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Marion Bay is probably your best bet for Brown Quail. Jeremy On 26 August 2014 11:57, Nikolas Haass wrote: > Hi, > > Has anyone seen Swamp Quail (Tassie Brown Quail) recently in the > Hobart/Eaglehawk Neck/Port Arthur area? > Also any recent stakeouts for Tassie and Eastern Pygmy Possum and > Long-tailed Mouse in … Read more

Hi all, I recently wrote an article for a local semi-uni crowd sourced writing emagazine. Target audience was non-birders, but I’m sure some people will appreciate it anyway. They didn’t use any of my photos and took a very small one from Duade Paton’s blog instead, I’m not entirely sure why (although his photo is … Read more

Hi John, 40 Spotted can be seen at PM, but best chance is Bruny Island. There’s a ferry that takes cars so you can have a day trip. Strong-billed HE is a hard one to find a regular place to look for. Around Snug Tiers is your most likely location. Otherwise it’s mainly just luck. … Read more

In the days just preceding the highly successful pelagic we had 3 days of significantly below average temperatures in Hobart, including snow allegedly falling (but not settling) in the city centre, and certainly settling on Mount Wellington. The monthly lowest low and lowest high were both set that week and from Wednesday until Friday temperatures … Read more

The most recent estimate I’ve seen is 20,000, but I understand that numbers could be much higher at the moment (some just turned up in Hobart a few days ago!). I’m not sure that statistical significant be applied here though – if you just mean is it a change of more than 5%. Statistical significance … Read more