (L)
336) Yellow-green Vireo (L)
337) Piratic Flycatcher (L)
338) Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher (L)
339) White-whiskered Puffbird (L)
340) Plain Xenops (L)
341) Boat-billed Heron (L)
342) Plumbeous Kite (L)
343) Northern Jacana (L)
344) Slaty-tailed Trogon (L)
345) Amazon Kingfisher (L)
346) Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (L)
347) Purple-crowned Fairy (L)
348) Yellow-throated Euphonia (L)
349) Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet (L)
350) Scrub Euphonia (L)
351) Northern Royal Flycatcher (L)
352) Great Tinamou (L)
353) Muscovy Duck (L)
354) Scaly-breasted Hummingbird (L)
355) Gray-chested Dove (L)
356) Rufous-breasted Wren (L)
357) Turquoise-browed Motmot (L)
358) Blue-black Grassquit (L)
359) White-collared Seedeater (L)
360) Collared Plover (L)
361) Double-striped Thick-knee (L)
362) Panama Flycatcher (L)
363) Red-lored Amazon (L)
364) Neotropic Cormorant (L)
365) Orange-fronted Parakeet (L)
366) Gray-necked Wood-Rail (L)
367) Variable Seedeater (L)
368) Orange-billed Sparrow (L)
369) Buff-throated Saltator (L)
370) Blue-crowned Motmot (L)
371) Rufous-capped Warbler (L)
372) Brown Jay (L)
373) Long-tailed Manakin (L)
374) Gray Hawk (L)
375) Social Flycatcher
376) Black-headed Trogon (L)
377) Stripe-headed Sparrow (L)
378) Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl (L)
379) Melodious Blackbird (L)
380) Cherrie's Tanager (L)
381) Tropical Gnatcatcher (L)
382) Squirrel Cuckoo
383) Mangrove Hummingbird (L)
384) American Pygmy Kingfisher (L)
385) Black-and-white Owl (L)

 

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After birding the Pacific coast of Costa Rica at Tarcoles and Carara National Park, I headed to Orotina (for staked out Black-and-white Owl) and then San Jose, where I jumped on the bus for Monteverde. For the next couple of days, I stayed at El Bosque Lodge where I had a fantastic time -- eleven species of hummingbird, three male Resplendent Quetzals, Mottled Owl, and a displaying Three-wattled Bellbird were among the gems I saw during my stay.

Costa Rica: Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Santa Elena Cloud Forest Reserve, Hummingbird Gallery (05/21-05/23/09)
386) Crimson-fronted Parakeet (L)
387) Rufous-collared Sparrow (L)
388) Grayish Saltator
389) Ruddy Pigeon (L)
390) Steely-vented Hummingbird (L)
391) Yellow-faced Grassquit (L)
392) White-collared Swift (L)
393) Plain Wren (L)
394) Boat-billed Flycatcher (L)
395) Fork-tailed Emerald (L)
396) Blue-and-white Swallow (L)
397) Purple-throated Mountain-gem (L)
398) Emerald Toucanet (L)
399) Orange-bellied Trogon (L)
400) Prong-billed Barbet (L)
401) Spangle-cheeked Tanager (L)
402) Green-crowned Brilliant (L)
403) Green Violetear (L)
404) Violet Sabrewing (L)
405) Bananaquit
406) Magenta-throated Woodstar (L)
407) Stripe-tailed Hummingbird (L)
408) Resplendent Quetzal (L)
409) Coppery-headed Emerald (L)
410) Golden-bellied Flycatcher (L)
411) Slate-throated Whitestart
412) Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (L)
413) Black-faced Solitaire (L)
414) Three-striped Warbler (L)
415) Black Guan (L)
416) Common Bush-Tanager (L)
417) Golden-browed Chlorophonia (L)
418) Yellow-thighed Finch (L)
419) Azure-hooded Jay (L)
420) Tropical Pewee (L)
421) Slay-backed Nightingale-Thrush (L)
422) White-throated Thrush (L)
423) Yellowish Flycatcher (L)
424) Green Hermit (L)
425) Smoky-brown Woodpecker (L)
426) Streak-breasted Treehunter (L)
427) White-fronted Amazon (L)
428) Keel-billed Toucan (L)
429) Mottled Owl (L)
430) White-naped Brush-Finch (L)
431) Dusky-capped Flycatcher
432) Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush (L)
433) White-eared Ground-Sparrow (L)
434) Olive-striped Flycatcher (L)
435) Mountain Thrush (L)
436) Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush (L)
437) Black-thighed Grosbeak (L)
438) Collared Whitestart (L)
439) Ruddy Treerunner (L)
440) Spotted Barbtail (L)
441) Olive-sided Flycatcher (L)
442) Immaculate Antbird (L)
443) Silvery-fronted Tapaculo (L)
444) Ochraceous Wren (L)
445) Silver-throated Tanager (L)
446) Red-faced Spinetail (L)
447) Paltry Tyrannulet (L)
448) Slaty Antwren (L)
449) Tufted Flycatcher (L)
450) Mountain Elaenia (L)
451) Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher (L)
452) Elegant Euphonia (L)
453) Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (L)
454) Three-wattled Bellbird (L)

