BIRDS

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

A long time ago, when the world was a lot younger, I was lucky enough to attend a Gould League camp at the Bickley Reservoir. There I learnt several facts which have stayed with me over half a century. The call of the Pallid Cuckoo, that a Red Wattlebird is mostly speckledly brown and the glorious colour of the Splendid Wren. Because of this limited knowledge I make no claims to ornithological expertise.
Now, as I travel around Western Australia I sometimes get a chance to photograph birds. If it isn't a crow, magpie, mudlark, seagull or willy wagtail I get excited because it is something different. On this site are the birds I have been able to recognise and photograph. Or vice versa as the case may be.
Not being an expert ornithologist all the identifications have been made with the aid of The Field Guide to Australian Birds (Michael Morcombe) and A Field Guide to the Birds of Western Australia (by GM Storre & RE Johnstone)

At the moment, I am lucky enough to live and work in the Rudall River National Park. I have been unable to find a photographic record of birds of the area on the 'net so here is my personal record of
Birds of the Rudall River National Park
Of course there are birds which I have been unable to identify because of poor photography, bad light or other problems.
They are here at the "Unknown" page

Pacific Gull Pelicans Pied Cormorant

Black-Tailed Native Hen Silver Gull White Faced Heron

Eurasian Coot Crested Tern Black Swan

Ningaloo Sooty Owl Caspian Tern White-Fronted Tern

Great Egret Black-Necked Stork Little Black Cormorant

Black-Fronted Dotterel Black Duck Australian White Ibis

Pied Oyster Catcher Darter Australian Wood Duck

Little Pied Cormorant

Raptors

Nankeen Kestrel Wedge-Tailed Eagle Peregrine Falcon

Little Eagle

Kingfishers

Laughing Kookaburra Blue-Winged Kookaburra Red-Backed Kingfisher

Rainbow Bee-eater

Butcherbirds, etc.

Magpie Grey Butcherbird Black Faced Cuckoo-Shrike

Parrots

Australian Ring-Necked Parrot Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Little Corella

Rainbow Lorikeet Black Cockatoo Budgerigah

Cockatiel Western Rosella

Insect eaters

Willy Wagtail Welcome Swallow Tree Martin

Rufous Whistler

Honeyeaters and Finches

White Plumed Honeyeater Zebra Finches Singing Honeyeater

Yellow Throated Miner

Pigeons

Diamond Dove Crested Pigeon Feral Pigeon

Peaceful Dove Laughing Turtledove

Big Birds

Emu Australian Bustard

I have not included any Rudall River photographs in this part of the site.
Should you notice any errors, or have any comments, please email me,
John McLennan

	A long time ago, when the world was a lot younger, I was lucky enough to attend a Gould League camp at the Bickley Reservoir. There I learnt several facts which have stayed with me over half a century. The call of the Pallid Cuckoo, that a Red Wattlebird is mostly speckledly brown and the glorious colour of the Splendid Wren. Because of this limited knowledge I make no claims to ornithological expertise.
Now, as I travel around Western Australia I sometimes get a chance to photograph birds. If it isn't a crow, magpie, mudlark, seagull or willy wagtail I get excited because it is something different. On this site are the birds I have been able to recognise and photograph. Or vice versa as the case may be. Not being an expert ornithologist all the identifications have been made with the aid of The Field Guide to Australian Birds (Michael Morcombe) and A Field Guide to the Birds of Western Australia (by GM Storre & RE Johnstone)
	At the moment, I am lucky enough to live and work in the Rudall River National Park. I have been unable to find a photographic record of birds of the area on the 'net so here is my personal record of Birds of the Rudall River National Park Of course there are birds which I have been unable to identify because of poor photography, bad light or other problems. They are here at the "Unknown" page

Pacific Gull	Pelicans	Pied Cormorant
Black-Tailed Native Hen	Silver Gull	White Faced Heron
Eurasian Coot	Crested Tern	Black Swan
Ningaloo Sooty Owl	Caspian Tern	White-Fronted Tern
Great Egret	Black-Necked Stork	Little Black Cormorant
Black-Fronted Dotterel	Black Duck	Australian White Ibis
Pied Oyster Catcher	Darter	Australian Wood Duck
Little Pied Cormorant

Nankeen Kestrel	Wedge-Tailed Eagle	Peregrine Falcon
Little Eagle

Laughing Kookaburra	Blue-Winged Kookaburra	Red-Backed Kingfisher
Rainbow Bee-eater

Australian Ring-Necked Parrot	Major Mitchell's Cockatoo	Little Corella
Rainbow Lorikeet	Black Cockatoo	Budgerigah
Cockatiel	Western Rosella

White Plumed Honeyeater	Zebra Finches	Singing Honeyeater
Yellow Throated Miner

Diamond Dove	Crested Pigeon	Feral Pigeon
Peaceful Dove	Laughing Turtledove