Hello
Martin
We haven’t contributed
to the list before, having only recently subscribed - though we read the
postings most days. We visit the eastern part of Tallanganda State Forest and National Park
regularly (our lists are up on Eremaea for those interested). Your posting
about Rose Robin and Red-browed Treecreeper makes us realise we have been remiss
in not visiting the western part of Tallaganda !
It would be great to
have the list’s thoughts on a Robin species we have been seeing regularly this
summer in the eastern part of Tallaganda. We have tentatively identified
it as immature Pink Robin. Have you or others seen Pink Robins at
Tallanganda or elsewhere in the region? There is one recent record on
Eremaea for Pink Robin at Monga National
Park, which is not very far
from Tallanganda as the crow (or robin) flies, but the Atlas does not list Pink
Robin for this region over its breeding season. The bird we have been
seeing is a “brown” bird with tan wing bars (definitely not buff or white
bars). We have seen it on Rocky
Pic Road regularly – though not
in the past few weeks. It feeds from the ground and is consistently above
1000
metres elevation. For
info, we also regularly see Scarlet and Flame Robins at Tallaganda. The
Flame Robin brown birds have buff or creamy wingbars – and so look rather
different to our mystery bird. BTW, the Flame Robins are out in force at
present – including three coloured males and half a dozen brown birds queueing
up to bathe in a tiny puddle on Rocky Pic Road yesterday afternoon. Very
lovely.
Kim and Geoff
Larmour
