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ViewsTwo Peoples BayFrom Opus Little Beach, a 2.5 km drive to the east of the Two Peoples Bay Visitor Centre, November 2009 
[edit] OverviewThe Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, 4,744 hectares in size, is about 35 kilometres east of Albany, on the south coast of Western Australia. The area consists mainly of heathland and lies between the granite massifs of Mount Gardner and Mount Manypeaks. The area became famous in 1961, when the Noisy Scrub-bird, thought to be extinct, was rediscovered there. The Nature Reserve was established in 1967 to protect the habitat. About 70 species have been recorded there. [edit] Birds[edit] Notable SpeciesNoisy Scrub-bird - elusive and rarely seen, though. [edit] RaritiesEndangered species found here: Noisy Scrub-bird, Western Ground Parrot, Western Bristlebird, Western Whipbird (western heath) and the Australasian Bittern.  [edit] Check-listBirds you can see here include: Australian Shelduck, Stubble Quail, Yellow-nosed Albatross, Flesh-footed Shearwater, Australasian Gannet, Little Black Cormorant, Pied Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Little Pied Cormorant, Australian Pelican, White-faced Heron, Pacific Reef Heron, Australian Kite, Wedge-tailed Eagle, White-bellied Sea Eagle, Spotted Harrier, Square-tailed Kite, Swamp Harrier, Buff-banded Rail, Purple Swamphen, Pacific Golden-Plover, Pied Oystercatcher, Sooty Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, Silver Gull, Caspian Tern, Pacific Gull, Great Crested Tern, Brown Skua, Common Bronzewing, Brush Bronzewing, Fan-tailed Cuckoo, Laughing Kookaburra, Australian Kestrel, Slender-billed Black-Cockatoo, Galah, Red-capped Parrot, Elegant Parrot, Port Lincoln Ringneck, Rock Parrot, Noisy Scrub-bird, Southern Emuwren, Red-winged Fairywren, Splendid Fairywren, Western Spinebill, Western Wattlebird, New Holland Honeyeater, Red Wattlebird, Tawny-crowned Honeyeater, Western Bristlebird, Spotted Pardalote, White-browed Scrubwren, Inland Thornbill, Western Thornbill, Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Western Whipbird, Gray Butcherbird, Australasian Magpie, Gray Currawong, Black-faced Cuckooshrike, Gray Shrike-Thrush, Golden Whistler, Willie-wagtail, Gray Fantail, Magpie-lark, Australian Raven, Welcome Swallow, Tree Martin, Silver-eye, Australasian Pipit, Red-eared Firetail  [edit] Other WildlifeThe Gilbert's Potoroo (Potorous gilbertii), a rat kangaroo, was thought to be extinct, until a population of 40 was discovered at Two Peoples Bay in 1994. Quendas (bandicoots), nocturnal western ringtail possums can also be fond here. [edit] Site Information[edit] History and UseTwo Peoples Bay was named in 1803, when 2 ships arrived at the same time from different countries: a French exploration ship and an American whaler. Prior to this, the bay was a gathering place for the local Indigenous Noongar people, known as the Minang, who hunted and fished along streams that flowed into the bay. The area was made into a nature reserve in 1967, in order to protect the habitat of the Noisy Scrub-bird, which was rediscovered by John Gilbert in 1961, having been thought to be extinct.  Painting of the rare and endangered Noisy Scrub-bird, Two Peoples Bay Visitor Centre, November 2009 [edit] Areas of Interest
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[edit] Contact DetailsTwo Peoples Bay Nature Reserve Content and images originally posted by HelenB
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