Birdline Western Australia Weekly Update

Birdline Western Australia Published sightings for the week ending 16 Nov 2014. Sat 15 Nov Freckled Duck Herdsman Lake, Wembley, Perth, near Wildlife Centre At least one seen, just east of the Wildlife centre in the evening Smathi Chong Sun 9 Nov Ruff Len Howard Conservation Park (Erskine) Bird reported by Mark Newman on Saturday so I went down Sunday morning to have a look. Found bird in tidal mud flats area at Northern (Chimneys) end of Park feeding with a group of 20+ Sharp-tailed Sandpipers. Ross Jones Red Turtle Dove Rocky Point Crescent, Settlement. Christmas Island Observed Red Turtle Dove on the 9/11/14 between 16.20 and 17.45 while out walking along Rocky Point Crescent, Settlement, Xmas Island in the afternoon. Was feeding busily on grassed area between homes and foreshore. Very flighty and reluctant to allow me to get too close. Julian Miles