Birdline Western Australia Weekly Update

Birdline Western Australia

Published sightings for the week ending 23 Sep 2012.

Sun 23 Sep	Striated Grasswren (whitei) Newman, Western Australia Sue and I observed a single Striated Grasswren (whitei) to the right of the Pistol Club on a spinifex covered slope. Just bounced in for a look and bounced off again, a beautiful bird. Haven't looked behind hut N60 yet!! John and Sue O'Malley
Sat 22 Sep	Brown quail Hamelin Homestead Hamelin Pool WA, Western Australia 3-4 adult birds with 3-4 young about 1/3 adult size. Hard to know exactly how many as the group scattered when disturbed. Excellent views as adult birds were reluctant to leave the young which were hiding under bushes. Appear to be wll out of normal range Rob Gully
	Sarus Crane Maggie Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Western Australia 2 Sarus Crane. Kerrie Cowie via Sue Abbotts per WA Recent Bird Sightings
	Black-tailed Gull Cockburn Sound (Henderson), WA , Western Australia Black-tailed Gull seen 4th September in Henderson, Cockburn Sound. Per John Graf via birdswa
Thu 20 Sep	Black-tailed Native Hen Roebuck Plains Station Broome , Western Australia 1 bird present in small gravel scrape on side of road approx 70km towards Derby from Broome. This species not seen every year in Broome Adrian Boyle Chris Hassell George Swann
	Broad-billed Sandpiper Roebuck Bay, Western Australia Sue and I observed some several hundred waders at near high tide, in among Tattlers, Terek SP's, Curlew SP's, Knots, Stints etc was a couple of BB SP's. Very high tides at present. John & Sue O'Malley
Wed 19 Sep	Mangrove Golden Whistler Broome Foreshore near Matsos Pub, Western Australia Sue and I observed a female MGW at Streeters Jetty along with Broad-billed FC and Mangrove Fantail, but just down the road at Matsos we observed a male MGW near the beach in Mangroves. Tide was going out John and Sue O'Malley
	Ruff Roebuck Plains Station, Western Australia One with other waders on lake Simon Davies
Tue 18 Sep	White-breasted Whistler Derby Jetty, Western Australia Sue and I observed a m and f WBW collecting nest material at the Derby Jetty. Also observed were one f Mangrove Golden W and Dusky Gerygones and one Mangrove Fantail. Nothing the evening before and plenty of birds next morning the tide was about 30 minutes into dropping. John and Sue O'Malley
	Wilson's Storm-Petrel Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia Two Wilson's Storm-petrel seen at sea about 5 km offshore from Tantabiddi boat ramp. Numerous Wedge-tailed Shearwater also present. Peter Valentine
Mon 17 Sep	Yellow-nosed Albatross Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia A juvenile present about 10 km off the coast in Ningaloo Marine Park, flying around the vessel and landing near to and eventually next to the boat. Peter Valentine
	Yellow Wagtail Broome Sewage Works, Western Australia First returning bird, also 12 Sharp-tailed Sandpipers, 71 Pink-eared Ducks and 370 Whiskered Terns. Simon Davies

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