Mount Elephant Road – St Marys

It was a great morning on the Elephant Farm road walk with a highlight being the abundance of Strong-billed Honeyeaters and the mandatory snake sighting for this time of the year. (Bird list attached).

Best birding wishes,
Liz


Bird List:

Green Rosella	Platycercus caledonicus
Superb Fairy-wren	Malurus cyaneus
Scrubtit	Acanthornis magus
Tasmanian Scrubwren	Sericornis humilis
Tasmanian Thornbill	Acanthiza ewingii
Brown Thornbill	Acanthiza pusilla
Yellow-throated Honeyeater	Lichenostomus flavicollis
Strong-billed Honeyeater	Melithreptus validirostris
Black-headed Honeyeater	Melithreptus affinis
Olive Whistler	Pachycephala olivacea
Grey Shrike-thrush	Colluricincla harmonica
Black Currawong	Strepera fuliginosa
Grey Fantail	Rhipidura albiscapa
Scarlet Robin	Petroica boodang
Pink Robin	Petroica rodinogaster
Silvereye	Zosterops lateralis
Beautiful Firetail	Stagonopleura bella

Shelly Point to Scamander sand spit

Bird List:

Black Swan	Cygnusa atratus
Little Pied Cormorant	Microcarbo melanoleucos
Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo
Australian Pelican	Pelecanus conspicillatus
White-faced Heron	Egretta novaehollandiae
White-bellied Sea-eagle	Haliaeetus leucogaster
Australian Pied Oystercatcher	Haematopus longirostris
Sooty Oystercatcher	Haematopus fuliginosus
Red-capped Plover	Charadrius ruficapillus
Hooded Plover	Thinornis rubricollis
Masked Lapwing	Vanellus miles
Sanderling	Calidris alba
Red-necked Stint	Calidris ruficollis
Little Tern	Sterna albifrons
Fairy Tern	Sterna nereis
Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia
Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii
Pacific Gull	Larus pacificus
Kelp Gull	Larus dominicanus
Silver Gull	Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Superb Fairy-wren	Malurus cyaneus
Tasmanian Scrubwren	Sericornis humilis
White-fronted Chat	Epthianura albifrons
Silvereye	Zosterops lateralis
Welcome Swallow	Hirundo neoxena
Common Starling	Sturnus vulgaris

St Helens Urban Walk

Bird list:

Black Swan		Cygnus atratus
Wedge-tailed eagle		Aquila audax
Tasmanian Native Hen		Tribonyx mortierii
Pied Oystercatcher		Haematopus longirostris
Masked Lapwing		Vanellus miles
Crested Tern		Thalasseus bergii
Pacific Gull		Larus pacificus
Kelp Gull		Larus dominicanus
Silver Gull		Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Green Rosella		Platycercus caledonicus
Swift Parrot		Lathamus discolor
Fan-tailed cuckoo		Cacomantis flabelliformis
Superb Fairywren (Tas)		Malurus cyaneus cyaneus
Brown Thornbill (Tas)		Acanthia pusilla diemensis
Striated Pardalote (Tas)		Pardalotus striatus striatus
Little Wattlebird (Tas)		Anthochaera chrysoptera tasminica
New Holland Honeyeater (Tas)		Phylidonyris novaehollandiae canescens
Black-faced Cucoo-shrike		Coracina novaehollandiae
Grey Shrike-thrush (Tas)		Colluricincla harmonica strigata
Grey Fantail (Tas)		Rhipidura fuliginosa albiscapa
Welcome Swallow (Eastern)		Hirundo neoxena neoxena
Common Blackbird		Turdus merula
Australian Pipit (Tas)		Anthus novaeseelandiae bistriatus