Birdline Western Australia Weekly Update

Birdline Western Australia

Published sightings for the week ending 12 Aug 2012.

Sat 11 Aug	Square-tailed Kite, Black-breasted Buzzard Broome, Western Australia Square-tailed Kite seen over grass plains of Dampier Creek, close to the area of stunted trees. Black-breasted Buzzard seen close to Dampier Creek. Bruce Wedderburn
Thu 9 Aug	Common Redshank, Asian Dowitcher Crab Creek, Broome, Western Australia Common Redshank (1) and Asian Dowitcher (3) seen with Adrian Boyle from mud flats of Little Crab Creek. Bruce Wedderburn
Mon 6 Aug	Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Kennedy St, South Hedland, Western Australia Several birds seen flitting about small bushes and grass clumps in a small reserve or vacant lot near Kennedy St, South Hedland. In the street nearby I also saw about 20-30 Cockatiels. S. Plunkett
Thu 2 Aug	Long-toed Stint Roebuck Plains Station, Western Australia First returning bird. Simon Davies
Tue 31 Jul	Pacific Baza Nimalaica wetland, Western Australia Sub-adult circled over marsh for five minutes before being chased off to the east by a Whistling Kite. First record for Broome area. Simon Davies
	Bourke's Parrot, Black Honeyeater Murchison Settlement 10' Cell, Western Australia Bourke's Parrot and Black Honeyeater Angus Hartshorn
Sat 28 Jul	White-browed Woodswallow Broome Bird Observatory, Western Australia One flew east over Bird Observatory with huge numbers of migrating Masked Woodswallows. Simon Davies
	Redthroat, Slaty-backed Thornbill, Western Gerygone Mount Augustus National Park, Western Australia Redthroat (8) seen at 3 different locations, Slaty-backed Thornbill and Western Gerygone Angus Hartshorn
Wed 25 Jul	Star Finch Tom Price Sewage Treatment Works, Western Australia Star Finch (50) feeding between ponds with Zebra Finches. Saw at least 5 separate flocks Angus Hartshorn
	Black-eared Cuckoo, Painted Finch Karijini National Park, Western Australia Black-eared Cuckoo (1) juvenile and Painted Finch Angus Hartshorn

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