Bird of the week (5) Bonus Birds

Platypus Pandemonium has been proud to feature Bird of the Week. Sadly we’ve run out of weeks, though not of birds. So here are just a few birds I’d like to have featured. Enjoy!

The Forty-spotted Pardalote is a must-see species for birders visiting Bruny Island, and we were not disappointed: tasmania-bruny-40-spotted-pardalote-2016-16

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Also on Bruny we got spectacular views of another local rarity, the Swift Parrot: tasmania-bruny-swift-parrot-2016-15

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We often caught glimpses of the Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike: tasmania-black-faced-cuckoo-shrike-2016-6

In the grounds of the Bonorong Sanctuary we were pleased to see an Australian Wood Duck … tasmania-bonorong-australian-wood-duck-2016-2

… and some Eastern Rosella: tasmania-bonorong-eastern-rosella-2016-1

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Honeyeaters were a regular feature of the trip. Here’s a gang of Black-headed Honeyeaters on Bruny: tasmania-bruny-black-headed-honeyeater-2016-5

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