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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.

Birdline Tasmania is supported by Birdlife Australia and moderated by James Melville, John Tongue and Paul Brooks.

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December 2019

Tue 3		Pectoral Sandpiper Orielton Lagoon
		It was a brilliant day at Orielton, with just about every sort of wader back to their full numbers after their great declines of late... but even the golden plovers and godwits were totally eclipsed by this breathtaking moment! I was wandering through the Sharpies' favourite corner at the side of the golf course, photographing a very nice chat, when I suddenly saw a little scurrying brown form that could only be a wader... and the second I took my first photo I literally exclaimed in astonishment! The bird was so thin, the bill so long and the ear patches so obvious, that I almost thought it was a Stilt Sandpiper at first... but then the black of the bill turned out to be mud, and the brilliant golden base shone through. A Pec! A beautiful, juvenile Pec, still bearing the streaks and smudges of its youth! It behaved in a way unlike any Pec or Sharpie I've ever seen before; it scurried about in the succulents, darting its neck out to grab nice morsels, for all the world like a greenshank would do! It was also completely ok with my presence and, rather than drift away, or flying as Pecs are wont to do, it actually scurried closer and closer, only startling to a mildly cautious attention when the miners all alarmed for some reason. I suspect that this little fellow is brand newly arrived with the recent storms; its thinness would certainly attest to that. What an adorable little bird! What a beautiful hour I spent in its company! eBird checklist
		George Vaughan 3/12 #242967

November 2019

Fri 29		Grey-tailed Tattler (2) Bluff Hill Point
		Flythrough while surveying on the Tarkine BioBlitz. Slate grey backs without any wing-bar, all grey underwings, and structure eliminated similar species. eBird checklist
		Peter Vaughan and Andrea Magnusson 1/12 #242952
		Nankeen Kestrel The Nut State Reserve
		Single bird, hovering. Pair resident here.
		Richard Ashby 29/11 #242936
Mon 25		Osprey Table Cape lighthouse
		On tree stump in dam. It flew north-east , down the Cape.
		Michael Hyland 25/11 #242907
Sun 24		Swift Parrot Wynyard Wharf
		5 birds cavorting in eucs. Some bullying from a Little Wattlebird.
		Richard Ashby 25/11 #242898
		Swift Parrot Skeleton Bay
		20-30 Swift Parrots feeding on blossom trees. Very active and noisy, being chased by wattlebirds.
		Marton Kalocsay 24/11 #242877
Thu 21		Latham's Snipe Adventure Bay
		Bird was walking across the road as I drove down into Adventure Bay. Luckily it got off the road as I wouldn't have been able to stop because of a closely following car! eBird checklist
		Sonja Ross 21/11 #242865
Tue 19		Yellow Wattlebird White Hills Rd Penguin
		As I am not sure of the exact status of this species on the NW coast, I am reporting a pair around our house since the 14th. One seen and general calling between them. [moderator's note: YEWA is a scarce inhabitant of the NW coast and the west of the state - PB]
		Erik Donnachie 19/11 #242840
Sun 17		Flame Robin Flinders Island, Patriach Wildlife Sanctuary, open flats
		1 adult male, lone bird feeding.
		Tom Fletcher 21/11 #242867
		White-bellied Sea Eagle Royal George

		Vicki Newman 18/11 #242835
		Eastern Curlew East End Anthony Beach, Stanley
		16 birds with 90 Red-necked Stints + resident shorebirds.
		Richard Ashby 17/11 #242828
Sat 16		Pectoral Sandpiper Huonville wetland, Huon Valley, AU-TAS
		Spotted single bird (likely juvenile) feeding on samphire close to edge on northern boundary of wetland. Undertaking national survey for snipe at the time. On private property. eBird checklist
		Philip Emery 20/11 #242845
		Latham's Snipe Rotaract Park, Smithton
		67 birds at official census in addition to 15 Sharp-tailed Sandpipers.
		Richard Ashby, Jenny Ostenfeld 17/11 #242816
		Little Tern Rotaract Park, Smithton
		Pair of birds fishing at the Latham's Snipe site, driven up-estuary by gale-force winds. Sp. seldom seen here.
		Richard Ashby, Jenny Ostenfeld 17/11 #242815
		Latham's Snipe Cygnet
		Well, this was not at all what I expected for today! I was just about to cross the bridge into that nice park by the succulents and flats when I heard a nativehen breaking into a fit of rage... I looked around just in time to see it lunge at a small, pot-bellied little creature, which fluttered up from the succulents before landing in a thicker clump, evidently running, for it was never seen again. The moment I saw the white belly and ashy underwings in that quick yet decisive glimpse, I knew at once I'd been privileged with a viewing of a snipe in, of all places, the middle of Cygnet! eBird checklist
		George Vaughan 16/11 #242806
Fri 15		Australian Masked Owl -41.170971, 146.308834, Bass Highway, Don
		Roadkill, specimen observed day before. Upon inspection turned out to be in pretty sorry state, must have been dead for a few days at least.
		Vincent Mourik & Ramit Singal 20/11 #242854
Wed 13		Swift Parrot White Beach
		Single bird feeding on the ground.
		Mark Dodson 13/11 #242785
Sat 9		Kelp Gull Stanley
		This has to be one of the highlights of my whole Northern expedition! I was getting some gannet shots when I saw it; a big gull flying along with a very bouncy style, as opposed to the powerful coursing of the Pacifics. I knew this was something special... and there it was! A first year Kelp Gull, all cold brown and white tones and clearly streaky head! The cruncher was, of course, the very slim black bill... to say I was happy would not be enough! This was in the small park at the start of the straight road down to the sewage farm; the last I saw of it, the Kelp was hurtling to and fro along the cliffs of The Nut, seeming very much at home! eBird checklist
		George Vaughan 9/11 #242753

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