Red-backed Kingfishers

Saw three Red-backed Kingfishers (Todirhamphus pyrrhopygia) at Dampier 20/01/2006. They appeared to be sheltering in the mining camp I am staying in while the cyclone passed.

Birds at Herdsman Lake (10/12/2005)

• Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)


• Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)


• Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)


• Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides)


• Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)


• Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)


• Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)


• Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)


• Little Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)


• Welcome Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Recent Bird Sightings

In Karratha (23/12/2005):

• Bar-shouldered Dove (x4 down near the mangroves, Geopelia humeralis)


• Ruddy Turnstone (actually seen near boat ramps in Dampier, Arenaria interpres)


• White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)


• Brahminy Kite (feeding on dead kangaroo, Haliastur indus)

At Pinnaroo Vallery Memorial Park (27/12/2005):

• Hardhead (Aythya australis)

All of these are birds that I haven't seen before.