Here is a list of the birds I am looking for in 2013:

• Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus);
• Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii);
• Black-eared Cuckoo (Chalcites osculans);
• Shining Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcites lucidus), not sure how I’ve managed to avoid this one;
• Gilbert’s Whistler (Pachycephala inornata), should be around the site I work at;
• Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata), a remote chance near the site I work at;
• Inland Dotterel (Charadrius australis);
• Painted Button-quail (Turnix varius);
• Southern Scrub-robin (Drymodes brunneopygia).

I saw the following birds for the first time on the recent WA Twitchathon:

• Western Bristlebird (Dasyornis longirostris);
• Redthroat (Pyrrholaemus brunneus);
• Southern Emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus).

A November update to my birding targets list:

• Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa);
• Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea), I’m still checking all the Grey Teals I see (in reality I should have been checking my photo library);
• Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia), beginning to think these are fictitious – finally saw these on the QLD trip;
• Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus);
• Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus) – crippling views on a pelagic;
• Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii);
• Mulga Parrot (Psephotus varius);
• Shining Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcites lucidus), not sure how I’ve managed to avoid this one;
• Southern Emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus);
• Redthroat (Pyrrholaemus brunneus);
• Gilbert’s Whistler (Pachycephala inornata);
• Little Grassbird (Megalurus gramineus), a somewhat embarrassing hole in my list;
• Red-browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis), got to go check out that feral population in the hills..
• Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata), a remote chance near the site I work at;
• Inland Dotterel (Charadrius australis);
• Painted Button-quail (Turnix varius);
• Southern Scrub-robin (Drymodes brunneopygia).

Here is a list of new birds I saw on the south-east QLD trip with Martin Cake (with links to my photos from the trip):

• Australian Brush-turkey: ubiquitous in the rain forest areas;
• Black-breasted Button-Quail: the platelets gave away their presence;
• Magpie Goose: seen on a metropolitan lake (and if Martin hadn’t pointed them out I would have written them off as manky farm ducks…);
• Wandering Whistling-Duck;
• Cotton Pygmy-goose;
• Royal Spoonbill: finally found one, beginning to think they were mythical;
• Wandering Tattler;
• Comb-crested Jacana;
• Pacific Baza: a wonderful surprise;
• Topknot Pigeon;
• Brown Cuckoo-Dove;
• Wonga Pigeon;
• Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo;
• Scaly-breasted Lorikeet: good views high in a tree;
• Australian King-Parrot;
• Pale-headed Rosella: probably my favourite new parrot of the trip;
• Crimson Rosella;
• Noisy Pitta: a wonderful bird, seen at three different locations (sorry John);
• Albert’s Lyrebird: brief but spectacular sighting;
• Brown Thornbill;
• Superb Fairy-wren;
• Red-backed Fairy-wren: a really spectacular Fairy-wren;
• Large-billed Scrubwren;
• Yellow-throated Scrubwren;
• Fairy Gerygone;
• Brown Gerygone;
• Little Wattlebird;
• Noisy Friarbird;
• Little Friarbird;
• Blue-faced Honeyeater;
• Noisy Miner;
• Bell Miner: surprisingly hard to get good views of;
• Lewin’s Honeyeater;
• Mangrove Honeyeater: seen in mangroves (as expected?);
• Fuscous Honeyeater;
• Eastern Spinebill;
• Scarlet Honeyeater;
• Eastern Whipbird: heard more often than seen, but we had great views as well;
• Logrunner: seen running along logs (as expected?);
• Eastern Yellow Robin;
• Pale-yellow Robin;
• Rufous Fantail: a really neat little bird;
• Leaden Flycatcher;
• Spectacled Monarch;
• White-eared Monarch;
• Spangled Drongo;
• Olive-backed Oriole;
• Australian Figbird;
• Paradise Riflebird: a brilliant bird we saw high in the rainforest canopy;
• Green Catbird: a very weird call;
• Regent Bowerbird: seen at O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat;
• Satin Bowerbird: seen at O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat;
• Varied Triller: an unexpected surprise, we initially thought it was a White-winged Triller;
• Pied Currawong;
• Double-barred Finch: my only new finch for the trip;
• Bassian Thrush;
• Russet-tailed Thrush;
• Common Miner.