Red-eared fire tail near Mandurah
By Birding-Aus, on August 19th, 2013
Hi I have a request for information about the whereabouts of Red-eared Firetails near Mandurah in WA as I have a weeklong conference there in September and would love to get my eyes on them if at all possible. I realise they are more common further south but will have to content myself with close to Mandurah. Also hoping to see Long-billed Black Cockatoos, and Western Thornbills as well. Thanks David =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================
David,
Here’s my 2 recent lists for Wungong Dam:
http://www.eremaea.com/Lists.aspx?List=189925
http://www.eremaea.com/Lists.aspx?List=190336
Should give you an idea of what is around hopefully.
Cheers,
Ross
G’day David,
I found a Western Thornbill up at Bungendore Park which is just out of Armadale and about a 60 min drive from Mandurah and the park also hosts another WA Endemic species the Western Spinebill. I also photographed Red Tail Black (Naso) and Carnaby (Short-billed Black) Cockatoos there last week and the RTB’s are especially frequent visitors there. Splendid Fairy Wrens, Western Gerygones, Inland Thornbills, Varied Sitella are amongst the other regulars there too.
About 5 minutes down the road from Bungendore is the Wungong Dam and there recently I have seen and photographed another WA Endemic the White-breasted Robin and there are also Red-winged fairy wrens about as well as Thornbills, Weebills and other small canopy dwellers. Shining Bronze and Fan-tailed Cuckoo’s were about last week as well. The Red-eared Firetail and the Western Yellow-breasted Robin are also supposed to be in the Wungong Dam area but I’m still chasing those two.
I’ve also ready about the Nairns Rd area in Coodanup being good to check out but I’ve not got there yet. That area is about 15 mins from Mandurah by car. The whole Peel Inlet area is pretty good and you would get (depending on tide of course) shorebirds and waders as well as Osprey and Whistling Kite and other raptors.
You can check http://birdswa.org.au/sightings.htm for hints as well.
Cheers,
Ross
Hi David, How far from Mandurah are you willing/able to go? For the firetail and the Long-billed Black-Cockatoo you will most likely have to get up onto the Darling Scarp. If you head across from Mandurah to Pinjarra and then up into the hills around Dwellingup you should be in a good area for both but unfortunately I don’t know specific sites in that area (hopefully someone else will chime in). Western Thornbill should be up there as well, look particularly for jarrah forest with grass trees (Xanthorrhoea sp) understory. Western Thornbill you might also be able to get a bit closer to Mandurah (there are records on Birdata) but again I don’t know of any good spots in the area Cheers, John =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================