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Sunday 10th November 2002 08:00 -
10:00am
Had a great morning out at Market Garden Swamp, Spearwood,
WA with the Friends group - quite a good little spot for birdies.
Got a bit hot by 10am though and now I'm dead tired. Thanks to Ms McLay for the
invitation to join the group on the outing and to Clive Napier for leading the
group.
What did we see:
Pink-eared Duck (with young)
Australian
Shelduck
White-eyed Duck
Pacific Black-Duck (with young)
Grey
Teal
Black Swan (with fully grown youngsters learning to fly)
Eurasian
Coot (with young)
Purple Swamphen
Hoary-headed Grebe
Australasian
Grebe
Little Pied Cormorant (with young)
Little Black
Cormorant
Australian White Ibis
Straw-necked Ibis
Black-winged
Stilt
Silvergull
Willie Wagtail
Grey butcherbird
Mudlark (with
young)
Australian Magpie (with young)
Australian Raven
Singing
Honeyeater
Brown Honeyeater
Red Wattlebird
Silvereye
Welcome
Swallow
Rainbow Bee-eater (heard but not seen)
Laughing
Turtle-dove
Australian Ringneck
and last but definately not least .. about
3 pairs of Inland Thornbill. (Thanks again to Clive for this suggested species -
checked the field guide and you were spot on!)
On the return journey home
I also spotted a pair of Swamp Harrier, one Great Egret and Pacific Heron at
Lake Yanjubup.
Claire Stevenson
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