Chapman Pool Birding
In the afternoon after I arrived in Augusta, I went out to the lighthouse hoping to see some sea-birds but there was nothing much. Just a few Sooty Oystercatchers on the rocks. doh!
Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)
I went bush for the weekend to escape the tourist hordes and went camping at Chapman Pool in Blackwood River National Park.
Twenty-eight Parrot – Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus)
Grey Shrike-thrush (Collurincla harmonica rufiventris)
Inland Thornbill (Acanthiza apicalis apicalis)
The red eye gives this one away every time.
Inland Thornbill (Acanthiza apicalis apicalis)
Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang campbelli)
south-west bird list
Inland Thornbill (Acanthiza apicalis apicalis)
Grey Shrike-thrush (Collurincla harmonica rufiventris)
Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang campbelli)
Red-winged Fairy-wren (Malurus elegans)
White-breasted Robin
White-browed Scrubwren
Twenty-eight Parrot – Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus)
New Holland Honeyeater
Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
Grey Fantail
Grey Currawong
Australian Raven
Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)