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Last Modified 13th May 2009
Email Frank O'Connor (sightings@birdswa.com.au) with details of your sightings.
The sightings highlighted in red were included in the WA Bird Notes Issue 130 (June 2009). The sightings highlighted in bold red are the most unusual sightings and require some notes supporting the sightings. Sightings of immediate interest to other birders can also be copied to the birdswa email list and the birding-aus email list. Note that the new taxonomy published in Christidis & Boles 2008 is now being used. Click here for the previous sightings.
Perth & Mandurah (within UBD Street Directory) (Suburbs in parentheses)
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 10/04/2009 | Ted & Maureen Cawley | Fan-tailed Cuckoo (1) | Boongarup car park (Walyunga NP) |
| 08/04/2009 | Georgina Steytler | Spotted Nightjar (road killed) | Pipidinny Road (Eglington) |
| 06/04/2009 | Darryl Jones | White-bellied
Sea-Eagle (1) Black-tailed Native-hen (1) |
Lake Joondalup (Joondalup) |
| 06/04/2009 | Wayne Merritt | White-bellied Sea-Eagle (feeding on Dusky Moorhen) | Lake Joondalup (Joondalup) |
| 05/04/2009 | Robin Ashford | Pacific Golden Plover (1) | Alfred Cove (Attadale) |
| 04/04/2009 | Sean van Alphen | Major Mitchell's Cockatoo (2) aviary released | Gugeri Road (Herne Hill) |
| 03/04/2009 | Georgina Steytler | Northern Giant-Petrel (1) | Quinns Rock Beach (Mindarie) |
| 02/04/2009 | Darryl Jones | Pacific Golden Plover (1) | Alfred Cove (Attadale) |
| 30/03/2009 | Claire Gerrish | Royal Spoonbill (2) | Wildlife Centre (Herdsman) |
| 28/03/2009 | Karen Minissale | Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (6) | ??? (Wellard) |
| 27/03/2009 | Pam & George Agar | Sacred Kingfisher (3) | Kent Street Weir (Wilson) |
| 24/03/2009 | Saul Cowen | Zebra Finch (pair) aviary releases? | garden (Forrestfield) |
| 22/03/2009 | Mark Dawson | Wood Sandpiper (4) | Wungong Brook (Seville Grove) |
| 21/03/2009 | Mark Dawson | White-fronted Chat (10) | Forrestdale Lake (Forrestdale) |
| 21/03/2009 | BAWA Excursion | Pacific Golden Plover (1) | Alfred Cove (Attadale) |
| 17/03/2009 | Mark Dawson | Barn Owl (1) | Wungong Brook (Seville Grove) |
| 16/03/2009 | Wayne
Merritt Louise Little |
Spotless
Crake (abundant) Bar-tailed Godwit (1) |
Lake Joondalup (Joondalup) |
| 10/03/2009 | Mark Dawson | Barn Owl (1) | Albany Highway (Maddington) |
| 08/03/2009 | Mark Stanley | Tawny-crowned Honeyeater (3) | Wireless Hill Park (Ardross) |
| 08/03/2009 | Mark Stanley | Baillon's
Crake (1) Spotless Crake (2) |
Kogolup Swamp (Beeliar) |
| 08/03/2009 | Rebecca Hollands | Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (13) | ??? (Forrestfield) |
| 06/03/2009 | Gerry Parlevliet | Peregrine Falcon (1) | Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake) |
| 03/03/2009 | Belinda Forbes | Banded Lapwing (immature) | Maurice Hamer Reserve (Herdsman) |
| 03/03/2009 | Martin Cake | Buff-banded
