Hi all,
Here some of Raja’s pictures from those two pelagics off Eaglehawk Neck: http://www.adarman.com/Pelagics/2012-August-18-Eaglehawk-Neck
http://www.adarman.com/Pelagics/2012-August-19-Eaglehawk-Neck
After the Sunday pelagic we tried to find Tasmanian Masked Owl on Tasman Peninsula. Unfortunately no success with that bird. But the spotlighting trip was still quite successful: We found some Long-nosed Potoroos, many Tasmanian Pademelons, a few Bennett’s Wallabies, three Eastern Barred Bandicoots, one Southern Brown Bandicoot, some Common Brushtail Possums and an quick glimpse of an Eastern Quoll. Not bad. The next morning we tried to get to Maria Island and found out that the ferry wasn’t running. So we headed on to Freycinet NP. Wedge-tailed Eagle and two female Bennett’s Wallabies with tiny (still naked) joeys. The highlight at Freycinet was a female Southern Right Whale with a calf right at the shoreline. We didn’t have time to check out the places for Swamp Quail. So, we still ‘need’ Tasmanian Masked Owl and Swamp Quail – next time! In total we had 95 bird species (although we missed a number of common ones, so we could have easily reached a 3-digit number!) and 15 mammal species (including both quolls and devil!) plus some unidentified heard-only frogs… (Out total Tassie list is now 136 birds and 20 mammals)
Cheers,
Nikolas
