Birdline Tasmania
Published sightings for the week ending 28 Dec 2014.
Sun 21 Dec White-winged Triller Maria Island National Park
Single adult male sighted in swampy land south of Frenchs Farm.
Ryan Steiner per Paul Brooks
Red Knot Orielton Lagoon
A single Red Knot was found on the eastern side of the causeway in a
large group of Bar-tailed Godwits.
Rob Hamilton
Wed 17 Dec Australian Pelican Quoiba, Mersey River Estuary GDA94 MGA55
446 220E 5438 370N
At low tide, around noon,9 pelicans roosting on a grassy islet 30 m
long, 1 feeding in the gutter from Horsehead Creek. Have been casually
observing this part of the estuary for 42 years and have never seen
more than 2 or 3 pelicans here. Viewpoint: 446 004E 5438 414N
Coordinates read from LISTmap at scale 1:1700 [The species is not
unusual here, but the numbers may well be - Moderator]
John Coombes
Tue 16 Dec Swift Parrot Overland Track
I encountered Swift Parrots at several spots while walking the Overland
Track this past week. There were a few calling from Eucalyptus
delegatensis trees near the Lake St Clair visitor centre on 16th Dec.
The next ones I heard were several among E. coccifera(?) just S of
Pelion Gap, on 20th Dec. I heard another flying over E. delegatensis
near the Pine River turnoff on 22nd Dec; and there were several calling
among E. delegatensis between Watersmeet and the Lake St Clair visitor
centre on 23rd Dec. Presumably all these birds are post-breeding
dispersers?
Simon Grove
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