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26/09/2023

We all love our BUSH STONE-CURLEW in the Redlands and beyond so let's show it...🥰

Scroll past the easy choices, the typical crowd favourites everyone knows..
- give our long-legged, slightly crazy CURLEW your vote in the AUSTRALIAN BIRD OF THE YEAR Competition!! 😄

Day 2: Curlew made the first elimination, keep.up.the effort! We can do this, all together !

Read the rules, keep the link, it's a simple click to vote - but VOTE DAILY, share to your friends, make the whole family vote CURLEW 😤 Let's do this, Redlands!!

It's a tough competition🥺 and the curlew is much less known and barely seen in the southern states - they don't even know what they are missing, especially at night! 😅
Public post to make this easy to share

It’s time to get behind your favourite – from little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote early and vote often (within the rules) in the 2023 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll

25/01/2022

Coochie's natural beaches are always a great spot to spend a family-friendly Australia Day ..

So if you are coming over -
Please note that there will be no markets and that ferry and barge operate on the Sunday/Public Holiday Schedule
See Amity Trader's website for details (link in comments) .

25/08/2021

Of course there are bush stone-curlews in other areas of the Redlands, including on the other islands, but maybe the speed limit of 40km/h and the fact that people on Coochiemudlo seem to be particularly besotted with this peculiar, lovely bird💚, makes Coochie a true curlew sanctuary 😌
In any case, if you want to observe them a bit closer (respectfully of course) or take photos.. you can't really miss them on Coochiemudlo 😄

ONE ISLAND IN MORETON BAY IS SAVING THE DAY FOR BUSH STONE-CURLEWS

You will be very lucky to find a Bush Stone-curlew in the southern Australian states these days, but on one island in Moreton Bay the residents are holding onto their much cared for Bush Stone-curlews. In the gardens of Coochiemudlo Island, Bush-stone Curlews are thriving thanks to the care and support of the Islanders. Unlike flocks to the south, the Bush Stone-curlews on the Island are a stable population of about two hundred and have remained at about that number for more than 10 years now. In fact, the island is a nursery for other island flocks and for the Redlands and Greater Brisbane region. It seems that the carrying capacity for the island has been reached and stabilised. Every year some young birds are pushed off the island by the older resident Curlews to find a home elsewhere.

It’s the beginning of the breeding season just now and at this month’s island Curlew survey many of the pairs were nesting. They usually lay two eggs, but most pairs manage to successfully raise just one chick to adulthood. Many pairs will attempt a second nesting in a season.

Findings from the long-term QWSG conservation study of the island’s Curlews were published this week and can be accessed here:

https://birdsqueensland.org.au/sunbird_vol49.php

Jonathan T. Coleman, Stephen Macdonald & Ross McMillan
Survival, movements and breeding success of Bush Stone-curlews

[PHOTO: Bush Stone-curlew with two eggs at nest - Please keep your distance from nesting birds at this time of year.]

07/08/2021

Close-up!

White-bellied sea-eagle photographed about this time last year.

14/07/2021

⚓️FLINDERS DAY on Coochie - THIS SUNDAY ⛵️:
Support local artisans and our cafes on the traditional beach markets on the foreshore,
and join the community for the 25th re-enactment of Matthew Flinders' landing in July 1799 on Norfolk Beach. See you there! 🌞(& don't hesitate to share this post.. )

12/07/2021

📷Snapped this plover* on the beach looking a bit..
well, like us when we are about to get on the ferry and thinking "did I put the stove off..?" 😬
😁

*Masked Lapwing

10/07/2021

Inspired by the beauty of mangroves, artists on the island have created unique pieces for the expositions and art sales that will be part of the first Coochiemudlo Island Mangrove Festival.

Get onto the website of the Coochiemudlo Island Heritage Society for all the info about this event and share this post to let others know !

https://www.cihs.org.au/

25/06/2021

Sunshine on a tree to cheer you up on a rainy day.. 🌞

Stunning silver or pearl wattle in flower on Coochiemudlo this week.

22/06/2021

This very old mangrove tree on Coochiemudlo looks like a door to some secret place .. ?
Find out more about mangroves
at the first Coochiemudlo Mangrove Festival on 31st of July - check on the Coochiemudlo Heritage website for all the details here : https://www.cihs.org.au/mangrovefestival