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The more unusual or rare sightings are highlighted in red and may be included in the WA Bird Notes Issue 142 (June 2012). 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. The taxonomy used on this webpage is based on the International Ornithological Congress (IOC) list. You are welcome to email JPG photographs of Western Australian birds to be identified. Click here for the previous sightings.
Perth & Mandurah (within UBD Street Directory) (Suburbs in parentheses)
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 23/04/2012 | Steve Keeling | Freckled Duck (3) | SW corner of Lake Monger (Wembley) |
| 23/04/2012 | Steve Keeling | Regent Parrot (3) Yellow-throated Miner (8) Red-capped Robin (2) |
Armadale Golf Course (Forrestdale) |
| 22/04/2012 | Pete White | White-fronted Chat (3) Australian Spotted Crake (1) Tree Martin (200+) |
Lake Jandabup (Jandabup) |
| 19/04/2012 | Pam Smith | Freckled Duck (3) | SW corner of Lake Monger (Wembley) |
| 18/04/2012 | Steve Keeling | Freckled Duck (3) | SW corner of Lake Monger (Wembley) |
| 16/04/2012 | Damien Cancilla via Nigel Jackett | Freckled Duck (3) | SW corner of Lake Monger (Wembley) |
| 15/04/2012 | Morgan & Robyn Pickering | Freckled Duck (1) | SW corner of Lake Monger (Wembley) |
| 13/04/2012 | Mark Newman | Spotted Nightjar (1) heard | Dampier Drive (Golden Bay) |
| 13/04/2012 | Claire Gerrish & Kerry Cowie via Sue Abbotts | Freckled Duck (1) | SW corner of Lake Monger (Wembley) |
| 09/04/2012 | John Graff & Greg Howell | Brown Quail (1) Australian Spotted Crake (1) |
Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) |
| 08/04/2012 | Steve Keeling | Western Yellow Robin (2) White-breasted Robin (1) Scarlet Robin (1) Brown Goshawk (1) |
Victoria Dam (Canning Mills) |
| 06/04/2012 | John Graff | Brown Quail (1) Chestnut Teal (1) |
Herdsman Lake (Herdsman): Brown Quail near Pony Club, Chestnut Teal near Foreshore. |
| 06/04/2012 | Mark Newman | Red-capped Robin (1) Chestnut Teal (1) Spotless Crake (2) |
ALCOA Wellard Wetlands (Baldivis) |
| 02/04/2012 | John Graff & Mike Jarvis | Chestnut Teal (1) Red-kneed Dotterel (1) Wood Sandpiper (3) White-bellied Sea-eagle (1) |
Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake) |
| 01/04/2012 | Birdlife WA Hillarys Pelagic (Alan Collins) | Streaked
Shearwater (40+) Flesh-footed Shearwater (50+)
Wedge-tailed Shearwater (10)
Hutton's Shearwater (12)
Indian Yellow-nosed
Albatross (1)
Great-winged Petrel (15)
Soft-plumaged Petrel (1)
Wilson's Storm-petrel (12)
Brown Skua (4)
Arctic Skua (1)
Bridled Tern (4)
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Indian Ocean, close to Rottnest Island |
| 31/03/2012 | Gisela Cannon | Red-capped Robin (2) | Yanchep NP, north of Walding Road (Yanchep) |
| 30/03/2012 | John Graff | Red-kneed Dotterel (2) Spotless Crake (2+) Australian Spotted Crake (1) |
Yangebup Lake (Yangebup) |
| 30/03/2012 | John Graff | Arctic Skua (10+) | Woodman Point (Munster) |
| 29/03/2012 | John Graff | Gull-billed Tern (1) Long-toed Stint (2) Marsh Sandpiper (2) Banded Stilt (6) Red-necked Avocet (100+) |
Lake Joondalup (Wanneroo) |
| 28/03/2012 | Richard King | Brown Quail (1) | Nowergup Road (Nowergup) |
| 26/03/2012 | Ben Allen | Chestnut Teal (1) | SW corner of Lake Monger (Wembley) |
| 25/03/2012 | Laurie Martin | Brown Quail (9) | Whitfords Nodes Beach (Hillarys) |
| 25/03/2012 | Tim De Boer & John Graff | Wood Sandpiper (2) Stubble Quail (4) Chestnut Teal (1) Spotless Crake (1) |
