MadHatter's Big Year

[MadHatter]

Jay: I think this is one of this year's release cohort, so it would have been the keepers at healesville sactuary who banded it. If not, it would have been the field ornithology team.

db: Yeah mate, I'm out there once a month in persuit of Helmeted Honeyeaters, and Emu-wrens too of course!

[Jayburd]

Ah ok, that's interesting. Don't know much about helmeted HEs, that will be remedied no doubt by the talk at the healesville conference

[MadHatter]

WA update!

Added another 34 species to the Year List, bringing my total to 232 species. The Google Docs link in the OP will be updated shortly for those interested in the details.

Photos:

Australian Pelican


Australian Shelduck


Bourke's Parrots


One cannot fully appreciate how well these little guys are camoflaged until you see them in the wild. How many can you count?:


Common Bronzewing Pigeon


Elegant Parrots



Galah:


Laughing (AKA Senegal) Dove


Mistletoebird


Purple-Gaped Honeyeater


Red-eared Firetail


Red-winged Fairy-wren
Cock


Hen


Rufous Treecreeper


Scarlet Robin


Southern Emu-Wren (subspecies westernenensis)


Southern Scrub Robin


Splendid Fairy-wren (nominate race)



Spotless Crake


Western Corella


Western Spinebill


Western Yellow Robin


White-cheeked Honeyeater

[Jayburd]

Fantastic shots as always love the red eared firetails, and your new avatar!
I see 5 bourkes in the last photo

[Jayburd]

You should make those elegant photos into bookmarks and sell them at the Healesville conference

[venetta]

I see 6 !!!

[Jayburd]

oh I see it! behind the stick

[desertbirds]

Well done as always MH.

[spanna]

Great photos. I recognise that laughing dove, and the tree it's sitting in
That white cheeked honeyeater must be a juvenile... The adults are much more strikingly coloured:

white cheeked honey eater small.jpg

[Misso]

i say 7