| Thu 19 |  | Channel-billed Cuckoo
Highfield Street, Moonah |
| Heard the unmistakable and very loud call of a Channel-billed Cuckoo flying south directly over my house this morning. It was gone by the time I'd run outside. Am very familiar with the species as an ex-Queenslander. |
| Scott Linnane 19/10 #232360 |
| Wed 18 | | Banded Lapwing
Spion Kop Rd, Smithton (3537E, 54707N) |
| Sixteen adults and one newly-hatched chick in dairy pasture. The area had been pugged recently, so was less well-grassed than usual for a Smithton dairy farm. |
| Andrew Hingston 19/10 #232363 |
| Tue 17 | | White-faced Storm Petrel
Stanley Wharf |
| Beautiful bird freshly-killed by flying into chain-link fence. |
| Richard Ashby, Eric Hiller 17/10 #232333 |
| Sun 15 | | White-bellied Sea Eagle
Poets Rd, West Hobart |
| Mature sea eagle patrolling gully between Poets Rd and Forest Rd before heading off toward McRobies Gully. |
| Michael Dempsey 15/10 #232295 |
| Wed 11 | | Grey Goshawk, Collared Sparrowhawk, Brown Goshawk, Swamp Harrier, Brown Falcon
Notley Hills |
| A good day for raptors on my property at Bridgenorth. All five birds were first spotted by Masked Lapwings with young and made typical responses. |
| Geoff Bromfield 12/10 #232257 |
| Sat 7 | | Fiordland Penguin
Binalong Bay |
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| Immature Fiordland Penguin found on the rocks -41.250107, 148.307974 at 1:50 pm. It didn't appear to be very well & wildlife carers were called. |
| Rhys & Amber Carter 15/10 #232298 |
| Wed 4 | | White-fronted Chat
Rocky Cape National Park--Forwards Plain Dam |
| Small flock. This sp. seldom seen in the 130km (approx) between Stanley and Narawntapu although there are multiple hundreds of unscrutinised private farm dams. |
| Richard Ashby 4/10 #232132 |
| | Royal Spoonbill
Smithton Sewage Ponds |
| Bird in area since May, today with 8 Great Egrets. |
| Richard Ashby 4/10 #232131 |
| Sun 24 | | Little Egret
Little Taylors Bay (Bruny Island) |
| Flew from paddocks behind shore before landing on sandy point. Rare on Bruny, first one I've seen there. eBird checklist |
| Paul Brooks 4/10 #232137 |
| | Pallid Cuckoo
Notley Hills |
| First bird heard for the spring. |
| Geoff Bromfield 24/9 #231957 |
| Fri 22 | | Swift Parrot
Seabrook Golf Course |
| About twenty birds yahooing in blossoming euc canopy. eBird checklist |
| Richard Ashby 22/9 #231925 |
| Thu 21 | | Grey Goshawk (white morph)
Primrose Sands |
| In my backyard for about 25 minutes. About 70 pics taken and a video. Bird in good health. It was totally white. First i have seen here in 17 years. I submit this sighting for interested persons. My first visit to this site. eBird checklist |
| Dennis Gale 21/9 #231914 |