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Flame Robin question

To: "Mike Carter" <>, <>
Subject: Flame Robin question
From: "David Reid, President Bushwalking Victoria" <>
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 15:27:59 +1000
Thanks Mike

I agree with your arrival dates and I know that this year they were seen by me and others at various locations on the peninsula well before 24/5.

The site we [Penboc] is surveying is Sages Cottage a private property on the corner of Sages and Moorooduc Road. Whilst some of the robins have been seen on this property most of the birds are in the adjoining paddocks [another private property] on the southern and western boundaries. The number I have given is a most likely on the low side as we have not entered these paddocks and have probably only seen the closest robins. [You should be able to see these paddocks from your place through your telescope !!]

I have seen flame robins on the cliff top overlooking Bass Strait at the back of my place however of course cannot say if they have just landed from Tasmania.

Regards
Val


You don't say how large is the site you are surveying. I suspect it is quite large (well over 100 hectares) and prime habitat for the species. Seaford Wetlands, I guess only some 10-20 km distant, attracts numbers in excess of twenty at one time. HANZAB says there is no conclusive evidence of trans Bass Strait migration. But I still think there could be some passage from Tasmania.







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