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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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May 2024
| Fri 3 | | Kelp Gull
Irishtown (south of Smithton) |
| Pair of adults with Pacific Gulls in newly harrowed paddock. Pacifics seen regularly 10 km inland at Copper Creek but this is the first time I've ever seen Kelps in the NW away from a saline environment. |
| Richard Ashby 3/5 #270477 |
April 2024
| Sun 28 | | Grey Goshawk (white morph)
Roslyn Ave, Blackmans Bay |
| I have had a Grey Goshawk visit the garden before, don't know if this was the same bird. It came quite close to the house, perching on the deck railings. |
| Clare Darling 29/4 #270459 |
| Mon 22 | | Azure Kingfisher
Sisters Beach |
| Not seen here for four years and thought to be lost. Bird at footbridge on Sisters Creek. |
| Richard Ashby 23/4 #270426 |
| 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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