Red-tailed Hawk landing on nest, Bobst Library, NYU, New York City

Last day in Tasmania

As promised, at long last is my account of Day 6 of my Tasmania birding tour (a trip taken in November of 2012!).

The evening of Day 5 left me at Mountain Valley Wilderness Reserve where we got to see Tasmanian Devils eat fresh meat left for them on our cabin porches.

In the morning I awoke to the sight of a wild Tasmanian Native Hen family outside:

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Day 5: Tasmania birding tour: Cradle Mountain critters, Tasmanian Devils

It was our last day at our lodge near Cradle Mountain.

A Wallaby mom and joey were foraging on the grounds in the early morning:

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Day 4: Tasmania birding tour – Cradle Mountain, Strahan, Burnie

On day four we woke up at our Cradle Mountain lodge. It was early morning and the fog was lifting from the pond on site:

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