 

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For the third part of my Costa Rica trip, I decided to visit the Caribbean foothills and lowlands. On May 24th, I birded the Quebrada Gonzalez Trail in Braulio Carillo National Park with birdforum's very own 'birdingcraft', who helped me find many great birds. The pace of birding did not slow down in the lowlands, where birding around El Gavilan Lodge's secondary growth and riparian gallery forest and La Selva's primary forest was extremely productive.

Costa Rica: Caribbean foothills and lowlands at Braulio Carillo National Park, La Selva OTS, and El Gavilan Lodge (05/24-05/26/09)
455) Collared Aracari (L)
456) Montezuma Oropendola (L)
457) Green Honeycreeper
458) Chestnut-backed Antbird (L)
459) Black-faced Grosbeak (L)
460) Black-and-yellow Tanager (L)
461) Speckled Tanager (L)
462) Short-billed Pigeon (L)
463) White-vented Euphonia (L)
464) Violet-crowned Woodnymph (L)
465) Cinnamon Woodpecker (L)
466) Tawny-capped Euphonia (L)
467) Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant (L)
468) Nightingale Wren (L)
469) Crested Guan (L)
470) White-ruffed Manakin (L)
471) Stripe-breasted Wren (L)
472) Scarlet-rumped Cacique (L)
473) White-throated Shrike-Tanager (L)
474) Dusky-faced Tanager (L)
475) Olive Tanager (L)
476) Tawny-crested Tanager (L)
477) Spotted Woodcreeper (L)
478) White-shouldered Tanager (L)
479) Blue-and-gold Tanager (L)
480) Russet Antshrike (L)
481) Bat Falcon (L)
482) Black-cheeked Woodpecker (L)
483) American Dipper (L)
484) Plain-brown Woodcreeper
485) White-breasted Wood-Wren (L)
486) Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner (L)
487) Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush (L)
488) Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (L)
489) Palm Tanager
490) Passerini's Tanager (L)
491) Bay Wren (L)
492) Black-cowled Oriole (L)
493) White-crowned Parrot (L)
494) Black-hooded Saltator (L)
495) Yellow-billed Cacique (L)
496) Golden-hooded Tanager (L)
497) Mealy Amazon (L)
498) Band-backed Wren (L)
499) Sunbittern (L)
500) Buff-rumped Warbler (L)
501) Rufous-tailed Jacamar
502) Black-crowned Tityra (L)
503) Yellow-crowned Euphonia (L)
504) Southern Rough-winged Swallow
505) Black-throated Wren (L)
506) Long-tailed Tyrant (L)
507) Band-tailed Barbthroat (L)
508) Pale-vented Pigeon (L)
509) Gray-headed Chachalaca (L)
510) Gray-capped Flycatcher (L)
511) White-collared Manakin (L)
512) Fasciated Antshrike (L)
513) Great Antshrike (L)
514) Lineated Woodpecker (L)
515) Yellow-olive Flycatcher (L)
516) Rufous Motmot (L)
517) Long-billed Starthroat (L)
518) White-ringed Flycatcher (L)
519) Red-throated Ant-Tanager (L)
520) Olive-throated Parakeet (L)
521) Cinnamon Becard (L)
522) Ochre-bellied Flycatcher (L)
523) Pied Puffbird (L)
524) Masked Tityra
525) Broad-billed Motmot (L)
526) Northern Barred Woodcreeper (L)
527) Olive-backed Euphonia (L)
528) Purple-throated Fruitcrow (L)
529) Great Curassow (L)

