Western Australia Recent Bird Sightings (WABN 150)

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The more unusual or rare sightings are highlighted in red and may be included in the WA Bird Notes Issue 150 (June 2014). These sightings may require some notes and/or photographs supporting the sightings to be published in WABN. Records highlighted in bold red are the most unusual 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.


Please note: Although due care is taken to assess records for veracity before publication on this page, it is recommended that those wishing to cite records refer to the relevant edition of WA Bird Notes (WABN) or contact the records officer before citing.

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Perth & Mandurah (within UBD Street Directory)

South-West

Arid Zone

Kimberley

External Territories


REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
PhD student Reece Pedler (from SA) is satellite tracking Banded Stilt and has recently banded nearly 950 stilt chicks with blue leg flags at a breeding colony on Lake Torrens SA. Reece would be most appreciative of any information regarding large flocks of stilts in WA and also any sightings of leg flagged birds. He can be contacted on: reece.pedler@deakin.edu.au or 0400 038 452

Perth & Mandurah (within UBD Street Directory) (Suburbs in parentheses)

Date Observers Species

Location

15/04/2014 Simon Gorta Freckled Duck (32) Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
13/04/2014 BirdLife WA Excursion (Pete White et al.) Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (5, presumed escapees/feral) Ray Marshall Park (Viveash)
12/04/2014 Nigel Jackett Freckled Duck (c. 25)
Black-tailed Native-hen (1)		 Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
11/04/2014 Mark Newman Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (1, presumed escapee) Perth Airport (Perth Airport)
09/04/2014 Mark Newman Wedge-tailed Shearwater (2)
Sanderling (18)
Pacific Gull (1)
Peregrine Falcon (1)		 Long Point (Port Kennedy)
09/04/2014 Dave Johnson Eastern Barn Owl (1) Kwinana (Kwinana)
??/04/2014 via Craig Lester, Robyn Pickering et al. Blue-winged Kookaburra (1, possible escapee) Point Walter area (Bicton)
08/04/2014 Maris Lauva & Robin Ashford Fan-tailed Cuckoo (1) The Spectacles (The Spectacles)
07/04/2014 Simon Gorta Freckled Duck (30+) Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
07/04/2014 Max Bailey via Sue Abbotts Freckled Duck (8) Lake Monger (Glendalough)
07/04/2014 Rod Smith  Tawny-crowned Honeyeater (1) Piney Lakes (Winthrop)
06/04/2014 Maris Lauva Sooty Oystercatcher (1) Ocean Reef Boat Harbour (Ocean Reef)
05/04/2014 Laurie Boyle via Marcus Singor Sanderling (150)
Little Grassbird (1, feeding on rocks of groyne)
 nr groyne, Two Rocks (Two Rocks)
05/04/2014 John Graff & Brian Darlow Freckled Duck (1)
Australian Spotted Crake (2)
Spotless Crake (4)		 Lake Monger (Glendalough)
02/04/2014 Wes Cooper Royal Spoonbill (1) Hyde Park (Perth)
01/04/2014 Michael Hancock via Maris Lauva Tawny-crowned Honeyeater (2) Star Swamp (North Beach)
01/04/2014 Martin Cake & John Graff Arctic Jaeger (60+)
Pomarine Jaeger (1-2)		 Woodman Point (Munster)
01/04/2014 Rick Curtis Tawny-crowned Honeyeater (2) Clarkson Reserve (Maylands)
