Western Australia Bird Sightings

Western Australia Recent Bird Sightings (WABN 157)

Email John Graff (wasightings@birdlife.org.au) with details of your sightings.

The more unusual or rare sightings are highlighted in red and may be included in the WA Bird Notes Issue 157 (March 2016). 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)

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
12/01/2016	Ken Glasson	Masked Lapwing (2)	Yanchep NP (Yanchep)
11/01/2016	Ken Glasson	Sanderling (20-30)	Two Rocks beach (Two Rocks)
10/01/2016	Martin Cake & John Graff	Intermediate Egret (1 possible Asian race intermedia)	Lake Joondalup (Wanneroo) - just north of Ocean Reef Rd
10/01/2016	Ian Pibworth	Hooded Plover (1)	Two Rocks beach (Two Rocks)
10/01/2016	Martin Cake & John Graff	Freckled Duck (10)	Lake Joondalup South (Woodvale)
08/01/2016	Mark Binns	Common Noddy (3)	Penguin Island (Shoalwater)
08/01/2016	Clive Nealon	Masked Lapwing (2) Pacific [Fork-tailed] Swift (2)	Yanchep NP (Yanchep)
08/01/2016	Clive Nealon	Sanderling (30-40)	Two Rocks beach (Two Rocks)
08/01/2016	John Baas	Spotless Crake (3)	Baigup Reserve (Maylands)
07/01/2016	Tim Blake	Stubble Quail (1)	front yard (Leeming)
06/01/2016	Sue Abbotts	Freckled Duck (1) Chestnut Teal (1 male)	Lake Gwelup (Gwelup)
06/01/2016	Peter Curry & Steve Keeling	Tawny-crowned Honeyeater (3)	Wireless Hill Park (Ardross)
05/01/2016	Ken Glasson	Sooty Oystercatcher (3)	Point Peron (Peron)
01/01/2016	Pete White	CRESTED (ORIENTAL) HONEY-BUZZARD (2)	Lake Joondalup (Wanneroo)
01/01/2016	Wayne Merritt	Intermediate Egret (1)	Lake Joondalup South (Woodvale)
01/01/2016	Dave & Jan Crossley	Buff-banded Rail (4) Baillon's Crake (1) Spotless Crake (3) Pectoral Sandpiper (3)	North Lake (North Lake)
01/01/2016	Wayne Merritt	Whiskered Tern (5)	Lake Joondalup (Wanneroo)
01/01/2016	Wayne Merritt	Whiskered Tern (3)	Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake)
30/12/2015	Bob Lawson & Daniel McKeon	CRESTED (ORIENTAL) HONEY-BUZZARD (2)	Lake Joondalup (Wanneroo)
30/12/2015	Craig Lester	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (400) Pectoral Sandpiper (1)	Goegrup Lake (Barragup)
30/12/2015	Stewart Ford	Freckled Duck (2)	Lake Gwelup (Gwelup)
30/12/2015	John Graff	Freckled Duck (2) Black-tailed Native-hen (1)	Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
29/12/2015	Mark Binns	Tawny-crowned Honeyeater (3+)	Piney Lakes (Winthrop)
28/12/2015	Dan Mantle	CRESTED (ORIENTAL) HONEY-BUZZARD (3)	Lake Joondalup (Wanneroo)
28/12/2015	Daniel McKeon	CRESTED (ORIENTAL) HONEY-BUZZARD (1) Australasian Bittern (1)	Lake Joondalup (Wanneroo)
28/12/2015	Maris Lauva	Freckled Duck (2) Crested Pigeon (2)	Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
26/12/2015	Jennie Stock	Freckled Duck (6)	Lake Joondalup South (Woodvale)
24/12/2015	Ken Glasson	Pectoral Sandpiper (1)	North Lake (North Lake)
22/12/2015	Steve Reynolds	Brown Skua (1)	offshore Hillarys Boat Harbour (Hillarys)
21/12/2015	Sue Abbotts	CRESTED (ORIENTAL) HONEY-BUZZARD (2)	Lake Joondalup (Wanneroo)
21/12/2015	Sue Plankis & Lynn Sellers	Mute Swan (1)	Lake Monger (Glendalough)
20/12/2015	Allan Burbidge, Plaxy Barratt et al.	CRESTED (ORIENTAL) HONEY-BUZZARD (2)	Lake Joondalup (Wanneroo)
20/12/2015	David Taggart	Freckled Duck (1)	Lake Joondalup (Wanneroo)
20/12/2015	Steve Keeling	Great Knot (17) Red Knot (7)	Nairns (Coodanup)
18/12/2015	Peter Taylor	CRESTED (ORIENTAL) HONEY-BUZZARD (1)	Lake Joondalup (Wanneroo) - 0950 & 1035 nr Rec Centre along Scenic Dr
17/12/2015	Steve Reynolds	CRESTED (ORIENTAL) HONEY-BUZZARD (1)	Lake Joondalup (Wanneroo) - 1100 nr Rec Centre
17/12/2015	Steve Reynolds	Gallinago sp. Snipe (1) Black-tailed Godwit (1)	North Lake (North Lake)
17/12/2015	Bob Lawson	Mute Swan (1)	Lake Monger (Glendalough)
16/12/2015	Jordan Webber	CRESTED (ORIENTAL) HONEY-BUZZARD (1)	Lake Joondalup (Wanneroo) - 1235 & 1325 along Scenic Dr btwn Ariti Av & Mega St
16/12/2015	Martin Cake	Baillon's Crake (2+) Gallinago sp. Snipe (1) Black-tailed Godwit (1) Long-toed Stint (1)	North Lake (North Lake)
15/12/2015	Steve Reynolds	Gallinago sp. Snipe (1)	North Lake (North Lake)
15/12/2015	Mark Binns, John Graff et al.	Black-tailed Godwit (1) Pectoral Sandpiper (1)	North Lake (North Lake)
14/12/2015	Craig Lester	Common Tern (1)	Mandurah Harbour (Mandurah)