 

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Finally, the fourth and last segment of my Costa Rica trip was spent in Cerro de la Muerte and the Dota region. It was COLD! The high altitude also often left me a bit short of breath when trying to hike quickly uphill. The birds here were a bit unusual and less afraid of people than at other locations. I felt like I was in an island ecosystem, except that the "island" was surrounded by lower elevations instead of an ocean. Many of the species I saw were endemic to the area.

Costa Rica: Cerro de la Muerte, Savegre, Mirador de Quetzales (05/26-05/28/09)
530) Slaty Flowerpiercer (L)
531) Large-footed Finch (L)
532) Fiery-throated Hummingbird (L)
533) Magnificent Hummingbird (L)
534) Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush (L)
535) Spot-crowned Woodcreeper (L)
536) Sooty Thrush (L)
537) Long-tailed Silky-Flycatcher (L)
538) Band-tailed Pigeon (L)
539) Flame-colored Tanager (L)
540) Black-and-yellow Silky-Flycatcher (L)
541) Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager (L)
542) Black-capped Flycatcher (L)
543) Yellow-bellied Siskin (L)
544) Flame-throated Warbler (L)
545) Yellow-winged Vireo (L)
546) Volcano Hummingbird (L)
547) White-throated Mountain-gem (L)
548) Acorn Woodpecker (L)
549) Sulphur-winged Parakeet (L)

 

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After coming back from Costa Rica, it has taken a little while to get used to the slower pace of birding in Florida. A pelagic trip on May 30th was relatively uneventful. A trip into Everglades National Park was immediately successful for Northern Bobwhite -- I didn't even have to get out of my car because the birds were walking around in the grassy meridian!

Miami-Dade Pelagic Trip (05/30/09)
550) Wilson's Storm-Petrel (L)

Everglades National Park (06/02/09)
551) Northern Bobwhite

 

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From June 13 to June 21, I went on a Tropical Audubon sponsored trip to southern California, where we visited the Palos Verde Peninsula, Santa Cruz Island, the Kern River Preserve, Giant Sequoia National Monument, Mojave Desert, and Salton Sea. I saw 181 species of birds, including both endemics (Island Scrub-Jay and Yellow-billed Magpie). Out of this trip list, 91 birds were life birds and an additional 5 species were new to me for the ABA area. This is turning out to be a great birding year for me!