31/03/2014 John Ryan Freckled Duck (33) Lake Monger (Glendalough)
31/03/2014 Darryl James White-bellied Sea-Eagle (1) Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake)
30/03/2014 John Graff Chestnut Teal (1 male)
Spotless Crake (5)
Pacific Golden Plover (1)
Black-tailed Godwit (3)
Wood Sandpiper (16)
Whiskered Tern (1)
Peregrine Falcon (1)		 Lake Joondalup (Joondalup/Edgewater)
30/03/2014 Mark Newman Peregrine Falcon (1) Seal Island (Shoalwater)
29/03/2014 Dan Mantle & Plaxy Barratt Wedge-tailed Shearwater (1)
Arctic Jaeger (35+)
Fairy Tern (15+)		 Woodman Point (Munster)
29/03/2014 Dan Mantle & Plaxy Barratt Wedge-tailed Shearwater (3)
Arctic Jaeger (1)		 Point Peron (Peron)
28/03/2014 Dave Crossley & Bill McRoberts Arctic Jaeger (3)
Fairy Tern (4 adult, 4 juveniles)		 Woodman Point (Munster)
27/03/2014 Lauren Newman Stubble Quail (adult w/ 5 young) Comet Bay Oval, Warnbro Sound Ave (Secret Harbour)
27/03/2014 Craig Lester Grey Plover (6)
Red Knot (25)
Curlew Sandpiper (3)		 Creery Wetlands (Mariner's Cove)
25/03/2014 John Graff & Naish McHugh Freckled Duck (1)
Chestnut Teal (1 male)
Australian Spotted Crake (2+)
Spotless Crake (2)		 Lake Monger (Glendalough)
25/03/2014 Mark Binns Freckled Duck (1) Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake)
23/03/2014 BirdLife WA Excursion (Ian Wallace) Peregrine Falcon (1) Alfred Cove (Attadale)
22/03/2014 Ross Jones et al. Eastern Cattle Egret (2)
Little Egret (1)
Spotless Crake (1)		 Lake Monger (Glendalough)
22/03/2014 Ross Jones et al. Eastern Cattle Egret (3) Lake Gwelup (Gwelup)
22/03/2014 Nigel Jackett Freckled Duck (96)
Chestnut Teal (1)		 Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
20/03/2014 Dan Carter Plumed Whistling Duck (1) McCallum Park, South Perth foreshore (Victoria Park)
19/03/2014 Dan & Helen Carter Plumed Whistling Duck (1) McCallum Park, South Perth foreshore (Victoria Park)
17/03/2014 Rod Smith White-bellied Sea-Eagle (1) Lake Goollelal (Kingsley)
16/03/2014 Mark Newman Sanderling (1)
Pacific Gull (2)		 Golden Bay beach (Golden Bay)
16/03/2014 Nigel Jackett & John Graff Chestnut Teal (1 male)
Little Egret (8)
Pacific Golden Plover (3)
Black-tailed Godwit (2)
Wood Sandpiper (1)
Whiskered Tern (1)		 Lake Joondalup (Joondalup/Edgewater)
15/03/2014 Ross Jones Eastern Cattle Egret (3) Lake Gwelup (Gwelup)
14/03/2014 Craig Lester Common Tern (4)
Fairy Tern (60)		 Mandurah Quay (Erskine)
12/03/2014 Nigel Jackett Eastern Cattle Egret (2)
Little Egret (1)		 Lake Monger (Glendalough)
11/03/2014 Sue Abbotts Freckled Duck (1)
Eastern Cattle Egret (2)
Little Egret (1)
Australian Spotted Crake (1)
Spotless Crake (1)		 Lake Monger (Glendalough)
11/03/2014 Craig Lester Terek Sandpiper (2) Samphire Cove (Halls Head)
11/03/2014 Craig Lester Eastern Curlew (1) Soldier's Cove (Dudley Park)
11/03/2014 Robyn Pickering Tawny-crowned Honeyeater (1 immature) Beresford Place (Leeming)
10/03/2014 Rod Smith Hooded Plover (1) Government House Lake (Rottnest Island)
09/03/2014 Nigel Jackett & John Graff Freckled Duck (182+)
Little Egret (1)		 Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
08/03/2014 Mark Newman Black-tailed Native-hen (1)
White-bellied Sea-Eagle (1)		 ALCOA Wellard Wetlands (Baldivis)
