Birdline Western Australia Weekly Update

Birdline Western Australia

Published sightings for the week ending 1 Jan 2012.

Sun 1 Jan	Rock Parrot Bremer Bay, Western Australia, Western Australia A single bird feeding along a gravel track to the Back Beach at Bremer Bay. An ID photo was taken. In 2008 the species was also present at this location. Peter Valentine
Fri 30 Dec	Fairy Tern, Pacific Golden Plover Gordon Inlet, northeast of Bremer Bay, Western Australia Fairy Terns (>10) including nesting pairs. Nests located amidst fresh 4wd tracks across sandbar of inlet. Concerns about survival of eggs. Much larger numbers of Crested Terns and several Caspian Terns present but no sign of nesting. Pacific Golden Plover (6) seen, along with many Red-necked Stints, Sanderlings and Red-capped Plovers. No sign of Hooded Plover. Peter Valentine
	Broad-billed Sandpiper Lake McLarty, Western Australia Located and photographed a Broad-billed Sandpiper amongst 400 Red-necked Stints at Lake McLarty today. John Barkla & Alison Street
Tue 27 Dec	Pectoral Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit and Glossy Ibis Lake McLarty, Western Australia One Pectoral Sandpiper, three Black-tailed Godwits and eight Glossy Ibis were highlights of visit to Lake McLarty. John Barkla & Alison Street

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