Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Birds at Double Lagoon...a video



Magpie Geese were at Double lagoon as well as Ibis, egrets, eagles, and brolgas.
Here are some of the birds in this first video...

Monday, August 16, 2010

Mangrove Forests are disappearing

How long will they stand? | BirdLife Community



Mangroves disappearing faster than land-based forests
The destruction of the world’s mangrove forests is happening up to four times faster than the world’s land-based forests, according to a new United Nations report.
A study commissioned by the U.N. Environmental Program (UNEP) reports that one fifth (around 35,500 square kilometers) of the world’s mangroves — forests straddling both land and sea — have been lost since 1980.
Although the study reports that annual destruction has slowed to 0.7 percent a year, the authors of the “World Atlas of Mangroves” report warn that continued coastal destruction and shrimp farming could cause financial and ecologic havoc.
Studies estimate mangroves generate between U.S.$2000 to $9000 per hectare annually from fishing — much more than the aquaculture, agriculture and tourism, which the U.N. says are the biggest drivers of mangrove loss.
Achim Steiner, U.N. Under-Secretary General and Executive Director, U.N. Environment Program (UNEP), said in a statement: “This atlas brings our attention onto mangroves and puts them up front and central, plotting where they are, describing where they have been lost, and underlining the immense costs those losses have had for people as well as nature.”
Mangroves cover around 150,000 square kilometers and are found in 123 countries worldwide. The biggest concentration (21 percent) of the world’s mangroves is in Indonesia, with Brazil home to around nine percent and Australia, seven percent.

The Mangroves are home to many birds

Friday, August 13, 2010

Bird List for August 14th 2010...What birds are in your locality?

http://birdata.com.au/homecontent.do

From here you can get a list of birds in your area by adding your postcode and getting a list of the birds in your area.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/1194632@N25/You can add any photos of birds to the group at Flickr....Birds of Field and the Sea


This is the common list of birds in the 4659 Postcode area of Queensland Australia


