| Sat 28 |  | White-throated Needletail
Swanwick |
| 200+ seen over Swanwick Recreation Reserve and golf course from 5.30 pm until 6.30 pm. Actively feeding at low and higher levels on prolific insects. Weather warm, part-cloud, humid. Flock moved to much higher levels and moved away to the east. |
| Graeme Bullock 1/3 #222391 |
| Tue 24 | | Masked Owl
Sandy Bay |
| Single bird sitting on the pole where the electricity connects to my house. Reasonable views over several minutes with binoculars from less than ten metres away. Circle clearly visible around flattish face. Bird 40-45cm long and very solid. Wings brown and striped, lighter under body. Very excited to see this in my suburban yard. |
| Ian Lundy 24/2 #222345 |
| Sun 22 | | Nankeen Night Heron (1)
Cockle Creek, Tasmania |
| Foraging at dusk along the edge of Cockle Creek. Viewed well from the Cockle Creek bridge. Photo will be posted to the eBird checklist when I have suitable internet access. eBird checklist Further information |
| James Telford 25/2 #222347 |
| | White-throated Needletail
Mt Nelson Primary School |
| At least 19 birds circling at 6 pm. |
| Andrew Hingston, Tarn Hingston 23/2 #222332 |
| | White-throated Needletail
Sandy Bay |
| 5 separate birds flying high over Sandy Bay over a period of about 20 minutes from 6 pm. All birds heading north. |
| Paul Brooks 22/2 #222327 |
| | White-throated Needletail
Taroona |
| Flock sighted foraging over forest just south of the Shot Tower at around 5.10pm. Sighted while driving so accurate count not possible but at least 20 birds seen. |
| Paul Brooks 22/2 #222326 |
| | White-throated Needletail (36)
Tabors Road, Margate |
| On full alert, as storm fronts headed towards my home from the south. Needletails appeared with the second front heading north in small groups, before they turned south again together, allowing an accurate count. They hovered over our home for a minute or two, then moved on as rain started. |
| Rob and James Hamilton 22/2 #222317 |
| Wed 18 | | Grey Goshawk (white morph)
Heybridge (old Tioxide Site) |
| Flying through trees on western side of the site. |
| Frank & Lennice Wilson 19/2 #222293 |
| | Fluttering Shearwater
Sisters Beach |
| Single beach-washed specimen. |
| Richard Ashby 18/2 #222285 |
| Mon 16 | | Striated Fieldwren
Oyster Cove (Putalina) |
| A single Striated Fieldwren singing on top of the grasses east of the first footbridge early this morning, around 8:30. |
| Els Wakefield, Bruce Robertson and Pieter De Groot Boersma. 16/2 #222260 |
| | Swift Parrot
Oyster Cove (Putalina) |
| Two or three Swift Parrots calling near the first footbridge in the morning sun. |
| Els Wakefield 16/2 #222259 |
| | Forty-spotted Pardalote
Oyster Cove (Putalina) |
| Two Forty-spotted Pardalote feeding and calling 8:30 am from the trees near the first footbridge. |
| Els Wakefield 16/2 #222258 |
| Sun 15 | | South Polar Skua, Bullers Shearwater, Gould's Petrel
Eaglehawk Neck Pelagic Trip |
| A single pale morph South Polar Skua was the highlight of a pelagic trip off Eaglehawk Neck. Other good birds included Bullers Shearwater (2), Gould's Petrel (1), Wandering Albatross (2+), Antipodean Albatross (2+) |
| Rohan Clarke et al. 23/2 #222336 |
| Sat 14 | | Lewin's Rail
Oyster Cove (Putalina Aboriginal Reserve) |
| As reported, in the creek bed to the left near the first bridge on the walking track just past the buildings. The Reserve is just off Old Station Road to the right, which is off Manuka Road to the left. |
| Chris and Rosemary Lester, Tim Bawden and Jan Smith 14/2 #222228 |
| Fri 13 | | Lewin's Rail
Oyster Cove (Putalina) |
| One Lewin's Rail seen again today near first bridge by Putalina buildings. |
| Paul Taylor and Pam Smith 13/2 #222224 |
| Thu 12 | | Black-winged Stilt
Lake Dulverton Conservation Area (Oatlands) |
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| One juvenile on the south-eastern most lake, just south of the walkway between the lakes, with a pair of Greenshank. [Moderator's Note - good to know this guys is still around. Hopefully, the others are still there somewhere] eBird checklist |
| Mona Loofs-Samorzewski 14/2 #222238 |
| | Lewin's Rail
Oyster Cove (Putalina) |
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| Single bird still showing well - approx a dozen forays out onto the mud over the space of a quarter of an hour. |
| John Tongue 12/2 #222217 |
| | Forty-spotted Pardalote
Piersons Point, Tinderbox Peninsula |
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| Single bird very obliging, and showing well, and another one or two (possibly) heard in woodland nearby. First I've seen at this site, though around the Tinderbox Peninsula in general is one of the strongholds, and Peter Murrell Reserve is not very far away. |
| John Tongue 12/2 #222216 |
| | Freckled Duck, Latham's Snipe, Blue-billed Duck
Goulds Lagoon |
| 7 Freckled Duck and one Latham's Snipe at southern end, and one (probably young male) Blue-billed Duck [Moderator's note: possible first record for this site] near hide with Black Ducks and Mallards [Moderator's note: Mallards at this site are not purebred]. |
| Paul Taylor and Pam Smith 12/2 #222210 |
| Wed 11 | | White-throated Needletail
Waterworks Reserve (Dynnyrne/Ridgeway) |
| Eight birds observed flying high above Waterworks at 16:35 today as a front came through. |
| Els Wakefield and Sonja Ross 11/2 #222203 |
| | Fluttering Shearwater (beachwashed)
Preservation Bay (west of Penguin) |
| Found at high tide mark. |
| Frank Wilson 11/2 #222202 |
| Tue 10 | | Freckled Duck
Goulds Lagoon |
| 3 seen amongst usual Chestnut and Grey Teal, several Shovelers and Black Ducks. |
| Paul Taylor and Pam Smith 10/2 #222189 |
| Sat 7 | | Mottled Petrel
Eaglehawk Neck Pelagic Trip |
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| Close views of one bird and distant views of possibly two others. eBird checklist |
| Mona Loofs-Samorzewski and all aboard the Pauletta. 23/2 #222334 |
| Fri 6 | | Black-winged Stilt
Tamar Island Wetlands |
| 2 adults and 1 juvenile in the lake north of the entrance. |
| Ian Jury 6/2 #222136 |
| Wed 4 | | White-throated Needletail
Corinna |
| Up to 100 circling overhead at dusk, above the 'village'. Smaller numbers also seen by me and other Bush Blitz observers in the Corinna area on several days during the previous week. |
| Simon Grove and several other observers from the Tarkine Bush Blitz team 7/2 #222150 |