08/03/2014 John Ryan Freckled Duck (2) Lake Monger (Glendalough)
08/03/2014 John Graff Little Egret (54) South Yunderup, Peel Inlet (South Yunderup)
08/03/2014 Craig Lester Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (1) nr Creery Wetlands (Mariners Cove)
07/03/2014 Mark Newman Square-tailed Kite (1) Paganoni Swamp (Karnup)
07/03/2014 Nigel Jackett Freckled Duck (210) Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
06/03/2014 Mark Newman Banded Lapwing (45+) Larkhill playing fields (Port Kennedy)
06/03/2014 Mark Binns Wood Sandpiper (5)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (2)
Red-kneed Dotterel (4)		 Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake)
03/03/2014 Robin Ashford Wood Sandpiper (2) Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake)
02/03/2014 Boyd Wykes et al. Pacific [Fork-tailed] Swift (3) central Rottnest Island (Rottnest Island)
26/02/2014 Dave Crossley & Bill McRoberts Freckled Duck (50+) Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
26/02/2014 Craig Lester Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (1) Mariners Cove (Mariners Cove)
25/02/2014 Dave Crossley & Bill McRoberts Spotted Harrier (2) Penguin Island (Shoalwater)
25/02/2014 Dave Crossley & Bill McRoberts Glossy Ibis (8)
Buff-banded Rail (1)
Spotless Crake (1)		 Kogolup Lake (Beeliar)
23/02/2014 John Graff Freckled Duck (189+)
Spotless Crake (heard)
White-browed Scrubwren (1)		 Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
23/02/2014 John Graff Spotless Crake (4) Lake Monger (Glendalough)
22/02/2014 Nigel Jackett Freckled Duck (48++) Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
19/02/2014 Mark Newman Sanderling (7) beach (Golden Bay)
19/02/2014 Mark Newman Wedge-tailed Shearwater (10+)
Common Tern (4)		 Doodies Beach (Halls Head)
17/02/2014 Alan Watson Eastern Cattle Egret (1) North Lake (North Lake)
17/02/2014 Bob Lawson Freckled Duck (5) Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
16/02/2014 Wayne Merritt & Snowy Freckled Duck (32)
Wood Sandpiper (2)		 Picnic Cove, Lake Joondalup (Edgewater)
16/02/2014 Mark Henryon & Maris Lauva Freckled Duck (24+) Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake)
16/02/2014 John Newnham Little Egret (1)
Glossy Ibis (9)
Yellow-billed Spoonbill (32)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (30)
Red-kneed Dotterel (12)		 Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake)
16/02/2014 John Newnham Eastern Cattle Egret (1)
Peregrine Falcon (1)		 North Lake (North Lake)
15/02/2014 Craig Lester Marsh Sandpiper (1) Nairns (Coodanup)
15/02/2014 Greg Howell & John Graff Eastern Curlew (3)
Common Tern (2)		 Erskine foreshore (Erskine)
11/02/2014 Craig Lester Whimbrel (3)
Terek Sandpiper (2)
Grey-tailed Tattler (1)		 Samphire Cove (Halls Head)
09/02/2014 Mark Newman Freckled Duck (2)
Spotless Crake (2)
Red-kneed Dotterel (1)
Peregrine Falcon (2)		 ALCOA Wellard Wetlands (Baldivis)
08/02/2014 John Newnham Glossy Ibis (3)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (7)
Red-kneed Dotterel (1)		 Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake)
06/02/2014 Bruce Ramsay Hooded Plover (1) Government House Lake (Rottnest Island)
06/02/2014 Robyn Pickering Freckled Duck (2)
