Magic Moment

["Anthony Katon" <>]

Hello all,

I have just arrived back from Tasmania Today. This was not a birding trip but I did take my binos everywhere I went. I saw most of the endemics except for the Forty-spotted Pardalote.

A magic moment for me occurred at Evercreech forest reserve picnic area, I was watching a male Scarlet Robin harassing a male Flame Robin and managed to see both in the spotting scope at the same time while they were sitting quite close together from a distance of about 30 metres. While watching these two robins for about 15 minutes, I noticed another robin close by, when I viewed it through my binoculars I was surprised to find it was a Pink Robin.

All these were seen without moving more than a few metres from my car.

Has anyone else ever seen three different species of male red robins in the same area at the same time.

 

Anthony