Southern California (06/13-06/21/09)
552) Western Gull (L)
553) Common Raven (L)
554) California Towhee (L)
555) Cliff Swallow
556) White-throated Swift (L)
557) Heermann's Gull (L)
558) California Gnatcatcher (L)
559) Lesser Goldfinch (ABA L)
560) Bushtit (L)
561) Black Phoebe (L)
562) Pelagic Cormorant (L)
563) Brewer's Blackbird (L)
564) Western Grebe (L)
565) Brandt's Cormorant (L)
566) Sooty Shearwater (L)
567) Black Oystercatcher (L)
568) Pacific-slope Flycatcher (L)
569) Pigeon Guillemot (L)
570) Black-chinned Hummingbird (L)
571) Allen's Hummingbird (L)
572) Island Scrub-Jay (L)
573) Bewick's Wren (L)
574) Spotted Towhee (L)
575) Rufous-crowned Sparrow (L)
576) Pink-footed Shearwater (L)
577) Brant Goose (L)
578) Elegant Tern (L)
579) Western Scrub-Jay (L)
580) Western Bluebird (L)
581) California Quail (L)
582) Nuttall's Woodpecker (L)
583) Dark-eyed Junco (L)
584) Oak Titmouse (L)
585) Violet-green Swallow (L)
586) Black-headed Grosbeak (L)
587) Western Wood-Pewee (L)
588) Wrentit (L)
589) Chestnut-backed Chickadee (L)
590) Cinnamon Teal (L)
591) Anna's Hummingbird (L)
592) Clark's Grebe (L)
593) California Thrasher (L)
594) Hooded Oriole (L)
595) Yellow-billed Magpie (L)
596) Horned Lark
597) Warbling Vireo (L)
598) Western Meadowlark (L)
599) Brewer's Sparrow (L)
600) Steller's Jay (L)
601) Pygmy Nuthatch (L)
602) Fox Sparrow (L)
603) Mountain Chickadee (L)
604) Dusky Flycatcher (L)
605) White-headed Woodpecker (L)
606) Green-tailed Towhee (L)
607) Calliope Hummingbird (L)
608) Clark's Nutcracker (L)
609) Tricolored Blackbird (L)
610) Willow Flycatcher (L)
611) Western Tanager (L)
612) Townsend's Solitaire (L)
613) Red-breasted Nuthatch (L)
614) Red-breasted Sapsucker (L)
615) Black Swift (L)
616) MacGillivray's Warbler (L)
617) Hammond's Flycatcher (L)
618) Hermit Warbler (L)
619) Purple Finch (L)
620) Costa's Hummingbird (L)
621) Verdin (L)
622) Black-throated Sparrow (L)
623) Phainopepla (L)
624) Mountain Quail (L)
625) Sage Sparrow (L)
626) Plumbeous Vireo (L)
627) Rock Wren (L)
628) Scott's Oriole (L)
629) Pinyon Jay (L)
630) Cactus Wren (L)
631) Eared Grebe (L)
632) California Gull (L)
633) Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (L)
634) Abert's Towhee (L)
635) White-faced Ibis (L)
636) Greater Roadrunner (L)
637) Yellow-footed Gull (L)
638) Gambel's Quail (L)
639) Gila Woodpecker (L)
640) Greater White-fronted Goose (L)
641) Cackling Goose (L)
642) Vermilion Flycatcher (L)
643) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (L)
644) Cassin's Kingbird (L)
645) Yellow-breasted Chat
646) Red-crowned Amazon (L)

 

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I am currently in the land down under for 4 months in a study abroad program at the University of Wollongong. Although lacking a car, I have come across several people generous enough to help me out on my quest to see as many Australian birds as I can while I am here. Here is the first batch of birds for the month of July, which includes birds seen on sight seeing trips to Canberra and Sydney, hikes around the Mt. Keira rainforest, and even my first Wollongong pelagic! Needless to say, all the birds are life birds on this list so I won't even bother with the (L):

