Site Report: Lake Seppings

Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)

Musk Duck (Biziura lobata)

Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)

Gray Teal (Anas gracilis)

Hoary-headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus)

Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis)

Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis)

Lake

2023-04-12: Before heading to the west, we took a walk around Lake Seppings. We met the head of the local birding group and had a nice chat about how inaccurate eBird is for Albany.

Kingdom: Animals (45 records)

Phylum: Chordates (45 records)

Class: Birds (45 records)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (4 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Spotless Crake (Zapornia tabuensis)
- Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)
- Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus)
- Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans)

Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)

Order: Parrots (3 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)
- Red-capped Parrot (Purpureicephalus spurius)
- Western Rosella (Platycercus icterotis)

Order: Pelicans (10 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- Family: Grebes
- Hoary-headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus)
- Family: Herons
- White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Eastern Cattle Egret (Ardea coromanda)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Australian Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)
- Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis)
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes)
- Family: Pelicans
- Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)

Order: Perching Birds (15 records)
- Family: Cuckoo-shrike
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)
- Family: Fairywrens and Allies
- Red-winged Fairywren (Malurus elegans)
- Family: Fantails
- Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
- Gray Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
- Family: Honeyeaters
- New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
- White-cheeked Honeyeater (Phylidonyris niger)
- Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides)
- Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
- Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Australian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus australis)
- Family: Swallows
- Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
- Family: Thornbills and Allies
- Western Gerygone (Gerygone fusca)
- Spotted Scrubwren (Sericornis maculatus)
- Family: White-eyes
- Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (2 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
- Family: Plovers
- Black-fronted Dotterel (Thinornis melanops)