A Trip to Fig Tree Walk

It's great when plans work out. I went out early this morning to have a look around the southern outskirts of Kenilworth again.  This time I spent the entire time on the Fig Tree Walk circuit that follows Little Yabba Creek. To access it you make your way to the rest area on the left heading from Kenilworth. After you park you can walk over the bridge to access the walk. This forest is stunning! This rainforest has the same species as the walks around Charlie Moreland campground but are easier to photograph and actually seem more approachable. I saw a few other birds here today that I hadn't seen last week at Charlie Moreland but I know they are present in that forest too.

I won't go into all the species again, as all the birds from last week were seen again today. If you want to check out the list go to my last post. Some others that I did see today included a large amount of Green Catbirds. There must have been 20 or more. Spectacled Monarchs, Little Shrike-thrushes, Lewin's Honeyeaters, Brown Gerygones and Brown Quails were some of the other species that were seen today, that were not seen on my trip last week.

I was very surprised to see such a large number of Wompoo Fruit-Doves here today. In one small area alone I saw at least 50 birds and also about 50 Brown Cuckoo-Doves. Both of these flocks were fighting over certain Piccabeen Trees and fig trees in the forest. I got some better photos of most of the birds from last week so I will include them in this blog.

Female Logrunner

Green Catbird

Green Catbird

Green Catbird calling out

Male Logrunner



Noisy Pitta

The same Noisy Pitta as above from a different angle

Topknot Pigeon

One of many Wompoo Fruit-Doves that were seen

Male Paradise Riflebird

This female Paradise Riflebird came from nowhere as soon as the male called

Another one of the many Noisy Pittas that were seen

The same Noisy Pitta as above from a different angle

One of the many Brown Cuckoo-Doves that were seen

I would have to say that this is a brilliant place to go for bird watching or even just a beautiful, relaxing walk in the forest. Even more relaxing and fruitful in terms of birdlife than the Charlie Moreland campground. This would be my new favourite spot on the coast. A great morning out that's for sure!

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Birds around Kenilworth

Went out early yesterday morning to have a look around the southern outskirts of Kenilworth. Much of the time was spent at and around the Charlie Moreland campground near Little Yabba Creek. This would have to be the best birding spot on the Sunshine Coast. It has lots of the more common birds as well as the not so common, all in one place. I arrived just before 6 and the birds were still active and calling when I left the area around 10 o'clock.

Unfortunately I had camera issues for the first few hours of the trip so I missed out on many good oppurtunities. As a result many of the species mentioned below have not been included as photographs in this blog due to the quality. I did include the Noisy Pitta  and the Logrunners, even though they are terrible photos.

Noisy Pitta (Too bad about the photo quality)

 

The highlights of the trip were seeing several Topknot Pigeons and getting my first photograph of them and seeing dozens of Wompoo Fruit-Doves and Rose-crowned Fruit-Doves. It's great to see that both of these birds are in large numbers at this location on the Sunshine Coast. The other highlights of the trip was seeing my first Noisy Pittas and Paradise Riflebirds on the Sunshine Coast. There were about 10 individuals in the area of each species. Some Noisy Pittas were roosting in the trees but the majority were flushed from the forest floor. Unfortunately all of the male Paradise Riflebirds were in flight that were seen. Beautiful to observe but hard to photograph. Many were heard calling from within the forest as well.

Wompoo Fruit-Dove

My first ever sighting and photo of a Topknot Pigeon

 

 

 Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove
In large numbers and easily heard but hard to photograph

Brown Cuckoo-Doves, White-headed Pigeons and Spangled Drongos were also seen in reasonable numbers. Bell Miners were in the 100's if not thousands in the whole area. Noisy Miners were common near the campground but not elsewhere. Hundreds of Logrunners were also sighted.

Brown Cuckoo-Dove feeding on wattle seeds

Male Logrunner

Female Logrunner

Other species that were observed were the Pale-headed and Crimson Rosellas, White-browed Scrubwrens, Yellow Thornbills, Eastern Whipbirds, Eastern Yellow Robins, Golden Whistlers, Grey Fantails, Yellow-throated Scrubwrens, Restless Flycatchers plus a few others. Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos and Little Lorikeets were in quite large numbers also.


I would recommend this area to anyone that enjoys bird watching. One of my favourite birding spots from around Australia. An amazing collection of birds. Might even try this place again next weekend now the camera is back in action and will hopefully get some good quality pics of the other species that were sighted.

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