Dear Birders,
Here is another digest of my last observations, this time between Perth and Broome. I hope they won’t be too many orthographic mistakes in the names this time !! Feel free to use these datas if you need it.
Cheers Maxime Zucca and Anne-Laure Dussuchal (France)
*Road north of Perth, June 26th*
-several flocks of Short-billed Black Cockatoos in the evening, some red-caped Parrots, etc
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*Road to Cervantes, June 27th*
-Western Gerygones and Western Thornbills
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*Pinnacles, June 27th*
-1 White-backed Swallow
*Cervantes, Stromatolites lake, June 27th*
-5 Australian Shovelers
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*Geraldton, along Chapman River and surroundings, near the golf, on 28th-29 th*
-1 Brown Goshawk on 29th
-1 Little Eagle on 29th
-1 Australian Hobby on 28th
-1 Bush Stone Curlew on 29th
-Horsfield cuckoos, Variegated Fairy-Wrens, Western Gerygones, White-plumed Honeyeaters…
-1 Southern Boobook on 29th
-2 Sacred Kingfisher on 29th
-1 White-backed Swallow on 29th
*Geraldton, center*
-1 Collared Sparrowhawk on 30th
*Geraldton, seaside*
-4 Ospreys regularly seen in various places, very tame
*Geraldton wharf on 30th*
-1 Roseate Tern in breeding plumage
-3 Eastern Reef Herons
*Murchison River rest area on 1st*
A good stop on the road, as advised by Frank O’Connor website…
-Zebra Finches were common (and they were seen nearly everyday after this, so not included thereafter)
-Diamonds Doves on the car park
-High density of Splendid Fairy-Wrens, and several White-winged Fairy-wrens
-1 Crested Bellbird
-2 Mistletoe birds
-Red-capped Robins, Horsfield Cuckoos, Western Gerygone, Southern Whiteface, White-winged Triller are quite common
*On the road 50 km north of Murchison river rest area, on 1st July*
-30+ Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
-1 Echidnae
*Hamelin pool (Shark Bay), along the access dirt road, and on the car park, on 2nd July*
-Flocks of Pied Honeyeaters constantly flying eastwards during the early morning : flocks of 30-100 every 10 minutes during 2 hours, maybe mixed with WW Trillers (cf thereafter) ; pied honeyeaters were also singing everywhere in the bush.
-our first cockatiels and Crimson chats
-numerous white-winged and variegated Fairy-wrens, a few Chestnut-rumped Thornbills and Southern Whitefaces
-10+ Red-capped Robins and 5 Hooded Robins
-White-browed Babblers, Chiming Wedgebills, Rufous Songlarks
-1 Mistletoebird, 1 White-backed Swallow
*Monkey Mia (Shark Bay) , on 3rd-4th July*
-Thick-billed Grasswrens very common everywhere around the car park, the nature trail, etc
-1 pair of Southern Scrub Robin nesting about 100 m after the start of the Nature Trail
-our first Lesser-Crested Terns, and 3 Fairy Terns, on the sand bank (also 1 Australian Shelduck)
-a few Pied Honeyeaters and White-browed Babblers, many Chiming Wedgebills and variegated Fairy-Wrens
-1 Collared Sparrowhawk, 2 Australian Hobby and 3 White-breasted Sea-Eagle
-our last White-browed Scrubwrens…
*Main road, between Wooramel Roadhouse and Carnavon, on 4th July (many flooded areas)*
-high numbers of Whistling Kites, Wedge-tailed Eagles and Brown Falcon, especially in the flooded area
-2 flocks of Straw-necked Ibis
-flocks of Budgerigars, cockatiels and masked Woodswallows constantly flying over the road
-the firsts Red-backed Kingfishers
*Main road, south of Carnavon, on 4th July*
-1 Quail sp (probably stubble ?) crossing the road 50 km south of Carnavon
-1 Banded Stilt on a lake (eastern side of the road) ca 25 km south of Carnavon
-1 Red-kneed Dotterel and 2 Black-fronted Dotterels on a poll ca 35 km south of Carnavon
*Carnavon, near the river mouth, on 5th *
-Dusky Gerygone, Yellow White-eye and Mangrove Fantail in the mangroves
-1 Gull-billed Tern, and numerous Crested, Lesser-crested and Caspian Terns
-180 Bar-tailed Godwits, 80 Great Knots, 20 Eastern Curlew, 1 Grey-tailed Tattler
-1 Swamp Harrier
*Carnavon, claypans near the golf, on 5th and 6th*
-numerous flocks of Budgerigars and Cockatiels
-on 6th, huge movement of Pied Honeyeaters and White-winged Trillers, with flocks up to 300 birds, sometimes mainly constituted of Trillers, sometimes of Pied Honeyeaters… all flying east, and stopping in the taller bushes for a few minutes.
