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Hi All
The current interest in the region NW of Coppins Crossing was sparked I
think by Leo's e-mail reporting White-fronted Chats.
Somehow the focus shifted first to finches (especially firetails) and then
to robins.
Certainly I went there in search of Red-caps and have done so six times in
the last ten days;
i have still to get a satisfactory photo.
When attempting a robin shoot this morning, I observed a strange
double-Barred Finch which I realised in retrospect was a White-fronted
Chat.
So back I went this afternoon, there to see two male White-fronted Finches
and I am pretty sure a female.
So they are still about. I saw them over a fairly wide area, both up-hill
from the X on my map and down towards the river from the X.
This includes the area Leo reported them from.
roger curnow
This is two different birds, it is
also two photos.
| To: |
"COG chat line" |
| Subject: |
White-fronted Chats at Coppins Crossing |
| From: |
"Leo Berzins" |
| Date: |
Sun, 20 May 2007 13:22:28 +1000 |
| A pair of
White-fronted Chats this morning near the south-eastern edge of
the fence around the old sewage ponds west of Coppins Crossing
(on the northern side of the Molonglo River, grid reference
FA846935 on the 1:25000 Canberra map 8727-3N). Also nearby, a
Red-capped Robin, Flame Robins, Richard's Pipits (if that's what
they're still called) and Goldfinches. Leo.
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