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Last Modified 10th March 2010
Email Frank O'Connor (sightings@birdswa.com.au) with details of your sightings.
The sightings highlighted in red will be included in the WA Bird Notes Issue 133 (March 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. The taxonomy published in Christidis & Boles 2008 is used. Click here for the previous sightings. You are welcome to email JPG photographs of birds to be identified.
Perth & Mandurah (within UBD Street Directory) (Suburbs in parentheses)
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 08/03/2010 | Nigel Jackett | Southern Boobook (heard) | garden (Doubleview) |
| 07/03/2010 | Ian & Ethan Dilley | Radjah Shelduck (1) | Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake) |
| 07/03/2010 | BAWA Excursion (John Graff) | Long-toed Stint (4) | Peel Inlet (South Yunderup) |
| 03/03/2010 | Robyn Pickering | Australian Spotless
Crake (11) Spotless Crake (10) Black-winged Stilt (130) Banded Stilt (3) Red-necked Avocet (31) Masked Lapwing (race novaehollandiae) Common Greenshank (4) Marsh Sandpiper (1) Wood Sandpiper (5) Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (22) |
Kogolup Swamp (Beeliar) |
| 02/03/2010 | Maris Lauva | Fork-tailed Swift (6) | Maurice Hamer Reserve (Herdsman) |
| 25/02/2010 | Robyn Pickering | Radjah Shelduck (1) | Maurice Hamer Reserve (Herdsman) |
| 13/02/2010 | Mark Newman | Banded Lapwing (1) Bar-tailed Godwit (73) Great Knot (5) Curlew Sandpiper (9) |
Peel Inlet (Nairns) |
| 12/02/2010 | Belinda Forbes | Red-necked Avocet (30+) | Maurice Hamer Reserve (Herdsman) |
| 11/02/2010 | Mark Newman | Pink-eared Duck
(1,300) Australasian Shoveler (700) Blue-billed Duck (600) Hoary-headed Grebe (450) |
Yangebup Lake (Yangebup) |
| 10/02/2010 | Jeff Turpin | Square-tailed Kite (1) | Lefroy Street (Mt Nasura) |
| 09/02/2010 | Mark Stanley | Banded Stilt (4) | Perry Lakes (Perry Lakes) |
| 09/02/2010 | Gillian Pitt | Red-necked Avocet (9) | Floreat Waters (Herdsman) |
| 08/02/2010 | Toni Webster | Buff-banded Rail
(4) Banded Stilt (8) Whimbrel (1) Red-necked Stint (91) |
Alfred Cove (Attadale) |
| 08/02/2010 | Maris Lauva | Banded Stilt (10) Pacific Golden Plover (2) |
Alfred Cove (Attadale) |
| 08/02/2010 | Joan Gye | Great Knot (4) | Woodman Point (Munster) |
| 07/02/2010 | BAWA Excursion (Robyn Pickering) | Chestnut Teal (1) | Erskine Lakes (Erskine) |
| 07/02/2010 | BAWA Excursion (Robyn Pickering) | Eastern Barn Owl (1) | Samphire Cove (Halls Head) |
| 07/02/2010 | BAWA Excursion (Robyn Pickering) | Terek Sandpiper (1) | Peel Inlet (Nairns) |
| 06/02/2010 | Mark Newman | Brown Songlark (2) | ALCOA Wellard Wetlands (Baldivis) |
| 06/02/2010 | Robyn Pickering | Radjah Shelduck (1) Banded Stilt (5) Banded Stilt (60) Red-kneed Dotterel (1) |
South Lake (South Lake) |
| 06/02/2010 | Robyn Pickering | Chestnut Teal
(male) Glossy Ibis (5) Wood Sandpiper (4) |
Kogolup Lake (Beeliar) |
| 06/02/2010 | Nigel Jackett | Tawny Frogmouth (1) | Trigg Bushland Reserve (Trigg) |
| 05/02/2010 | Andrew Sutherland | Spotless Crake (1) | ALCOA Wellard Wetlands (Baldivis) |
| 04/02/2010 | Nigel Jackett | Wood Sandpiper (2) Long-toed Stint (3) |
Floreat Waters (Herdsman) |
| 02/02/2010 | Belinda Forbes | Wood Sandpiper (2) | Floreat Waters (Herdsman) |
| 31/01/2010 | Michael Pudovskis | Red-necked Avocet
(1) Splendid Fairy-wren (1) |
Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) |
| 30/01/2010 | Oliver Cann | Red-necked Avocet (50) | Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake) |
| 28/01/2010 | Jeff Turpin | Peregrine Falcon (1) | Koondoola Bushland (Koondoola) |
South West (Murchison River to Esperance) (Shires in parentheses)
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 04/03/2010 | Geoff Taylor | Eastern Reef Egret (grey) | Prawn Rock Channel (Denmark) |
| 01/03/2010 | BAWA Excursion (Sue Abbotts) | Spotted Harrier (1) Baillon's Crake (1) Australian Spotted Crake (10) Spotless Crake (10) |
sewerage works (Busselton) |
| 28/02/2010 | BAWA Excursion (Sue Abbotts) | Ruff (1) | Wonnerup Inlet (Busselton) |
| 16-22/02/2010 | Steve Elson | BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER (1) | lake near Cranbrook (Cranbrook) |
| 10/02/2010 | Jeff Turpin | Square-tailed Kite
(1) Southern Emu-wren (3) |
Wilbinga (Gingin) |
| 07/02/2010 | Anne Bondin et al. | Glossy Ibis (12) | Lake Nenamup (Albany) |
| 06/02/2010 | Kim Williams | Pacific Golden Plover (8) | Stirling Wetlands (Capel) |
| 17/01/2010 | Kim Williams | Glossy Ibis (20) | Willmott's Lake (Busselton) |
Arid Zone (Shires in parentheses)
Kimberley (Shires in parentheses)
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 01/03/2010 | Adrian Boyle | Semi-palmated Plover (1) | sewage ponds (Broome) |
| 06/02/2010 | George Swann | Semi-palmated Plover (1) | sewage ponds (Broome) |
Ashmore Reef
Christmas Island
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 01/03/2010 | Richard Baxter (NSW) | CINNAMON BITTERN (male) | golf course to resort |
Cocos Islands
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