| Wed 19 |  | White-necked HeronBruny Island |
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| Overcast with occasional light drizzle after days of rain.
White-necked Heron (1) Roosting in a dead tree near the bay at Lunnawanna. Full list |
| Rob Hamilton 19/6 #183607 |
| Tue 18 | | White-necked Heron"Palmerston", Poatina |
| Seen feeding in a lucerne paddock. |
| Bill Scott-Young 18/6 #183517 |
| Sun 16 | | Pink-eared DuckGoulds Lagoon, Granton |
| At least 5 present this morning, sitting with the Freckled Ducks at the south end of the lagoon. |
| Keith Reid 16/6 #183039 |
| Wed 12 | | Pink-eared DuckGoulds Lagoon |
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| Group of 6 still at the lagoon. Sea-eagle flew over lagoon around 2.00pm |
| Ian Robertson 13/6 #182789 |
| Sun 9 | | White-necked Heron, Azure KingfisherCockle Creek 10' Cell |
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| Single White-necked Heron in non-breeding plumage foraging on grassy area at Moss Glen. Azure Kingfisher perched on branches overhanging Cockle Creek estuary around 9am. Seen around 1pm at same spot being pursued into the forest by a Black Currawong whilst emitting a piping alarm call. Possible second bird or the same bird seen not long after perched on stick emerging from creek about 40 metres from original sighting. Full list |
| Paul Brooks 9/6 #182188 |
| Fri 7 | | Banded Stilt, Bar-tailed GodwitRalphs Bay Conservation Area, Lauderdale |
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| Cool sunny morning with increasing wind. Very high low tide!
Banded Stilt (6) Feeding beside the saltmarsh, on the bay side of the causeway.
Bar-tailed Godwit (1) A surprise. With the Plovers and Stints. Full list |
| Rob Hamilton 7/6 #181904 |
| | Masked OwlPort Arthur |
| Heard calling just after dark, subsequently located perched on a low limb of a large blue gum on the southern side of Mason Cove. A male bird, judging by size and light-coloured plumage. Full list |
| Paul Brooks 8/6 #182067 |
| Wed 5 | | White-necked HeronBruny Island |
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| White-necked Heron (5) Seen in the paddock opposite the turnoff to Adventure Bay with several White-faced Heron. All had barring on the anterior neck as seen in non-breeding birds. 4 were still present on my return journey at 4.30pm. Full list |
| Rob Hamilton 5/6 #181726 |
| | Nankeen Night HeronSisters Beach |
| Immature bird flushed from tee trees on Sisters Creek, 10m upstream of footbridge. First sighting in Sisters Beach that I know of. |
| Richard Ashby 5/6 #181702 |
| Mon 3 | | Pink-eared Duck, Freckled DuckGoulds Lagoon, Granton |
| Pink-eared Duck (5) still present the main lagoon. Took to the air at one point but came down not far away. Freckled Ducks (7) still on eastern side of main lagoon. Full list |
| Paul Brooks 3/6 #181525 |
| | Pink-eared DuckGoulds Lagoon, Granton |
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| Mostly overcast and threatening rain, but occasionlly brighter for a few minutes allowing photography. Following up Birdline report of from yesterday.
Pink-eared Duck (5) In the middle of the lagoon, seen best from the road. Mainly sleeping in a loose group. Full list |
| Rob Hamilton 3/6 #181484 |
| Sun 2 | | Banded StiltRalphs Bay Conservation Area, Lauderdale |
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| Sunny mild day. Short walk from Hill St down to causeway.
Banded Stilt (6) 2 with mottled banding at breast, others fully banded. In the smaller lagoon on the East side of the causeway south past Hill St. Grocer. Easily identifiable and photographed. Full list |
| Jeremy O'Wheel 2/6 #181389 |
| | Wedge-tailed EagleFlowerdale, near Wynyard |
| Five birds soaring, presumably at territorial boundaries, briefly interacting but without animosity. |
| Richard Ashby, Hazel Britton 3/6 #181449 |
| | Nankeen Night HeronWynyard, Old Hospital Creek |
| 5-6 birds, including 2 immatures, flushed from tee trees. Someone else saw the sp nearby 10-15 y ago. |
| Hazel Britton, Richard Ashby 3/6 #181445 |
| | Pink-eared duckGoulds Lagoon, Granton |
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| We stopped in at Goulds Lagoon on the way home from Oatlands. There were 5 pink-eared ducks on the eastern side of the main lagoon at 4:30pm. Barred sides, black eye patch and shape of bill were quite disctinctive. The group stayed close together all the time. I got photos good enough for identification but they were too far away for a quality shot. There were also Australasian shovelers on the water. We saw groups of 40+ shovelers on each side of the Bridgewater causeway on the way north in the morning. |
| Paul Tildesley 2/6 #181405 |
| | Red-capped PloverLeven River breakwall, Ulverstone |
| Group of 15 birds loafing on the breakwall in the late afternoon winter sun. Not an unusual species, but quite a large grouping, especially as numbers were down in most areas in the recent resident shorebird survey. |
| John Tongue 2/6 #181397 |
| Sat 1 | | Australian Owlet-nightjarSisters Beach |
| Bird calling in big timber where Sisters Creek abuts Sisters Beach Road. Species probably here all the time if you have the patience to snoop around in the dark. |
| Richard Ashby, Erica Ashby, Hazel Britton 3/6 #181451 |
| | Pink-eared DuckCopper Creek, 10km south of Smithton |
| Seldom seen in Tas. Single bird busily feeding with hundreds of other waterfowl on nearly empty farm dam, immediately west of Irishtown/Edith Reek Rd. |
| Hazel Britton, Richard Ashby 1/6 #181306 |
| Wed 29 | | Wedge-tailed EagleTurner's Beach |
| Single bird flying low towards the west, around Camp Clayton, being mobbed by about 4 Forest Ravens. |
| John Tongue 30/5 #181110 |
| Sun 26 | | White-Necked HeronWinnaleah, North-east Tasmania |
| Spotted late afternoon on a private farm in a swampy area at the corner of Racecourse Rd and Banca Rd, Winnaleah. Never sighted in this area before. |
| Michael Steel 26/5 #180605 |
| Sat 25 | | White-necked HeronEaglehawk Neck on the Tasman Peninsula |
| 2 White-necked Herons on private dam. They both took to the air when spotted. Only had time for a fleeting look at them. Have never seen these birds here before, in 40 years. |
| Francie Goss 25/5 #180415 |
| Fri 24 | | Freckled Duck, Australasian ShovelerGoulds Lagoon, Granton |
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| Cloudy at times. Strong northwesterley wind had most of the ducks sheltering on the western side of the lagoon giving some good photo opportunities.
Freckled Duck (9) 9 in a group on the water and possibly one or two more roosting in the southwesterly corner.
Australasian Shoveler (70) at least with a count on the water. Others roosting on the shore. Full list |
| Rob Hamilton 24/5 #180376 |