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'Waldja' Banding Project

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"!!)

 

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

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  
 

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