ALCOA Wellard Wetlands (Baldivis) |
| 23/03/2012 | John Graff & Martin Cake | White Wagtail
(1) Pectoral Sandpiper (1) Long-toed Stint (1) |
Still present this morning on the eastern side of Lake Joondalup, Scenic Drive on shore about 600m north of Wanneroo Rec Centre near the cricket pitch (Wanneroo), |
| 23/03/2012 | Robin Ashford | Wood Sandpiper (3) | ALCOA Wellard Wetlands (Baldivis), the birds are on the north-eastern lake |
| 22/03/2012 | Wayne Merritt | White Wagtail (1) | Eastern side of Lake Joondalup, along Scenic Drive on shore just north of cricket pitch (Wanneroo) |
| 21/03/2012 | Tim De Boer & John Graff | Gull-billed Tern (2) Wedge-tailed Eagle (2) White-bellied Sea-eagle (1) Peregrine Falcon (2) Marsh Sandpiper (3) Banded Stilt (6+) Little Egret (12) |
Lake Joondalup (Joondalup) |
| 20/03/2012 | Darryl Jones | Pied Butcherbird (1) | Mitchell Freeway, just south of Shenton Avenue off ramp (Joondalup) |
| 18/03/2012 | Pete White | Gull-billed Tern (2) White-winged Black Tern (1) |
Northern end of Lake Joondalup (Joondalup) |
| 18/03/2012 | Brendan Klick | Spotted Harrier (1) | Burns Beach (Burns Beach) |
| 18/03/2012 | Alan Collins | Square-tailed Kite (1) | Wallaba Way (Lesmurdie) |
| 17/03/2012 | Brendan Klick | Wood Sandpiper (1) Red-kneed Dotterel (1) White-bellied Sea-eagle (1) |
Yangebup Lake (Yangebup) |
| 17/03/2012 | John Graff & Brendan Klick | Spotless Crake (1) | Victoria Dam (Canning Mills) |
| 14/03/2012 | Bill Rutherford | Budgerigar (10) | Perth Airport (Belmont) |
| 12/03/2012 | Josan Moss | Banded Lapwing (2) | next to City of Stirling Council building, Cedric Street (Stirling) |
| 11/03/2012 | Wayne Merritt | Whiskered Tern (2) | Lake Joondalup (Joondalup) |
| 10-12/03/2012 | Josan Moss | Painted Button Quail (1) | Suburban garden (Scarborough) |
| 11/03/2012 | John & Marcus Graff | Australian Owlet-nightjar (1+) | Canning Dam Road (Ashendon) |
| 08/03/2012 | Martin Cake | Chestnut Teal (1+) | Jualbup Lake (Shenton Park) |
| 07/03/2012 | Steven Spragg | Australian Little Bittern (1) | nr jetty, Neil Hawkins Park (Joondalup) |
| 07/03/2012 | John Nilson | Regent Parrot (4) | Jandakot Road (Jandakot) |
| 05/03/2012 | Mark Newman | Sanderling (12) | Golden Bay Beach (Golden Bay) |
| 04/03/2012 | John Graff | White-winged Black Tern (3) Red-necked Avocet (400+) - mainly at north end of lake Banded Stilt (8) Zebra Finch (1) ? presumed escape |
Lake Joondalup (Joondalup) |
| 03/03/2012 | Mark Blythman | Budgerigar (1) feeding with a group of Ruddy Turnstones | Eagle Bay (Rottnest) |
| 03/03/2012 | John Graff | Gull-billed Tern (2) Marsh Sandpiper (3) |
Lake Joondalup (Joondalup) |
| 02/03/2012 | John Nilson | White-bellied Sea-eagle (1) | North Lake Road (Cockburn) |
| 28/02/2012 | Greg Howell & John Graff | Hudsonian Godwit (1) | Picnic Cove, Lake Joondalup (Edgewater) |
| 26/02/2012 | Cheryl Davis | Hudsonian Godwit (1) | Picnic Cove, Lake Joondalup (Edgewater) |
| 26/02/2012 | Craig Lester | Wood Sandpiper (2) | Nairns (Coodanup) |
| 25/02/2012 | Dimitris Bertzeletos, John Graff & Steve Keeling | Hudsonian
Godwit (1) Black-tailed Godwit (1) Wood Sandpiper (3) Marsh Sandpiper (1) |
Picnic Cove, Lake Joondalup (Edgewater) |
| 24/02/2012 | Dimitris Bertzeletos | Hudsonian
Godwit (1) Black-tailed Godwit (1) White-winged Black Tern (3) Chestnut Teal (1) Marsh Sandpiper (2) |
Lake Joondalup (Edgewater), bird viewable from Picnic Cove |