Intermediate Egret (1)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (19)
Red-kneed Dotterel (3)		 Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake)
04/02/2014 Craig Lester Pacific Golden Plover (18) Creery Wetlands (Mariner's Cove)
02/02/2014 Andrew Tanner Variegated Fairy-wren (2) Baigup Wetlands (Bayswater)
02/02/2014 Pauline Arnold Intermediate Egret (1) Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake)
01/02/2014 Mark Binns Wood Sandpiper (2)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (5)
Red-kneed Dotterel (1)		 Lake Claremont (Claremont)
01/02/2014 Joe Krawiec Common Bronzewing (1) Settler's Cottage, Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
01/02/2014 Rob Davis White-winged Triller (1) Lake Gwelup (Gwelup)
31/01/2014 Steve Reynolds Eastern Reef Egret (1) Woodman Point (Munster)
29/01/2014 Pauline Arnold & Sandra Wallace Eastern Cattle Egret (1) North Lake (North Lake)
27/01/2014 Robyn Pickering Eastern Cattle Egret (1)
Glossy Ibis (22)
Wood Sandpiper (7)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (7)
Red-kneed Dotterel (11)		 North Lake (North Lake)
26/01/2014 Wynton Maddeford Eastern Cattle Egret (1)
Scarlet Robin (1)		 North Lake (North Lake)
24/01/2014 Steve Reynolds Hooded Plover (1) Lake Cooloongup (Cooloongup)
24/01/2014 Steve Reynolds Glossy Ibis (5)
Australian Spotted Crake (1)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (10)
Red-kneed Dotterel (20)		 North Lake (North Lake)
24/01/2014 Steve Reynolds Banded Lapwing (4) private land, Kwinana Industrial Area (Kwinana)
23/01/2014 Ross Jones, Mark Binns et al. Hooded Plover (1) Lake Cooloongup (Cooloongup)
22/01/2014 Darryl Jones Cockatiel (17) Kwinana Fwy, near Beeliar Dr (Beeliar)
22/01/2014 Greg Howell Banded Lapwing (5) Orion Rd (Jandakot)
22/01/2014 Mark Newman & Nick Brown Hooded Plover (1) Lake Cooloongup (Cooloongup)
20/01/2014 Rick Curtis Red-kneed Dotterel (7) Eric Singleton Bird Sanctuary (Bayswater)
20/01/2014 Mark Binns Banded Stilt (1,000+)
Common Greenshank (12)
Red Knot (1)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (2)
Curlew Sandpiper (12)
Red-necked Stint (100+)
Long-toed Stint (1-2)
Red-capped Plover (100s)		 Lake Cooloongup (Cooloongup)
19/01/2014 Nigel Jackett Little Egret (1)
Australian Pied Oystercatcher (58)
Grey Plover (7)
Bar-tailed Godwit (5)
Common Greenshank (9)
Great Knot (5)
Red Knot (1)
Red-necked Stint (6)		 Alfred Cove (Attadale)
18/01/2014 Ross Jones Banded Stilt (2,000+)
Hooded Plover (1)		 Lake Cooloongup (Cooloongup)
17/01/2014 Mark Binns & John Graff Red-necked Avocet (40)
Black-tailed Godwit (1)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (200+)
Pectoral Sandpiper (1)		 Goegrup Lake (Barragup)
17/01/2014 Mark Binns, John Graff et al. Eastern Cattle Egret (1)
Banded Stilt (6)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (40+)		 Barragup Swamp (Furnissdale)
17/01/2014 Craig Lester Eastern Curlew (1)
Whimbrel (1)
Terek Sandpiper (2) 		Soldier's Cove (Dudley Park)
16/01/2014 Marcus Singor White-necked Heron (3)
Glossy Ibis (8)
Red-kneed Dotterel (95)		 North Lake (North Lake)
16/01/2014 Marcus Singor Australian Pied Oystercatcher (71)
Bar-tailed Godwit (3)		 Alfred Cove (Attadale)
16/01/2014 Marcus Singor Grey Plover (4)
Great Knot (1)		 Woodman Point (Munster)

