My new Kambah garden bird list [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

["Perkins, Harvey" <>]

Hi all,

 

It is now a month since I moved from my home of 15 years in Kambah (Summerland Circuit) to my new home in Kambah (Gleneagles Estate). Though separated by only 3.5 km there are some interesting similarities and differences.

 

At the end of the first month my "house list" stands at 33 species:

 

White faced Heron (2 flew over 12 August)

Crested Pigeon

Spotted Dove (up to 2 birds, recorded 4x over past 2 weeks)

Galah

Sulphur crested Cockatoo

Little Corella (recorded twice)

Australian King Parrot  (recorded twice)

Crimson Rosella

Eastern Rosella

Red-rumped Parrot

Pallid Cuckoo (heard calling on 21, 22 August)

Southern Boobook (heard calling once)

Laughing Kookaburra (heard calling twice)

Superb Fairy-wren

Striated Pardalote (heard 1x)

Red Wattlebird

Noisy Miner

Yellow-faced Honeyeater (2-3 birds recorded several times over past week)

White-plumed Honeyeater (single bird recorded 2x)

New Holland Honeyeater (single bird recorded 1x)

Golden Whistler (1 female on 7 Aug)

Magpie-lark

Olive-backed Oriole (heard 1x on 4 Sept)

Australian Magpie

Pied Currawong

Australian Raven

Little Raven (recorded 3x, incl flyover of 53 individuals)

Satin Bowerbird

House Sparrow

Silvereye

Common Blackbird

Common Starling

Common Myna

 

Red-rumped Parrots (up to 26 birds in one tree 5m from back door!), Satin Bowerbird (at least one green and 1 black bird), Superb Fairy-wrens and Little Ravens are new regulars.

 

Weebills, pardalotes, and thornbills are surprisingly absent or scarce, and Red Wattlebird is much less common.

 

Unfortunately, Spotted Doves are still with me. : (

 

Will be interesting to monitor from here on.

 

Harvey

 

 

Harvey Perkins, PhD
CRC Program Strategy and Communication Section
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