Hi all,
It has been a busy few months birding!
Bird Observers North East have been spreading their wings with the first St Marys bird list added to our repertoire. Thanks to Alan for organising the route.
Our bird fence at Scamander continues to gain interest and educate visitors and locals in the area. It importantly provides a safe area for the seabirds and shorebirds to nest. For those of you who don't know the history of this site, Parks and Wildlife and BONE have worked together for the past 5 years to educate and construct a visual barrier around the nesting site of the endangered Little and Fairy Terns. For the past few years, both species have been successful in their breeding efforts.
The Launceston Field Nats also sort our local knowledge. Thanks to Ted, Jo and Des for showing them around and by all reports, they had a fantastic time. I also had input into the Launceston Walking Clubs northern birding adventure. They were thrilled to see Freckled Duck and Spoonbills at Queechy Lake.
If you are walking on the beach and come across a dead Australasian Gannet, please contact me as soon as possible.
More soon.
Best birding wishes,
Liz
| HORSESHOE SANDS 6TH NOVEMBER 2013. | |
| Black Swan | Cygnus atratus |
| Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
| Austalian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus |
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster |
| Australian Pied Oystercatcher | Haematopus longirostris |
| Red-capped Plover | Charadrius ruficapillus |
| Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii |
| Pacific Gull | Larus pacificus |
| Silver Gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollindiae |
| Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus funereus |
| Green Rosella | Platycercus caledonicus |
| Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo | Chalcites basalis |
| Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | Chalcites lucidus |
| Laughing Kookaburra | Dacelo novaeguineae |
| Supurb Fairy-wren | Malurus cyaneus |
| Tasmanian Scrubwren | Sericornis humilis |
| Brown Thornbill | Acanthiza pusilla |
| Striated Pardalote | Pardalotus striatus |
| Yellow-throated Honeyeater | Lichenostomus flavicollis |
| Little Wattlebird | Anthochaera chrysoptera |
| Yellow Wattlebird | Anthochaera paradoxa |
| New Holland Honeyeater | Phylidonyris novaehollandiae |
| Grey Shrike-thrush | Colluricincla harmonica |
| Grey Butcherbird | Cracticus torquatus |
| Grey Fantail | Rhipidura albiscapa |
| Forest Raven | Corvus tasmanicus |
| Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis |
| Welcome Swallow | Hirundo neoxena |
| Common Blackbird | Turdus merula |