South West (Murchison River to Esperance) (Shires in parentheses)

Date Observers Species

Location

18/04/2014 Edward James via Nigel Jackett Dollarbird (1) Salt River Rd (?Cranbrook)
13/04/2014 John Graff & Simon Gorta Crested Shrike-tit (1) Yarra Road (Beverley)
13/04/2014 John Graff & Simon Gorta Australian Owlet-nightjar (1) Collins Rd (Beverley)
08/04/2014 Simon Gorta Fairy Martin (2) Busselton town (Busselton)
05/04/2014 Laurie Boyle via Marcus Singor Sooty Oystercatcher (3)
Ruddy Turnstone (150-200)
Sanderling (large flock)
Red-necked Stint (200)		 Lancelin beach (Gingin)
01/04/2014 Ian Wheeler via Peter Taylor Glossy Ibis (1) Byenup Lagoon (Manjimup)
31/03/2014 Michelle Barnes via Anne Bondin Grey Wagtail (1) Lake Seppings (Albany)
24/03/2014 Bill Betts Wood Sandpiper (1)
Spotless Crake (4)		 Lake Monjinup (Esperance)
24/03/2014 Bill Betts Hooded Plover (53) Lake Warden (Esperance)
23/03/2014 Ken Monson Wood Sandpiper (4)
White-fronted Chat (500+)		 Nambeelup (Murray) [private property]
22/03/2014 Bill Betts Masked Lapwing (2 race novaehollandiae) Lake Wheatfield (Esperance)
18/03/2014 Bill Russell Ruff (1 male) Lake Preston, N end just S of causeway (Waroona)
15/03/2014 John Newnham Greater Sand Plover (2) Blackwood River mouth (Augusta-Margaret River)
03/03/2014 Ken Monson Pacific Golden Plover (2)
Wood Sandpiper (9)
Long-toed Stint (1)
White-fronted Chat (80+)		 Nambeelup (Murray) [private property]
28/02/2014 Col Heap Brush Bronzewing (2) Western Flora (Irwin)
23/02/2014 Stewart Ford Royal Spoonbill (1 overflying)
Black-tailed Godwit (3)
Red Knot (2)
Common Greenshank (95)
Marsh Sandpiper (3)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (1,000+)
Curlew Sandpiper (c. 10)
Ruff (2 male)
Broad-billed Sandpiper (2)
Red-necked Stint (1,000+)
Long-toed Stint (c. 9)
Caspian Tern (30)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
22/02/2014 Bill Betts Pectoral Sandpiper (3+)
Ruff (3)
Long-toed Stint (1)
White-bellied Sea-Eagle (1)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
22/02/2014 Robyn & Morgan Pickering Black-tailed Godwit (2)
Ruff (3 male)
Long-toed Stint (14+)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
21/02/2014 Robyn Pickering Ruff (3; 2 male, 1 female) Lake McLarty (Murray)
21/02/2014 Craig Lester Black-tailed Godwit (6)
Marsh Sandpiper (6)
Long-toed Stint (1)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
20/02/2014 Craig Lester Chestnut Teal (2)
Black-tailed Godwit (2)
Marsh Sandpiper (4)
Ruff (3)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
15/02/2014 Greg Howell & John Graff Emu (2 adult, 3 older juvenile/immature)
Pacific Golden Plover (1)
Black-tailed Godwit (2)
Red Knot (1)
Common Greenshank (90+)
Marsh Sandpiper (4)
Wood Sandpiper (2)
Grey-tailed Tattler (1)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (3,000+, 1 flagged blue over yellow - prob. banded China [Bohai Bay])
Pectoral Sandpiper (5)
Curlew Sandpiper (8)
Ruff (3 male)
Broad-billed Sandpiper (2)
Red-necked Stint (2,000+)
Long-toed Stint (14+)
Red-capped Plover (1,000+)
Peregrine Falcon (1, caught small wader - Red-necked Stint/Red-capped Plover)
Whiskered Tern (1)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
14/02/2014 Steve Reynolds Grey-tailed Tattler (1)
Pectoral Sandpiper (3)
Curlew Sandpiper (5)
 Broad-billed Sandpiper (2) 		Lake McLarty (Murray)
12/02/2014 Craig Lester Ruff (2) Lake McLarty (Murray)
12/02/2014 Sue Abbotts Ruff (2) Lake McLarty (Murray)
10/02/2014 Plaxy Barratt & Dan Mantle Red-necked Phalarope (1) Vasse Estuary, access from park at end of Inlet Drive (Busselton)
10/02/2014 Plaxy Barratt, Dan Mantle et al. Black-tailed Godwit (2)
Marsh Sandpiper (3)
Pectoral Sandpiper (7)
Ruff (3)
Broad-billed Sandpiper (1)
Long-toed Stint (2)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
09/02/2014 Bill Betts Marsh Sandpiper (8)
Pectoral Sandpiper (2)