Rail (1) Spotless Crake (8+) Wood Sandpiper (2) |
Kogolup Swamp (Beeliar) |
| 03/03/2009 | Darryl Jones | Western Rosella (2 - aviary release?) | Arena Joondalup (Joondalup) |
| 01/03/2009 | Andrew Sutherland | Pacific Gull (1) | Hillarys Boat Harbour (Hillarys) |
| 28/02/2009 | Roger Severn | Diamond Dove (aviary release?) | Collinson Way (Leeming) |
| 26/02/2009 | per Lyn Manuel | Baillon's Crake (1) taken into care | Subiaco Train Station (Subiaco) |
| 25/02/2009 | Mark Newman | Tawny-crowned Honeyeater (2) | Wireless Hill Park (Ardross) |
| 22/02/2009 | Phil Bailey | Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (11) | Arkwell Street (Willagee) |
| 21/02/2009 | Darryl Jones | Peregrine Falcon (1) | Fisherman's Wharf (Fremantle) |
| 20/02/2009 | Maris Lauva | White-fronted Honeyeater (immature) | Wireless Hill Park (Ardross) |
| 19/02/2009 | Maris Lauva | Collared
Sparrowhawk (3) Peregrine Falcon (1) |
Ascot Waters (Ascot) |
| 18/02/2009 | Alan Galbraith | White-fronted Honeyeater (2 immatures) White-winged Triller (1) Rufous Songlark (1) |
Wireless Hill Park (Ardross) |
| 17/02/2009 | Claire Bartron | White-fronted Honeyeater (immature) | Wireless Hill Park (Ardross) |
| 16/02/2009 | R. Dean | Grey Currawong (1) | Elleker Close (Greenfields) |
| 15/02/2009 | Robyn Pickering | Buff-banded
Rail (2) Australian Spotted Crake (2) Spotless Crake (21) |
Kogolup Swamp (Beeliar) |
| 15/02/2009 | Wayne
Merritt Louise Little |
Whiskered Tern (2) | Picnic Cove Lake Joondalup (Joondalup) |
| 15/02/2009 | Wayne
Merritt Louise Little |
Glossy
Ibis (15) Wood Sandpiper (4) |
Lake Joondalup South (Woodvale) |
| 13/02/2009 | Briony Boyle | Southern Boobook (1) | Sabot Place (Ocean Reef) |
| 12/02/2009 | Ryan Philips | Purple-crowned Lorikeet (3) | Kingston Barracks (Rottnest Island) |
| 09/02/2009 | Wayne
Merritt Louise Little |
Baillon's
Crake (2) Australian Spotted Crake (1) Spotless Crake (2) Wood Sandpiper (4) |
Lake Joondalup South (Woodvale) |
| 08/02/2009 | Sue Abbotts | Royal Spoonbill (1) | Bridge Lakes (Erskine) |
| 08/02/2009 | Mark Newman | Red-necked
Stint (189) Gull-billed Tern (1) |
Lake Walyungup (Warnbro) |
| 08/02/2009 | Lorraine
Marshall Libby McGill |
Pacific Gull (2) | West End (Rottnest Island) |
| 08/02/2009 | John Peck Darryl James |
Terek Sandpiper (1) | Lake Baghdad (Rottnest Island) |
| 08/02/2009 | Frank O'Connor | Buff-banded
Rail (2) Terek Sandpiper (1) Painted Button-quail (1) |
Lake Baghdad (Rottnest Island) |
| 08/02/2009 | Frank O'Connor | Lesser Sand Plover (2) | Lake Vincent (Rottnest Island) |
| 07/02/2009 | Mary
Vaughan Frank O'Connor |
Spotless Crake (3) | Bickley Swamp (Rottnest Island) |
| 07/02/2009 | Graeme Osborne | Brush Bronzewing (1) | Jarrahdale Road (Jarrahdale) |
South West (Murchison River to Esperance) (Shires in parentheses)
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 13/04/2009 | Peter Taylor | White-backed Swallow (6) | Koorda Wyalkatchem Road (Koorda) |
| 13/04/2009 | Cheryl & Martin Gole | Grey Fantail (race albicauda) | Mt Walker (Narembeen) |
