Birds Australia Western Australia Activities

Birds Australia Western Australia organises regular activities throughout the year.

Peregrine House Office
Our office is located in Peregrine House at 167 Perry Lakes Drive (Northern end) in Floreat.  Dedicated volunteers are on duty from 09.30 to 12.30 from Monday to Friday except public holidays.  We can provide information on native bird identification, pest species and membership services.  Our primary focus is on avian conservation and research and we welcome enquiries.  We can be contacted by telephone on 9383 7749 or by email at mail@birdswa.com.au.

Monthly Meetings
Monthly meetings are held on the 4th Monday of every month (except December) at 7:30pm at the WA Ecology Centre next to our office at Perry Lakes.  Access is off Perry Lakes Drive. There is a guest speaker at each meeting, and suggestions for future speakers are always welcome. If the 4th Monday is a public holiday, then the meeting is usually held on the 3rd Monday but check our Coming Events web page.

Excursions
There are a wide range of club excursions organised ranging from half day or full day outings on weekends, mid week walks, pelagic seabird trips, long weekend campouts, and long range campouts for a week. Check our Coming Events web page for the excursions organised for the coming quarter.

Community Activities
Birds Australia Western Australia offers a range of displays, talks and guided walks to schools, community groups and the general public. This is available on request.  Pamphlets with bird lists and locality maps are available from the office.

Western Australian Bird Notes
WA Bird Notes is published quarterly in early March, June, September and December.  Articles for inclusion must be submitted by the 1st of the previous month to the office or preferably by email to the editors Allan Burbidge (allanb99@bigpond.net.au) and Sue Mather (sma12577@bigpond.net.au). WA Bird Notes is sent to all Western Australian members of Birds Australia.

Sightings
Members and the general public are encouraged to report interesting sightings of birds in Western Australia, including the outlying areas of Christmas Island, Cocos Island and Ashmore Reef.  Send your sightings by email to sightings@iinet.net.au. These are reported on our Sightings web page. The most unusual sightings are summarised each quarter and reported in WA Bird Notes.

Card Sales
Birds Australia Western Australia produces a series of greeting cards which we sell for $1 each. This income is a critical part of our annual funding, so please consider purchasing these cards to support our organisation. The cards feature outstanding artwork donated to us by some of our members.  Volunteers help to distribute the cards to other sales outlets around the state - if you can assist us, then please contact the office. There are plain greeting cards and cards with season's greetings printed for Christmas and the New Year. The office also sells a small range of books, videos and tapes.  If there is a book that you would like to purchase then contact the office. We can usually sell a book for less than the major bookstores.  Click here for more details.

Library
The office has a good library of references, journals, books, videos and cassettes most of which members are welcome to borrow. Click here to download the library catalogue as a Microsoft Excel file. (370kB)

Image Library
The office has a very good collection of bird slides and digital images that have been donated. The slides and digital images can be borrowed for presentations.  Click here for more details.

Projects
The strength of Birds Australia WA is its members. This strength is used for a variety of projects for the study and protection of birds such as Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo, Hooded Plover, Western Ground Parrot and waders. Feral populations of corellas and Rainbow Lorikeets are also monitored.  Click here for more details.

We thank for their funding.  Be Active Everyday.