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January 2021

Wed 20		White-bellied Sea Eagle Badger Head
		1 (possibly 2 birds) seen above coastline from the coastal traverse path.
		Geoff Bromfield 21/1 #259599
Mon 18		Little Pied Cormorant "Palmerston" Poatina
		We'd seen this bird a couple of times on a waterhole but not close up, then tonight Leanne came across it in long grass, we caught it in a landing net, removed the lure and released it on a waterhole.
		Bill Scott-Young 18/1 #259587
Sun 17		Peregrine Falcon Poatina
		Three Peregrines tonight with lots of screeching.
		Bill Scott-Young 17/1 #259580
Fri 15		Black-faced Cuckooshrike Poatina
		Pair of Black-faced Cuckooshrike feeding a Pallid Cuckoo fledgling.
		Bill Scott-Young 15/1 #259560
Wed 13		Peregrine Falcon "Palmerston" Poatina
		A pair flew low over my house tonight, this is the third time I've seen them in the last week, possibly hunting to feed young.
		Bill Scott-Young 13/1 #259557
Tue 12		White-throated Needletail (35) Lune Plain
		Sighting of 35 needletails at 4:10 pm, no swifts.
		Els Wakefield per Mona Loofs-Samorzewski. 12/1 #259544
Sun 10		Bar-tailed Godwit Boltons Beach, east coast Tasmania, north of Triabunna
		Lone bird in among flock of Silver Gulls and Pacific Gulls. Video x 4 available. eBird checklist
		Robin Banks 12/1 #259543
Tue 5		Long-billed Corella Dru Point Bicentennial Park, Margate
		Three birds (an adult and 2 fledglings) landed on a low branch to feed the fledglings.
		Suzanne Hedgecott 6/1 #259506
Mon 4		Wedge-tailed Eagle Lake Leake Hwy, 3 kms beyond Lake Leake on way to Campbell Town
		2 birds circling high above the forest (1600 hrs).
		Geoff Bromfield 5/1 #259503
Sun 3		Swift Parrot Black River Campground
		Two heard (possibly more), one observed preening. Between Sites 1 - 2. eBird checklist
		Rodger Willows 3/1 #259490
Fri 1		Nankeen Night Heron Tamar Island Wetlands (1600 hrs)
		Single bird flying for a few seconds around the visitors' centre
		Geoff Bromfield 1/1 #259485

December 2020

Thu 31		Brown Goshawk Jennyfield, Bridgenorth
		Single bird observed for several minutes gliding above (1800 hrs). Large size suggested a female.
		Geoff Bromfield 1/1 #259480
Tue 22		Latham's Snipe Jennyfield Rd., Bridgenorth
		A single bird flushed from roadside after abundant rain (1400 hrs). eBird checklist
		Geoff Bromfield 22/12 #259424