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<blockquote data-quote="podargus" data-source="post: 2950573" data-attributes="member: 109359"><p>It was great to hear them in action, awesome birds :t:</p><p></p><p><strong><u>20/02/12 - Cradle Mountain</u></strong></p><p>In the morning I headed over to Launceston's coach station and got myself a ticket up to Cradle Mountain (apparently I was lucky to get one without booking in advance, but the coach was pretty quiet). As we were leaving the town I saw my first <strong>Goldfinches</strong> in 8 months, flitting around on a verge, and <strong>Forest Ravens</strong> and <strong>Swamp Harriers</strong> were seen later in the journey. I had my first Tassie endemics before reaching Cradle too, with some <strong>Tasmanian Native-hens</strong> feeding in a field.</p><p>After setting up my tent I headed over to the Cradle Mountain visitor centre, where there were a few <strong>Black Currawongs</strong> hanging around in the car park. From here I hopped on a shuttle bus to the first stop along the road up the mountain, and then walked the boardwalk trail to Ronny Creek. The list of endemics grew as the walk went on, with <strong>Tasmanian Scrubwrens</strong> and <strong>Tasmanian Thornbills</strong> in the first patch of forest, <strong>Yellow-throated Honeyeaters</strong>, <strong>Scrubtit</strong> and <strong>Yellow Wattlebirds</strong> in trees further along the track, and further sightings of <strong>Black Currawong</strong> and <strong>Tasmanian Native-hen</strong>. As well as the beautiful scenery there were a couple of <strong>Crescent Honeyeaters</strong> around too, plus some cute little <strong>Rufous-bellied Pademelons</strong> in the dense forest.</p><p>The highlight of the day came from the area around the Ronny Creek car park where there were a number of ridiculously confiding <strong>Common Wombats</strong> grazing on the slopes including some small young'uns - really charismatic animals, and it was great to spend some time watching them dawdling around by the boardwalk.</p><p>Back at the campsite I added <strong>Green Rosella</strong> to the day’s list, while <strong>Scrubtits</strong> and <strong>Rufous-bellied Pademelons</strong> were also present near the tent.</p><p>That night I set out with a torch to have a look around. Tasmania really is a hotspot for native marsupials, and in a short search around the visitor centre car park I came across numerous <strong>Bennett’s Wallabies</strong> (the furrier Tassie subspecies of <strong>Red-necked Wallaby</strong>), <strong>Rufous-bellied Pademelons </strong>and <strong>Common Wombats</strong>, although there was no sign of the hoped-for Quolls or Devils. <strong>Common Brushtail Possums</strong>, in a wide range of colour forms, were common both here and back at the campsite, and they were huge compared to the ones up north! In the distance I could hear an owl calling which according to the IOC would be a <strong>Morepork</strong>, although I still can’t really understand how Tasmania would have ended up sharing this species with New Zealand, rather than having the Aussie <strong>Southern Boobook</strong>. I didn’t manage to track it down anyway, so I suppose I don’t need to worry about that <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p><strong><u>Birds</u></strong></p><p>391. Goldfinch</p><p><strong>392. Tasmanian Native-hen</strong></p><p><strong>393. Forest Raven</strong></p><p><strong>394. Black Currawong</strong></p><p><strong>395. Tasmanian Scrubwren</strong></p><p><strong>396. Tasmanian Thornbill</strong></p><p><strong>397. Yellow-throated Honeyeater</strong></p><p><strong>398. Scrubtit</strong></p><p><strong>399. Yellow Wattlebird</strong></p><p><strong>400. Green Rosella</strong></p><p></p><p><strong><u>Mammals</u></strong></p><p><strong>43. Rufous-bellied Pademelon</strong></p><p><strong>44. Common Wombat</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="podargus, post: 2950573, member: 109359"] It was great to hear them in action, awesome birds :t: [B][U]20/02/12 - Cradle Mountain[/U][/B] In the morning I headed over to Launceston's coach station and got myself a ticket up to Cradle Mountain (apparently I was lucky to get one without booking in advance, but the coach was pretty quiet). As we were leaving the town I saw my first [B]Goldfinches[/B] in 8 months, flitting around on a verge, and [B]Forest Ravens[/B] and [B]Swamp Harriers[/B] were seen later in the journey. I had my first Tassie endemics before reaching Cradle too, with some [B]Tasmanian Native-hens[/B] feeding in a field. After setting up my tent I headed over to the Cradle Mountain visitor centre, where there were a few [B]Black Currawongs[/B] hanging around in the car park. From here I hopped on a shuttle bus to the first stop along the road up the mountain, and then walked the boardwalk trail to Ronny Creek. The list of endemics grew as the walk went on, with [B]Tasmanian Scrubwrens[/B] and [B]Tasmanian Thornbills[/B] in the first patch of forest, [B]Yellow-throated Honeyeaters[/B], [B]Scrubtit[/B] and [B]Yellow Wattlebirds[/B] in trees further along the track, and further sightings of [B]Black Currawong[/B] and [B]Tasmanian Native-hen[/B]. As well as the beautiful scenery there were a couple of [B]Crescent Honeyeaters[/B] around too, plus some cute little [B]Rufous-bellied Pademelons[/B] in the dense forest. The highlight of the day came from the area around the Ronny Creek car park where there were a number of ridiculously confiding [B]Common Wombats[/B] grazing on the slopes including some small young'uns - really charismatic animals, and it was great to spend some time watching them dawdling around by the boardwalk. Back at the campsite I added [B]Green Rosella[/B] to the day’s list, while [B]Scrubtits[/B] and [B]Rufous-bellied Pademelons[/B] were also present near the tent. That night I set out with a torch to have a look around. Tasmania really is a hotspot for native marsupials, and in a short search around the visitor centre car park I came across numerous [B]Bennett’s Wallabies[/B] (the furrier Tassie subspecies of [B]Red-necked Wallaby[/B]), [B]Rufous-bellied Pademelons [/B]and [B]Common Wombats[/B], although there was no sign of the hoped-for Quolls or Devils. [B]Common Brushtail Possums[/B], in a wide range of colour forms, were common both here and back at the campsite, and they were huge compared to the ones up north! In the distance I could hear an owl calling which according to the IOC would be a [B]Morepork[/B], although I still can’t really understand how Tasmania would have ended up sharing this species with New Zealand, rather than having the Aussie [B]Southern Boobook[/B]. I didn’t manage to track it down anyway, so I suppose I don’t need to worry about that ;) [B][U]Birds[/U][/B] 391. Goldfinch [B]392. Tasmanian Native-hen 393. Forest Raven 394. Black Currawong 395. Tasmanian Scrubwren 396. Tasmanian Thornbill 397. Yellow-throated Honeyeater 398. Scrubtit 399. Yellow Wattlebird 400. Green Rosella[/B] [B][U]Mammals[/U][/B] [B]43. Rufous-bellied Pademelon 44. Common Wombat[/B] [/QUOTE]
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