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Pale-tailed Kangaroo on Black Mountain Nature Reserve, a Rose Robin and

To: 'Con Boekel' <>, canberrabirds chatline <>
Subject: Pale-tailed Kangaroo on Black Mountain Nature Reserve, a Rose Robin and some migrating honeyeaters
From: "Maconachie, Michael" <>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 01:02:16 +0000
Female wallaroo - all females look like this in our region (pale grey, black 
paws and noses), males are significantly bigger than females and chocolate 
brown in colour plus very solid looking beasts. As Matthew Higgins said and 
also having done the injured roo job at parks ...Eastern Greys dominate the 
road death toll by far - just because so many of them. Swamp Wallabies, 
Red-necked Wallabies and Wallaroos infrequently. Nearest good populations of 
Wallaroo's to Canberra are on Tuggeranong Hill Nature Park and various spots 
along the Murrumbidgee River Corridor. Kangaroos proboably dominate the stats 
because they get reported to Parks - if dead they are on the road and a hazard, 
if they survive they have broken legs and require euthanizing. Possums and 
similar sized creatures usually don't survive and aren't a road hazard ....only 
inured ones get reported. Also we don't get all the reports as people will take 
injured smaller animals direct to vet or rspca.


Michael Maconachie
Senior Ranger
Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve
ACT Parks and Conservation
0428 113 533



-----Original Message-----
From: Con Boekel 
Sent: Saturday, 2 May 2015 4:49 PM
To: canberrabirds chatline
Subject: [canberrabirds] Pale-tailed Kangaroo on Black Mountain Nature Reserve, 
a Rose Robin and some migrating honeyeaters

Not a bird, but someone conversant with macropodic marsupials might know why 
this one has a pale tail.

There was a female Rose Robin lurking between the electricity substation, the 
CSIRO workshop and the ANGB plastic house, Frith Road this afternoon. I heard 
Rose Robin calls on three other occasions but was not sure whether it was the 
same bird. It was hanging around with a large MFF. There were large parties of 
honeyeaters (up to 50). Going on the calls alone, White-naped Honeyeaters were 
in the majority.

Con
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