| 23/02/2012 | Darryl Jones | Red-kneed Dotterel (1) Buff-banded Rail (6) Australian Spotted Crake (2) Brown Goshawk (2) |
Lake Gwelup (Gwelup) |
| 23/02/2012 | Darryl Jones | Black-tailed Godwit (1) Chestnut Teal (1) |
Lake Joondalup (Edgewater) |
| 22/02/2012 | John Graff | Hudsonian
Godwit (1) White-winged Black Tern (1) Whiskered Tern (2) |
Lake Joondalup (Edgewater), godwit viewable from Picnic Cove |
| 21/02/2012 | Dimitris Bertzeletos | Hudsonian
Godwit (1) Black-tailed Godwit (1) Wood Sandpiper (2) |
Picnic Cove, Lake Joondalup (Edgewater) |
| 20/02/2012 | Mel Lintern | Hudsonian
Godwit (1) Black-tailed Godwit (1) |
Picnic Cove, Lake Joondalup (Edgewater) |
| 19/02/2012 | Alan Collins | Hudsonian
Godwit (1) Black-tailed Godwit (1) Marsh Sandpiper (2) White-winged Black Tern (3) Glossy Ibis (20) Spotless Crake (4) |
Picnic Cove, Lake Joondalup (Edgewater) |
| 18/02/2012 | Nigel Jackett & Nathan Waugh | Painted Button Quail (1) | Kensington Bushland Reserve (Kensington) |
| 18/02/2012 | Dimitris Bertzeletos et al | Hudsonian
Godwit (1) Gull-billed Tern (1) White-winged Black Tern (3) Pectoral Sandpiper (2) Chestnut Teal (1) |
Lake Joondalup (Edgewater), bird viewable from Scenic Drive or Picnic Cove |
| 17/02/2012 | Nathan & Stacie Waugh | Australian Owlet-nightjar (1) | McNess Drive near Canning Dam (Ashendon) |
| 17/02/2012 | Steve Burns | Hudsonian Godwit (1) bird has a leg-flag from Chile | Lake Joondalup (Edgewater), bird viewable from Picnic Cove |
| 16/02/2012 | Darryl Jones & Wayne Merritt | Hudsonian
Godwit (1) bird has a leg-flag from Chile Black-tailed Godwit (1) Chestnut Teal (1) |
Lake Joondalup (Edgewater), bird viewable from Picnic Cove |
| 15/02/2012 | Martin Cake, John Graff et al | Hudsonian Godwit (1) bird has a leg-flag from Chile | Lake Joondalup (Edgewater), bird viewable from Scenic Drive or Picnic Cove |
| 14/02/2012 | John Graff | Black-tailed Godwit (1) Gull-billed Tern (1) |
Lake Joondalup (Joondalup) |
| 13/02/2012 | Frank O'Connor | Black-tailed Godwit (1) Gull-billed Tern (2) |
Lake Joondalup (Joondalup) |
| 13/02/2012 | Mark Newman | Peregrine Falcon (3) | Lake Joondalup South (Woodvale) |
| 12/02/2012 | Alan Collins | Hudsonian
Godwit (1) Black-tailed Godwit (1) Australian Spotted Crake (10+) Baillon's Crake (3+) Spotless Crake (2+) Wood Sandpiper (9) Marsh Sandpiper (5) Glossy Ibis (14) |
Picnic Cove, Lake Joondalup (Edgewater) |
| 11/02/2012 | Dimitris Bertzeletos | HUDSONIAN GODWIT (1) | Picnic Cove, Lake Joondalup (Edgewater) |
| 06/02/2012 | John Nilson | Glossy Ibis (1) Australian Hobby (1) |
Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake) |
| 04/02/2012 | Martin Cake | Long-toed Stint (1) | Lake Gwelup (Gwelup) |
| 03/02/2012 | Nigel Jackett | Freckled Duck (1) | Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake) |
| 03/02/2012 | John Graff | Intermediate
Egret (1) Little Egret (4) Black-tailed Godwit (1) |
Lake Joondalup (Joodalup) |
| 02/02/2012 | John Graff & Martin Cake | Australian Spotted Crake (7+) Wood Sandpiper (5) |
North Lake (North Lake) |
| 02/02/2012 | John Graff & Martin Cake | Buff-banded Rail (6+) Australian Spotted Crake (4) Spotless Crake (3+) |
Kogolup Swamp (Beeliar) |
| 01/02/2012 | Sue Abbotts | Red-kneed Dotterel (1) | Lake Claremont (Claremont) |
| 21/01/2012 | Sean Brealey | White-winged Triller (1) | Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) |
South West (Murchison River to Esperance) (Shires in parentheses)