647 Noisy Miner
648 Crested Pigeon
649 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
650 Australian Magpie
651 Rainbow Lorikeet
652 Masked Lapwing
653 Galah
654 White-faced Heron
655 Magpie-lark
656 Australian Raven
657 Red Wattlebird
658 Purple Swamphen
659 Maned Duck
660 Dusky Moorhen
661 Hardhead
662 Pacific Black Duck
663 Silver Gull
664 Laughing Kookaburra
665 Welcome Swallow
666 Little Wattlebird
667 Black-browed Albatross
668 Little Wattlebird
669 Sooty Oystercatcher
670 Superb Fairywren
671 Chestnut Teal
672 Little Pied Cormorant
673 Willie-Wagtail
674 Yellow Thornbill
675 Australian Pelican
676 European Goldfinch
677 Silvereye
678 New Holland Honeyeater
679 Lewin's Honeyeater
680 Grey Fantail
681 Little Black Cormorant
682 Grey Teal
683 Golden Whistler
684 Kelp Gull
685 Spotted Dove
686 Eastern Rosella
687 Grey Butcherbird
688 Crimson Rosella
689 White-browed Scrubwren
690 Brown Thornbill
691 Eastern Yellow Robin
692 Grey Shrike-thrush
693 Australian King Parrot
694 White-winged Chough
695 Pied Currawong
696 White-plumed Honeyeater
697 Red-rumped Parrot
698 Australian White Ibis
699 Brown Gerygone
700 Brown Cuckoo-dove
701 Australian Brush-Turkey
702 Wedge-tailed Eagle
703 White-throated Treecreeper
704 Satin Bowerbird
705 Eurasian Coot
706 Bar-tailed Godwit
707 Black-fronted Dotterel
708 White-headed Stilt
709 Royal Spoonbill
710 Common Greenshank
711 Black Swan
712 Little Egret
713 Pied Oystercatcher
714 Red-browed Finch
715 Yellow-rumped Thornbill
716 Darter
717 Pied Cormorant
718 Red-capped Plover
719 Double-banded Plover
720 Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
721 Fan-tailed Cuckoo
722 Straw-necked Ibis
723 Eastern Spinebill
724 Australasian Gannet
725 Fluttering Shearwater
726 Yellow-nosed Albatross
727 White-fronted Tern
728 Hutton's Shearwater
729 Brown Skua
730 Shy Albatross
731 Providence Petrel
732 Wandering Albatross
733 Grey-headed Albatross
734 Northern Giant-Petrel
735 Australasian Figbird
736 Green Catbird
737 Variegated Fairywren
738 Eastern Whipbird
739 Tree Martin
740 Buff-banded Rail
741 Red-necked Avocet
742 Australasian Grebe
743 Australian Hobby

 

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Here is my list of new birds for the month of August, including a second Wollongong pelagic, a trip to Royal National Park, and more general birding in the Wollongong area:

744 Striated Thornbill
745 Olive-backed Oriole
746 Wonga Pigeon
747 White-eared Honeyeater
748 Yellow-faced Honeyeater
749 Brown-headed Honeyeater
750 Nankeen Kestrel
751 Spotted Pardalote
752 Rose Robin
753 Long-billed Corella
754 Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
755 Fairy Martin
756 Australasian Shoveler
757 Little Corella
758 Australasian Pipit
759 Brown Goshawk
760 Musk Duck
761 Hoary-headed Grebe
762 Striated Heron
763 Bassian Thrush
764 Large-billed Scrubwren
765 Crested Shrike-tit
766 Red-browed Treecreeper
767 Superb Lyrebird
768 Black-shouldered Kite
769 White-necked Heron
770 Yellow-throated Scrubwren
771 Grey Goshawk
772 White-naped Honeyeater
773 Painted Buttonquail
774 Eurasian Blackbird
775 Swamp Harrier
776 Noisy Friarbird
777 Wedge-tailed Shearwater
778 Little Penguin
779 Southern Giant-Petrel
780 Buller's Albatross
781 Cape Petrel
782 Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
783 Rockwarbler
784 Golden-headed Cisticola
785 Noisy Pitta

 

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And finally, my tally for the month of September, which includes productive outings to the Sydney Hawksbury region (thank you Akos Lumnitzer for showing me around!) and Shoalhaven Heads near the town of Nowra:

786 Tawny Frogmouth
787 Scarlet Honeyeater
788 Southern Logrunner
789 Red-necked Stint
790 Greater Sandplover
791 Eastern Reef-Egret
792 Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
793 Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
794 Square-tailed Kite
795 Common Bronzewing
796 Brown Quail
797 Dusky Woodswallow
798 Australian Reed-Warbler
799 Little Grassbird
800 Rufous Whistler
801 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
802 Red-kneed Dotterel
803 Wood Sandpiper
804 Baillon's Crake
805 Brown Falcon
806 Intermediate Egret
807 Weebill
808 Flame Robin
809 Great Crested Grebe
810 Striated Pardalote
811 Pilotbird
812 Sacred Kingfisher
813 White-headed Pigeon
814 Musk Lorikeet
815 Whistling Kite
816 White-cheeked Honeyeater
817 Far Eastern Curlew
818 Pacific Golden-Plover
819 Azure Kingfisher
820 Topknot Pigeon