14/12/2015	Craig Lester et al.	Gallinago sp. Snipe (2)	North Lake (North Lake)
14/12/2015	Malcolm Beeton	Glossy Ibis (2 overflying)	Cockburn Train Station (Cockburn)
13/12/2015	Mark Stanley via Birding-Aus	CRESTED (ORIENTAL) HONEY-BUZZARD (1)	Lake Joondalup (Wanneroo) - 1220 & 1240 nr Rec Centre along Scenic Dr
13/12/2015	Craig Lester	Gallinago sp. Snipe (2)	North Lake (North Lake)
13/12/2015	Mark Binns	Great Knot (13)	Alfred Cove (Attadale)
11/12/2015	Mark Binns et al.	CRESTED (ORIENTAL) HONEY-BUZZARD (1)	Lake Joondalup (Wanneroo) - 0730 nr Rec Centre, heading west
10/12/2015	Mark Newman & Nick Brown	Sooty Tern (1)	Penguin Island (Shoalwater)
10/12/2015	Mark Newman & Nick Brown	Sooty Oystercatcher (2)	Point Peron (Peron)
10/12/2015	John Baas	Little Egret (1)	Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
09/12/2015	Mark Binns	Bar-tailed Godwit (3) Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (2)	Alfred Cove (Attadale)
09/12/2015	Mark Stanley	Common Sandpiper (1)	Pelican Point (Crawley)
06/12/2015	Mark Stanley	Intermediate Egret (1)	Lake Joondalup South (Woodvale)
05/12/2015	Tim Jones via Birding-Aus	CRESTED (ORIENTAL) HONEY-BUZZARD (1)	Lake Joondalup (Wanneroo) - 1345 along Scenic Dr nr Rec Centre
02/12/2015	Mark Newman & Nick Brown	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (150+) Red-necked Stint (200+)	Lake Cooloongup (Cooloongup)
01/12/2015	Gary Tate	White-necked Heron (6)	Lake Joondalup South (Woodvale)
Oct - Dec 2015	via Ian Abbott	Fan-tailed Cuckoo (1)	Mary St (Como)
29/11/2015	Wayne Merritt	CRESTED (ORIENTAL) HONEY-BUZZARD (1)	Lake Joondalup (Joondalup/Wanneroo) - 0730 along Scenic Dr, 0830 over Neil Hawkins Park
29/11/2015	Wayne Merritt	Eastern Cattle Egret (1)	Lake Joondalup South (Woodvale)
28/11/2015	Morgan Pickering	Eastern Osprey (6)	Alfred Cove (Attadale)
27/11/2015	Bill Russell	Sooty Oystercatcher (1)	Penguin Island (Shoalwater)
25/11/2015	Mark Newman & Nick Brown	Eastern Reef Egret (1) Sooty Oystercatcher (3)	Point Peron (Peron)
25/11/2015	Mark Newman & Nick Brown	Pomarine Jaeger (1)	Penguin Island (Shoalwater)
23/11/2015	Mark Newman	Sooty Tern (1)	Penguin Island (Shoalwater)
21/11/2015	Marcus Singor	Crested Pigeon (4)	Sir James Mitchell Park (South Perth)
21/11/2015	Claire Gerrish	Mute Swan (1)	Lake Monger (Glendalough)
19/11/2015	John Nilson	Regent Parrot (7)	Berkshire Approach (Piara Waters)
17/11/2015	Geoff Groom	Eastern Cattle Egret (1)	Lake Joondalup South (Woodvale)
16/11/2015	Craig Lester	Wedge-tailed Shearwater (1)	Nairns (Coodanup)
15/11/2015	Frank O'Connor et al.	CRESTED (ORIENTAL) HONEY-BUZZARD (1)	Lake Joondalup, NE area (Wanneroo)
14/11/2015	Keith Wilcox	Banded Lapwing (2)	Stirling Train Station (Stirling)
13/11/2015	David Letham	Spotted Harrier (1)	S side of airfield (Rottnest Island)
13/11/2015	Rick Curtis	White-necked Heron (1) Swamp Harrier (1)	Baigup Wetlands (Bayswater)
04/11/2015	Craig Lester	Long-toed Stint (3)	Lake Walyungup (Warnbro)
03/11/2015	Craig Lester	Pacific Golden Plover (9)	Creery Wetlands (Mariners Cove)
03/11/2015	Craig Lester	Terek Sandpiper (1) Red Knot (12)	Nairns (Coodanup)
03/11/2015	John Baas	Little Egret (1)	Lake Monger (Glendalough)
02/11/2015	Malcolm Beeton	Square-tailed Kite (2)	Kwinana Fwy at Karnup Rd & Mandjoogoordup Dr (Baldivis/Lakelands)
31/10/2015	Lochlan & Mark Newman	Common Tern (1)	The Chimneys, Erskine Foreshore (Erskine)
29/10/2015	Mark Newman	Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (1)	Paganoni Swamp (Golden Bay)
28/10/2015	Bruce Corfe & Rick Curtis	White-winged Triller (pair)	Swan River at Viveash (Viveash)
28/10/2015	Mark Newman	White-winged Triller (1 male)	ALCOA Wellard Wetlands (Baldivis)
26/10/2015	Craig Lester	Hooded Plover (1 juvenile)	Nairns (Coodanup)
23/10/2015	Keith Wilcox	Whimbrel (1)	Heirisson Island (East Perth)
20-21/10/2015	Peter Coyle	Spotted Pardalote (2)	nr Bathurst Point Lighthouse (Rottnest Island)
17/10/2015	Jordan Webber	Chestnut Teal (1 male) Variegated Fairy-wren (1)	Bindaring Park (Bassendean)
14/10/2015	Ken Glasson	Elegant Parrot (c. 12) White-winged Triller (8+)	Gosnells Rd East (Orange Grove)
10/10/2015	Vicki Stokes	Gull-billed Tern (2) Fairy Tern (26)	Nairns (Coodanup)
04/10/2015	Chris Knuckey	Bush Stone-curlew (1)	shopping centre (Leeming)

