Con et al
Must admit I was also rather surprised the first time I saw them in such dry
habitat, but they are also common in Callitris forest in Binya State Forest
just to the south of Cocoparra, and are widespread in box-ironbark areas in
northern Victoria & sthn NSW, another very different habitat to the wetter
stuff I more readily associate them with. Guess it depends on where you are
used to seeing them.
Re populations around Canberra, I used to find them regularly on Mt Ainslie
a few years ago, but my last record was probably in about 2004. I also
notice that the 'Birds of Mulligans Flat' brochure lists them as common,
presumably that was the case once, but I have only ever seen one there, in
Red Stringybark forest in the block north of Gundaroo Rd a couple of years
ago.
Cheers
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: Con Boekel
Sent: Wednesday, 16 April 2008 8:42 AM
To: COG list
Subject: Habitat of Yellow Robins
Last week we camped for two days at the Woolshed Flat camping ground at
Cocoparra NP, about 15-20 km north of Griffiths. Despite the drought,
the birding was interesting. On one of our walks we climbed along a
conglomorate/sandstone cliff line. The soil along the cliff line was
shallow or absent and the vegetation was mainly stunted cypress pines
and the occasional acacia. Definitely not a moist gully and was
therefore somewhat surprised to see a pair of Yellow Robins. They were
in a mixed feeding flock with Red-capped Robins, Speckled Warblers and
Chestnut-rumped Warblers.
Con
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