 

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During my spring recess here at the University of Wollongong, I decided to take a road trip that would stretch from Brisbane on the coast, through Mt. Glorious, to Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley, and onward to Cunnamulla in the arid 'Outback.' I befriended several birders along the way, whose help was indispensable in helping me find many of the local specialties -- a big thank you to them, as my trip would not have been a success without their help! I recorded 223 species of bird during my trip, half of which were new to me. I had a blast exploring the many faces and ecosystems of southern Queensland:

Southern Queensland (09/25-10/03)

821 Torresian Crow
822 Brown Honeyeater
823 Mangrove Gerygone
824 Red-backed Fairywren
825 Brahminy Kite
826 Lesser Sandplover
827 Curlew Sandpiper
828 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
829 Mangrove Honeyeater
830 Pied Butcherbird
831 Blue-faced Honeyeater
832 Black-tailed Godwit
833 Great Knot
834 Collared Kingfisher
835 Leaden Flycatcher
836 Rainbow Bee-eater
837 Yellow-billed Spoonbill
838 Comb-crested Jacana
839 Cotton Pygmy-Goose
840 Forest Kingfisher
841 White-throated Honeyeater
842 Whiskered Tern
843 White-breasted Woodswallow
844 Little Bronze-Cuckoo
845 Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
846 Spangled Drongo
847 Varied Sittella
848 Black-faced Monarch
849 Peaceful Dove
850 Bar-shouldered Dove
851 White-throated Gerygone
852 Striped Honeyeater
853 Restless Flycatcher
854 White-eared Monarch
855 Dollarbird
856 Pheasant Coucal
857 Pale-headed Rosella
858 Little Lorikeet
859 Emerald Dove
860 Pale-yellow Robin
861 Russet-tailed Thrush
862 Rufous Fantail
863 Chestnut-breasted Munia
864 Plumed Whistling-duck
865 Pallid Cuckoo
866 Black-necked Stork
867 Black Falcon
868 Black Kite
869 Cockatiel
870 Magpie Goose
871 Pink-eared Duck
872 Bue-billed Duck
873 Buff-rumped Thornbill
874 Fuscous Honeyeater
875 Speckled Warbler
876 Apostlebird
877 Mallee Ringneck
878 Spotted Bowerbird
879 Emu
880 Red-backed Kingfisher
881 Zebra Finch
882 Chestnut-crowned Babbler
883 Black-tailed Native-hen
884 Yellow-throated Miner
885 Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
886 Diamond Dove
887 Black-faced Woodswallow
888 Jacky Winter
889 Major Mitchell's Cockatoo
890 Red-winged Parrot
891 Brown Treecreeper
892 Chestnut-rumped Thornbill
893 Rufous Songlark
894 Hooded Robin
895 Mulga Parrot
896 Blue Bonnet
897 Black Honeyeater
898 Double-barred Finch
899 Splendid Fairywren
900 Southern Whiteface
901 Crested Bellbird
902 Little Friarbird
903 Singing Honeyeater
904 Red-capped Robin
905 Masked Woodswallow
906 Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush
907 Crimson Chat
908 Mistletoebird
909 Little Woodswallow
910 White-winged Triller
911 White-browed Treecreeper
912 Ground Cuckooshrike
913 Channel-billed Cuckoo
914 Spectacled Monarch
915 Varied Triller
916 Regent Bowerbird
917 Little Shrike-thrush
918 White-bellied Cuckooshrike
919 Banded Lapwing
920 Wandering Whistling-duck
921 Wompoo Fruit-Dove
922 Bell Miner

Immediately after my trip in Queensland, I had a bird outing with the local birding club which helped me garner a few more species to my ever growing life/year list:

Lake Illawarra and Windang estuary system (10/04)

923 Grey-tailed Tattler
924 Latham's Snipe
925 White-winged Black Tern