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 3: Tasmania birding tour: Orielton Lagoon, Cradle Mountain

Day 3. Waking up in Hobart with a rainbow out the window:

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Day two in Melbourne – November 13th, 2012

Because of my spotty internet in my second hotel, I’ll offer only the basic details of today’s activities. I only had a few hours to kill between hotels so I visited the nearby Royal Botanic Gardens again to see if there was anything new to see and because it was such a great place to spend time in yesterday.

Australian Wood Ducks:

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