I have just received a report that an Oriental Honey Buzzard (Pernis
ptilorhynchus) was found in a back yard in Leinster (a mining town north of
Kalgoorlie).
It was taken to the environmental people at the mine site, passed on to a
raptor care group, but died. The specimen has been lodged at the Museum of
WA. More details will be published in the June volume of Western
Australian Bird Notes.
This is the first mainland record for Australia.
Presumably it was caught in the recent tropical depression that formed well
north of Broome, crossed the coast near Port Hedland (barometric pressure
~995) and passed through Western Australia dumping very welcome rain.
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