Flinders Island Trip Report
Janet and I spent an enjoyable week on Flinders Island from 8/12/10
to 15/12/10.
We stayed in the Cottage at Flinders Island Cabin Park and hired a
Subaru Forester as a package deal. The accommodation was comfortable
and was conveniently located near the airport, a few kms north of Whitemark.
The weather was very windy and mostly overcast except for two days of
lighter wind and more sun.
We visited most areas on the island and recorded 81 species.
The 3 endemic subspecies (Superb Fairywren, White-browed Scrubwren
and Black Currawong) were all common and easily seen.
Chukar has been mentioned in previous B-aus postings. ROCK PARTRIDGE
is on the BA Atlas list and one was seen at the end of Badgers Corner
Rd. This was on a cleared property called Partridge Farm, so
independent feral status would be most unlikely.
Flinders Island is a quiet, relaxing destination. The locals
recommend staying a bit longer than a week to allow for at least a
few days of inclement weather. They also recommend March as being the
'least windy' time; however it is on the 40th parallel, so right in
the zone of the Roaring 40's.
Species recorded were as follows: -
Indian Peafowl
Common Pheasant
Wild Turkey
Musk Duck
Cape Barren Goose
Black Swan
Australian Shelduck
Australian Wood Duck
Chestnut Teal
Pacific Black Duck
Brush Bronzewing
Short-tailed Shearwater
Little Pied Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Little Black Cormorant
Black-faced Cormorant
Australian Pelican
White-faced Heron
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Brown Goshawk
Swamp Harrier
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Nankeen Kestrel
Brown Falcon
Purple Swamphen
Australian Pied Oystercatcher
Sooty Oystercatcher
Red-capped Plover
Hooded Plover
Masked Lapwing
Bar-tailed Godwit
Eastern Curlew
Common Greenshank
Red-necked Stint
Fairy Tern
Caspian Tern
Crested Tern
Pacific Gull
Silver Gull
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Green Rosella
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Pallid Cuckoo
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Southern Boobook
Laughing Kookaburra
Superb Fairy-wren
White-browed Scrubwren
Striated Fieldwren
Tasmanian Thornbill
Spotted Pardalote
Striated Pardalote
Eastern Spinebill
Yellow-throated Honeyeater
White-fronted Chat
Crescent Honeyeater
New Holland Honeyeater
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Olive Whistler
Golden Whistler
Grey Shrike-thrush
Australian Magpie
Black Currawong
Grey Fantail
Forest Raven
Scarlet Robin
Flame Robin
Dusky Robin
Eurasian Skylark
Silvereye
Welcome Swallow
Tree Martin
Bassian Thrush
Common Blackbird
Common Starling
Beautiful Firetail
House Sparrow
Australasian Pipit
European Goldfinch
Common Greenfinch
Rock Partridge
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