 This is going to be a difficult selection - there's so much birdlife to enjoy in Tassie - but here goes with our five best peak bird experiences: what we saw and where! Seeing the Tassie wedge-tailed eagle up close was the best. 1. THOSE WEDGIESYes, the unexpected delight of finding not one but two wedgies on Bruny Island was the best fun. You can read more of the detail here. Here are some of the key moments in that brief encounter: 2. TERNS IN A FRENZYAlso on Bruny Island, an unexpected buzz was watching the tern colony on the Grass Point Track near Adventure Bay - more detail here. The level of activity made for pretty thrilling photo opportunities.  3. MUSK LORIKEETSAt Swansea, we were nearly overwhelmed by the fierce winds...but these brightly coloured little gems were tenacious in the local flowering gums, and they made such a brilliant display. More detail here. 4. GREEN ROSELLAWe're parrot lovers, so we're always keen to see any kind of bright and beautiful bird of this kind. Tassie's endemic green rosella is as bright and gorgeous as its northern cousins, and we enjoyed watching this chappie on the Cape Queen Elizabeth walk on Bruny Island. More details here.  5. GREY GOSHAWK WHITE MORPHWe were delighted to see not one, but two, and at two different places. There were so many wonderful birds at Inala on South Bruny Island, and we enjoyed them all (see more about our stay here), but if we had to single out one bird from that cast, we vote for the grey goshawk. We had scoured the trees around the main area, with no luck, until just before we were due to leave, then bingo! There it was, just watching us!  Our second encounter was more unexpected - at the Peter Murrell Reserve (details here), we were casually watching that sulphur-crested cockatoo wheel overhead until we realised it was way too quiet, and in fact it was another grey goshawk! What a blast.  6. PINK ROBINOK we said five best birds but here's a bonus bird for reading this far: pink robin at Mt Field National Park. What an absolute beauty! But then, the entire place is magnificent. More details here.  Well, those were just some of the great birds we saw, and we haven't even mentioned the wildlife, the scenery, or the wonderful fresh produce Tassie has to offer. We'll be going again some time, we hope. In the meantime we hope our experiences offer you some ideas about the sort of experience you'd like to have if and when you get to Tasmania.
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