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Birdline Tasmania
Published sightings for the week ending 29 Jan 2012.
| Sun 29 Jan
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Grey Goshawk
Heybridge
Grey Goshawk (1) white morph.
James Melville
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| Thu 26 Jan
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Wedge-tailed Eagle
Wynyard
Wedge-tailed Eagle (1)
James Melville
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| Mon 23 Jan
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Blue-billed Duck
St Helens Sewage Pond
Blue-billed duck (1) sighted amongst Australian Shelduck and Chestnut Teal.
Liz Znidersic
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| Sun 22 Jan
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Banded Lapwing
Sealers Springs Road
Banded Lapwing (10) In a paddock on private land.
Paul Brooks
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Caspian Tern
Bird Pt, Robbins Isl, far NW Tas.
9 birds plus 2 more at Knot Pt just south, good numbers for NW Tas. Island is privately-owned.
Eric Hiller
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Common Greenshank
Knot Pt, Robbins Isl, far NW Tas
40 birds, a good flock for here as numbers are very sporadic. Island is privately-owned.
Richard Ashby, Geoff Shannon
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Red Knot
Knot Pt, Robbins Isl, far NW Tas.
c100 birds but there can be up to 1500 at this and adjacent roosts. Island is privately-owned.
Richard Ashby, Geoff Shannon
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Grey Plover
Knot Pt, Robbins Isl, far NW Tas.
65 birds (probably best site in Tas for this sp., 250 seen in past). Island is privately-owned.
Richard Ashby, Geoff Shannon.
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Bar-Tailed Godwit
Knot Pt, Robbins Isl, far NW Tas.
300 birds (can be 350 at this site and at Bird Pt, just to the north). Island is privately-owned.
Richard Ashby, Geoff Shannon
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Grey Teal
Knot Pt, Robbins Isl, far NW.
290 birds, a good flock for Tas. This site on a privately-owned island.
Richard Ashby, Geoff Shannon
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| Sat 21 Jan
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Cape Barren Goose
Montagu
70+ birds foraging with similar numbers of Black Swans in a paddock near the Montagu Park campground.
Paul Brooks
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| Thu 15 Dec
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Southern Emu-wren
Mt Cameron, North-East Tasmania
A male observed for several minutes in patch of button-grass heathland. Same month last year a female was sighted. Photographs obtained.
Chris Coleborn
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