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

Date	Observers	Species	Location
08/01/2015	Steve Elson	Red-necked Avocet (450+) Pacific Golden Plover (18) Grey Plover (9) Greater Sand Plover (2) Bar-tailed Godwit (12) Black-tailed Godwit (1) Common Greenshank (130) Great Knot (26) Red Knot (8) Terek Sandpiper (2) Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (300) Pectoral Sandpiper (2) Curlew Sandpiper (19) Red-necked Stint (2,000) Little Stint (1 partial breeding plumaged) Long-toed Stint (2)	Wilson Inlet (Denmark)
08/01/2015	Mark Newman	Pacific [Fork-tailed] Swift (1)	Bluff Knoll (Stirling Range)
20/12/2015	Bill Russell & Bob Paterson	Oriental Pratincole (1)	Nambeelup (Murray) [private site]
18/12/2015	Ken Monson	Oriental Pratincole (1)	Nambeelup (Murray) [private site]
14/12/2015	Ross Jones	Black-tailed Native-hen (2)	Esperance Golf Course (Esperance)
13/12/2015	Ross Jones	Hooded Plover (121)	Lake Warden (Esperance)
11/12/2015	Mark Newman & Nick Brown	Oriental Pratincole (1)	Benger Swamp (Harvey)
10/12/2015	Robyn Pickering	Oriental Pratincole (1)	Benger Swamp (Harvey)
30/11/2015	Mark Newman	Brown Falcon (1) Wood Sandpiper (10)	Lakes Rd (Nambeelup)
23/11/2015	Mark Newman	Wood Sandpiper (18)	Lakes Rd (Nambeelup)
30/10/2015	Bill Russell	Banded Stilt (800)	Lake Preston (Waroona)
27/10/2015	Craig Lester	White-necked Heron (30) Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (300) Pectoral Sandpiper (1) Long-toed Stint (8+)	Lake McLarty (Murray)
25/10/2015	Bill Russell & Bob Paterson	Wood Sandpiper (8) Long-toed Stint (1)	Nambeelup (Murray) [private site]
23/10/2015	Geoff Collis	Major Mitchell's Cockatoo (7) Regent Parrot (1)	Great Eastern Hwy, 25km W of Southern Cross (Yilgarn)
23/10/2015	Peter Morris	Greater Sand Plover (2) Terek Sandpiper (2)	Lake Preston (Myalup)
23/10/2015	Bill Russell	White-necked Heron (30)	Lake McLarty (Murray)
18/10/2015	Craig Lester	White-necked Heron (18) Long-toed Stint (1)	Lake McLarty (Murray)
15/10/2015	Don Carlson	Whimbrel (1) Terek Sandpiper (2)	Point Douro (Harvey)
13/10/2015	Geoff Taylor	Terek Sandpiper (1)	Ocean Beach (Denmark)
01/10/2015	Gary Meredith	Western Fieldwren (2) Southern Emu-wren (2)	Lake Logue Nature Reserve (Carnamah)

