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Contact Call Contact Call Newsletter of BirdLife Northern Queensland Volume 9 Number 2 May 2020 Red-winged Parrot in the rain. Lesser Sooty Owl. Image courtesy of Dominic Chaplin www.pinecreekpictures.com.au Image courtesy of Dominic Chaplin www.pinecreekpictures.com.au Grey-crowned Babblers . Image courtesy of Dominic Chaplin www.pinecreekpictures.com.au BirdLife Northern Queensland In this issue… 2020 AGM and Social Birding, Lake Barrine tea Gardens Yungaburra... page 5 It was pre COVID-19, spirits were high and it was a perfect cool summer’s day. Early morning social birding, morning tea with scones, jam and cream, an Annual General Meeting, and lazy birding on a boat cruise. A sublime day out as evidenced by the full page of images. Easter Marathon Challenge Competition…… page 7 We put the call out: How many BirdLife Australia surveys can you do in 4 days, from April 10-13 inclusive? The prize: a beautifully handcrafted ‘grazing board’ made out of recycled materials and decorated with a painting of a bird of winner’s selection, created by a talented team, Wayne and Renee Young. Lewin’s Honeyeater behaviour at Forty Mile Scrub National Park…. page 8 Lindsay and Keith Fisher describe the fascinating behaviour of twelve Lewin’s Honeyeater observed during a short reprieve at Forty Mile Scrub National Park. Travels in Nome, Alaska…... page 9 Imagine seeing a pair of Red-necked Loon swimming on a pond, Grizzly Bears feasting on salmon, and Willow and Rock Ptarmigan herding their young along the roadside. To imagine more from your arm chair, read about Gary and Robyn Wilson’s adventure discovering the birds and wildlife of Nome, Alaska. Recent Literature about North Queensland Birds..... page 13 Catch up on recent literature about north Queensland birds in our regular update by Don Franklin. In this issue, there is research on cranes, Varied and Mangrove Honeyeaters, the southern race of Black-throated Finch, Lovely Fairywrens and the fossil remains of Bristlebirds in FNQ. Bowerbird Survey Mt Lewis 22-23 Nov, 2019…... page 16 Dominic Chaplin provides an informative report on the recent survey of Mt Lewis. This area is a hotspot for Golden, Tooth-billed and Satin Bowerbird. He also reviews the knowledge gained from surveillance to date. This research is part of a BirdLife Northern Queensland Bowerbird Project, that is seeking to understand the impacts of climate change on bowerbirds over time. News from Mt Isa... page 18 Observations of Dollarbirds ‘drinking on the wing’ at Lake Moondarra, and much more. Read our regular update from out west at Mount Isa, by Rex Whitehead. Also From the Convenor…………….…. page 3 How Birders Have Adapted to Self- Start your overseas birdlist Isolation on Facebook..…... page 12 from the comfort of your own Birds of Paradise Nutrition and Iron home!…………………….. page 19 Storage Disease……………..….. page 11 Gouldian Finch Upstart….… page 12 Noticeboard…..……..… page 21 Grasswren Surveys - Delayed but not Birds in the news ……….…. page 15 Forgotten………………………….…. page 11 Activities……………..…. page 22 Book Review …………………..…page 19 2 Contact Call Contact Call There are also a number of excellent resources to help From the Convenor you maximise your enjoyment and learn new skills including bird finder, to help you identify birds, and At the beginning of the year, your committee worked explanatory videos that show how to set up and use hard to develop an outstanding program of activities Birdata and how to do Birds in Backyard surveys. for 2020. As you would have seen in the last BirdLife Australia have also started a national newsletter, we had expanded our traditional Wave the challenge, the 2020 Branches and Backyards Waders Goodbye event into a half day workshop, we’d Competition, that will compare fortnightly Birds in lined up a stall at the Cairns Ecofiesta, we’d organised Backyards survey results from all the branches and a Beach Stone Curlew Survey for Cooktown to highlight which branches see the most diverse range of Cardwell, and had a full day Introductory Photography birds in their backyards, and which branch has done Workshop ready to go. Thank you to everyone who the most surveys. So please don’t be shy, get out contributed to developing that remarkable program. there and do Birds In Backyard surveys at least once a It was heart breaking to have to cancel those events. fortnight to keep the BirdLife Northern Queensland We did so in order to protect our members, and to branch in the competition. We might even win meet Covid-19 restrictions. As the virus continues to bragging rights if we have more bird diversity than the affect many aspects of our lives, the challenge for us other branches . has become how do we as a group of bird loving The BirdLife Photography group is also holding its individuals, find ways to continue to engage in our annual competition and has