© Copyright BAWA (Inc) 2001-2003
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Last Modified 22nd May 2003
Email Frank O'Connor (sightings@iinet.net.au) with details of your sightings.
The sightings highlighted in red were included in the WA Bird Notes Issue 106 (June 2003). The sightings highlighted in bold red are the most unusual sightings and require some notes supporting the sightings. Click here for the sightings included in the WA Bird Notes 105 (March 2003).
Perth & Mandurah (within UBD Street Directory) (Suburbs in parentheses)
| 30/04/2003 |
Myles Menz |
| Black-faced Woodswallow (2) | Alison Baird Reserve (Kenwick) |
| 24/04/2003 |
Hank van Wees |
| Darter
(1) Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (4) |
Quarry
Ellenbrook Nature Reserve (Upper Swan) Ellenbrook Nature Reserve (Upper Swan) |
| 21/04/2003 |
Wynton Maddeford |
| Musk Duck (171) Little / Long-billed Corella (~2,000) |
Alfred Cove (Alfred Cove) Lilac Hill (Caversham) |
| 21/04/2003 |
Ryan Phillips |
| Tawny-crowned Honeyeater (1) | Pinnaroo Valley (Padbury) |
| 21/04/2003 |
Quinton Burnham |
| Nankeen
Night Heron (1) Australian Hobby (1) |
Star
Swamp (Waterman) Star Swamp (Waterman) |
| 20/04/2003 |
Wynton Maddeford & Frank O'Connor |
| Freckled
Duck (2) Chestnut Teal (1 male) Glossy Ibis (22) European Goldfinch (1-2) |
Maurice
Hamer Park (Herdsman) Floreat Waters (Herdsman) Maurice Hamer Park (Herdsman) Robinson Reserve (Tuart Hill) |
| 19/04/2003 |
Ryan Phillips |
| Australasian
Gannet (1) Nankeen Night Heron (6) |
North
Hillarys Beach (Hillarys) Mawson Reserve (Hillarys) |
| 18/04/2003 |
Myles Menz |
| Australian Hobby (1) | Lake Claremont (Claremont) |
| 18/04/2003 |
Tim Murphy |
| Little
Eagle (1) Elegant Parrot (1) |
Scarborough
Beach (Scarborough) roadside (Maylands) |
| 18/04/2003 |
Wynton Maddeford |
| Freckled Duck (2) Pacific Black Duck (3,000+) Chestnut Teal (1 male) Glossy Ibis (22) |
Maurice Hamer Park (Herdsman) Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) Floreat Waters (Herdsman) Maurice Hamer Park (Herdsman) |
| 17/04/2003 |
Wes Bancroft |
| Purple-crowned Lorikeet (1) | settlement (Rottnest Island) |
| 16/04/2003 |
Ryan Phillips |
| Collared Sparrowhawk (1) | Pinnaroo Valley (Padbury) |
| 16/04/2003 |
Wes Bancroft |
| Common
Sandpiper (1) Sacred Kingfisher (1) |
Lighthouse
Swamp (Rottnest Island) Cape Vlamingh (Rottnest Island) |
| 15/04/2003 |
Wes Bancroft |
| Southern Boobook (1) | Herschell Lake / Lake Baghdad ridge (Rottnest Island) |
| 14/04/2003 |
Barry Stanley |
| European Goldfinch (3) | Robinson Reserve (Tuart Hill) |
| 14/04/2003 |
Myles Menz |
| Sacred Kingfisher (1) | garden (Cottesloe) |
| 13/04/2003 |
Wes Bancroft |
| Roseate Tern (5) | Cape Vlamingh (Rottnest Island) |
| 13/04/2003 |
Hank van Wees |
| Hardhead (1) | Glen Brook Dam (John Forrest National Park) |
| 13/04/2003 |
Hank van Wees |
| Tawny-crowned Honeyeater (4) | Breckler Park (Dianella) |
| 12/04/2003 |
Wynton Maddeford |
| Spotted Harrier (1) | Port Kennedy Golf Course (Port Kennedy) |
| 10/04/2003 |
Mike Bamford |
| White-naped Honeyeater (1+) | Plover Way (Kingsley) |
| 09/04/2003 |
Wes Bancroft |
| Eastern Reef Egret (1 grey) | Mounts Bay Road near old Swan Brewery (Kings Park) |
| 05/04/2003 |
Ryan Phillips |
| Eastern Reef Egret (2) | Hillarys Boat Harbour (Hillarys) |
| 30/03/2003 |
Tim Murphy |
| Musk Duck (127) | Alfred Cove (Attadale) |
| 30/03/2003 |
Hank van Wees |
| Brown
Goshawk (1) Tawny-crowned Honeyeater (1) |
Breckler
Park (Dianella) Breckler Park (Dianella) |
| 09/04/2003 |
Mike Craig |
| Eastern Reef Egret (1 grey) | Milyu Nature Reserve (South Perth) |
