Perth 02-09Jun11

From KH

Went with wife to Perth for holiday and managed to get some birding done as well.

Highlights (lifers in bold):

1) Augusta pelagic trip:
Humpback Whales, Common Dolphins, Yellow-nosed Albatrosses, Australian Gannets, 1 Wilson's Storm-petrel, 1 Brown Skua

2) Rottnest Island:
Quokkas, Caspian Terns, Pacific Gull, Darters, Cormorants (Great, Pied, Little Pied and Little Black), 1 Eastern Reef Egret, 1 Sacred KF, 1 male White-fronted Chat

3) Raptors:
Little Eagles, Whistling Kites, Ospreys, 1 Wedge-tailed Eagle, 1 Brown Falcon, 1 Nankeen Kestrel, 1 Collared Sparrowhawk

4) Other lifers:
Western Grey Kangaroo, Western Brush Wallaby, Brown Quail, Laughing Dove, Black-fronted Dotterel, Short-billed Black Cockatoo, Western Corella, Western Rosella, Western Ringneck, Thornbills (Inland and Yellow-rumped), Weebill, Striated Pardalote, Fairy-wren (Red-winged and Splendid), Yellow-throated Miner, Western Wattlebird, White-cheeked Honeyeater, Black-faced Cuckooshrike, Dusky Woodswallow, Red-eared Firetail and Australian Pipit.

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