| Sun 24 | | Cattle Egret
Preolenna Rd, Flowerdale |
| 187 birds feeding in a single paddock with dairy cows. eBird checklist |
| Margot Oorebeek and Ray Turnbull 24/5 #257014 |
| Sat 23 | | Grey Goshawk (white morph)
Sulphur Creek |
| One bird flying east with a dozen Forest Ravens harassing it. |
| Frank Wilson 23/5 #257000 |
| Fri 22 | | Freckled Duck
Goulds Lagoon Wildlife Sanctuary, Granton |
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| At least 15 Freckled Ducks off to the left of the bird hide. Water level in the lagoon was high so less other species than sometimes present. Also noticed there were more introduced ducks (Mallard & Muscovy ducks) than last time I visited. |
| Ian Lundy 23/5 #256999 |
| Wed 20 | | Wedge-tailed Eagle
Poatina |
| 4 Wedge-tails calling to each other and doing aerobatics in the updraft on the side of Poatina Hill. We're probably on the edge of two territories. |
| Leanne Sherriff 20/5 #256985 |
| Sat 16 | | Australasian Grebe
Richmond |
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| A single bird downstream from the Richmond Bridge feeding above the weir. First observed by Ruth Brozek. |
| Els Wakefield 17/5 #256966 |
| Fri 15 | | Grey Goshawk (white morph)
Sandy Bay, adjacent university |
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| Goshawk flew in and landed on our veggie patch. Common sighting in neighbour's pine tree, but not often seen in our garden. Also saw Grey and Brown Goshawks yesterday. Seeing both goshawks several times a week here at the moment. |
| Ian Lundy 15/5 #256957 |
| | Eastern Curlew
Duck River mud flats |
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| Surprise distant sighting of 3 Eastern Curlew feeding on the mud flats.
Photo of two, one close to two Chestnut Teal. |
| Jenny Ostenfeld 15/5 #256953 |
| Wed 13 | | Royal Spoonbill
Tamar Island Wetlands |
| 10 birds resting by the lagoon near the visitors' centre. (1500hrs) |
| Geoff Bromfield 15/5 #256950 |
| | Nankeen Night Heron
Camp Creek, Wynyard |
| 1 adult Nankeen Night Heron giving good views as it flew around before settling on a perch in a riverside tree. |
| Michael Parsons 13/5 #256939 |
| Tue 12 | | Grey Goshawk and Wedge-tailed Eagle
82 White Hills Rd Penguin |
| Very wet and windy conditions. Grey (white morph) Goshawk battling into westerlies, followed 2 minutes later by a Wedge-tailed Eagle going same way. |
| Erik Donnachie 12/5 #256936 |
| Mon 11 | | Royal Spoonbill
Duck River |
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| A single Royal Spoonbill, Cattle Egret, Great Egret and Little Pied Cormorant roosting on a members only jetty. First time I've seen a Cattle Egret by the river. A Royal Spoonbill pair were frequently seen in 2019, but I've only seen a solitary RS this year. |
| Jenny Ostenfeld 11/5 #256930 |
| Sun 10 |  | Orange-bellied Parrot
Climies Track, Trial harbour |
| A single bird. Emerald green back smaller, in size to the Green Rosella. Flying very quickly skimming the surface of the heathland beside the trail. I managed to get a good look at it. [Moderators' note: this sighting remains unconfirmed] |
| Jenny Groves 10/5 #256922 |
| | Black-faced Cuckooshrike
Sulphur Creek |
| 5 birds flying in from the west then perched in old dead eucalypt behind Sulphur Creek Beach. |
| Frank Lennice Wilson 10/5 #256916 |
| Tue 5 | | Wedge-tailed Eagle
Trevallyn Nature Recreation Area |
| 3 birds soaring at 10.30 am near top of Duck Reach Power Station. |
| Anne G.Booth 5/5 #256890 |
| Sat 2 | | Cattle Egret
Macquarie Settlement Road, Cressy |
| 40 birds feeding amongst cattle. |
| Bill Scott-Young 3/5 #256868 |