At the Pinnacle NR, and
particularly on the lower slopes closer to William Hovell Drive,
there have been more Flame Robins this year than any I've seen
previously. I was down there helping with erosion control work
yesterday, and while we took a break for morning tea, a party of
6-8 Flame Robins arrived and started picking over the area where
we'd been hammering in wooden stakes and packing fallen timber.
I mention this because it's not very far as the crow (or raven, if
you prefer) flies from there to the National Arboretum.
John Brannan
On 12/08/12 3:49 PM, Philip Veerman
wrote:
Bruce is correct of course, from a front on
view. The field mark to look for next,
or from the back view is the Scarlet is mostly black and the
Flame is mostly grey. Point 3 is red (Scarlet) cf orange-red
(Flame). Although you say mainly
black with a very bright red coloured chest which
certainly is suggestive of Scarlet Robin. I don't think we
can answer which you found, as both are likely. Having said
that I have seen Scarlet Robins in most of my trips out
around Canberra in the last few months but I have not seen
any Flame Robins this year.
Philip
Joanne,
Remember: '’ The flame comes right up”. ie the
reddish/orange colour of the Flame Robin goes right up the
throat. The Scarlet has a black throat.
There are several other fieldmarks, but I find this is
the one to look for first.
Bruce
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 2:49 PM
Subject: [canberrabirds] Scarlet or Flame
Robin?
Today i caught a flash of either a male
scarlet or flame robin at The National Arboretum, about
200m away from the top where the eagle's nest sculpture
is. The bird was very small, on it's own (from what i
could see anyway), and mainly black with a very bright red
coloured chest. I wasn't fast enough to see any white
markings. It was flitting about the long grassy pastures
down the side of the mountain.
I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestion as to whether
it was more likely to be a scarlet or a flame robin going
by this location and (apologetically) vague description? I
know they're both fairly common birds around this time of
year but I'm fairly new to the game so this was quite an
exciting spotting for me, and if there's any way i can get
more certainty about what it might have been i'd be very
grateful!
Cheers, Joanne
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