Monday, December 19, 2011

Season's Greetings

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                                   Have a happy and safe Christmas and New Year                             I recently photographe...
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Sunday, December 18, 2011

Victorian Visitor......Pied Oystercatcher

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 I stopped off briefly at Lauderdale Spit recently en route to Pipeclay Lagoon. It's become almost a ritual and I rarely spend more t...
Sunday, November 27, 2011

The Fence Sitters

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A few weeks back, I had returned to Pipeclay Lagoon to try to find a single Sanderling (a small migrant wader) I had seen there a few days...
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Always a Challenge....Pink Robin

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One of my favourite birds is the Pink Robin, but they are often elusive, live in dense forest, and are mainly dark in colour and photographi...
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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Wander Lust..... Wandering Whistling-Duck

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A report on Birdline Tasmania at the weekend, caught my eye as much from the observers' comments as from the content. Ian Lundy reporte...
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Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Chatham Albatross on Eaglehawk Neck Pelagic

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Report from Els Wakefield: The pelagic trip, led by Dan Mantle from Canberra, left Pirates Bay (Eaglehawk Neck) and headed straight to the C...
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Friday, August 26, 2011

Ever the Opportunist........Silver Gull

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While my son and I were fishing the River Derwent recently, without much luck, we were heartened to see flocks of Silver Gulls, with the od...
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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Gone Fishing....... Black-faced Cormorant

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My son, also a keen birder, persuaded me to go fishing, and during the last week or so, we've fished various local venues with mixed res...
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Sunday, July 31, 2011

Tasmanian Birding Stalwart Dies

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On Thursday 28th July, following a protracted illness, Dr. W.(Bill) C. Wakefield died. Many people in the northern suburbs of Hobart will re...
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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Thank Goodness for Auto-focus

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About a month ago, I received an email telling me about a sighting of 4 Crested Grebe at Orielton Lagoon, seen during the annual winter g...
Sunday, May 22, 2011

Roadkill Feast for Brown Falcon

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Hoping that the low cloud would eventually lift, I had delayed my departure for a morning's birding to the South Arm area. The commuter ...
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