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 14/04/2012 | Nigel Jackett & Stewart Ford | SOUTH POLAR SKUA (1) | Bremer Bay, Fisheries Harbour at the end of Swarbrick Rd (Jerramungup) |
| 07-09/04/2012 | Martin Cake | SOUTH POLAR SKUA (1) | South end of Bremer Beach, between Bremer Bay Rd & Swarbrick Rd (Jerramungup) |
| 08/04/2012 | John Graff & Alan Collins | Double-banded Plover (1) | Lake Preston, just south of Preston Beach Road (Waroona) |
| 07/04/2012 | Bill Russell | Inland Dotterel (2) | Lake Preston (Waroona) |
| 31/03/2012 | David Peet | Grey-tailed Tattler (1) | Duke of Orleans Bay, Esperance (Esperance) |
| 25/03/2012 | Wayne Merritt & Louise Little | Diamond Dove (2) | Darken Road, near Darkin Swamp (Beverley) |
| 24/03/2012 | Lower SW Branch Excursion (Peter Taylor) | Black Bittern (1) | Warren River, nr Moons Crossing (Manjimup) |
| 20/03/2012 | Richard King | White-browed Babbler (12) | Jarrah Road, Wundowie (Northam) |
| 13-14/03/2012 | Mike Lawrie via Mike Carter | GREY PHALAROPE (1) | Greenough River (Greenough) |
| 11/03/2012 | Peter Taylor & Ian Wheeler | Royal Spoonbill (1) | Tordit Gurrup Lagoon (Manjimup) |
| 11/03/2012 | Alan Collins | Shy Albatross (2) | Seawatch from Ocean Beach Road, Ocean Beach (Denmark) |
| 10/03/2012 | Bill Rutherford, Brad Kneebone et al | Pectoral Sandpiper (1) | Morley Beach, Wilson Inlet (Denmark) |
| 07/03/2012 | Libby McGill | Inland Dotterel (1) | Beach between Warren River mouth and Meerup River mouth, west of Northcliffe (Manjimup) |
| 04/03/2012 | Phil Hunter | Painted Button Quail (2) | Cape Naturaliste (Busselton) |
| 03/03/2012 | Geoff Taylor | Double-banded Plover (1) | Morley Beach, Wilson Inlet (Denmark) |
| 26/02/2012 | Nathan Waugh | Crested Shrike-tit (4) Brush Bronzewing (1) Red-eared Firetail (2) |
Sebbes Road, 15km south of Margaret River (Augusta) |
| 18/02/2012 | Rick Playle | Terek Sandpiper (1) | Flood Gates on Forrest Beach Rd, north of Wonnerup (Capel) |
| 12/02/2012 | Birdlife WA Excursion (Ken Monson) | European Goldfinch (3) | Nambeellup settlement ponds (Murray) |
| 06/02/2012 | Peter Taylor | Australian Spotted Crake (5) | Red Lake (Manjimup) |
| 30/01/2012 | Greg Harewood | Eastern Curlew (1) Great Knot (3) Bar-tailed Godwit (4) |
Point Douro, Leschenault Estuary (Harvey) |
Arid Zone (Shires in parentheses)
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 13/04/2012 | Darryl Jones | Grey Falcon (1) | Billabong Roadhouse (Shark Bay) |
| 13/04/2012 | Rob Davis & Dimitris Bertzeletos | Major Mitchell's
Cockatoo (12) Flock Bronzewing (400+) Oriental Pratincole (2) |
35km east of Roebourne (Roebourne) |
| 13/04/2012 | Rob Davis & Dimitris Bertzeletos | Australian
Shelduck (1) Star Finch (2) Long-toed Stint (1) |
Port Hedland Sewage Works (Port Hedland) |
| 12/04/2012 | Nathan Waugh | PERSIAN
SHEARWATER (3+) Streaked Shearwater (300+) Wedge-tailed Shearwater (4000+) |
Red Bluff, 96km north of Carnarvon (Northampton) |
| 07/04/2012 | John Robinson via Andrew Silcocks | Eurasian Magpie (1) | Finucane Island (Port Hedland) |
| 04/04/2012 | Birdlife WA Campout (Sue Abbotts) | Beach Stone-curlew (1) | Point Quobba, 70km NW of Carnarvon (Carnarvon) |
| 01-02/04/2012 | Bill McRoberts & Dave Crossley | Thick-billed Grasswren (1) | Pelican Point, Carnarvon (Carnarvon) |
| 24/03/2012 | Brenden Metcalf & Peter Smith | Nullarbor Quail-thrush (1) | WA/SA border, 40km N of Deakin (Menzies) |
| 24/03/2012 | Brenden Metcalf & Peter Smith | Blue Bonnet (25) | Edge of the Nullarbor, 140km SE of Tjuntjuntjara (Menzies) |