expanded the categories passion for birds and their conservation at this time. to include Backyard Birds, and Birds in Flight – both As you will read on page 7, our Easter Marathon perfect for our backyard situations. The competition Challenge Competition helped us fill the gap that many will be open from Friday May 15th until Monday August of us felt, not being able to escape to go birding at 3rd, 2020. There are some significant cash prize Easter. Competition was fierce between participants incentives to enter. thanks to the beautifully handcrafted prize donated by BirdLife Australia is also running a regular live series of Wayne and Renee Young. The achievement of 114 sessions on Facebook, where bird experts are talking local bird surveys in one long weekend is a credit to about what we love most – birds! And don’t fret if you everyone involved. Because these surveys were missed the first two sessions (Birding at Home Episode BirdLife Australia standardised surveys, they contribute 1: Sean Dooley on Backyard Birding for Beginners, and to the Atlas of Australian Birds and provide important Episode 2: Dean Ingwersen Talking about parrots in information that contributes to our knowledge and the your backyard), the videos are still available on the conservation of birdlife. Facebook page for you to watch and enjoy. Our Facebook page continues to provide a high quality So while we don’t have our usual calendar of meetings forum for our birding community to engage in. Doug and outings lined up for you, there are still many ways Herrington has been busy, involving everyone in that you can remain active and connected with us, the various challenges (e.g. post a FNQ bird a day for two greater birding community and with birds and the weeks, post a FNQ dove/pigeon image per day for 5 environment over the next few months. days) that have seen some stunning images and interesting observations and stories unfold, while Tom On a personal note, if you or your loved ones are Collis has been posting very entertaining Bird Trivia personally affected by Covid-19, our heart goes out to Quiz Questions that have had everyone guessing. If you and we wish you and your family a speedy you haven’t seen our BirdLife Northern Queensland recovery. Facebook page, do check it out. Stay safe everyone and look after each other. From a national perspective, BirdLife Australia has Ceri Pearce been working hard to identify innovative ways to engage the birding community within the boundaries New Convenor of the current movement restrictions. As you will see in the activities section (commencing page 22), there are a range of options to explore. ‘Birding at Home’ is a new BirdLife Australia webpage, that showcases a range of options from activities for the kids and watching Birds in Backyards TV, to # Have a cuppa with the birds and Birds in Backyard Surveys. May 2020 3 BirdLife Northern Queensland BirdLife Northern Queensland Committee Convenor Ceri Pearce Email: [email protected] Phone: 0488131581 Secretary and Communications Renee Cassels Email: [email protected] Coordinator Treasurer Lindsay Fisher Email : [email protected] Cairns Area Coordinator Mikey Kudo Email: [email protected] Phone: 0402343610 Cape York Area Coordinator and Kath Shurcliff Email [email protected] Phone: 07 4069 6595 Grasswren Survey Coordinator Cassowary Coast Area Coordinator Sandra Christensen Email: [email protected] Phone: 0448 845 842 Tablelands Area Coordinator Graham Harrington Email: [email protected] Stickybeak Coordinator Golo Maurer Email: [email protected] Project Technical Support Ray Pierce Email: [email protected] Conservation Coordinator Peter Valentine Email: [email protected] Phone: 07 40966171 Website Manager Mikey Kudo Email: [email protected] Phone: 0402343610 Committee member Wayne Young Email: [email protected] Committee member and Birds in Pippy Cannon Phone 0438645293 Schools Coordinator Newsletter Editor Ceri Pearce Email: [email protected] Phone: 0488131581 Assistant Newsletter Editor Gary Wilson Email: [email protected] 4 Contact Call Contact Call 2020 AGM and Social Birding. LAKE BARRINE TEA GARDENS, YUNGABURRA. 14TH MARCH 2020 It was pre COVID-19, and spirits were high. March 14th was perfect, with clear skies on a cool summer’s day. Tom Collis, retiring Cairns Area Coordinator, joined the committee in 2016. Tom organised great events in Twenty-seven people joined Alan Gilanders and Wayne Cairns, from Wave the Waders Goodbye, to the Cairns Young at 7 am for an early morning bird walk around Ecofiesta. He also organised entertaining talks, some the Lake Barrine car park, access road and to the of which he presented himself. Tom and Maureen have towering twin Kauris. Amongst the 39 bird species departed for the time being, to spend quality birding observed were both Wompoo and Superb Fruit-dove, time in Tasmania.
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