| 29/03/2003 |
Ryan Phillips |
| Eastern Reef Egret (2) | Hillarys Boat Harbour (Hillarys) |
| 27/03/2003 |
Hank van Wees |
| Black Kite (1 possible) | Frape Road (Yokine) |
| 25/03/2003 |
Wynton Maddeford |
| Yellow-billed Spoonbill (26) Red-necked Avocet (125) |
Bibra
Lake (Bibra Lake) Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake) |
| 24/03/2003 |
Hank van Wees |
| Tawny-crowned Honeyeater (4) | Breckler Park (Dianella) |
| 23/03/2003 |
Tim Murphy |
| Roseate Tern (1) | Cape Vlamingh (Rottnest Island) |
| 23/03/2003 |
Frank O'Connor & Wynton Maddeford |
| Chestnut Teal (2+) | Maylands Yacht Club (Maylands) |
| 23/03/2003 |
Rob Davis & Jenny Wilcox |
| Red-necked Stint (3) | Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) |
| 22/03/2003 |
Bill Rutherford |
| Fork-tailed Swift (5) | Whiteman Park (Whiteman) |
| 21/03/2003 |
Ryan Phillips |
| Little
Egret (1) Common Greenshank (1) Curlew Sandpiper (1 possible) Red-necked Avocet (1) Rainbow Bee-eater (2 juveniles) White-fronted Chat (6) |
Herdsman
Lake (Herdsman) Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) |
| 21/03/2003 |
Hank van Wees |
| Fork-tailed Swift (30) Tawny-crowned Honeyeater (1) |
Breckler Park (Dianella) Breckler Park (Dianella) |
| 19/03/2003 |
Bill Rutherford |
| Square-tailed Kite (1) | Floreat Beach (City Beach) |
| 18/03/2003 |
Wynton Maddeford |
| Musk Duck (14) White-fronted Chat (60) |
Point Dundas (Applecross) Floreat Waters (Herdsman) |
| 16/03/2003 |
Ryan Phillips |
| Freckled Duck (3) Marsh Sandpiper (1) |
Lake Yangebup (Yangebup) Lake Coogee (Munster) |
| 16/03/2003 |
Tim Murphy |
| Painted Button-quail (1) | Kings Park (Kings Park) |
| 15/03/2003 |
Bill Rutherford |
| Red-kneed Dotterel (1) | Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) |
| 15/03/2003 |
Claire Stevenson |
| Southern Boobook (1) | Dongara Way / Briggs Street (South Lake) |
| 15/03/2003 |
Rob Davis |
| Barn Owl (1) | Shenton Park bushland (Shenton Park) |
| 14/03/2003 |
Rob Davis |
| Peregrine Falcon (1) | The Avenue (Nedlands) |
| 09/03/2003 |
Michael Hancock |
| Fork-tailed Swift (4) | Star Swamp (North Beach) |
| 08/03/2003 |
Bill Rutherford |
| Fork-tailed Swift (19) | Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) |
| 06/03/2003 |
Claire Stevenson |
| Freckled Duck (1) | Lake Yangebup (Yangebup) |
| 05/03/2003 |
Linda Wotherspoon |
| Little Corella (60+) | Barridale Park (Kingsley) |
| 05/03/2003 |
Wynton Maddeford |
| Osprey (2) | Point Dundas (Applecross) |
| 04/03/2003 |
Wynton Maddeford |
| Yellow-billed Spoonbill (24) Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (16) Red-necked Avocet (650) |
Bibra
Lake (Bibra Lake) Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake) Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake) |
| 03/03/2003 |
Wynton Maddeford |
| Little Egret (1) Buff-banded Rail (1) |
Herdsman
Lake (Herdsman) Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) |
| 02/03/2003 |
Wynton Maddeford |
| Short-billed Black-Cockatoo (130) | North Lake (North Lake) |
| 02/03/2003 |
Ryan Phillips, Jarrad Cousin & Sean Tomlinson |
| Little
Egret (18) Australian Spotted Crake (2) Whimbrel (3) Eastern Curlew (3) Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (300) Pacific Golden Plover (23) Greater Sand Plover (4) |
Creery
Island (Erskine) Coodanup Reserve (Coodanup) Creery Island (Erskine) Creery Island (Erskine) Creery Island (Erskine) Creery Island (Erskine) Creery Island (Erskine) |
| 01/03/2003 |
Ryan Phillips |
| Buff-banded
Rail (1) Wood Sandpiper (1) |
Herdsman
Lake (Herdsman) Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) |
