| Sat 20 | | Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Blackstone Heights (private land) |
| Heard a Fan-tailed Cuckoo calling early this morning for several hours. |
| Robyn Lagodzki 23/5 #230990 |
|  | Freckled Duck (10)
Goulds Lagoon Wildlife Sanctuary |
| Total of 10 Freckled Duck seen today, numbers seem to be steadily increasing. eBird checklist |
| Mona Loofs-Samorzewski 20/5 #230947 |
| Fri 19 | | Swift Parrot
54 Mulgrave St, South Launceston |
| Several birds seen in eucalypts. Small flocks flying north in past 5 days eBird checklist |
| Des Wingfield 19/5 #230935 |
| Wed 17 | | Swift Parrot
East Devonport |
| Single bird flying over old carpet factory during an early morning walk. Seems to be a bit of a late leaver. eBird checklist |
| John Tongue 17/5 #230934 |
| Mon 15 | | Masked Owl
Dial Range, Penguin. Approx 1 km south of Motorcross track |
| Masked Owl seen perched on branch watching me. eBird checklist |
| Frank Wilson 15/5 #230917 |
| Sun 14 | | Royal Spoonbill
Queechy Lake |
| 10 birds observed (largest number I've seen here) also Australasian Grebe (with Hoary-headed Grebe) and three Nankeen Night Herons. eBird checklist |
| Rodger Willows, Alison Roach 15/5 #230913 |
| | Masked Owl
Cressy |
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| Adult female, unfortunately dead on roadside 1 km south of Cressy. |
| Bill Scott-Young 14/5 #230904 |
| Sat 13 | | Royal Spoonbill
Smithton Sewage Ponds |
| Another single bird (previous one in Wynyard a few days ago) flew in for ten minutes and then moved on. eBird checklist |
| Richard Ashby, Hazel Britton 14/5 #230905 |
| Tue 9 | | Little Egret
Don Heads, Devonport |
| Single bird on estuary, possibly same individual over last few years. eBird checklist |
| Richard Ashby 10/5 #230877 |
| | Beautiful Firetail
Mount Nelson |
| Whoa!! first time observing. Bird spent a few mins eating various milky type weeds in the garden. Quite bold, and not hassled by NH Honeyeaters. A few hours later saw bird fly across open yard into thick bushes on other side. Bright red rump made for positive ID. eBird checklist |
| Rod Maier 10/5 #230876 |
| Sun 7 | | Royal Spoonbill
Old Hospital Ck, Wynyard |
| Single bird, first time at this site in recent decades. eBird checklist |
| Richard Ashby 7/5 #230853 |
| Fri 5 | | Blue-billed Duck
Smithton Sewage Farm |
| Single bird seen (8 sp. of duck) for first time at this site. Numbers down for this sp. at the usual site on Hopeless Plains south of Smithton. eBird checklist |
| Richard Ashby 5/5 #230840 |
| Wed 3 | | Great Crested Grebe
Tamar Island Wetlands |
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| Seen for a couple of minutes as it searched for food near the second bridge. eBird checklist |
| Helen Cunningham 3/5 #230824 |
| | Grey Goshawk
Mount Nelson |
| Been cruising around for a few months now, seen most days. There is/was a large colony of starlings in a gum tree, hopefully it's after them or blackbirds. eBird checklist |
| Rod Maier 3/5 #230822 |
| Sun 30 | | Azure Kingfisher
Inglis River Walking Track (Wynyard) |
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| Two birds seen catching crabs at low tide in the river at Cape Bridge Reserve. Another, or one of the same birds, seen from the footbridge across Big Creek from York St entrance. eBird checklist |
| Karen Dick and Mona Loofs-Samorzewski 1/5 #230805 |
| | Azure Kingfisher
Sisters Beach |
| Alerted to sound of window strike to find dazed bird sitting on our front door mat, 150 m from creek. Much 'yawning', presumably to test shocked bill structures. Flew off after 15 min. eBird checklist |
| Richard Ashby, Erica Ashby 30/4 #230800 |
| Sat 29 | | Grey Goshawk (white morph)
Taroona |
| Pure white medium-sized raptor sitting on my Hills Hoist. Wow - never seen one before! Flew off before we could photograph it. eBird checklist |
| Anna Majdanska 29/4 #230793 |
| Thu 27 | | Australasian Grebe
Stowport (behind Burnie) |
| Pair of birds with pair of very young fledglings on private farm dam. Species seen sporadically but can't recall seeing chicks in recent years. eBird checklist |
| Richard Ashby 29/4 #230790 |