| Fri 15 |  | Magpie Lark
Prince of Wales Bay Marina, Derwent Park |
| I observed it for some 10 minutes. It appeared to be eating insects that had fallen off vehicles parked in the office carpark. |
| Pieter van der Woude 16/2 #236823 |
| Wed 13 | | White-Breasted Sea Eagle
Sisters Island off Sisters Beach |
| Adult bird roosting in small, cave-like space in foliage, facing east to the sun, seemingly avoiding wet westerly squalls. Not used to this sp. being so wimpy, if this interpretation is correct. eBird checklist |
| Richard Ashby 14/2 #236805 |
| Mon 11 | | Pink-eared Duck (17)
Penna Settling Ponds (restricted access) |
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| The moment I started scanning the pinkies' favourite pond, hoping for last trips' pair, I was absolutely astonished to see more and more pinkies coming into view until fully seventeen of them were feeding, grooming and bobbing across the water in flocks! My highest count for Tasmania by a long, long way! eBird checklist |
| George Vaughan 11/2 #236787 |
| Wed 6 | | White-throated Needletail
Port Sorell |
| 18 spotted at Squeaking Point around 6pm.
[EDIT: numbers increased to 45+ one hour later) eBird checklist |
| James Melville 6/2 #236761 |
| Tue 5 | | Azure kingfisher
Davey River Gorge |
| Sighted several times over 30 minutes and was observed feeding off the water numerous time. It was also accompanied by a pink robin on the same branch |
| Pieter van der Woude 16/2 #236824 |
| | Freckled Duck
Risdon Brook Park |
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| At least 9 birds mid-way along the eastern shore of the dam, near the inlet arm. eBird checklist |
| Jean, Doug, Judy and Simon Smith 5/2 #236757 |
| Sun 3 | | Grey Goshawk (white morph)
Sandy Bay |
| Two Grey Goshawks beside McAulay Reserve. eBird checklist |
| Phil Reid 4/2 #236751 |
| Fri 1 | | Grey Goshawk (white morph)
Sulphur Creek |
| Bird flying from tree to tree trying to get shelter from strong wind and heavy rain. eBird checklist |
| Frank and Lennice Wilson 12/2 #236795 |
| Mon 28 | | Striated Fieldwren
Oyster Cove (Putalina) |
| One Striated Fieldwren seen east of the buildings flying into the bracken area. Suspect new record for this area. eBird checklist |
| Els Wakefield and Brian Johnston 30/1 #236704 |
| Sat 26 | | Rainbow Lorikeet
Ulverstone. |
| One group of 7 and another group of 5, flying over the houses on the west side of the river. eBird checklist |
| Bill Scott-Young 27/1 #236680 |
| Sun 20 | | Terek Sandpiper
Anthony's Beach, near Stanley |
| 1Terek Sandpiper at roost site with 70 Red-necked Stints.
I am familiar with this species. Larger than the stints, it is the only shorebird with a long upturned bill. First seen running, later bunkered down in dry seagrass; occasionally standing up. When preening the white trailing edge to the secondaries was clearly seen. The roost was not disturbed. eBird checklist |
| Hazel Britton and Anthea Fergusson 20/1 #236631 |
| Sat 19 | | Grey Goshawk
Upper Castra |
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| Nesting pair in forest: white male and larger female. eBird checklist |
| Dave Dickson 21/1 #236637 |
| | Magpie-lark
Prince of Wales Bay Marina, Goodwood |
| Single bird seen today (Saturday 19th Jan) at 18.00, observed for 3 or 4 minutes. eBird checklist |
| Suzanne Hedgecott 19/1 #236622 |
| | White-throated Needletail
Arthur River (town) |
| 20 birds seen while driving (stopped to ID) south of Arthur River on Temma Road between Nelson Bay and Sarah Anne Rocks.
Fine day, westerly breeze. Seen at 5-60m above ground. Around 12:30pm. eBird checklist |
| Jackson Willows and Rodger Willows 19/1 #236621 |