Dave,
My father and I did a trip to Tasmania in December 2009. We got
Orange-bellied Parrot and all the endemics in 1 day (although I would advise
alloting more time than 1 day as we were very lucky). We arrived on the
evening of Dec 5 and departed on the afternoon of Dec 8, birding all day Dec
6, 7 and morning of Dec 8.
We spent the night of Dec 5 in Kingston (SW of Hobart) because there were no
hotel rooms available in Hobart. We started very early on Dec 6 and went up
Mt. Ellington targetting Black Currawong because we were worried about
missing it on Bruny Island (more difficult on Hobart in summer?). We had 7
on the road (this was early in the morning and we were the first car up).
It was cold and we only spent a short time on Mt. Ellington but we also saw
Olive-tailed Thrush, Green Rosella, Pink Robin, Tasmanian Scrubwren,
Scrubtit, Tasmanian Thornbill.
We quickly drove back down from Mt. Ellington and over to Cambridge and took
a flight with Par-Avion http://paravion.com.au/ to Melaleuca. They flew us
roundtrip from Cambridge to Melaleuca and we spent most of the time in the
hide (weather was poor with rain and wind) successfully looking at
Orange-bellied Parrot and Beautiful Firetail. Upon arriving back at
Cambridge, we drove Backhouse Lane (about 1km west of the Cambridge airport)
as there are some ponds that had ducks/swans. With the recent problems for
the Parrot, I would recommend making sure that the birds are being seen
regularly at the feeder before going because the flight is very expensive.
We then went to Kettering where we caught the ferry to Bruny Island. After
arriving on Bruny Island, we drove up towards Dennes Point and got the
Forty-spotted Pardalote at an area ~3km south of Dennes Point where they
were doing some clearing on the west side of the road (There is a sharp turn
at this point, and you can actually see the clearing on Google maps. I have
it as 7.4km north of Bruny Island main road on way to Dennes Point).
We then drove to the south end of the island, birding along the way and
getting the rest of the endemics (Dusky Robin at Bruny Neck Game Reserve,
track to Cape Queen Elizabeth). We spent the night in Adventure Bay. We saw
the penguins and shearwaters coming in to roost at dark (Bruny Neck game
reserve, narros spit on the west side of Adventure Bay, signs show the
spot). The first penguins came out at 9:27pm on Dec 6. The next morning,
we got Black Currawong again on the road south out of Adventure Bay, just as
it starts to climb up Mount Mangana. We ultimately went back to the
mainland and birded around Hobart until we left on Dec 8.
Feel free to ask me any questions and I am happy to send you a trip list if
you wish.
Jim Holmes
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Subject: OBP RFI
Hi all,
Don't mean to hijack your thread Greg, but I am also contemplating a trip to
Tassie over summer primarily to see the OBP. (I haven't birded TAS before so
all the endemics will be worth the trip too!) What would be the best time to
go down to Melaleuca with a view of seeing/photographing them? I would have
4-5 days max in the state.
Any thoughts/tips would be appreciated!
Cheers
Dave
On 17/08/2011, at 7:22 PM, Greg Little wrote:
> Gooday BA
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> My wife and I would like to see the Orange-bellied Parrot and were
> hoping to fly down to Melaleuca and see them at Christmas time.
> However, circumstances have changed for us and we were hoping maybe we
> could see them somewhere south of Melbourne around the third week of
> September instead. Can someone please tell us if the OBP is likely to
> be still in that area at that time and where we might be able to have
> a chance of seeing them, off line if preferable. Also if someone is
> happy to come with us and show them to us on the day we would be happy to
pay for lunch etc or whatever is necessary.
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> Thanks
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> Greg Little
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