Bird list for the one degree cell intersecting postcode 4659

Common Name     Scientific Name     Species Profile Map Species
Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae view map
Australian Brush-turkey Alectura lathami view map
Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis   map
Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophora view map
Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata view map
Plumed Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna eytoni view map
Wandering Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arcuata view map
Musk Duck Biziura lobata view map
Black Swan Cygnus atratus view map
Radjah Shelduck Tadorna radjah   map
Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata view map
Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus view map
Cotton Pygmy-goose Nettapus coromandelianus   map
Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis view map
Grey Teal Anas gracilis view map
Chestnut Teal Anas castanea view map
Northern Mallard Anas platyrhynchos view map
Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa view map
Hardhead Aythya australis view map
Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis view map
Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae view map
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus view map
Rock Dove Columba livia view map
White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela view map
Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis view map
Brown Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia amboinensis view map
Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica   map
Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera view map
Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes view map
Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata   map
Peaceful Dove Geopelia striata view map
Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis view map
Wonga Pigeon Leucosarcia picata view map
Wompoo Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus magnificus view map
Superb Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus superbus view map
Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus regina view map
Topknot Pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus view map
Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides view map
White-throated Nightjar Eurostopodus mystacalis   map
Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus   map
Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus view map
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus view map
Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus   map
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica   map
Australasian Gannet Morus serrator view map
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra   map
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster   map
Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae view map
Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos view map
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo view map
Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris view map
Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius view map
Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus view map
Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus view map
Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus view map
Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis view map
White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica view map
Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta view map
Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia   map
Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana   map
Cattle Egret Ardea ibis view map
Striated Heron Butorides striata view map
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae view map
Little Egret Egretta garzetta view map
Eastern Reef Egret Egretta sacra view map
Nankeen Night-Heron Nycticorax caledonicus view map
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus view map
Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca view map
Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis view map
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia view map
Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes view map
Eastern Osprey Pandion cristatus view map
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris view map
Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura   map
Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata view map
White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster view map
Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus view map
Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus view map
Black Kite Milvus migrans view map
Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus view map
Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrocephalus view map
Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae view map
Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis view map
Swamp Harrier Circus approximans view map
Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax view map
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides view map
Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides view map
Brown Falcon Falco berigora view map
Australian Hobby Falco longipennis   map
Grey Falcon Falco hypoleucos   map
Black Falcon Falco subniger view map
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus view map
Brolga Grus rubicunda view map
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio view map
Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis   map
Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis view map
Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla   map
Australian Spotted Crake Porzana fluminea   map
Spotless Crake Porzana tabuensis   map
Pale-vented Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana   map
Black-tailed Native-hen Tribonyx ventralis view map
Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa view map
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra view map
Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis view map
Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius view map
Beach Stone-curlew Esacus magnirostris view map
Australian Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris view map
Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus view map
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus view map
Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae view map
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva view map
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola view map
Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus view map
Double-banded Plover Charadrius bicinctus view map
Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus   map
Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii   map
Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops view map
Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus view map
Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor view map
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles view map
Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea view map
Australian Painted Snipe Rostratula australis   map
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii view map
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa   map
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica view map
Little Curlew Numenius minutus view map
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus view map
Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis view map
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus view map
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos view map
Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes view map
Wandering Tattler Tringa incana   map
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia view map
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis view map
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola view map
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres view map
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris   map
Red Knot Calidris canutus view map
Sanderling Calidris alba view map
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis view map
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata view map
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea view map
Red-backed Button-quail Turnix maculosus   map
Black-breasted Button-quail Turnix melanogaster   map
Painted Button-quail Turnix varius   map
Red-chested Button-quail Turnix pyrrhothorax   map
Little Button-quail Turnix velox   map
Common Noddy Anous stolidus   map
Little Tern Sternula albifrons view map
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica view map
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia view map
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida view map
White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus   map
Common Tern Sterna hirundo view map
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis   map
Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii view map
Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae view map
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii   map
Glossy Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami view map
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus view map
Galah Eolophus roseicapillus view map
Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris view map
Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea view map
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita view map
Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus view map
Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus view map
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus view map
Little Lorikeet Glossopsitta pusilla   map
Australian King-Parrot Alisterus scapularis view map
Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus view map
Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius view map
Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus view map
Ground Parrot Pezoporus wallicus view map
Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus view map
Eastern Koel Eudynamys orientalis view map
Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae view map
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites basalis view map
Black-eared Cuckoo Chalcites osculans view map
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus   map
Little Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus   map
Pallid Cuckoo Cacomantis pallidus view map
Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis view map
Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus view map
Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus   map
Powerful Owl Ninox strenua view map
Barking Owl Ninox connivens view map
Southern Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae view map
Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae view map
Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica view map
Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris view map
Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus view map
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae view map
Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii view map
Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii view map
Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus view map
Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris   map
Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus view map
Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis view map
Noisy Pitta Pitta versicolor   map
White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea view map
Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus view map
Green Catbird Ailuroedus crassirostris view map
Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus view map
Great Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis   map
Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus view map
Red-backed Fairy-wren Malurus melanocephalus   map
Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti view map
White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis view map
Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostra view map
Speckled Warbler Chthonicola sagittata   map
Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris view map
Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki view map
Mangrove Gerygone Gerygone levigaster   map
Western Gerygone Gerygone fusca   map
Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa   map
White-throated Gerygone Gerygone albogularis view map
Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata view map
Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana view map
Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa view map
Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides   map
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla view map
Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus view map
Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus view map
Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris view map
Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii view map
Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops view map
Mangrove Honeyeater Lichenostomus fasciogularis   map
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops view map
Fuscous Honeyeater Lichenostomus fuscus view map
White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus view map
Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala view map
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis view map
Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera   map
Dusky Honeyeater Myzomela obscura   map
Scarlet Honeyeater Myzomela sanguinolenta view map
Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta view map
White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris niger view map
Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis view map
Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris view map
White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis   map
White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus view map
Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis view map
Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus view map
Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis view map
Striped Honeyeater Plectorhyncha lanceolata view map
Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis view map
Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus view map
Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera view map
Ground Cuckoo-shrike Coracina maxima   map
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae view map
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis   map
Barred Cuckoo-shrike Coracina lineata   map
Cicadabird Coracina tenuirostris   map
White-winged Triller Lalage sueurii view map
Varied Triller Lalage leucomela   map
Crested Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus view map
Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis view map
Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris view map
Little Shrike-thrush Colluricincla megarhyncha   map
Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica view map
Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti view map
Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus view map
White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus view map
Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus   map
White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus view map
Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus view map
Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus view map
Little Woodswallow Artamus minor   map
Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus view map
Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis view map
Australian Magpie Cracticus tibicen view map
Pied Currawong Strepera graculina view map
Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus view map
Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons view map
Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa view map
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys view map
Australian Raven Corvus coronoides view map
Torresian Crow Corvus orru view map
Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula view map
Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca view map
Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto   map
Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta view map
White-eared Monarch Carternornis leucotis   map
Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis view map
Spectacled Monarch Symposiarchus trivirgatus view map
Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca view map
White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos view map
Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea view map
Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans view map
Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii view map
Rose Robin Petroica rosea view map
Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis view map
Horsfield�??s Bushlark Mirafra javanica view map
Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis view map
Australian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus australis view map
Tawny Grassbird Megalurus timoriensis   map
Little Grassbird Megalurus gramineus view map
Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi view map
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis view map
White-backed Swallow Cheramoeca leucosterna   map
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena view map
Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel view map
Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans   map
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris view map
Common Myna Sturnus tristis view map
Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum view map
Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata view map
Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii view map
Plum-headed Finch Neochmia modesta   map
Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis view map
Nutmeg Mannikin Lonchura punctulata view map
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax view map
House Sparrow Passer domesticus view map
Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae view map
Black Duck-Mallard hybrid
  map
Muscovy Duck
  map
Crow & Raven species
  map

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