East Perth St (Rangeville) and Lake Annand

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One down ... two to go!

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An immature Olive-backed Oriole in the yard today. First one since Oct 2006.
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Pacific Baza - One more to go!!

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Need only one more species to better last year's effort for the financial year following the sighting of a Pacific Baza over home this afternoon (1/6) on what was otherwise a rather bleak day. It was being mobbed by currawongs which chased it towards the northwest and out of view.
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Beat it! Yellow Thornbill (Michael Wood)

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As reported under Winter sightings, Michael Wood heard a Yellow Thornbill at Lake Annand which I'm happy to add for the record. I have seen them there in the past, but only the once.

As I said when I kicked off My Patch two years ago , I'm happy for this to be a collective effort, especially now that there's a target to beat. It's not going to get any easier doing it alone.

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Yellow Thornbill

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Yellow Thornbills in the backyard yesterday (2/7/2008). First ones in my yard for at least 3 years.

Previously, they hung around for a few weeks. Striped Honeyeaters also appeared in the neighbourhood for the first and only time. We'll see if history repeats.

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My patch (July 2008 - June 2009)

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Period:July 2008 - Jun 2009
Species: 54 as at 18/12/08

Upper case = recorded during month
Lower case = not recorded

j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Magpie Goose
j a s o N D j f m a m j <--- Plumed Whistling-Duck Heard 25/11 on a foggy night; heard again early Dec
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Black Swan
J A S O N D J f m a m j <--- Australian Wood Duck
j A S O N d j f m a m j <--- Mallard - two drakes have been around for the past couple of months. Have put them here for the record. Left after L Annand drained for maintenance.
J A S O N D J f m a m j <--- Pacific Black Duck
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Pink-eared Duck
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Hardhead
j a S o n d j f m a m j <--- Darter
j a S O n d j f m a m j <--- Little Pied Cormorant 21/10
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Pied Cormorant *
j a s o N d j f m a m j <--- Little Black Cormorant One bird 9/11 L. Annand; again 25/11
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Great Cormorant
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Australian Pelican
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- White-faced Heron
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- White-necked Heron
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Great Egret
j a s O n D J f m a m j <--- Cattle Egret Two over home 26/10; flock flying S 8/12
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Nankeen Night-Heron
J A S O N D J f m a m j <--- Australian White Ibis
J A s o n d j f m a m j <--- Straw-necked Ibis
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Royal Spoonbill
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Yellow-billed Spoonbill
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Pacific Baza
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Black-shouldered Kite
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Brown Goshawk
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Grey Goshawk
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Collared Sparrowhawk
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Wedge-tailed Eagle
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Little Eagle
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Brown Falcon
j a S O n d j f m a m j <--- Australian Hobby 30/9/08 single bird low over neighbour's house; 22/10 Lake Annand
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Peregrine Falcon
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Nankeen Kestrel
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Purple Swamphen
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Dusky Moorhen
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Eurasian Coot
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Black-winged Stilt
J A S O N D J f m a m j <--- Masked Lapwing
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Silver Gull
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Rock Dove
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- White-headed Pigeon
J a S O N D J f m a m j <--- Spotted Dove
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Emerald Dove
J A S O N D J f m a m j <--- Crested Pigeon
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Topknot Pigeon
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Glossy Black-Cockatoo *
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
J A S O N D J f m a m j <--- Galah
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Little Corella
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Cockatiel
J A S O N D J f m a m j <--- Rainbow Lorikeet
J a s O n d j f m a m j <--- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Musk Lorikeet
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Little Lorikeet
J A S O N D J f m a m j <--- Australian King-Parrot
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Crimson Rosella