| 09/04/2009 | Peter Taylor | Malleefowl (1) | Great Northern Highway Wubin to Payne's Find (Dalwallinu) |
| 07/04/2009 | Peter Taylor | Chestnut Teal (70) | Lake Unicup (Manjimup) |
| 01/04/2009 | Greg Harewood | Southern Emu-wren (1) | Oates Road Tutunup (Busselton) |
| 29/03/2009 | Sharon Wormleaton | Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo (120) | Wandering Pingelly Road (Wandering) |
| 27/03/2009 | Peter Taylor | Chestnut
Teal (2) Spotless Crake (2) |
Red Lake (Manjimup) |
| 26/03/2009 | Peter Taylor | Chestnut Teal (60) | Lake Unicup (Manjimup) |
| 26/03/2009 | Robyn Pickering | Chestnut
Teal (2) Black-tailed Godwit (3) Red Knot (1) |
Lake McLarty (Murray) |
| 25/03/2009 | Colin Heap | Hooded Plover (23) | Leeman Salt lakes (Leeman) |
| 24/03/2009 | John Graff | Banded
Stilt (100+) Double-banded Plover (1) Black-tailed Godwit (3) Grey-tailed Tattler (1) Marsh Sandpiper (3) Red Knot (2+) Red-necked Stint (~2,500) Long-toed Stint (3) Regent Parrot (30+) White-fronted Chat (40+) |
Lake McLarty (Murray) |
| 19/03/2009 | Robyn Pickering | Bar-tailed
Godwit (1) Marsh Sandpiper (3) Red-necked Stint (1,000) Long-toed Stint (1) |
Lake McLarty (Murray) |
| 15/03/2009 | Glenn
Moore Joseph Fontaine |
Australian
Pelican (199) Banded Stilt (51) Double-banded Plover (1) Black-tailed Godwit (5) Red-necked Stint (3,431) Pectoral Sandpiper (1) Caspian Tern (1) Silver Gull (1,155) |
Lake McLarty (Murray) |
| 15/03/2009 | Colin Heap | Fork-tailed Swift (310) | Port Gregory (Northampton) |
| 14/03/2009 | Sharon Wormleaton | Australian Owlet-nightjar (1) | Eagle Road (Pingelly) |
| 08/03/2009 | Mark Stanley | Chestnut
Teal (2) Banded Stilt (280) Red Knot (4) Long-toed Stint (2) Pectoral Sandpiper (1) |
Lake McLarty (Murray) |
| 07/03/2009 | Andrew Sutherland | Banded
Stilt (2) Pacific Golden Plover (1) Red Knot (2) Long-toed Stint (2) Pectoral Sandpiper (2) |
Lake McLarty (Murray) |
| 02/03/2009 | Mark Stanley | Sanderling (49) | Lancelin beach (Gingin) |
| 02/03/2009 | Mark Stanley | Rufous Fieldwren (1+) | Ledge Point turnoff (Gingin) |
| 27/02/2009 | David Chadwick | Beach Stone-curlew (1) | Thomas River - Cape Arid NP (Esperance) |
| 20/02/2009 | Carl Gosper | Franklin's Gull (1) | Vasse Wonnerup Estuary (Busselton) |
| 19/02/2009 | Peter Taylor | Long-toed
Stint (1) Crested Shrike-tit (heard) |
Tordit-gurrup Lagoon (Manjimup) |
| 17/02/2009 | Robyn Pickering | Greater
Sand Plover (2) Long-toed Stint (1) Pectoral Sandpiper (2) |
Lake McLarty (Murray) |
| 14/02/2009 | Sue
Abbotts Dejan Stojanovic |
Franklin's Gull (1) | Vasse Wonnerup Estuary (Busselton) |
| 13/02/2009 | Colin Heap | White-fronted Honeyeater (105) | Hutt River (Northampton) |
| 10/02/2009 | Geoff Taylor | Pectoral Sandpiper (1) | Morley Beach (Denmark) |
| 08/02/2009 | Peter Taylor et al. | Franklin's Gull (1) | Vasse Wonnerup Estuary (Busselton) |
| 08/02/2009 | Colin Heap | Whimbrel
(1) Marsh Sandpiper (2) Ruff (1) |
