Hi Ivan,
I was once in a similar situation to you i.e. I had to wait around Perth
Airport for ~2 hours waiting for a friend to arrive. So I wandered down the
airports main entrance road and ended up at a small daggy area of heathland
just outside the eastern border of the airport. It located on the east side of
a small channel between Dunreath Dr and the Tonkin Hwy at the end of Boud Ave
(see -31.940019, 115.950279). To get there, walk down Baker Rd, then turn south
down Ross Dr, and then east down Boud Ave. All up, it's about a 15 minutes walk.
Aside from a nice selection of honeyeaters such Tawny-crowned, Singing, Brown,
White-cheeked and New Holland (a chance of Western Wattlebird), as well as
Australian Ringneck (Twenty-eight Parrot) and Laughing Dove, I flushed a
Southern Brown Bandicoot, which ran across a walking track in the heath.
Certainly an interesting native mammal to see in the centre of a major city.
There were also some nice wildflowers about, including the spectacular Western
Australian Fringe Lily (Thysanotus triandrus).
So, for a small daggy area of inner city heath, that’s birds, mammals and
wildflowers all a short walk from the airports front door.
Cheers,
Tim
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From: Birding-Aus on behalf of IPT
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 1:51 PM
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Subject: RFI Perth Airport
Heading to Broome in a couple of weeks. We have a 2 1/2 hour stopover at Perth
airport early afternoon. Just wondering about some quick birding opportunities
in or around Perth airport.
Cheers Ivan Traverso
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