TASSIE TRIP REPORT
I have just returned from a family holiday in Tasmania which included stays
at Sheffield, Strahan, Bruny Island and Bicheno. The weather during the trip
was mainly warm to hot with very little rain, although it was quite windy
for several days. We managed to see all 12 endemics plus a number of other
interesting birds, with a total of 91 birds seen in Tasmania.
Details of our sightings are as follows-
ENDEMICS
Tasmanian Native-hen Common Mainly in the North
Green Rosella Common All areas
Forty-spotted Pardalote Uncommon Saw two
birds on Dennes Hill, north Bruny Island
Tasmanian Scrubwren Common Sheffield, Strahan
and Franklin River
Scrubtit Uncommon
Single bird seen in Strahan
Tasmanian Thornbill Common Most areas
Yellow Wattlebird Common Common on
Bruny Island
Yellow-throated Honeyeater Common Common at Strahan and
on Bruny Island
Strong-billed Honeyeater Uncommon Seen twice
in Strahan
Black-headed Honeyeater Common Common at Strahan
and on Bruny Island
Dusky Robin Common Seen often
in the North and on Bruny Island
Black Currawong Common Common at
Cradle Mountain and Strahan
SUBSPECIES
Wedge-tailed Eagle fleayi
Uncommon Cradle Mountain area
Lewin's Rail brachipus Uncommon
Franklin River National Park
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo xanthanotus Common Most areas
Masked Owl castanops Uncommon
On pass to St Mary's at 5am
Superb Fairy-wren cyaneus Common
All areas
Striated Pardalote striatus Fairly
Common Strahan & Bruny Island
Striated Fieldwren fuliginosus Uncommon
Sheffield
Brown Thornbill diemenensis Common
All areas
Yellow-rumped Thornbill leachi Common
Sheffield, Bruny Island, Bicheno
Little Wattlebird tasmanica Uncommon
Strahan & Bicheno
Noisy Miner leachi Uncommon
Coles Bay
New Holland Honeyeater canescens Common All
areas
Tawny-crowned Honeyeater chelidonia Uncommon
Strahan - at airport
Eastern Spinebill dubius Common
Bruny Island
Scarlet Robin leggi Common
Bruny Island & Bicheno
Pink Robin rodinogaster Fairly
Common Strahan & Franklin River
Spotted Quail-thrush dovei Uncommon
Bicheno
Golden Whistler glaucura Uncommon
Strahan
Grey Shrike-thrush strigata Common
All areas, especially Strahan
Grey Fantail albiscapa Common
All areas
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike novaehollandiae Fairly Common All areas
Grey Butcherbird cinereus Fairly
Common Strahan & Bruny Island
Australian Magpie hypoleuca Fairly
Common All areas
Richard's Pipit bistriatus Common
All areas
Silvereye lateralis Common
All areas
OTHER INTERESTING SIGHTINGS
Swift Parrot Small flocks seen on both days in Strahan
Beautiful Firetail Bruny Island
Latham's Snipe Strahan & Franklin River
Kelp Gull Flocks of up to 60 on Bruny Island
Crescent Honeyeater Strahan airport
Little Penguin 100's of birds on Bruny Island and at
Bicheno
MAMMALS
Eastern Quoll Up to 18 seen on one evening on
Bruny Island
Rufous-bellied Pademelon Seen in most areas
Red-necked Wallaby All areas
Brush-tailed Possum Common on Bruny Island
Short-beaked Echidna Saw about 6, Including one washing in the
sea at Coles Bay
Regards,
Bruce Wedderburn
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