G'day Evan,
Tassie Endemics:
-Native Hen (almost any gullies/waterways with open pasture nearby
-Green Rosella - most woodland/forest areas
-Black-headed Honeyeater - Ditto
-Strong-billed Honeyeater - most woodlands, but tend to favour more
open and drier ones that Black-heads
-Yellow-throated Honeyeater - most woodlands, forests, etc.
-Yellow Wattlebird - open woodland/forest, but mostly restricted to
South and East (though also on King Island)
-Dusky Robin - open farmland/woodland, etc.
-Tasmanian Scrubwren - most dense forest/scrubs/rainforest
-Tasmanian Thornbill - wet Sclerophyll/Rainforest with dense
undergrowth
-Scrubtit - ditto
-Black Currawong - highland areas - Mt Wellington, Cradle Mountain,
etc. though sometimes in lower country too - Tasman Peninsula, Meehan
Range, King Island
-Forty-spotted Pardalote - restricted range - Peter Murrell Reserve
between Kingston and Margate - especially around dams on Coffee Creek,
in the north of the reserve. Also on Bruny Island (almost any Euc.
viminalis woodland in north or south Bruny), Maria Island, especially
on walks to Bishop and Clerk, or the reservoir)
For Pelagics out of St. Helens, contact Ian May to see what he has
planned
The places you're heading should give you a good range. Where else
depends on what you're really looking for. Bruny Island should give
you all the Endemics (Scrubtit and Tas Thornbill could still be
tricky) in a contained area.
If I can be of further help.........
Cheers,
John Tongue
Ulverstone, Tas.
On 06/11/2008, at 12:39 PM, Evan Beaver wrote:
Birders,
I'm off to Tassie for 2 weeks over Christmas for a climbing trip. It's
also a good opportunity for me to pick up the Tassie endemics and
southern species I don't have yet. Has anyone got a list of the
endemics? I can't find one on the net.
Also, are there any pelagics planned over Christmas/New Year? I had a
vague memory of an eaglehawk pelagic early january but can't find any
info.
Planning on heading to Freycinet for a few days to start. Then if
there's a break in the weather we'll crack out to Mt Geryon in the
centre to get seriously scared, but in beautiful scenery. Then we'll
probably head down to Cape Raoul and Port Arthur for a few days to
finish it off. Any particular birding spots I should check out on the
way?
EB
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Evan Beaver
Lapstone, Blue Mountains, NSW
lat=-33.77, lon=150.64
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