I recently spent two mornings birdwatching at two very different spots; Aracaunia Track, Enogerra Reservoir and a place I hadn’t been to before, Maiala Picnic Grounds at Mt Glorious. I picked up two lifers at Aracuania – a Black-faced Monarch (loved the orange and grey colouration) and a pair of Restless Flycatchers. I seem to be having some unexpected luck with flycatchers now going from seeing 0 species in 2020 to now having ticked off two species in under a month! Other notable sightings included a noisy pair of Dollarbirds, heaps of shrike-thrushes along with a bonus male Rufous Whistler and a pair of Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikes feeding a koel. Birds listed from numbers 62-79 were all see along this track. The second location, Maiala at Mt. Glorious is a subtropical rainforest with several trails that all begin from a main picnic ground. A really nice area; Satin Bowerbirds were everywhere across the trees near the picnic tables and White-headed Pigeon was easily ticked off as a nice lifer. Notably, three species of scrubwren were also present there. I think I went at the wrong time of day for some of the more elusive species like the pitta, russet-tailed thrush and riflebird so I hope to return soon. I also talked to a few birdwatchers along the rainforest trail and we helped each other tick off a few species for the year list which was nice (e.g. I spotted a pair of whipbirds whilst they pointed me in the right direction for the pale-yellow robin).All of the species for today were seen on the grounds of Australia Zoo (love when zoo visits have lots of bonus wildlife). Notably, there was a tightly coiled carpet python on the main path right near where some visitors were standing. They were completely oblivious to the fact that their feet were a few centimetres away from the snake's head. When I told them there was a snake just as a passing comment, their faces of horror said it all. I have never seen a group of prams and parents move so quickly!The flycatcher was also nice surprise as was the treecreeper in the kangaroo enclosure.
Birds
55) Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
56) Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
57) Australian Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
58) Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
59) Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
60) White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea
61) Scarlet Honeyeater Myzomela sanguinolenta
Herptiles
4) Eastern Water Skink Eulamprus quoyii
5) Coastal Carpet Python Morelia spilota mcdowelli
Invertebrates
17) Monarch Danaus plexippus
Mammals
5) Red-legged Pademelon Thylogale stigmatica
Birds
62) Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius
63) Australian King Parrot Alisterus scapularis
64) Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
65) Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis
66) Rufous Shrike-thrush Colluricincla rufogaster
67) White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
68) Bell Miner Manorina melanophrys
69) Hardhead Aythya australis
70) Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
71) Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
72) Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
73) Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
74) Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
75) Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
76) White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea
77) Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
78) Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti
79) White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
80) Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta
81) Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
82) White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela
83) Wompoo Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus magnificus
84) Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostra
85) Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons
86) Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki
87) Yellow-throated Scrubwren Sericornis citreogularis
88) Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus
89) Pale-yellow Robin Tregellasia capito
90) Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus
Herptiles
6) Garden Skink Lampropholis delicata
7) Brisbane River Turtle Emydura krefftii signata
Invertebrates
18) Common Eggfly Hypolimnas bolina
19) Yellow Albatross Appias paulina
20) Tailed Emperor Polyura sempronius
21) Mistletoe Moth Comocrus behri
22) Purple Crow Euploea tulliolus
