{"id":5691,"date":"2014-03-11T14:36:10","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T14:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lkcc.com.au\/cms\/?page_id=5691"},"modified":"2022-07-01T15:36:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T07:36:36","slug":"the-birds-of-lake-karrinyup","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/test07.miclub.com.au\/cms\/about-lkcc\/the-birds-of-lake-karrinyup\/","title":{"rendered":"The Birds of Lake Karrinyup"},"content":{"rendered":"

The presence of both woodlands and wetlands makes Lake Karrinyup Country Club an excellent habitat for many species of birds.<\/p>\n

Lake Karrinyup is part of a long chain of fresh water lakes and wetlands. Many of the birds listed below frequent more than one area. A survey conducted in 1999 for The Birds of Australia Atlas<\/em> project by Mr Derek Lawson identified 60 species. Further observations by Mr Ross Duffield, Mr Phil Roe and Dr Hamish McGlashan have confirmed these sightings, and new sightings have raised the number to 78 species.<\/p>\n

To help with their identification, the birds have been grouped into 2 categories:<\/p>\n