Wednesday, 3 September 2014

Old Train Line, Taylors Beach, Bay of Fires



Bird list:

Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Forest Raven Corvus tasmanicus
Tawny-crowned Honeyeater Glyciphila melanops
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
Southern Emu-wren Stipiturus malachurus
Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
Australian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
Striated Fieldwren Calamanthus fuliginosus

Wednesday, 2 July 2014

Loila Tier

We had a great walk around Basin Creek Road and Loila Tier on a beautiful winter's morning.
Attached is the bird list, thanks Des!
 Best birding wishes,
Liz



Loila Tier, the hill:

Superb Fairy Wren Malurus cyaneus
Grey Shrike Thrush Colluricincla harmonica
New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
Crescent Honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera
Yellow Throated Honeyeater Lichenostomus flavicollis
Yellow Wattlebird Anthochaera paradoxa
Black Headed Honeyeater Melithreptus affinis
Tasmanian Scrubwren Sericornis humilis
Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
Forest Raven Corvus tasmanicus
Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus
Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang


Coach Road, the flat:

Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
Yellow Throated Honeyeater Lichenostomus flavicollis
Tasmanian Scrubwren Sericornis humilis
Green Rosella Platycercus caledonicus
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
Superb Fairy Wren Malurus cyaneus
Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus

Wednesday, 4 June 2014

Chain of Lagoons and Little Beach

Another sunny Wednesday with an array of birds, great morning tea and a keen mob of birders/morning tea lovers! This time we visited 2 locations; Little Beach and Lagoons Beach so it was a full morning of birds. 
 
You will notice on this list that frogs are included, so brush up on your frog calls so we can keep adding their distribution to the data set.
 
July walk location to follow soon.
 
Enjoy the winter chill.
 
Best birding wishes,
Liz





Bird list: 

Little Beach:
Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
Australian Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
Hooded Plover Thinornis rubricollis
Green Rosella Platycercus caledonicus
Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
Yellow-throated Honeyeater Lichenostomus flavicollis
Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
Yellow Wattlebird Anthochaera paradoxa
White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons
New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
Forest Raven Corvus tasmanicus
Common Blackbird Turdus merula
Common Greenfinch Chloris chloris
Frogs
Common Froglet Crinia signifera
Chain of Lagoons
Black Swan Cygnus atratus
Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Black-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscescens
Australian Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus
Hooded Plover Thinornis rubricollis
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Green Rosella Platycercus caledonicus
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
Yellow Wattlebird Anthochaera paradoxa
Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor
Forest Raven Corvus tasmanicus