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Eremaea Birdlines
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Interesting and unusual bird observations
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Birdline
Tasmania
Birdline Tasmania is a site for the reporting of rare or unusual birds outside their normal range, unusually high or low numbers, early or late arrivals or departures for migrant species and interesting behaviour or unusual habitat usage.
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Recent Sightings
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Reports published in the past 30 hours.
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July 2017
| Sat 22 | | Welcome Swallow, Hardhead
Okehampton Road, Triabunna |
| 20 plus swallows hawking over paddock. Wintering birds or early arrivals? Estimated at least 200 Hardheads on Rostrevor Lagoon on the same day. |
| Peter Brown 22/7 #231401 |
| Fri 21 | | Striated Pardalote
Blythe River, Heybridge |
| Unusually large number of birds overwintering this year. Hearing and seeing them all over the place. Today at least five individuals calling in euc woodland on 2km walk. |
| Richard Ashby 22/7 #231397 |
| Tue 18 | | Freckled Duck
Goulds lagoon Granton |
| 10 resting in the shallows. 1 swimming close to observation platform. |
| Peter Brown 19/7 #231384 |
| Sun 16 | | Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Cataract Gorge |
| Single bird on the zig zag track. |
| Geoff Bromfield 16/7 #231368 |
| Sun 9 | | Pink-eared Duck
Bonnington farm, Barilla (restricted access) |
| 5 Pink-eared Ducks on the dam. Photographed by Els Wakefield. |
| Nicole Sommer and Els Wakefield 9/7 #231321 |
| Sat 8 | | Royal Spoonbill
Penna Settling Ponds (restricted access) |
| Three Royal Spoonbill flew in to the main settling pond approx 3pm. Also of interest were 3 Black-faced Cuckooshrike along the Shark Point Rd shelter belt. |
| Nicole Sommer 9/7 #231317 |
June 2017
| Fri 30 | | Black-faced Cuckooshrike
Sulphur Creek |
| Four birds seen hawking above coastal wattle behind the beach. eBird checklist |
| Frank Wilson 30/6 #231256 |
| Tue 27 | | Grey Goshawk (white morph)
Tamar Island Wetlands |
| Single bird perched in a tree by the road opposite to the wetlands entrance. eBird checklist |
| Geoff Bromfield 27/6 #231240 |
| Outside normal range |
| Early arrival; late departure |
| Interesting behaviour |
| Threatened |
| Hard to see |
| Unusual habitat |
| Uncommon in area |
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| Rare |
| Endangered |
| Vagrant |
| Irruption |
| Unusual numbers |
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