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Birdline Tasmania
Published sightings for the week ending 2 Jun 2013.
| Sun 2 Jun
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Banded Stilt
Ralphs Bay Conservation Area, Lauderdale
Sunny mild day. Short walk from Hill St down to causeway.
Banded Stilt (6) 2 with mottled banding at breast, others fully banded. In the smaller lagoon on the East side of the causeway south past Hill St. Grocer. Easily identifiable and photographed.
Jeremy O'Wheel
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| Sun 2 Jun
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Pink-eared duck
Goulds Lagoon, Granton
We stopped in at Goulds Lagoon on the way home from Oatlands. There were 5 pink-eared ducks on the eastern side of the main lagoon at 4:30pm. Barred sides, black eye patch and shape of bill were quite disctinctive. The group stayed close together all the time. I got photos good enough for identification but they were too far away for a quality shot. There were also Australasian shovelers on the water. We saw groups of 40+ shovelers on each side of the Bridgewater causeway on the way north in the morning.
Paul Tildesley
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Red-capped Plover
Leven River breakwall, Ulverstone
Group of 15 birds loafing on the breakwall in the late afternoon winter sun. Not an unusual species, but quite a large grouping, especially as numbers were down in most areas in the recent resident shorebird survey.
John Tongue
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| Sat 1 Jun
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Pink-eared Duck
Copper Creek, 10km south of Smithton
Seldom seen in Tas. Single bird busily feeding with hundreds of other waterfowl on nearly empty farm dam, immediately west of Irishtown/Edith Reek Rd.
Hazel Britton, Richard Ashby
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| Wed 29 May
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Wedge-tailed Eagle
Turner's Beach
Single bird flying low towards the west, around Camp Clayton, being mobbed by about 4 Forest Ravens.
John Tongue
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| Sun 19 May
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Red-rumped Parrot
Linden Road, Risdon Vale
A male and female perched on a fence. [Moderator's note: there is the possibility that these birds are escaped pets - PB.]
Kate Booth
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