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Birdline Western Australia
Published sightings for the week ending 28 Aug 2011.
| Sat 27 Aug
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Splendid Fairy-wren
Beeliar Park, btw. Kwinanna and Henderson, Western Australia
A pair of SFW spotted in the most northern section of the park;
Also, a Nankeen Night Heron seen flying over Mangels Bay @ Rockingham Beach about 11.30 am (during the day), possibly flushed out by a low hovering helicopter. (no photo - unexpected sighting)
Snez Plunkett
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| Mon 22 Aug
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Masked Woodswallow
Dirt Track to Yagoo (off GN Hwy) 29 10' 29.5"S / 117 12' 44.1"E, Western Australia
Nice photo of a Masked Woodswallow showing white edging to black facial mask.
Snez Plunkett
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Crimson Chat
Dirt Track to Yalgoo (off GN Hwy) 29 10' 29.5"S / 117 12' 44.1"E, Western Australia
Large number of Crimson Chat seen in the mulga near the saltwater lake; large number of other small birds, but no time to observe and record as I picked a joey from a dead roo and had to leave.
Snez Plunkett
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Black-fronted Dotterel
Dirt track heading to Yalgoo off G. Northern Hwy (29 0'42.35"S / 117 6'40.6"E), Western Australia
Several birds seen feeding early morning by the roadside water run off pond.
Snez Plunkett
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Wedge-tailed Eagle
Great Northern Highway btw. Paynes Find and Jibberding, Western Australia
Three Wedge-tailed Eagle sighted in close proximity in trees near the roadside.
Snez Plunkett
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Regent Parrot
29 36' 34.5S / 117 8' 30" E (roadside parking on Great Northern highway), Western Australia
Stopped for a quick break and as I pulled in to the roadside parking - about a dozen birds flew low across it and into the bushland. Close look but no photo - no mistake re ID.
Snez Plunkett
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Black-shouldered Kite
Above Ennis Ave mid strip near Port Kennedy turn off, Western Australia
Seen hovering ready to plunge
Snez Plunkett
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| Sun 21 Aug
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Common Sandpiper
Chapman River, Geraldton, Western Australia
A common sandpiper was roosting on the riverbank near the Chapman Rd bridge, opposite Spalding Park, Geraldton in the late afternoon.
Also sighted a buff-banded rail on the track.
Bruce Roubin
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| Thu 16 Jun
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Little Egret (dark morph)
Parry's Lagoon via Wyndham, Western Australia
The bird was pure white everywhere except on back and wings, which were "cuckoo-shrike" grey.
This variable dark colour morph is known from Asia, (illustrated in the 2005 edition of Viney, Phillipps & Ying, Birds of Hong Kong & Southern China), and was also reported and photographed at Coombabah Swamp on the Gold Coast on 11 August.
Rob Gully
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