Geographic Range
BAWA covers the entire state of Western Australia, and also reports on the birds of Cocos (Keeling) Island, Christmas Island and Ashmore Reef.
Latest News
Sponsorship for WA Postgrad Students for AOC 2011
Apply for a $500 sponsorship to assist your attendance to the Australasian Ornithological Conference 2011 held at JCU, Cairns. Click here to download an application. Submission deadline is Thursday 30 June 2011.
BAWA AGM
The BAWA Annual General Meeting was held at the WA Eco Centre, 167 Perry Lakes Drive, Floreat on Monday February 28th at 7:30pm. The position of Secretary was left vacant on the 2011-12 BAWA Executive Committee. If you are interested in the vital role of Secretary, please call the BAWA Office on 9383 7749, or email
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for further information.
Special Birds of the Region
Almost 550 species have been recorded in Western Australia. 387 species have been recorded breeding. 16 species are endemic to Western Australia. These are Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo, Baudin's Black-Cockatoo, Western Corella, Western Rosella, Red-capped Parrot, Noisy  Scrub-bird, Red-winged Fairy-wren, Black Grasswren, Western Bristlebird, Dusky Gerygone, Western Thornbill, Western Wattlebird, Kimberley Honeyeater, Western Spinebill, White-breasted Robin and Red-eared Firetail. Many other species have unique sub species in Western Australia such as Western Whipbird, Crested (Western) Shrike-tit and Lemon-bellied (Kimberley) Flycatcher. Still more species are eagerly sort by visitors to Western Australia such as Soft-plumaged Petrel, Red-tailed Tropicbird, Square-tailed Kite, Asian Dowitcher, Princess Parrot, Rock Parrot, Splendid Fairy-wren, Blue-breasted Fairy-wren, Western Yellow Robin, Rufous Treecreeper, Yellow Chat.
Projects in the Region
BAWA members are involved in many of the national projects such as the Atlas of Australian Birds and Important Bird Areas. We also undertake a number of projects specific to Western Australia.
Activities
From the office to excursions to participation in community education and consevation issues in Western Australia BAWA is a very active group. For an extensive list of the various activities going on please visit our Activities page. Many of our activities are dependent on our fundraising efforts, so please check out our Bookshop, Bird Cards, or Lapel Badges .
Eyre Bird Observatory
The Eyre Bird Observatory operated by Birds Australia is situated just off the Eyre Highway near Cocklebiddy. Accommodation is available. More than 240 species of birds have been recorded.
Broome Bird Observatory
The Broome Bird Observatory is situated on the shore of Roebuck Bay near the extensive Crab Creek tidal mud flats. Broome is one of the premier birding sites in Australia. More than 300 species of birds have been recorded.
 What's On
For a list of events in WA, please check out our calendar
Contacts
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Hours: Weekdays 9:30am to 12:30pm
Office Managers, Liz Walker and Jim Langford
Peregrine House
167 Perry Lakes Drive
Floreat WA 6014
Tel +61 8 9383 7749
Fax +61 8 9387 8412
BAWA Committee:
Chair, Sue Mather
Vice Chair, Graham Wooller
Treasurer, Mary Vaughan
Secretary, Vacant
Committee Members: Liz Fox, John Graff, Bruce Haynes, Jim Howard, Max Howard, Marion Massam, Kim Onton, Liz Walker
Publications
Published quarterly, Western Australian Bird Notes includes articles relating to bird behaviour, interesting and unusual observations and BAWA project reports. It also gives notification of forthcoming events and reports of past excursions.To receive WA Bird Notes you must be a Birds Australia member and pay an annual subscription of $15.
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BAWA Minutes
BAWA Minutes 2011
BAWA AGM Minutes 2011
BAWA Inc Minutes
BAWA Inc Minutes 2011
BAWA Inc EGM Minutes Nov 2010
BAWA Inc AGM Minutes 2011
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