Hi Jude,
I don’t know if I am imagining things but the bird appears to have a slightly rufous forehead which could only mean a female or young male Red-capped Robin. While they are not a common bird in the region they are around at present – I saw a similar bird on the eastern side of Lake George last Thursday.
Cheers,
Mark
From: jude hopwood [
Sent: Monday, 10 October 2011 6:19 AM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] ID please
On Thursday, October 6th at Tulip top Gardens.
This should be a breeze, but for the life of me I can't find a match in any of my books. About the size of a scrubwren.
Also, three very badly behaved grey fantails, one of whom was persistent in mugging us as we walked on the paths at the waterfall end. Also, a flock of at least 25 red-browed finches. This is a very lively bird habitat!