-at least 2 Black Honeyeaters
-7 Banded Lapwings flying east
-a few Crimson chats
-apparent movements of Black-faced Cuckooshrikes (small groups constantly flying east) and White-breasted Woodswallows
-2 White-backed Swallows on 5th
-Rd-backed Kingfishers, brown songlarks and Chiming Wedgebills
*Carnavon, flooded areas around the Gascoyne river, on 6th, from the main road*
-many Grey Teals and several Hardheads
-many Great White Egrets and Straw-necked Ibis, a few Little Egrets
-1 Little Eagle, many Whistling Kites
*Milinya Roadhouse, north of Carnavon, on 6th*
-our firsts Black Kites…
-1 White-necked Heron a few km south of the roadhouse
*Lyndon River Crossing, on the road to Coral Bay (25 km after leaving the highway), on 6th*
-2 Red-necked Avocets
-7 White-backed Swallows
*Stothole canyon road, south of Exmouth, on 7th*
Birding was pretty quiet in most of the places…
-1 Spinifexbird on the trail at 9,4km given by Franck O’Connor website
-2 Red-browed Pardalotes on the carpark
-Grey-headed Honeyeaters common
-2 Crested Bellbird and 3 Western Bowerbirds just after the entrance of the road
*Cap le Range National Park, on 7th*
-2 Australian Bustards along the road
-Rufous FIeldwren quite common around the carparks…(eg. Turquoise Bay)
-wallaroos and red kangaroos abundant…
-2 Eastern Reef Herons in the mangroves
-1 Spotted Nightjar on the way back, hunting over the road
*Road south of Exmouth, on 8th*
-2-3 Pied Honeyeaters
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*Wooraconda rest area, on the way to Karijini NP, on 9th*
-our firsts Blue-winged Kookaburras and Peaceful doves
-4 Little Button-quails
-1 Southern Boobook
-Red-backed Kingfisher, cockatiels, budgerigars, crimson chats, WW Trillers, Horsfield Cuckoo, Brown and Rufous songlarks…
*Dirt road leading to Tom Price, along Hardley River*
-a pair of Rufous-crowned Emu-wren in the spinifex ca 23-35 km after the start of the dirt road (shortcut to Tom Price instead of going via Paraburdoo), on the left handside, just before (500 m ?) a sign for a private road. Probably widespread in the area ?
-3 Little Button-quails and 1 Rufous Whistler at the start of the dirt road
-Diamond Doves extremely abundant
*Tom Price, on 9th*
-1 Black-shouldered Kite (seems quite scarce in the area)
*Karijini NP, on 10th*
Windy and rainy, with most of the road to bad for our van, so we just stayed an half day..
-1 Western Bowerbird, 1 Red-browed Pardalote, 1 Hooded Robin, several Rufous Whistlers and Crimson chats
-1 Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (the only one seen in the area)
*Main Road, 20 km north of Munjina roadhouse*,* on 10th July*
-1 Australian Bustard in flight* *
*Port Hedland, 6 miles creek, on 11th July*
-ca 50 Red-necked Stints, 10 Greater Sand Plovers, 2 Grey Plovers, 20 Red-capped Plovers, 5 Whimbrels, 7 Bar-tailed Godwits, 25 Grey-tailed Tattlers, 6 Ruddy Turnstones, 3 Greenshanks
-2 White-breasted Whistlers (fem)
-1 Orange Chat
-2 White-winged Fairy-wrens
*Pardoo Roadhouse, on 11th July*
-our first Pheasant Coucal
*On the road after Pardoo Roadhouse, on 11th*
-the firsts Masked Lapwings and
*Marshy area, just after Sandfire Roadhouse, on 12th*
-ca 50 Australian Pratincoles on the road (during 3-4 km) and the sides, beautiful
*Roebruck plains, from the car along the highway, on 12th*
-a few Australian Pratincoles
-10 Brolgas
*Broome and around, from 12th to 18th July*
-the mangroves specialities : Mangrove Golden Whistler (Broome Jetty), Dusky Gerygone (Broome Bird Observatory and Willie Creek), Broad-billed Flycatcher (BBO and Broome Jetty), Yellow white-eyes, Mangrove fantails, Rufous-throated Honeyeater (BBO and Fairway Drive), Striated Herons etc…
-Great Bowerbirds, Rainbow Bee-eaters, Mistletoebird, Grey-crowned Babbler all common
-2 Tawny Frogmouth resting in a tree in the most central street (Carnavon Street) of Broome
-several Brown Bobbies at Cable Beach and the port, 1 Lesser Frigatebird at the port on 14th
-8 Glossy Ibis flying south over the Port on 14th
-2 Common Sandpipers at Willie Creek on 15th
-hundreds of Plumed Whistling Ducks, a few Whiskered Terns, Royal Spoonbills, Greenshanks, etc, on the sewage ponds on 18th
-1 Black-necked Stork near the BBO on 14th
*Broome Bird Observatory, on 17th*
-We assisted to the waders banding leaded by Chris, a wonderful experience. We caught mostly Curlew Sandpipers, then Red-necked Stints, Terek Sandpipers, Great and Red Knots, Lesser and Greater Sand Plovers, Grey-tailed Tattlers and Ruddy Turnstones, and Black-tailed Godwit.
-among the unbanded waders, I saw 1 Asiatic Dowitcher and 1 Redshank, 4-5 km north of the BBO. ===============================
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