Arid Zone (Shires in parentheses)

Date	Observers	Species	Location
11/01/2015	Jordan Webber	White-throated Needletail (1)	Wapet Creek (Exmouth)
11/01/2015	Ray Turnbull & Margot Oorebeek	Barn Swallow (2)	Beadon Point, Onslow (Ashburton)
11/01/2015	Jordan Webber	Wood Sandpiper (11) White-winged Black Tern (8) Star Finch (2)	Exmouth Sewage Works (Exmouth)
10/01/2015	Ray Turnbull & Margot Oorebeek	Flock Bronzewing (830) Black-tailed Native-hen (1) Long-toed Stint (3)	Urala Causeway, Ashburton River (Ashburton)
10/01/2015	Jordan Webber	Roseate Tern (80) White-winged Black Tern (50) Sanderling (70)	Point Maud (Carnarvon)
08/01/2015	Jordan Webber	Little Curlew (1) Orange Chat (2)	Coral Bay Sewage Works (Carnarvon)
07/01/2015	Jordan Webber	Little Ringed Plover (2)	Chinaman Pool (Carnarvon)
31/12/2015	Mark Newman & Lizzie Joyce	Barn Swallow (25)	Port Hedland race course (Port Hedland)
30/12/2015	Les George	Little Ringed Plover (2)	Chinaman Pool (Carnarvon)
29/12/2015	Mark Newman	Orange Chat (3)	Walkabout sewage ponds (Port Hedland)
28/12/2015	Mark Newman & Lizzie Joyce	Eastern Yellow Wagtail (4)	Port Hedland race course (Port Hedland)
21/12/2015	Les George	Little Ringed Plover (1)	Chinaman Pool (Carnarvon)
21/12/2015	Mark Newman	Grey Falcon (1)	Walkabout sewage ponds (Port Hedland)
13/12/2015	Marco Groot	Baillon's Crake (1)	Brumby Creek (East Pilbara)
11/12/2015	Bill Rutherford	Barn Swallow (18)	Port Hedland race course (Port Hedland)
03/12/2015	Malcolm Beeton	Eastern Barn Owl (1)	West Angelas (East Pilbara)
20/10/2015	Maris Lauva & Robin Ashford	Long-toed Stint (1) Rufous Fieldwren (2)	Lake Austin (Cue)
17/10/2015	Marco Groot	Australian Little Bittern (1 heard) Spotless Crake (several heard)	Carrawine Gorge (East Pilbara)
09/10/2015	Ross Jones	Long-toed Stint (1)	Chinaman's Pool, Marble Bar (East Pilbara)

Kimberley (Shires in parentheses)

Date	Observers	Species	Location
20/11/2015	Rohan Clarke & George Swann via Facebook	TEMMINCK'S STINT (1)	private property near Broome (Broome)
11/12/2015	George Swann, Mike Carter et al.	TEMMINCK'S STINT (1)	private property near Broome (Broome)
29/11/2015	Clare & Grant Morton via Facebook	TEMMINCK'S STINT (1)	private property near Broome (Broome)
08/10/2015	George Swann	Semipalmated Plover (1)	Simpsons Beach (Broome)
07/10/2015	Mark Newman, Nick Brown et al.	Tawny Grassbird (1)	Yellow Chat Island, Lake Argyle (Wyndham - East Kimberley)
06/10/2015	Mark Newman, Nick Brown et al.	Red Goshawk (1)	Lake Argyle entrance road (Wyndham - East Kimberley)
06/10/2015	Mark Newman, Nick Brown et al.	Little Shrike-thrush (1)	Lake Argyle Dam Park (Wyndham - East Kimberley)
04/10/2015	Mark Newman, Nick Brown et al.	Eastern Yellow Wagtail (1 race taivana)	Wyndham (Wyndham - East Kimberley)
29/09/2015	Mark Newman, Nick Brown et al.	Yellow Wagtail sp. (1 probable Western race lutea)	Broome Caravan Park (Broome)

Australian Indian Ocean Territories

Ashmore Reef

Date	Observers	Species	Location

Christmas Island

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Cocos (Keeling) Islands

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Last modified 13th January 2016