Scarlet Robins - more common this year?

[Megan Mears <>]

Anecdotally I am loving all the small (and medium) birds around right now. In the past two weekends I have seen Scarlet Robins, Red-browed Finch, Olive Backed Oriole (a pair), Yellow and Buff-rumped Thornbill, Speckled Warber, Grey Fantail and Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike at the base of Mt Majura, near where Aspinall St joins the reserve. This has mostly been in the middle of the day and the small birds stay together as one loose flock. I noticed the robins don't mind staying apart from the flock, but not too far. I do not included BFCS and OBO in the loose flock. They were both quite separate.

Pictures, good and bad are on my bird blog at

http://majurabirds.blogspot.com.au/

I have also seen one impossible to identify grey coloured honeyeater in the same location and I noticed a large flock of honeyeaters passing overhead when I was at the Farmers Markets on Saturday 11am. They were headed directly to Mt Majura, which makes mostly east or perhaps north east. I'm sorry I could not identify them, but I am sure they were honeyeater size and flight stlye and there were many and they just kept coming.

Megan

PS If the twitcher/photographer I saw looking at a Crimson Rosella on Mt Majura on the weekend, who waved in passing, is a COG member I say hi!

On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 10:00 PM, John Brannan <> wrote:

In my regular monthly survey of the Pinnacle NR at the end of March, I recorded Scarlet Robins in 8 out of 9 sites, including 5 in one site alone. That's certainly more than I've seen in the past.

Anecdotally yours,
John

On 7/04/13 10:56 PM, milburn wrote:

While accepting that annecdotal accounts are no more than that, during my regular field work I have noticed that Scarlet Robins are abundant at the moment. Also, Western Gerygone, Olive-backed Oriole, Grey Shrike-Thrush, both Rufous and Golden Whistler, Grey Fantail and Owlet Nightjar numbers are exceptionally high for early April.  The hordes of pardalotes and Silvereyes seem to be on a par with last year......... so far. Yellow-faced Honeyeater numbers also appear to be much higher than this time last year.

regards
Milburn


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