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Birdline Western Australia
Published sightings for the week ending 7 Aug 2011.
| Sun 7 Aug
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Arctic Tern
Hillarys Boat Harbour , Western Australia
Further to yesterday's posting, Jeff Davies has kindly looked at a few photos of the bird and confirmed that the bird is an Arctic Tern (1st summer), so this may be a good chance to see this species, which is a rare visitor to the Perth coast.
It's possible that it arrived during the bout of strong westerlies that blew through late last week, over last weekend and into the start of this week.
per John Graff
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| Sat 6 Aug
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Commic Tern
Hillarys Boat Harbour, Perth, Western Australia
A "commic" tern has been present the last few days at Hillarys Boat Harbour in Perth, and was still showing well this morning flying around the marina and also perched on a jetty with Crested Terns. The best area to look for it is from along the southern harbour wall/groyne. Park near AQWA (the Aquarium of WA) and walk out along the groyne until you reach the outer harbour - the bird often flies along the rock walls here, and sometimes rests with the Crested Terns. The bird was first seen on Thursday by Michael Hancock, then again on Friday morning by Ted & Maureen Cawley, and subsequently by others on Friday afternoon and this morning. The ID is still not settled, but Arctic Tern is probably the favourite at this stage
Per John Graff
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| Fri 5 Aug
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Pond Heron sp.
West Island, Cocos-Keeling Islands
A pond heron in non-breeding plumage has been photographed on West Island, Cocos Islands. It is hanging around the township and runway area. ID as Chinese, Javan (or Indian!) near impossible in this plumage.
per Rohan Clarke
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| Mon 1 Aug
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Wood Sandpiper
Port Gregory, Western Australia
A recently returned wood sandpiper in worn breeding plumage observed feeding today on the margin of a brackish marsh reserve located right by the village at Port Gregory.
Bruce & Lynn Roubin
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