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We had a great four days birding.
Unfortunately we didn't get to see as much as we'd have like to. Once we got out
to the gorges it was just too hot to concentrate on birding although I saw a lot
of "brown jobs" that were new to my eyes/ears and I'm sure my list would have
been much longer had I had the patience to sit a ID them all. Highlights were
the Kelp Gull - which I am awaiting the photo's to make sure that's what they
were, and not Pacific Gull, the Brown Falcon pair that we watched for 1/2hr
while the male brought food to the sitting female. The size difference when you
see the two birds together is quite remarkable! We also found two halves of an
adult Osprey, that had been eaten, underneathe an Osprey nest? All this topped
of with hearing the call of the Rufous Songlark for the first time - what a
beauty!
Sightings of
Interest:
Rainbow Lorikeet (1)
- Lakelands, Gnagarra Road
27/09/02
Banded Stilt
- water treatment/catchement, Gnagarra Road (just after
Morgan Fields), Ellenbrook 27/09/02 (1)
- Kalbarri sandbar (only two in full breeding plumage),
29/09/02 (~10)
White-necked (Pacific) Heron
- 500m up from Brand Hwy turnoff on Brand Hwy (2)
27/09/02
- 2km up from Brand Hwy turnoff on Brand Hwy (2)
27/09/02
- 1km south of Brand Hwy turnoff on Great Northern Hwy (1)
30/09/02
Emu (2)
- 6 1/2Km off Brand Hwy/Grt Nrthn Hwy turnoff, on Brand
Hwy (on left) 27/09/02
Kelp Gull - awaiting photo confirmation to confirm
ID is NOT Pacific Gull
- 2 adults 1 Juvenille. Geraldton boat ramp
28/09/02.
Perth - Geraldton - Kalbarri
27/09/02 - 30/09/02 (in order of sighting)
Rainbow Lorikeet, Banded
Stilt, White-neck (Pacific) Heron, Straw-necked Ibis, Australian Shelduck,
Australian Ringneck, Black-faced Woodswallow, *Galah, Laughing Kookaburra, Red
Wattlebird, Emu, *Mudlark , *Australian Raven, *Australian Magpie, Whistling
Kite, *Black-shouldered Kite, *Nankeen Kestrel, Wedge-tailed Eagle, Pallid
Cuckoo, *Welcome Swallow, Tree Matin, Western Gerygone, *Willie Wagtail,
Rufous Songlark, Crested Pigeon, Quail sp., Laughing Turtle-dove,
Domestic Pigeon, Pied Butcherbird, White-plumed
Honeyeater,
Richard's Pipit, Little Corella, Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike,
Silver Gull, Singing Honeyeater, Osprey - on nest, Crested Tern, Hoary-headed
Grebe, Common Sandpiper, Grey-shrike Thrush ?, Collared Sparrowhawk, KELP
GULL, Pied Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Brown Falcon - on nest,
Square-tailed Kite ?, Bridled Tern ?, Blue-breasted Fairy-wren,
Scarlet Robin, Brown Honeyeater, Yellow-throated Miner, White-winged
Triller, Weebill, Grey Teal, White-faced Heron, Australian Wood Duck, & many
other birds seen but could not be identified.
* seen throughout journey
? cannot confirm ID
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