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(s = sighting, G= glimpse, h = heard, B= before tour, A=after tour)   DECEMBER 2005

* Little Bittern sightings on 2nd and 19th Dec refer to the bittern seen upstream from Stewart's Creek.

Wildlife Species

 3rd 10th 11th 12th 14th 19th 30th
Saltwater Crocodile s s s   s s s
Spectacled Flying-fox     sB sB     sB
Orange-footed Scrubfowl       h sh   sh
Darter s s s s s s s
Little Pied Cormorant s s s s s s s
Little Black Cormorant     s       s
Magpie Goose s s sB s s   sh
Days 3rd 10th 11th 12th 14th 19th 30th
Wandering Whistling-Duck   sh s       sh
Pacific Black Duck s s     s s  
Green Pygmy-goose   s       s  
Bush-hen   hB sh h      
Dusky Moorhen s            
Purple Swamphen s s s s s s s
Great-billed Heron s     s G   s
White-faced Heron s s s     s s
Cattle Egret s   s s s s s
Great Egret s s       s sh
Little Egret s     s s s s
Intermediate Egret s         s s

Days

 3rd 10th 11th 12th 14th 19th 30th
Striated Heron     sh s s    
Nankeen Night Heron       s      
Little Bittern s*         s*  
Black Bittern s s     s s s
Glossy Ibis s            
Australian White Ibis s   sA s s   s
Royal Spoonbill           s s
Latham's Snipe         s    
Common Sandpiper   s s s   s s
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper           s  
Masked Lapwing s s s sA s s sh
Black-fronted Dotterel s   sh   sh s  
Osprey s            

Days

 3rd 10th 11th 12th 14th 19th 30th
Whistling Kite       sh   s  
Brahminy Kite s            
White-bellied Sea-Eagle       s s    
Wompoo Fruit-dove   s   s sh s h
Days 3rd 10th 11th 12th 14th 19th 30th
Pied Imperial Pigeon s s s s s s s
Brown Cuckoo-dove     hA s sh    
Bar-shouldered Dove sh sBh sh sB sh sB  
Emerald Dove h         sA  
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo s h     s sh  
Rainbow Lorikeet sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
Double-eyed Fig-Parrot sh sh hsA h h sh h
Brush Cuckoo   h   sh   h sh
Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo h h h hB hB h  
Common Koel sh h sh sh sh sh  
Channel-billed Cuckoo   sB s sh     sh(6:05am)
Pheasant Coucal h h hsA   h   h
Papuan Frogmouth s s   s s s  

Days

 3rd 10th 11th 12th 14th 19th 30th
White-rumped swiftlet s s s s s   s
Azure Kingfisher hB h   sA sh shB sh
Little Kingfisher   sh          
Laughing Kookaburra shB h s   s   h
Blue-winged Kookaburra s   h     h h
Forest Kingfisher h h   sA   sA  
Collared Kingfisher              
Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher h h h h sh h  
Days 3rd 10th 11th 12th 14th 19th 30th
Large-billed Gerygone sh   h sh sh sh sh
Helmeted Friarbird sh sh sh sh sh sh  
Macleay's Honeyeater   h   h h   h
Yellow-spotted Honeyeater h sh h sh h h sh
Graceful Honeyeater h sh sh sh h sh sh
Brown-backed Honeyeater sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
Dusky Honeyeater sh sh s sh sh sh h
Little Shrike-thrush h h h     h h
Grey Whistler h            
Days 3rd 10th 11th 12th 14th 19th 30th
Shining Flycatcher sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
Spectacled Monarch h h   h h   h
Magpie Lark   sA   sB   s  
Spangled Drongo sh sh s s s h  
Yellow Oriole sh sh sh sh sh sh h
Figbird sh s sh sh sh s h
Spotted Catbird h         h h
Cicadabird   h       h h
Varied Triller sh sh h h   sh h
White-breasted Woodswallow   sA s s s s sh
Days 3rd 10th 11th 12th 14th 19th 30th
Black Butcherbird sh sh h   s h hB
Welcome Swallow sh s s s s s s
Clamorous Reed-Warbler h            
Golden-headed Cisticola   h h       h
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin           sB  
Nutmeg Mannikin   shB shB shB shB    
Yellow-bellied Sunbird h   sh sh sh sh sh
Mistletoebird h h h h h sh h
Metallic_Starling.............................. sh sh sh s sh sh sh
Common Myna       sB   sB  
Days 3rd 10th 11th 12th 14th 19th 30th

© 2003 Chris Dahlberg