Ruff (1)
Whiskered Tern (2)
RED-THROATED PIPIT (1)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
08/02/2014 Peter Taylor, Rose Ferrell & Marco Groot Red-necked Phalarope (1) Vasse Estuary, access from park at end of Inlet Drive (Busselton)
06/02/2014 Marco Groot Pectoral Sandpiper (1+)
RED-THROATED PIPIT (1)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
06/02/2014 Peter Taylor Royal Spoonbill (1) Tordit-gurrup Lagoon (Manjimup)
04/02/2014 Ken Monson & Sue Abbotts Wood Sandpiper (10)
Long-toed Stint (1)
European Goldfinch (6) 		Nambeelup (Murray)
04/02/2014 Plaxy Barratt, Steve Reynolds et al. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (2,000+)
Pectoral Sandpiper (1+)
Ruff (1)
Red-kneed Dotterel (1)
RED-THROATED PIPIT (1, photos 1, 2, 3, 4)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
02/02/2014 Mark Stanley Australian Spotted Crake (1)
Marsh Sandpiper (5+)
Wood Sandpiper (1)
Pectoral Sandpiper (1+)
Ruff (1 female [Reeve])
Broad-billed Sandpiper (1)
Long-toed Stint (1)
Red-kneed Dotterel (4)
White-bellied Sea-Eagle (3)
Peregrine Falcon (1)
RED-THROATED PIPIT (1)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
02/02/2014 Bill Betts et al.  RED-THROATED PIPIT (1) Lake McLarty (Murray)
31/01/2014 Stewart Ford & Roy Teale Broad-billed Sandpiper (1)
Red-kneed Dotterel (several)
RED-THROATED PIPIT (1)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
31/01/2014 Craig Lester Black-tailed Godwit (4)
Ruff (1)
Red-kneed Dotterel (4)
 RED-THROATED PIPIT (1)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
30/01/2014 Nick Hart, John Kooistra et al. Broad-billed Sandpiper (1)
RED-THROATED PIPIT (1)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
29/01/2014 Bruce Greatwich, Nigel Jackett, Chris Knuckey et al. Marsh Sandpiper (5+)
Pectoral Sandpiper (5+)
RED-THROATED PIPIT (1)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
28/01/2014 Craig Lester, Steve Burns et al. Marsh Sandpiper (6)
Ruff (1)
RED-THROATED PIPIT (1)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
27/01/2014 John Graff, Mark Newman et al. Black-tailed Godwit (3)
Marsh Sandpiper (10+)
Wood Sandpiper (1)
Pectoral Sandpiper (6+)
 Ruff (2 - 1 male, 1 female [Reeve])
RED-THROATED PIPIT (1)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
27/01/2014 Steve Elson Banded Stilt (1,200+)
Red-kneed Dotterel (43)
Hooded Plover (4)		 Lake Ewlyamartup (Katanning)
27/01/2014 Steve Elson Banded Stilt (110)
Wood Sandpiper (2)		 Coblinine NR (Katanning)
27/01/2014 Steve Elson Banded Stilt (64)
Red-kneed Dotterel (18)
Hooded Plover (37, inc. 3 immatures)		 Bob's Lake (Cranbrook)
27/01/2014 Steve Elson Red-kneed Dotterel (2)
Hooded Plover (9, inc. 1 immature)		 Anderson Lake (Cranbrook)
26/01/2014 Bill Betts Black-tailed Godwit (3)
Ruff (1)
RED-THROATED PIPIT (1)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
26/01/2014 Mark Newman et al. Chestnut Teal (2)
Black-tailed Godwit (2)
Marsh Sandpiper (11)
Pectoral Sandpiper (5+)
RED-THROATED PIPIT (1, photo)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
25/01/2014 Mark Binns Banded Stilt (100s)
Black-tailed Godwit (2)
Wood Sandpiper (1)
Pectoral Sandpiper (1)
Ruff (1)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
18/01/2014 John Delaporte Malleefowl (1) Indian Ocean Drive, c. 20km N of Yanchep (Gingin)
18/01/2014 Bruce Greatwich, Nigel Jackett & John Graff White-faced Storm-Petrel (1)
Sooty Tern (12+)
Rock Parrot (1)		 Lancelin Island (Gingin)
16/01/2014 Craig Lester Marsh Sandpiper (6)
Curlew Sandpiper (5)
Red-kneed Dotterel (1)
Whiskered Tern (11)
White-winged Black Tern (1)
Peregrine Falcon (3)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
12/01/2014 Rory Chapple Pacific [Fork-tailed] Swift (500-1,000) Point Moore (Geraldton)
28/11/2013 Tony Watts Black-tailed Native-hen (1) Tone River Bridge, Boyup Brook-Cranbrook Rd (Boyup Brook)

