Frank O'Connor

Birder, bridge player, BirdLife Western Australia volunteer (Treasurer), trying to see one of every family of birds in the world (234 seen; 6 to go).

[Frank O'Connor @oconnorfy1]

Eurasian Tree Sparrow in Woolworths in Port Hedland. Fruit & verge section. The staff say it likes the bakery also! It took me 5 tries.

[Frank O'Connor @oconnorfy1]

Blue Rock Thrush at top of.Onslow boat ramp as advertised. Where was it? On a rock of course!

[Frank O'Connor @oconnorfy1]

@smith_damian @GilloArvos @ABSStats 9.2 million more votes than should have been needed!

[Frank O'Connor @oconnorfy1]

Just completed the Port Hedland shorebird survey with 47 Red-necked Phalaropes! 😎

[Frank O'Connor @oconnorfy1]

@RockjumperTours On my way to São Tomé & Principe and Gabon. Look out white-eyes, paradise-flycatchers, owls, francolins ... here I come 😎

[Frank O'Connor @oconnorfy1]

@Perth Airport Best news of the day. Bags checked all the way to São Tomé! Where you asked? Off the coast of Gabon. 😃

[Frank O'Connor @oconnorfy1]

Sandhill Grasswren. My bird of the year! So.far ... 😀 But hard to beat! Not just once. Twice!

[Frank O'Connor @oconnorfy1]

Sandhill Grasswren again! At the parking bay!!! First site closer to 2km west #you beauty x 2 😀😄😊😌🤓

[Frank O'Connor @oconnorfy1]

Striated (Sandhill) Grasswren!!!! #you beauty About 1km west of parking bay 20km west of Sandstone Thank you Ross jones for last year report

[Frank O'Connor @oconnorfy1]

999 pieces. 1 missing. 😬 Irregular pieces made it easier although quite a few pieces fitted in the wrong place.

[Frank O'Connor @oconnorfy1]

Very easy. Numbers on the back so 25 x 40 puzzles rather than just 1000.

[Frank O'Connor @oconnorfy1]

Another one bites the dust. Plastic again. The light reflects which makes it harder.

[Frank O'Connor @oconnorfy1]

1000 pieces. Plastic! Very tight fitting! Edges all the same making it easy.

[Frank O'Connor @oconnorfy1]

1000 pieces. Very easy for once. A few English birds as well.

[Jessica Strutt @JessicaStrutt]

Premier Colin Barnett's trip to a shopping centre interrupted by a roguecockatoo protester while campaigning #wavotes

[Frank O'Connor @oconnorfy1]

Red-tailed Black Cockatoos enjoying the Marri tree across the road. Great bird for a house list!

[Frank O'Connor @oconnorfy1]

@PaulSullivan_au @BirdlifeOz I already have one that does most of what I need!

[Frank O'Connor @oconnorfy1]

Looking forward to @PaulSullivan_au talking to BirdLife Western Australia meeting on Monday night. What we can do as a national organisation

[Frank O'Connor @oconnorfy1]

... Red Knot, Bar-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel & Grey-tailed Tattler #shorebirds

[Frank O'Connor @oconnorfy1]

Leaving Broome after another AWSG shorebird expedition. Looking forward to the results from the satellite tracking of ... #shorebirds