Perth Airport Birding, Kids lists and Northern Pintail

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I didn't begin properly birding until I was 24, but had an interest in all 
things nature for many years, so I could put a lot of common and memorable 
birds straight onto my life list when I made one up.
When I was a kid my family used to go on a road trip/holiday every mid-year 
break.  We went from Perth to Broome when I was 7 and when I was 10 and both 
times mum insisted I keep a diary (although I just thought it was a hassle 
at the time).  Some time in 1990 we stayed overnight in Newman and in my 
diary entry for that day is a badly drawn bird and the comment in the diary 
"I saw a robin redbreast".  I've coloured in this bird and the way I've 
coloured it in it could only be a Red-capped Robin!  So even though I didn't 
even know that particular species existed until another 14 years passed, 
there was an undisputable sighting of it when I was 10.
Belinda Forbes
Stirling W.A.