 

Arid Zone (Shires in parentheses)

Date Observers Species

Location

06/04/2014 Malcolm Beeton Australian Pelican (1) West Angelas fuel hub (East Pilbara)
27/03-06/04/2014 Nigel Jackett  Brown Quail (1)
Black Falcon (1)
Bourke's Parrot (18)
Black-eared Cuckoo (4)
Grey Honeyeater (1)
Western [Chestnut-breasted] Quail-thrush (6)
Ground Cuckoo-shrike (3)
White-backed Swallow (1)		 Turee Creek Station (Ashburton)
18/03/2014 John Masters & Clinton Richter Freckled Duck (8) freshwater claypan, Goongarrie Station (Menzies)
07/03/2014 Col Heap & Les George Pacific Golden Plover (33)
Australian Pipit (19)		 Carnarvon Pony Club/Festival Ground (Carnarvon)
07/03/2014 Bill Rutherford Eastern Yellow Wagtail (1 - 1st year bird) Port Hedland Racecourse, E end (Port Hedland)
06/03/2014 Bill Rutherford Pacific [Fork-tailed] Swift (1) Port Hedland Airport (Port Hedland)
15/02/2014 Malcolm Beeton Pink-eared Duck (4) West Angelas (East Pilbara)
13/02/2014 Rob Davis & Sora Estrella Red Knot (10,000) Northern Ponds, Lake Macleod (Carnarvon)
12/02/2014 Rob Davis & Sora Estrella Broad-billed Sandpiper (80) Northern Ponds, Lake Macleod (Carnarvon)
12/02/2014 Ray Turnbull Barn Swallow (9) main street, Onslow (Ashburton)
11/02/2014 Rob Davis & Sora Estrella Oriental Plover (53) Lake Macleod (Carnarvon)
10/02/2014 Rob Davis & Sora Estrella Royal Spoonbill (2) Godwit Beach, Lake Macleod (Carnarvon)
23/01/2014 Debbie Colbourne Oriental Pratincole (500+) Gt Northern Hwy, nr Port Hedland (Port Hedland)
16/01/2014 Bill Rutherford Barn Swallow (19+) Port Hedland Sewage Works (Port Hedland)

 

Kimberley (Shires in parentheses)

Date Observers Species

Location

19/03/2014 Adrian Boyle & George Swann via Birding-Aus Franklin's Gull (1, non-breeding) Broome sewage ponds (Broome)

 

Australian Indian Ocean Territories


Ashmore Reef

Date Observers Species

Location

 

Christmas Island

Date Observers Species

Location

 

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Date Observers Species

Location

 

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