Bruny Island is on the bucket list of many birders for its rich and varied birdlife.  Inala has a good list of birds and mammals found here.  They can also provide accommodation and guided birding tours.

Being budget travelers, we birded independently as we drove south from the ferry dock.  Here are some of the best birds we saw (that I got pics of).

We saw our first Tasmanian endemic bird – Green Rosellas a few km before the Cheese shop.

A small flock of Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos were in the trees surrounding the Cheese Shop.

Assorted sparrows, LBJs and Fairy-wrens were at the Penguin Cafe hoping to snatch up leftover food.

The bright blue Superb Fairy-wrens are male, the brown ones are female.

We saw a Scarlet Robin in the Captain Cook Caravan Park grounds.

Moving down to the beach opposite Captain Cook’s we saw some black swans.

Tasmanian Native Hens were in the grounds at Captain Cook’s.

These Green Rosellas were foraging at the entrance to Captain Cook’s.

We had almost given up hope for the Swift Parrots when a lady said she saw some near her cabin which was one of the cabins nearest the beach.  Sure enough, there was a Swift Parrot living up to his name by flying swiftly from one tree to another.  I did my best to get a good shot but he wasn’t going to make it easy!