A few Tassie birds

[cjf2]

I went on a bird holiday to China and there were two other participants from Tasmania, who were great fun and who referred to themselves as "Tassie birds" which I gather may not be too complimentary a term when used by Aussies. Anyway in their honour, here are some of the smaller birds of Tasmania.



Pink Robin


Another view of this colourful character



Scrubtit - not so colourful but it is endemic to the island




Tasmanian Scrubwren. Another endemic, skulker.


Tasmanian Thornbill - yep another less than showy endemic!



Another Tasmanian Thornbill, mainly because I like the background!


Bassian Thrush picking around on the floor of Fern Gully.

 

[Blufftonian]

Love that Robin!

Nice shots of unusual birds.

 

[philzucker]

Also like the Pink Robin! Nice fellow. All very well made pictures, a joy to view.

Phil

 

[PentUp]

Tasmanians... always a little bit different to the rest...
But some very pretty birds in and from Tassie I guess ...

 

[cjf2]

Thanks folks. Yes the Pink Robin is a pretty bird with unusual colours for a bird. I'd missed it when I went to southern Victoria so it was a good catch up.
Tasmania has some good birds and is a manageable size for a fly drive holiday. We did it in two weeks which was a shame as three weeks would have given us a more relaxed time. Even for a Brit the weather was astonishingly changeable and windy. You stood in one type of weather and could see the weather that has just left and the next weather that would arrive in a few minutes time!

 

[Nachtegaal]

Lovely beautiful.

 

[ken53]

I went on a bird holiday to China and there were two other participants from Tasmania, who were great fun and who referred to themselves as "Tassie birds" which I gather may not be too complimentary a term when used by Aussies. Anyway in their honour, here are some of the smaller birds of Tasmania.

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Pink Robin

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Another view of this colourful character


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Scrubtit - not so colourful but it is endemic to the island



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Tasmanian Scrubwren. Another endemic, skulker.

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Tasmanian Thornbill - yep another less than showy endemic!


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Another Tasmanian Thornbill, mainly because I like the background!

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Bassian Thrush picking around on the floor of Fern Gully.

Very nice set. Impressive not just from a photographic standpoint, but also from a birding standpoint. Thanks for sharing these.

 

[cjf2]

Very nice set. Impressive not just from a photographic standpoint, but also from a birding standpoint. Thanks for sharing these.

Yes there are some nice birds there that occur no where else even in Australia or are easier to see there compared with other parts of Australia. Animals as well as birds. But do take a storm proof umbrella!