I think we need to be a little careful evaluating this –
- Previous records in this area (incl in Tallaganda SF and Bot Gdns) have been in Winter
- However there have been reports of over-summerers, even breeders, to the south eg near Thredbo, Tallaganda being well north of there however
- There are no records in the BA atlas at the latitude of the ACT for Dec-Feb
- From what we know of the movement of this species, which is far from complete, ‘several’ in Tallaganda in February would be ‘unusual’
From: Geoff Larmour [
Sent: Friday, 25 March 2011 10:17 AM
To: 'martin butterfield'
Cc: 'COG List'
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Red-browed treecreepers and Rose Robin
Sorry about that. We saw it first below the cairn at Rocky Pic on Rocky Pic Road in Tallaganda Nat Park. The coords are 149 30 00 E by 35 35 35 S. We first saw it in February in this spot and then saw several others through February in the same general area. Haven’t seen it in March, though there are plenty of Flame Robins and some Scarlet Robins at Tallaganda at present.
Kim and Geoff
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From: martin butterfield [
Sent: Thursday, 24 March 2011 8:40 PM
To: Geoff Larmour
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Red-browed treecreepers and Rose Robin
Geoff
What I was after was a link to yourEremaea post so that the rest of us knew where to go and look for the little bugger. It is good that the record is in BA and eventually COG DBs but that is not much help in trying to spot the bird NOW!
I have just tried to find it in Birdline NSW and that has no search facility that I could find (or at least not one that returned a result for a search on 'pink'). So can you give lat/longs and/or whih road you were on when you saw it.
Martin
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Geoff Larmour <> wrote:
Hi Martin
Have taken your advice and entered our Pink Robin to BA (after having battled with the software on the BA Atlas site).
Thanks
Kim and Geoff
Sent: Thursday, 24 March 2011 3:49 PM
To: Geoff Larmour
Cc: COG List; Alastair Smith
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Red-browed treecreepers and Rose Robin
Geoff
Good to see you posting to the COG Chatline.
Unfortunately the owner of Eremaea insists that sightings outside the political boundaries of the ACT are reported to the NSW Birdline most of which is irrelevant to Canberra birders. I will not bore you further with my views on the topic. However it would be good if you could circulate a link to your Eremaea post(s) about the Pink Robin, particularly if they fall within the COG Area of Interest.
Martin
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Geoff Larmour <m("homemail.com.au","snowpea");" target="_blank">> wrote:
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
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From: martin butterfield [mailto:m("gmail.com","martinflab");" target="_blank">]
Sent: Wednesday, 23 March 2011 3:15 PM
To: COG List
Subject: [canberrabirds] Red-browed treecreepers and Rose Robin
While out in Lowden Forest Park on a planning foray for an outing during the BA Campout Chris Davey and I each saw 2 Red-browed tree-creepers and I am confident they were different birds. I also logged a Rose Robin.
Martin
