Our local fauna
The following documents have some interesting information about our local fauna:
And below are some photos of birds in the region
Sulphur crested cockatoo
A visitor to Bouvard
Rufus Nankeen Night Heron
Photo courtesy of Sue Harris
The sulphur crested cockatoos are presumably moving up the coast as Simpson and Day, "The Birds of Australia",
show them on the map slightly south of the Peel Region
Pelican on the Serpentine River
Osprey Nest
Photos courtesy of Sue Arris (pelican) and Vic Beacham (osprey)
Carnaby's Black Cockatoo
Status: Endangered (EPBC Act)
Specially protected fauna (WA)
Cockatoo's breakfast?
Pine cones after the black cockatoos have had a feast.Photo courtesy of Vic Beacham
Photo courtesy Robert Stewart
Sacred Ibis
Photo courtesy of Alan Parker
Tawny Frogmouths
Inland Thornbill
Acanthiza robustirostris
Photo courtesy of Alan Parker
Splendid Fairy Wren - at kitchen window in Meadow Springs
Photo courtesy of Drusilla Gray
Nesting wren