J A S O N D J f m a m j <--- Pale-headed Rosella
j a s O n d j f m a m j <--- Red-rumped Parrot A first! Single male L. Annand 4/10. Still present 12/10
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
j a s O N D J f m a m j <--- Common Koel First heard 3/10
j a s O n D j f m a m j <--- Channel-billed Cuckoo Heard overhead 5/10 at night; heard 20/12
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Pheasant Coucal
j a s O n d j f m a m j <--- Southern Boobook Heard 23/10
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Barn Owl
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Tawny Frogmouth
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- White-throated Needletail
j a s o n d J f m a m j <--- Fork-tailed Swift Small numbers overhead late 2/1/09. Observed from 5:10-6:35pm
J A s O n D j f m a m j <--- Laughing Kookaburra
j a s o N d j f m a m j <--- Sacred Kingfisher One on neighbour's antenna 6/11
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Rainbow Bee-eater
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Dollarbird
J a s o N d j f m a m j <--- Superb Fairy-wren
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Spotted Pardalote
j A S O n D j f m a m j <--- Striated Pardalote 8/8/08; 29/9; 23/10; heard 25/12
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- White-browed Scrubwren
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- White-throated Gerygone
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Brown Thornbill
J A S O N D J f m a m j <--- Yellow-rumped Thornbill
J a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Yellow Thornbill 2/7/08 two in backyard
J A S O N D J f m a m j <--- Red Wattlebird not as numerous Dec-Jan
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Striped Honeyeater
J A S O n D J f m a m j <--- Noisy Friarbird one in yard 11/7/08; again 30/9; 23/10; ~8 birds harassing currawong in Silky oak 17/12, then daily in Honey Gem;
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Little Friarbird
J A S O N d j f m a m j <--- Blue-faced Honeyeater
J a s o N d j f m a m j <--- Noisy Miner One feeding in Honey Gem and Royal Mantle 20/7;
j A S o N D J f m a m j <--- Lewin's Honeyeater heard 24/8; heard ~24/11; heard 18/12, 20/12
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Yellow-faced Honeyeater
J A S O N D J f m a m j <--- Brown Honeyeater
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Eastern Spinebill
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Scarlet Honeyeater
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Red-capped Robin
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Rose Robin
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Golden Whistler
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Rufous Whistler
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Grey Shrike-thrush
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Leaden Flycatcher
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Restless Flycatcher
J A S O N D J f m a m j <--- Magpie-lark
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Rufous Fantail
j a S o n d j f m a m j <--- Grey Fantail One in yard 2/9/08; again about a week later
j A S O N D j f m a m j <--- Willie Wagtail
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Spangled Drongo
j a S O N D J f m a m j <--- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- White-winged Triller
j a s O n d j f m a m j <--- Olive-backed Oriole heard in silky oak 4/10; 7/10
J A S O N D j f m a m j <--- Figbird
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Dusky Woodswallow
j A s o n d j f m a m j <--- Grey Butcherbird heard 24/8
J A S O N D j f m a m j <--- Pied Butcherbird driving us nuts in Nov - a bird learning to sing from about 4.15am on powerlines outside bedroom window most mornings
J A S O N D J f m a m j <--- Australian Magpie returned to our yeard 18/10 after breeding. Absent for about a month. 26/12 Our "pet" immature bird last season returned out of the blue a couple of days ago
J A S O N D J f m a m j <--- Pied Currawong
J A S O N D J f m a m j <--- Torresian Crow
j a s O n d J f m a m j <--- Satin Bowerbird a fem/juv 14/10 CurzonSt; Perth St 15/10
J A S O N D J f m a m j <--- House Sparrow
j a s O n d j f m a m j <--- Double-barred Finch Two in backyard 31/10 (Third record)
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Red-browed Finch
j a s o N D J f m a m j <--- Mistletoebird Heard 9/11; heard 18/12
j a s o N d J f m a m j <--- Welcome Swallow L. Annand
j a s o n d j f m a m j <--- Tree Martin
j A S O N D J f m a m j <--- Silvereye
J A S O N D J f m a m j <--- Common Starling
J A S O N D J f m a m j <--- Common Myna
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New one for the patch

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First Red-rumped Parrot for my patch today (4/10); a single male at Lake Annand.
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Double-bars

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Heard a double-bar call while pegging out the washing this morning. After some pishing, two Double-barred Finches appeared in the crown of the neighbour's fiddlewood. Their curiosity satisfied, they then flew SW in the direction of Lake Annand.

This is only my third record for home.
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Sacred Kingfisher

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First Sacred Kingfisher for the financial year on the next door neighbour's antenna this afternoon (6/11). Last record was 1/3/08.
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