Waldja

Location: ’Waldja’

Supervising Bander: Greg Marston

Contact Details:
Postal address: ‘Waldja’, 35 Crossman Rd Boddington WA 6390
Email:grmhmarston35@bigpond.com

Site Description:
‘Waldja’ is a 1ha semi-rural property (32o 48’ S / 116o 29’ E) on the lower southern slope of the Hotham River valley on the outskirts of Boddington. A granite outcrop and lateritic upland are located higher up the slope and behind the property.

Aims of the Project:

To determine seasonal changes in bird movements, longevity, distribution and breeding in response to block understorey revegetation.

To provide a measure of bird numbers with increasing vegetation density.

To determine if the Hotham River forms an east-west avian corridor with Marradong Timber Reserve (banding project #1) to the west and with another bander’s project at Crossman to the east.

Other Information:

The block, originally part of an adjacent sheep property, contained remnant Wandoo, Marri and Jam trees with exotic grass understorey vegetation. The understorey is being planted with endemic and exotic native shrub and herb species to create a wildlife habitat. The population level of birds is being monitored as a function of vegetation growth and structure.

Banding frequency is once a month where weather conditions determine the actual day - (one of the luxuries of being "retired"!!)

034	Common Bronzewing	13	3	16	18.8
221	Brown Goshawk	1		1
289	Western Rosella	1		1
290	Red-capped Parrot	7		7
294	Australian Ringneck	18	3	21	14.3
307	Elegant Parrot	1		1
322	L Kookaburra	7		7
326	Sacred Kingfisher	1		1
344	Shining Bronze-Cuckoo	1		1
361	Grey Fantail	16		16
364	Willie Wagtail	5		5
380	Scarlet Robin	30	15	45	33.3
381	Red-capped Robin	6	2	8	25.0
398	Golden Whistler	7		7
401	Rufous Whistler	22	10	32	31.3
408	Grey Shrike-thrush	4		4
424	Black-f'd Cuckoo-Shrike	1		1
463	Western Gerygone	39	6	45	13.3
465	Weebill	15	2	17	11.8
472	Western Thornbill	8	3	11	27.3
476	Inland Thornbill	31	5	36	13.9
486	Y-rumped Thornbill	45	17	62	27.4
488	White-br'd Scrubwren	19	1	20	5.0
532	Splendid Fairy-wren	19	11	30	36.7
549	Varied Sittella	6		6
565	Spotted Pardalote	3		3
574	Silvereye	552	223	775	28.8
578	White-naped H/eater	6		6
583	Brown-headed Honeyeater	3		3
592	Western Spinebill	14	6	20	30.0
597	Brown Honeyeater	101	25	126	19.8
608	Singing Honeyeater	10		10
631	New Holland H/eater	107	66	173	38.2
632	White-cheeked Honeyeater	1		1
638	Red Wattlebird	11	3	14	21.4
705	Australian Magpie	22	17	39	43.6
930	Australian Raven	2		2
976	Striated Pardalote	5		5
Total Species		1160	418	1578	26.5


	New species added since 30/6/2007

Species	Sp No.	B	R	Total	%R
Common Bronzewing	034	15	3	18	16.7
Brown Goshawk	221	1		1
Western Rosella	289	3		3
Red-capped Parrot	290	11		11
Australian Ringneck	294	23	3	26	11.5
Elegant Parrot	307	1		1
Laughing Kookaburra	322	8		8
Sacred Kingfisher	326	1		1
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo	344	1		1
Grey Fantail	361	18		18
Willie Wagtail	364	5		5
Scarlet Robin	380	33	17	50	34.0
Red-capped Robin	381	6	2	8	25.0
Golden Whistler	398	8	1	9	11.1
Rufous Whistler	401	26	11	37	29.7
Grey Shrike-thrush	408	6		6
Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike	424	1		1
Western Gerygone	463	43	6	49	12.2
Weebill	465	18	2	20	10.0
Western Thornbill	472	8	4	12	33.3
Inland Thornbill	476	34	6	40	15.0
Yellow-rumped Thornbill	486	50	21	71	29.6
White-browed Scrubwren	488	23	1	24	4.2
Splendid Fairy-wren	532	25	19	44	43.2
Varied Sittella	549	6		6
Spotted Pardalote	565	3		3
Silvereye	574	644	263	907	29.0
White-naped Honeyeater	578	11		11
Brown-headed Honeyeater	583	4		4
Western Spinebill	592	18	7	25	28.0
Brown Honeyeater	597	118	31	149	20.8
Singing Honeyeater	608	12		12
New Holland Honeyeater	631	133	87	220	39.5
White-cheeked Honeyeater	632	2		2
Red Wattlebird	638	14	3	17	17.6
Australian Magpie	705	29	22	51	43.1
Western Wattlebird	712	1		1
Australian Raven	930	2		2
Striated Pardalote	976	8		8
	TOTALS	1373	509	1882	27.0

Western Banders Association

'Waldja' Banding Project

Waldja 2/7/2000 to 30/6/2009

Waldja Banding Summary

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