Hi Folks,
Highlight for the week around Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge has to
be an amazing sighting yesterday 19th Sept. of a Mangrove Robin up at
450m inland and away from coastal mangroves . The sighting was just down
the road from the Lodge at the back of the Mt. Kooyong Nursing Home
along the edge of a cane field and within 50m of Bushy Creek. It was
perched on a fence post and pouncing down onto the ground picking up
insects. It moved along the fence and allowed us to take several photos,
one of which you can view on our blog (link below). The white tail
panels were noticeable when the bird flew back into a bamboo thicket on
the edge of Bushy Creek. This species is sedentary and resident along
mangrove fringed coastal areas, the closest population we know about is
along Cooya Beach near Mossman which is approx 18km NE, we can find no
records of this species away from coastal areas. Please let us know if
you have or know of records away from the coast.
Cheers,
Keith & Lindsay.
Keith & Lindsay Fisher
RN 6 Mt. Kooyong Road
Julatten QLD 4871
Ph : (07) 4094 1263
Web Site: www.birdwatchers.com.au
Blog: http://kingfisherparkbirdwatchers.blogspot.com/
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