| Sat 23 | | Blue-billed Duck
Townsend Lagoon, Lewisham |
| One adult male on the lagoon. |
| Els Wakefield 23/1 #259612 |
| Thu 21 | | Latham's Snipe (5)
Goulds Lagoon Wildlife Sanctuary |
|
| After everyone, myself included, has only seen just the one Snipe at Goulds this season, I was delighted but not surprised when I flushed one from the southern end of the roadside; it pitched down across the South End, so I picked my way along the reeds in search of some close up shots, and... there!! Two Snipes leapt up with loud, indignant quacks, spiralling high into the northern distance... but was that all? No! Silent and low, weaving frantically, yet another Snipe burst out! By now I was getting a little overwhelmed, but still I decided to press on as far as I could to see if any more were there... and there were!! Another two leapt up almost immediately; while one of them shot off towards the hide, I got extremely lucky when the other looped around and mechanically fluttered just above me, right over my head!! This is officially the most Snipe I've had at Goulds since late 2013; indeed, they are an all-time record number for me around here! The day was capped off really nicely by four Dotterels and a Grassbird on top of the Snipe influx... eBird checklist |
| George Vaughan 21/1 #259606 |
| Wed 20 | | White-bellied Sea Eagle
Badger Head |
| 1 (possibly 2 birds) seen above coastline from the coastal traverse path. |
| Geoff Bromfield 21/1 #259599 |
| Mon 18 | | Little Pied Cormorant
"Palmerston" Poatina |
|
| We'd seen this bird a couple of times on a waterhole but not close up, then tonight Leanne came across it in long grass, we caught it in a landing net, removed the lure and released it on a waterhole. |
| Bill Scott-Young 18/1 #259587 |
| Sun 17 | | Peregrine Falcon
Poatina |
| Three Peregrines tonight with lots of screeching. |
| Bill Scott-Young 17/1 #259580 |
| Fri 15 | | Black-faced Cuckooshrike
Poatina |
|
| Pair of Black-faced Cuckooshrike feeding a Pallid Cuckoo fledgling. |
| Bill Scott-Young 15/1 #259560 |
| Wed 13 | | Peregrine Falcon
"Palmerston" Poatina |
| A pair flew low over my house tonight, this is the third time I've seen them in the last week, possibly hunting to feed young. |
| Bill Scott-Young 13/1 #259557 |
| Tue 12 | | White-throated Needletail (35)
Lune Plain |
| Sighting of 35 needletails at 4:10 pm, no swifts. |
| Els Wakefield per Mona Loofs-Samorzewski. 12/1 #259544 |
| Sun 10 | | Bar-tailed Godwit
Boltons Beach, east coast Tasmania, north of Triabunna |
|
| Lone bird in among flock of Silver Gulls and Pacific Gulls. Video x 4 available. eBird checklist |
| Robin Banks 12/1 #259543 |
| Tue 5 | | Long-billed Corella
Dru Point Bicentennial Park, Margate |
| Three birds (an adult and 2 fledglings) landed on a low branch to feed the fledglings. |
| Suzanne Hedgecott 6/1 #259506 |
| Mon 4 | | Wedge-tailed Eagle
Lake Leake Hwy, 3 kms beyond Lake Leake on way to Campbell Town |
| 2 birds circling high above the forest (1600 hrs). |
| Geoff Bromfield 5/1 #259503 |
| Sun 3 |  | Swift Parrot
Black River Campground |
| Two heard (possibly more), one observed preening. Between Sites 1 - 2. eBird checklist |
| Rodger Willows 3/1 #259490 |
| Fri 1 | | Nankeen Night Heron
Tamar Island Wetlands (1600 hrs) |
| Single bird flying for a few seconds around the visitors' centre |
| Geoff Bromfield 1/1 #259485 |