| 27/02/2003 |
Jarrad Cousin |
| Rainbow Bee-eater (20) Varied Sittella (6+) |
Big
Carine Swamp (Carine) Warwick Open Space (Warwick) |
| 19/02/2003 |
Ryan Philips, Sean Tomlinson & Sarah Robinson |
| Common Sandpiper (4) Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (8) |
Bibra
Lake (Bibra Lake) North Lake (North Lake) |
| 16/02/2003 |
Ryan Philips |
| Osprey (1) | Cottesloe Beach (Cottesloe) |
| 15/02/2003 |
Ryan Philips |
| Fairy Tern (3) | Cottesloe Beach (Cottesloe) |
| 13/02/2003 |
Ryan Philips |
| Little Penguin (1 dead) | Woodman Point (Munster) |
| 09/02/2003 |
Mike Bamford |
| Australian Spotted Crake (1) | Creery wetlands (Erskine) |
| 04/02/2003 |
Bruce Wedderburn |
| Black-tailed Native-hen (1) | Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) |
| 01/02/2003 |
Mike Bamford |
| Pacific Golden Plover (25) | Creery Island (Erskine) |
| 23/01/2003 |
Jean Gooch |
| Chestnut Teal (1 male) | Alfred Cove (Alfred Cove) |
| 18/01/2003 |
Cheryl Gole |
| European Goldfinch (1) | Bardon Park (Mt Lawley) |
| 13/01/2003 |
Jason Hancock |
| Sacred Kingfisher (2) | Garvey Park (Ascot) |
| 04/01/2003 |
Wynton Maddeford |
| Black Swan (28) Pied Oystercatcher (1) |
Milyu
Nature Reserve (South Perth) Milyu Nature Reserve (South Perth) |
South West (Murchison River to Esperance) (Shires in parentheses)
| 08/05/2003 |
David McNamara |
| Masked Lapwing (2) novaehollandiae | near Lake Seppings (Albany) |
| 12/04/2003 |
Ryan Phillips, Sean Tomlinson & Jarrad Cousin |
| Mulga Parrot (7) | Mt Kokeby (Beverley) |
| 04/04/2003 16:00 to 16:30 |
Frank O'Connor & Wynton Maddeford |
| Hutton's Shearwater (80+) migrating west Yellow-nosed Albatross (1) |
Bald Island near Cheyne Beach (Albany) Bald Island near Cheyne Beach (Albany) |
| 01/04/2003 13:00 to 13:50 |
Frank O'Connor |
| Flesh-footed
Shearwater (310+) Hutton's Shearwater (11) migrating west |
The Gap
(Albany) The Gap (Albany) |
| 24/03/2003 |
Christine Wilder |
| Rainbow Lorikeet (1) | town (Margaret River) |
| 10/03/2003 |
Ray Garstone |
| Masked Lapwing (2) novaehollandiae | near Lake Seppings (Albany) |
| 10/03/2003 |
Michael & Ada Nield |
| Fork-tailed Swift (1) | Elleker (Albany) |
| 08/03/2003 |
Frank O'Connor |
| Western Corella (1,500) | Rocky Gully (Plantagenet) |
| 06/03/2003 |
Bill Rutherford |
| Redthroat (2) | Wave Rock (Kondinin) |
| 05/03/2003 |
Bill Rutherford |
| Malleefowl (1) | 170km east of Hyden (Dundas) |
| 03/03/2003 |
Frank O'Connor |
| Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (5) | Pumphrey's Bridge (Wandering) |
| 01/03/2003 |
BAWA Excursion |
| Masked Owl (1) | Flinders Bay Caravan Park (Augusta) |
| 01/03/2003 |
Roy Teale & Karen Edward |
| Crested Shrike-tit (2) | Beedalup Falls NP (Manjimup) |
| 27/02/2003 |
Ross & Ann Payton |
| Red-necked Avocet (1) | Estuary View Drive (Busselton) |
| 11/02/2003 |
Anne & Fred Bondin |
| Long-toed Stint (1) | Morley Beach, Wilson Inlet (Albany) |
| 10/02/2003 |
Myles Menz |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird (2) | Little Beach (Albany) |
| 08/02/2003 |
Ray Garstone, Anne & Fred Bondin |
| Banded Stilt (600) | Oyster Harbour (Albany) |
| 16/01/2003 |
Michael Craig |
| Red-necked Stint (~10,600) Long-toed Stint (2) Pectoral Sandpiper (4) Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (~6,000) Ruff (1) Black-winged Stilt (~5,400) Masked Lapwing (1) |
Lake McLarty (Murray) Lake McLarty (Murray) Lake McLarty (Murray) Lake McLarty (Murray) Lake McLarty (Murray) Lake McLarty (Murray) Lake McLarty (Murray) |
| 14/12/2002 |
Hilary Brooke |
