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Splendid Fairy-Wren at Kitchen Window in Meadow Springs

Splendid Fairy-Wren
This Photograph Supplied by D Gray.

 

Hooded Plover plus Juvenile

Hooded Plovers Plus Juvenile

Photos supplied by: Julie Raines, Michael Burns & Marcus Singor

Sightings please e-mail msingor@iprimus.com.au

Hooded Plovers Lake Pollard

Hooded Plovers at Lake Pollard

Thinornis rubricollis

Also known as Hooded Dotterel

 

Hooded Plover in the hand

Hooded Plover - A Bird in the Hand?

Notes supplied by Marcus Singor

Plover Notes

Abandoned Eggs in Pool at

 Len Howard Park, Erskine

Abandoned Eggs
These Photographs Supplied by MB. See e-mail on Main Page

 

Some of the 70 Dead Birds in the Pool
Dead  

AREAS OF BIRD LISTINGS

Areas of Bird Listings

LIST OF BIRDS SEEN FROM BANK OF SERPENTINE RIVER, RIVERSIDE GARDENS, MANDURAH

Black- Cockatoo, Red-tailed
Seen here some time ago. Now very rare

Calyptorhynchus banksii

Ibis, Australian White
or Sacred

Threskiornis molucca

Black-Cockatoo, White-tailed
Short-billed

Calyptorhyncus funereus

Ibis, Straw-necked
or Sacred

Threskiornis spinicollis

Boobook, Southern

Ninox novaehollandiae

Kingfisher, Sacred

Todiramphus sanctus

Bronzewing, Common

Phaps chalcoptera

Kite, Whistling

Haliastur indus

Butcherbird, Grey

Cracticus torquatus

Kookaburra, Laughing

Dacelo novaeguineae

Corella, Western

Cacatura pastinator

Magpie, Australian

Gymnorhina tibicen

Cormorant, Great or Big Black

Phalacocorax carbo

Magpie, Murray, Magpie-lark
or Peewit

Grallina cyanoleuca

Cormorant, Little Black
or Little Black Shag

Phalacrocorax sulcirostris

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Cormorant,Little Pied

Phalacrocorax melanoleucos

Oystercatcher, Pied

Haematopus longirostris

Crested Pigeon

Ocyphaps lophotes

Parrot, Pacific Ring-necked
or Twenty-eight

Barnardius zonarius

Crow, Australian

Corvus coronoides

Parrot, Red-capped

Purpureicephalus spurius

Cuckoo-shrike, Black-faced

Coracina novaehollandiae

Pelican, Australian

Pelecanus conspicillatus

Currawong, Grey

Strepera versicolor

Raven, Australian (Note Crow also)

Corvus coronoides

Darter or Snakebird

Anhinga melanogaster

Robin, Red-capped

Petroica goodenovii

Duck, Maned or
Maned Goose or Wood Duck

Chenonetta jubata

Shelduck, Australian
or Mountain Duck

Tadorna tadornoides

Duck, Pacific Black

Anas superciliosa

Shrike-thrush, Grey

Colluricincla harmonica

Eagle, Little

Hieraaetus morphnoides

Silvereye, Western

Zosterops lateralis

Egret, Great or Large

Ardea alba

Spinebill, Western

Acanthorhynchus superciliosus

Egret, Little

Egretta garzetta

Spoonbill, yellow-billed

Platalea flavipes

Fairy-wren, Splendid

Malurus splendens

Swallow, Welcome

Hirundo neoxena

Fantail, Grey

Rhipidura fulginosa

Swan, Black

Cygnus atratus

Frogmouth, Tawny

Podargus strigoides

Swamphen, Western
or Purple

Porphyrio porphyrio

Galah

Cacatua roseicalilla

Teal, Grey

Anas gracilis

Goshawk, Brown

Accipiter fasciatus

Thornbill, Inland

Acanthiza apicalis

Grebe, Hoary-headed

Poliocephalus poliocephalus

Turtle-Dove, Laughing or Senegal
Introduced

Streptopelia senegalensis

Gull, Silver

Larus novaehollandiae

Wagtail, Willie

Rhipidura leucophrys

Heron, Nankeen Night or Rufus Night

Nycticorax calendonicus

Wattlebird, Red

Anthochaera carunculata

Heron, White-faced

Egretta novaehollandiae

Whistler, Rufus

Pachycephala rufiventris

Honeyeater, Brown

Lichmera indistincta

Woodswallow, Black-faced

Artamus cinereus

Honeyeater, New Holland

Phylidonyris novaehollandiae

RECENT ADDITIONS

AUGUST 2002

A flock of approx.50

arrived, dwindled and left

Avocet, Red-necked

Recurvirosra novaehollandiae

Stilt, Black-winged

Himantopus himantopus

August 2001 List compiled by Brian and Sybil Smith. Additions by Sue Grayling and Jessica Scott New Addition: October 25th 2001 - Two young Straw-necked Ibis (an addition that played havoc with my HTML)

Photographs of birds on the Serpentine River courtesy Sue Arris: Pelicans -Pelecanus conspicillatus 

and a Rufus Nankeen Night Heron - Nycticorax caledonicus 

Black Swans on Lake Goegrup - Cygnus atratusBlack Swans
Photographs by Robert Stewart

 

Yellow-billed Spoonbill - Platalea flavipes
Yellow-billed  

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Cacatua galerita

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

A visitor to Bouvard. Please note that these birds are not mentioned in the, very comprehensive, list I have scanned from a very reliable book -see Page 2 of Regional Birds.

