Hundred Bird Day!

Last Friday I had a day off. The day before Chris and Stu, my fellow assistant wardens had their day off. Their plan for the day was to visit a few birding spots around the place to see how good they were and if they were worth visiting during the birding course we are about to give here. The first place they went was Collins Lagoon. We had heard of Collins Lagoon but had no idea where it was. Chris Hassel, another local birder was shocked we’d never been told its location and let us know how to get there. He also told us that Collins was where the green pygmy geese were.

The guys got the pygmy geese, then went on to various other places on a big twitch and ended up with 136 birds between them for the day. Pretty impressive.

So yeah, my day off. I badly wanted to see these pygmy geese because they were a lifer for me. So about 7:30am I headed across Roebuck Plains on my way to Collins Lagoon.

( Roebuck Plains )

( Collins Lagoon )

( Taylor’s Lagoon )

( Kanagae Estate )

( Sewer Works )

( Shorebirds )

( Broome Bird Observatory )

( Mangroves )

The guys also visited a wetland known as Nimaliaca Claypan which yields uncommon birds for the area such as Northern Fantail, Clamorous Reed-warbler and Purple Swamphen and a woodland area called the Gravel Pit which is another place Broome rarities such as Varied Sittella, Black-Tailed Treecreeper and Little Woodswallow are commonplace. I got 110 birds, pretty decent for one person who wasn’t really trying hard.

( The list for the day )

Hundred Bird Day!

Last Friday I had a day off. The day before Chris and Stu, my fellow assistant wardens had their day off. Their plan for the day was to visit a few birding spots around the place to see how good they were and if they were worth visiting during the birding course we are about to give here. The first place they went was Collins Lagoon. We had heard of Collins Lagoon but had no idea where it was. Chris Hassel, another local birder was shocked we’d never been told its location and let us know how to get there. He also told us that Collins was where the green pygmy geese were.

The guys got the pygmy geese, then went on to various other places on a big twitch and ended up with 136 birds between them for the day. Pretty impressive.

So yeah, my day off. I badly wanted to see these pygmy geese because they were a lifer for me. So about 7:30am I headed across Roebuck Plains on my way to Collins Lagoon.

( Roebuck Plains )

( Collins Lagoon )

( Taylor’s Lagoon )

( Kanagae Estate )

( Sewer Works )

( Shorebirds )

( Broome Bird Observatory )

( Mangroves )

The guys also visited a wetland known as Nimaliaca Claypan which yields uncommon birds for the area such as Northern Fantail, Clamorous Reed-warbler and Purple Swamphen and a woodland area called the Gravel Pit which is another place Broome rarities such as Varied Sittella, Black-Tailed Treecreeper and Little Woodswallow are commonplace. I got 110 birds, pretty decent for one person who wasn’t really trying hard.

( The list for the day )