Port Gregory recreation area drainage lake (Northampton) |
| 06/02/2009 | Colin Heap | Gull-billed Tern (2) | Hutt Lagoon (Northampton) |
| 05/02/2009 | Colin Heap | Sanderling
(6) Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (4) Ruff (1) |
Port Gregory recreation area drainage lake (Northampton) |
| 24/01/2009 | David Chadwick | Beach Stone-curlew (1) | Cape Arid NP (Esperance) |
| 01/01/2009 | Jan Tierney | possible Letter-winged Kite (1) | Ferguson Valley (Bunbury) |
Arid Zone (Shires in parentheses)
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 03/04/2009 | John Bignall | Buff-banded Rail (1) | Harold E. Holt Base (Exmouth) |
| 29/03/2009 | Ian & Ali Muirhead | White-winged Fairy-wren (15) | Burnabbie (Dundas) |
| 06/03/2009 | Greg Howell | Bush Stone-curlew (2) | road to East Intercourse Island Dampier (Roebourne) |
| 24/02/2009 | Paul Marty | Oriental Pratincole (5,000) | near Maree Pool (Roebourne) |
| 22/02/2009 | Ian & Ali Muirhead | Double-banded
Plover (1) Lesser Sand Plover (1) |
Kanidal Beach (Dundas) |
| 21/02/2009 | Les George | Fork-tailed Swift (300+) | Babbage Island (Carnarvon) |
| 17/02/2009 | Stephen Clarke | Lesser Frigatebird (3) | East Intercourse Island (Roebourne) |
| 03/02/2009 | Stephen Clarke | Spotted Dove (12) | Bulgara in Karratha (Roebourne) |
| 02/2009 | Ian & Ali Murihead | Hardhead (5) | Cocklebiddy sewage ponds (Dundas) |
| 26/01/2009 | Stephen Clarke | Grey Falcon (1) | Maree Pool on Maitland River (Roebourne) |
| 08/01/2009 | per Eyre Bird Observatory | Black Swan (1) | Kanidal Beach (Dundas) |
| 01/2009 | per Eyre Bird Observatory | Lesser Sand Plover (1) | Kanidal Beach (Dundas) |
Kimberley (Shires in parentheses)
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 13/04/2009 | Adrian Boyle | Great Crested Grebe (3) | Roebuck Plains (Broome) |
| 12/04/2009 | Adrian Boyle | Franklin's Gull (1) | sewage ponds (Broome) |
| 19/03/2009 | Adrian Boyle | Franklin's Gull (1) | sewage ponds (Broome) |
| 17/02/2009 | Adrian Boyle | possible Edible-nest Swiftlet (1) Franklin's Gull (1) |
sewage ponds (Broome) |
| 16/02/2009 | Adrian Boyle | possible Edible-nest Swiftlet (1) | sewage ponds (Broome) |
| 15/02/2009 | George Swann | Franklin's Gull (1) | sewage ponds (Broome) |
Ashmore Reef
Christmas Island
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 17/02/2009 | Linda
Cash Lisa Preston |
YELLOW BITTERN (female) | LB3 |
Cocos Islands
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 13/03/2009 | Mohammad Chongkin | WATERCOCK (female) | West Island |
| 10/03/2009 | Richard Baxter (NSW) et al. | Dollarbird (1) | Horsburgh Island |
| 09/03/2009 | Richard Baxter (NSW) et al. | JAVAN POND HERON (2) | West Island |
| 02/03/2009 | Richard Baxter (NSW) et al. | JAVAN POND HERON (2) | West Island |
| 18/02/2009 | John Barkla (Victoria) | Saunders's Tern (10) | South Island |
| 17/02/2009 | John Barkla (Victoria) | JAVAN POND HERON (2) Pin-tailed Snipe (2) |
West Island |
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