| possible Magellan Cormorant (1) | south of Morley Island (Abrolhos Islands) (BARC submission required) |
Kimberley (Shires in parentheses)
| 23/04/2003 |
Broome Bird Observatory |
| Glossy
Ibis (1,000) Black-winged Stilt (1,200) |
Roebuck
Plains near Great Northern Highway (Broome) Roebuck Plains near Great Northern Highway (Broome) |
| 17/04/2003 |
Broome Bird Observatory |
| Black-winged Stilt (6,000) | Roebuck Plains near Great Northern Highway (Broome) |
| 15/04/2003 |
Chris Hassell |
| Australasian
Grebe (breeding) Whiskered Tern (breeding) |
Roebuck
Plains (Broome) Roebuck Plains (Broome) |
| 13/04/2003 |
Clive Nealon |
| Grey Heron (1) | Roebuck Bay (Broome) (BARC submission required) |
| 11/04/2003 |
Chris Hassell |
| Asian Dowitcher (200) | Crab Creek (Broome) |
| 11/04/2003 |
Broome Bird Observatory |
| Glossy Ibis (1,500) | Roebuck Plains near Great Northern Highway (Broome) |
| 08/04/2003 |
Broome Bird Observatory |
| Glossy Ibis (1,500) Black-winged Stilt (4,500) |
Roebuck Plains near Great Northern Highway (Broome) Roebuck Plains near Great Northern Highway (Broome) |
| 30/03/2003 |
Broome Bird Observatory |
| Channel-billed Cuckoo (3) | Great Northern Highway (Broome) |
| 28/03/2003 |
Broome Bird Observatory |
| Black-winged Stilt (5,000) | Roebuck Plains near Great Northern Highway (Broome) |
| 01/03/2003 |
George Swann |
| Red-rumped Swallow (1) | sewage ponds (Broome) (BARC submission required) |
| 28/02/2003 |
Hilary & John Brooke |
| Red-rumped Swallow (1) | sewage ponds (Broome) (BARC submission required) |
| 26/02/2003 09:15 to 11:30 |
Chris Hassell |
| Streaked Shearwater (9) Wedge-tailed Shearwater (1) Short-tailed Shearwater (4) |
North of Cape Londonderry (Wyndham - East Kimberley) North of Cape Londonderry (Wyndham - East Kimberley) North of Cape Londonderry (Wyndham - East Kimberley) |
Arid Zone (Shires in parentheses)
| 25/04/2003 |
Cheryl & Martin Gole |
| Hooded Plover (22) Blue-breasted Fairy-wren (4) |
Lake Deborah West, Ennuin Station (Yilgarn) Kawana Station, 10km NW of Ennuin Station homestead (Yilgarn) |
| 23/04/2003 |
Cheryl & Martin Gole |
| Rufous Treecreeper (1) Slender-billed Thornbill (1+) Red Wattlebird (2) Gilbert's Whistler (1) Dusky Woodswallow (8) |
35km NNW of Diemals Station homestead (Menzies) Lake Barlee west arm (Sandstone) 35km NNW of Diemals Station homestead (Menzies) 35km NNW of Diemals Station homestead (Menzies) 35km NNW of Diemals Station homestead (Menzies) |
| 22/04/2003 |
Cheryl & Martin Gole |
| Slender-billed Thornbill (2+) twice | Lake Barlee middle arm (Menzies) |
| 21/04/2003 |
Cheryl & Martin Gole |
| Grey-fronted Honeyeater (2) | 10km E of Diemals Station homestead (Menzies) |
| 19/04/2003 |
Cheryl & Martin Gole |
| Hooded Plover (12) | Hamersley Lakes system, Mt Jackson Station (Yilgarn) |
| 12/04/2003 |
Eyre Bird Observatory |
| Inland Dotterel (1) | limestone flat 1km west of EBO (Dundas) |
| 06/04/2003 |
Roy Teale |
| Star Finch (3) | Coonarrie Creek near Redmont Camp (East Pilbara) |
| 03/04/2003 |
Roy Teale |
| Black-necked Stork (2) | Coonarrie Creek near Redmont Camp (East Pilbara) |
| 25/03/2003 |
Eyre Bird Observatory |
| Little Penguin (1 beach washed) | Kanindal Beach near EBO (Dundas) |
| 05/02/2003 |
Ryan Philips |
| Australian Bustard (6) | Bulloo Downs Road (Meekatharra) |
| 18/12/2002 |
Eyre Bird Observatory |
| Light-mantled Sooty Albatross (1) | offshore Kanindal Beach near EBO (Dundas) |
| 23/10/2002 to 24/10/2002 |
Eyre Bird Observatory |
| COMMON BLACKBIRD (1) | EBO bird bath (Dundas) |
Ashmore Reef
Christmas Island & Cocos Islands
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