Birdline Western Australia Weekly Update

Birdline Western Australia

Published sightings for the week ending 16 Sep 2012.

Sat 15 Sep	Plumed Whistling Duck Karunjie track, Western Australia Flock of 500-1000 of mostly Plumed Whistling Ducks All in / around one small waterhole Bogdan & Thelma Wawrzonek
	White-quilled Rock Pigeon Kununnara, Western Australia Sue and I observed x6 WQRP's at the end of one of the walks at Hidden Valley. The area is extremely dry and these birds were staying around the bit of water left in a rock cleft. John and Sue O'Malley
Thu 13 Sep	Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo New Norcia, Western Australia Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo (14) Flock flying around the town and occasionally perching in dead trees Hedley Earl
	Yellow Bittern Direction Island, Cocos-Keeling Islands On 25 August on Direction Island in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands a photo-trap set by Russell Palmer to detect rodents at night captured an image of a Yellow Bittern! Is this an early migrant or is one perhaps living on the atoll? Further to apparently conflicting reports of both Eurasian and Grey Teal from West Island, Cocos, in August, Pam Jones has now proved that both species are present there. She has photos to prove it! Russell Palmer per Mike Carter
	(Possible) Northern Pintail Vasse-Wonnerup Estuary Wetlands, Western Australia William Brooker
Wed 12 Sep	Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo, Scarlet Robin Green Head WA Block, Western Australia Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo Sighted a pair as they circled over our heads near the base of Mt Lesueur. After searching the whole park and re entering to try unsuccessfully to see them again we considered ourselves lucky to have seen and photographed them at least once. Scarlet Robin Totally surprised to find a family of 5 scarlet robins at Lesueur NP. They must be on the very extremities of their range. However we were able to photograph them at close range so no mistaking their identity Hedley Earl
	Rock Parrot Jurien Bay WA Block, Western Australia Rock Parrot Single adult male feeding on cape weed at the Sandy Bay recreation campground. Other campers saw 2 birds around 7amalso feeding Hedley Earl
Tue 11 Sep	Oriental Plover Roebuck Plains Station, Western Australia Eight this morning Simon Davies
Mon 10 Sep	Black Falcon Roebuck Plains Station, Western Australia One caught Diamond Dove Simon Davies
Tue 4 Sep	Crimson Chat Roebuck Plains Station, Western Australia 10 birds feeding together, scarce in Broome area. Simon Davies
Mon 3 Sep	Barn Swallow Broome Sewage Works, Western Australia First returning bird with two birds present following day. Teresa Montras and Simon Davies

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