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Birdline Tasmania
Published sightings for the week ending 10 Jun 2012.
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Swamp Harrier, Hardhead and Pelican
Forth/Turner's Beach
Pair of Swamp Harriers displaying to one another over Forth River (later leaving, or overwinterers??), four Pelicans and four Hardhead at Turner's Beach Sewage Ponds - all as we were out looking for James' Great Crested Grebe (which we didn't find).
John and Shirley Tongue
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| Tue 5 Jun
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Great Crested Grebe
Forth River, Turners Beach.
Great Crested Grebe: 1
Sighting made at 9am from the Bass Highway bridge over the Forth River. Uncommon to Rare in most parts of Northern Tasmania.
James Melville
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| Mon 4 Jun
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Blue-Winged Parrot
Sealers Springs property. Woolnorth. Far NW Tas.
75 birds in paddock adjacent to mudflats. Don't know if these are late northward migrants or rather large over-wintering flock. Private Land.
Richard and Erica Ashby, Eric and Kit Hiller.
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Little Egret
Tidal mudflats between Woolnorth and Kangaroo Isl, far NW Tas.
Two birds feeding separately but joining company with a Great Egret when spooked. This sp. seldom seen in these parts. Woolnorth is private land but region is accessible from public road to Robbins Passage.
Richard Ashby
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