Hi Marlene,
Certainly, Fernglade should be one of the best spots for Scrubtit -
or other forested gullies on Mt Wellington. Forests on Bruny are
also likely. There is also a good reserve between Hobart and the
Airport - Red Gate Section of the Meehan Range conservation park.
Take the Cambridge turnoff, and almost immediatly turn left again
onto Belbins Rd. 100m or so, park at the gate and walk into the
reserve, and up the dry, scrubby gullies - good for various bush
birds, and occasionally Blue-winged parrots, Black and Grey
Currawongs, etc.
The Truganini REserve between Hobart and Taroona, along the Channel
Highway, is also quite a good spot, and sometimes a Masked Owl roosts
in there.
Not so sure of reserves around Strahan, though people do sometimes
report Azure Kingfisher (a real rarity for Tassie) up along the
Gordon River. The Button-grass plains around Strahan Airfield are
meant to be good for Ground Parrots, Southern Emu-wren and Striated
Fieldwren.
Happy birding,
John Tongue
Ulverstone, Tas.
On 15/11/2007, at 12:51 PM, Marlene Lyell wrote:
Hi All,
Off to Tasmania for 11 days next week and would appreciate any
information regarding good birding areas around Strahan. I've seen it
mentioned in a few posts, but no particular reserves or parks have
been
mentioned.
It's over 30 years since we've been there and Strahan was just a
little
sleepy fishing village from which one tourist boat, the Denison
Star, took
visitors up the beautiful Gordon River. Birding was not even a
consideration in those days.
After going on the pelagic from Eaglehawk Neck, we'll be travelling
around
Hobart for 6 days visiting Peter Murrell Reserve, Bruny Island and the
Tahune Airwalk.
So any info regarding reserves etc in those areas would also be very
welcome.
My ULTIMATE tick for the island would be a SCRUBTIT. This will be
my third
visit to Fern Glade, so I'm hoping 'third time lucky'.
Any suggestions would be most welcome.
Happy birding and thanks
Marlene.
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