Geographic Range
We extend some 400 km down the east coast of southern Queensland from Bundaberg to the NSW border and west 1700 km to the NT border past Birdsville. The annual rainfall ranges from 160 mm in the west to 1850 mm in the east. If you have postcodes 4000-4470 and 4479-4670 you are one of our 800 members. This is a diverse area from the white dunes of the World Heritage Fraser Island to the red dunes of the Simpson Desert National Park. In between are beaches, mountains, and plains containing wetlands, heaths, rainforests, mulga and brigalow scrubs, grasslands, eucalypt forests and woodlands.
Latest News
BASQ e-News: Rosella Feathers
BASQ Committee Minutes: See Meetings page
Gold Coast Birdwatchers are now a Country Branch of Birds Australia Southern Queensland.. Have a look at recent outing reports: 29 Sep Bird List; 29 Sep Photo Gallery; 6 Oct Bird List; 13 Oct Bird list; 20 Oct Bird List; 3 Nov Bird List; 3 Nov Photo Gallery; 10 Nov Bird List; 10 Nov Photo Gallery
Special birds of the region
Most special about this climatically and floristically diverse region is the great number (approximately 480) of birds found here. Species from the tropical north cross over with species from the temperate south. Some of particular interest include: Pale-headed Rosella (the group mascot), Red Goshawk, Pacific Baza, Black-breasted Button-quail, Albert's Lyrebird, Grey Grasswren, Eyrean Grasswren, Logrunner, Hall's Babbler, Paradise Riflebird, Russet-tailed Thrush.
Projects in the region
Current projects:
Eastern Bristlebird Northern Recovery Project
Surveys of Brisbane City Council Land for Wildlife properties.
Conservation issues
A number of interested organisations have joined together as the Stock Routes Coalition.The Coalition is working to have the NSW and Queensland Stock Routes declared 'Protected Corridors for Travelling Stock and Biodiversity', managed by the current managers and adequately resourced with supplements from public funds. For more information visit the website: www.stockroutes.info
Activities
BASQ members take part in many activities directed towards the Birds Australia objective of achieving conservation through knowledge. See the list on the BASQ activities page.
What's On
Rosella Feathers
An e-newsletter with details of current and future activities. It is emailed to anyone who requests it. See the latest issue.
Coming events
Check the BASQ Events page.
Contacts
Address: PO Box 5457, Stafford Heights, Qld, 4053
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, Treasurer
Publications
BASQ produce a quarterly newsletter Rosella Ramblings included in Wingspan, and an irregular email newsletter Rosella Feathers sent to those who request it.
Rosella Ramblings Mar 2011
Rosella Ramblings Jun 2011
Rosella Ramblings Sep 2011
Rosella Ramblings Dec 2011 (2.3 MB)
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Pale-headed Rosellas © Gil Porter
Glossy Black-Cockatoo family © Bob Sutherst
Peregrine Falcon © Julie Sarna
Eastern Koel - summer visitor © Robyn Stratton-johns
Little Friarbird © Julie Sarna
Crimson Rosella © Julie Sarna
Eastern Bristlebird © Rosie Booth
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