Birds to look out for this month

What birds might you see in the month of January? Here’s a few to keep a look out for…

Fork-tailed Swifts and White-throated Needletails soaring over southern Australia.
Large flocks of migratory shorebirds on most sheltered coastlines.
Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoos congregating in pine plantations in south-western Australia.
Hooded Plovers with chicks on ocean beaches in south-eastern Australia.

20/01/1950

Fairy Tern | Heron Island, Qld. | 1st record for Queensland

4/1/1968

Bridled Tern | Baudin Rocks, SA | 1st record for SA

16/1/1973

Roseate Tern | Ballina, NSW | 1st record for NSW

28/1/1974

White-chinned Petrel | Coolangatta, Qld | 1st record for Queensland

20/1/1978

Sooty Tern | off The Skerries, Vic. | 2nd record for Victoria

8/1/1980

Collared Imperial-Pigeon | Boigu Island, Qld | 1st record for Australia

9/1/1983

Lesser Yellowlegs | Reedy Lake, Vic. | 1st record for Australia

5/1/2010

Dunlin | Tuross Lake, NSW | 1st record for NSW

25/1/2010

Little Paradise-Kingfisher | Saibai Island, Qld | 1st record for Australia

2/1/2011

European Roller | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 1st record for Australia