That's excellent news, Nigel
For the past couple of summers, the water level at the lake remained high all
through summer and autumn, which meant that very few areas of mud appeared.
It's good to see that some muddy edges are developing this year for the crakes
and waders
Long-toed Stint is also a good record for Herdsman
Cheers,
John
> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 19:48:23 +0800
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Herdsman Lake
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> Hi Paul,
>
> I'd recommend visiting either one of the areas John mentioned. I was there
> this afternoon and saw a good range of birds (59 species), including 2
> Spotless Crakes (one had a red band on the right leg). Some other
> interesting birds around during the last week include Wood Sandpiper,
> Long-toed Stint and Glossy Ibis. Muddy margins have recently developed along
> the western foreshore of the lake so check those out carefully for
> crakes/rails and the odd shorebird. See below for the birds I've seen there
> so far this month.
>
> Cheers
>
> Nigel Jackett
> Scarborough, WA
>
> Musk Duck
> Black Swan
> Australian Shelduck
> Australasian Shoveler
> Grey Teal
> Pacific Black Duck
> Blue-billed Duck
> Pink-eared Duck
> Hardhead
> Australian Wood Duck
> Australasian Grebe
> Hoary-headed Grebe
> Great Crested Grebe
> Rock Dove
> Laughing Dove
> Spotted Dove
> Australasian Darter
> Little Pied Cormorant
> Great Cormorant
> Little Black Cormorant
> Australian Pelican
> Eastern Great Egret
> White-faced Heron
> Nankeen Night-Heron
> Little Egret
> Australian White Ibis
> Straw-necked Ibis
> Glossy Ibis
> Yellow-billed Spoonbill
> Black-shouldered Kite
> Whistling Kite
> Swamp Harrier
> Brown Goshawk
> Collared Sparrowhawk
> Australian Hobby
> Purple Swamphen
> Buff-banded Rail
> Spotless Crake
> Dusky Moorhen
> Eurasian Coot
> Wood Sandpiper
> Long-toed Stint
> Black-winged Stilt
> Red-kneed Dotterel
> Black-fronted Dotterel
> Silver Gull
> Little Corella
> Galah
> Rainbow Lorikeet
> Laughing Kookaburra
> Rainbow Bee-eater
> Western Gerygone
> Striated Pardalote
> Singing Honeyeater
> Red Wattlebird
> New Holland Honeyeater
> White-cheeked Honeyeater
> Brown Honeyeater
> Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
> Grey Butcherbird
> Australian Magpie
> Rufous Whistler
> Grey Fantail
> Willie Wagtail
> Australian Raven
> Magpie-lark
> Australian Reed-warbler
> Silvereye
> Welcome Swallow
> Tree Martin
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Paul Doyle <>wrote:
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> > HI all,
> > saw a good bird report from Herdsman Lake a few weeks ago
> > I'll have 30 mins to spare in the area tomorrow: any suggestions where
> > best to go?
> >
> > Paul
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