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Sulphur-crested They are, presumably, moving up the coast as Simpson and Day, The Birds of Australia, show them on the map slightly south of the Peel Region

blackcockatoo

Black-Cockatoo, 

White tailed, Short-billed

blackcockatoo

Calyptorhynchus latirostris

blackcockatoo

Black-Cockatoos

Rain birds

Pinecones

Cockatoo's Breakfast?
Pine cones after the Black-Cockatoos have had a feast

Photo - Vic Beacham
Kookaburra

Kookaburras - Dacelo leachii

Inland Thornbill

Inland Thornbill -Acanthiza robustirostris

Ibis

Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis molucca

Thanks to Alan Parker for supplying the preceding 8 bird pictures

Osprey and Nest
Pandion haliaetus

Osprey
Photographed by Vic Beacham

Purple or Western Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio (P. bellus)
A Lone (?) visitor to Riverside Gardens

Purple Swamphen
From video by Sybil Smith

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LIST OF BIRDS SEEN ON BUSHLAND IN COODANUP, MANDURAH

Bronzewing, Common

Phaps chalcoptera

Ibis, Straw-necked

Threskiornis spinicollis

Butcherbird, grey

Cracticus torquatus

Kite, Whistling

Haliastur indus

Corella, Western

Cacatua pastinator

Magpie

Gymnorhina tibicen

Cormorant, Little Pied

Phalacrocorax melanoleucas

Parrot, Pacific Ring-necked or
Twenty-eight

Barnardius zonarius

Cuckoo-Shrike, Black-faced

Coracina novaehollandiae

Parrot, Red-capped

Purpureicephalus spurius

Currawong, Grey

Strepera versicolor

Pelican, Australian

Pelecanus conspicillatus

Duck, Mountain or Australian Shelduck

Tadorna tadornoides

Robin, Scarlet

Petroica multicolor

Egret, Great or Large

Ardea alba

Sandpiper, Common

Tringa hypoleucos

Egret, Little

Egretta garzetta

Spoonbill, Yellow-billed

Platalea flavipes

Fairy-wren, Splendid

Malurus splendens

Thornbill, Western

Acanthiza inornata

Fantail, Grey

Rhipidura fulginosa

Wagtail, Willie

Rhipidurura leucophrys

Heron, White-faced

Egretta novaehollandaie

Whistler, Golden

-Pachycephala pectoralis

Honeyeater, New Holland

Phylidonyris novaehollandiae

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Turtledove, Laughing

Strepyopelia senegalensis

Dove, Peaceful

Geopelia striata()placida

COODANUP WALK by Sue Grayling (Member of PPG Executive)

Combining business with pleasure in true PPG style, six members (Judy, Griselda, Joan, John, Tricia and myself donned our walking gear and set off to look at a bushland block in Coodanup on the 16th May.

A bit of background: Griselda and Judy had previously met with newly appointed Council Environmental Planning Officer, Jane O'Malley to look at remaining bushland sites in Mandurah. After viewing maps and aerial photographs, the most outstanding feature was the lack of natuarally vegetated sites not already earmarked for development. This left Griselda and Judy with the firm resolve that a proactive stance was needed to save at least one site, containing local flora and fauna habitat, for conservation.

A site in Coodanup stood out, not only for its close proximity to town making it easily accessible to locals and visitors, but also because of its large size, Serpentine River frontage and connection to the proposed Peel Regional park (a vast wildlife corridor).
A good two hour walk, both on and off the beaten track, revealed that some of the site contained fairly pristine native vegetation with little disturbance or weed infestation. It certainly promised to give a good display of wildflowersw come springtime. Some sections had been degraded through bushfire and the dumping of old car bodies. Despite these drawbacks the area of undisturbed bush was large enough to get lost in, or at least to give that impression!

A mixture of shrubs and trees formed the canopy which consisted mainly of Marri and Candle Banksia . Intermingled with these were Spearwood, Woody Pear, Swish Bush, Christmas Tree and somem Jarrah and Tuart. The understory had a variety of native ground covers including Purple Flag, Snottygobble, Grass Trees and Buttercups. In all there were twenty-nine flora species recorded, with promise of more being identified come spring. Observations of birdlife in the area, occurring over a few days, resulted in a list of thirty species.

With general consensus from members that it would be fantastic to have a piece of bushland such as the one in Coodanup saved for conservation, Judy and Sue composed a letter to the Mandurah City Council, on behalf of PPG, outlining the group's position.

NB The plant list which was formerly on this page (when it was both Flora and Fauna) has been moved to the Trees and Other Plants page - see link below.


White-faced Heron
Redcapped Parrot
Splendid Fairy-wren
Pelican

Shelduck
Shelduck 		Night Heron
Nankeen Night Heron 		Large Egret
Large Egret 		Willie Wagtail
Willie Wagtail

Pictures from Video taken by Sybil Smith. Sorry they are not clearer. I am working on getting a better quality full set. For clearer pictures of some of these birds go to the Biodiversity Page

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