Julian and Martin
I was very heartened to read your report of good numbers of Hooded
Robins (mixed with other robins - yet another combination for the MFFs?)
and (separately) Brown Treecreepers. It is a sobering thought that I
have visited over 60 COG AOI grid cells this FY and have seen Hooded
Robins only at Mulligan's Flat.
( I have not been to Angle Crossing.) It would be very interesting to
know where the Hooded Robins at Googong came from - maybe they do move
around in MFFs during Winter, rather than staying in one area? Looking
at the map, the four Treecreepers were in approximately the same area in
which I saw one Brown Treecreeper on my last walk there. Googong
Foreshores appears to be a hot spot.
While I can't be sure, I believe that several birds that I believed to
be Chestnut-rumped Heathwrens at Googong made a scolding call as they
moved slowly away through thick undergrowth. I could not confirm what
they were because of the thick undergrowth and I am not yet confident
enough to identify them on the basis of their calls. Nicki Taws has
written that during the breeding season, perhaps starting in August, the
males do a lot of calling, including good mimicry, and are a bit easier
to get close to. Thanks also for the map and the markers - makes it very
easy to locate the spots.
Con
Julian Robinson wrote:
At 10:34 AM 30/05/2008, Con Boekel wrote:
Did not see Brown Treecreepers or Hooded Robins.
But following Con's earlier lead to the area south east of Googong Dam
yesterday, we (Lindsay Nothrop and I) did see plenty of both. We were
originally on the lookout for Chestnut-rumped Hylacolas/Heathwrens,
and although we had one possible sighting weren't able to get another
look. It was making a chirrup call like a bit like a loud insect
before it departed into denser scrub.
The most-obvious-bird-of-the-day was White-eared HE's that were
throughout the treed areas, but we saw at least 4 Brown Treecreepers
in an alive bit of bush at the corner of two firetrails. Not far from
there in a once-grazed field beside Burra Ck we came across a plethora
of Hooded and Flame Robins and probably also Scarlets. It was a
startling discovery in the late afternoon sun to see at first one,
then two, then a counted nine robins all sitting perched on top of
waist-high stalks watching us watching them. There were at least 6
Hoodeds and at least 4 Flames, but the total was 15 to 20.
Like Finch Central it's a fairly uninspiring bit of land, and half an
hour later there wasn't one robin to be seen. But for info and
simplicity the location of the robins is linked under this photo...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ozjulian/2535427714/
and the treecreeper location under this one...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ozjulian/2533917340/
RFI: the *direct *link for the robin location is this
http://loc.alize.us/#/geo:-35.510378,149.264320,17,k/ Can someone
tell me if this works please? I am unsure whether these links are
'transportable' or not. Thanks in
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