| 24/03/2012 | Colin Heap | Grey Falcon (1) | Western Flora nr Eneabba (Carnamah) |
| 19/03/2012 | Mark Saunders via Birding-Aus | Streaked
Shearwater (1) Sooty Tern (1) |
Lawler Mine Site (Leonora) |
| 19/03/2012 | Jolyon Peart | Bridled Tern (1) | Christmas Creek Mine Site (East Pilbara) |
| 15/03/2012 | Nigel Jackett | Inland Dotterel (32) | 50km NE of Wiluna (Wiluna) |
| 12/03/2012 | Damian Baxter via Birding-aus | White-throated
Needletail (30+) Oriental Pratincole (12) Lesser Frigatebird (5) |
Barrow Island |
| 07/03/2012 | Malcolm Beeton | Spotted Nightjar (2) | West Angelas Mine Village, 110km W of Newman (East Pilbara) |
| 03/03/2012 | Malcolm Beeton | Pink-eared Duck (3) | West Angelas Mine Village, 110km W of Newman (East Pilbara) |
| 02/03/2012 | Ken Grinter via Les George | Red-necked Phalarope (25+) | Saltfield, Useless Loop (Shark Bay) |
| 29/02/2012 | Allan Burbidge, Steve & Mel Berris | Australian Painted-snipe (1) | Karijini NP, near Ranger HQ (Ashburton) |
| 10/02/2012 | John Graff & Grace Russell | Budgerigar (10,000+) | Carnarvon-Mullewa Rd, 50km west of Gascoyne Junction (Upper Gascoyne) |
| 07-08/02/2012 | Brenden Metcalf | Pictorella
Mannikin (4) Oriental Pratincole (200+) flying east |
Small pool on SW edge of South Hedland Township (Port Hedland) |
| 06/02/2012 | Les George | Oriental Plover (23) | 20km south of Carnarvon (Carnarvon) |
| 06/02/2012 | Stewart Ford | White-fronted Honeyeater (1) | near Weeli Wolli Spring (Ashburton) |
| 01/02/2012 | Stewart Ford | Black-shouldered Kite (1) | Juna Downs Station (Ashburton) |
| 27-28/01/2012 | Nigel Jackett, Nathan Waugh & Bruce Greatwich | Scarlet-chested
Parrot (14) Princess Parrot (33+) Major Mitchell's Cockatoo (11) Ground Cuckoo-shrike (4) Rufous-crowned Emu-wren (3) |
Neale Junction NR (Laverton) |
Kimberley (Shires in parentheses)
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 05/03/2012 | Frank O'Connor et al | Red-chested Button-quail (4) | Roebuck Plains (Broome) |
| 04/03/2012 | Chris Hassell et al | Barn Swallow (100+) | Roebuck Plains (Broome) |
| 03/03/2012 | Frank O'Connor | LITTLE GREBE OR TRICOLOURED GREBE (1) | Roebuck Plains (Broome) |
| 03/03/2012 | Australian Wader Studies Group (Frank O'Connor) | Whiskered Tern (2,500) | Roebuck Plains (Broome) |
| 02/03/2012 | Australian Wader Studies Group (Frank O'Connor) | Flock Bronzewing (32) | 80 Mile Beach (Broome) |
| 01/03/2012 | Frank O'Connor | Budgerigar (3,000+) | 80 Mile Beach (Broome) |
| 28/02/2012 | Frank O'Connor | Red-kneed Dotterel (5) | 80 Mile Beach (Broome) |
| 28/02/2012 | Frank O'Connor | Glossy Ibis (300+) flying south | Anna Plains Station (Broome) |
| 26-28/02/2012 | Mano Tohru, Simon Buckell, Frank O'Connor et al | Australian Painted Snipe (1) | Anna Plains Station (Broome) |
| 24/02/2012 | Frank O'Connor | Banded Lapwing (1) | Anna Plains Station (Broome) |
Ashmore Reef
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
Christmas Island
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 20/02/2012 | Tim Faulkner via Birding-Aus | GREY NIGHTJAR
(1) Savanah Nightjar (1) |
Forest just north of Airport |
| 17/02/2012 | Tim Faulkner via Birding-Aus | Malayan Night Heron (1) | Track to Margaret Knoll |
| 17/02/2012 | Tim Faulkner via Birding-Aus | Yellow Bittern (1) |
Resort Swamp |
Cocos Islands
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
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