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Fits in with the Rose Robin being an altitudinal migrant, like the Scarlet Robin. It breeds in forest at altitude, avoids the cold in the 3 months of winter by migrating to lower altitude. That probably explains the 3 months difference, its coming and
going.
Ian Baird
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On 5 Sep 2015, at 8:20 pm, Wayne Gregson <> wrote:
I have been reading with interest the reports coming in the last few days of numbers of Rose Robins in the Canberra area 9 (and failed to find the one at Jerrabomberra wetlands this afternoon!)
I recalled one day a couple of years ago when our semi-regular drive along Lake Rd near Bungendore yielded quite a number of Rose Robins both male and female at the bottom (eastern edge) of the lake George escarpment. I have just checked back expecting
that this event was around August/September only to discover that it was the 4th June 2013. (My records also show this was the only occasion I have seen Rose Robins on Lake Rd.) So it would seem that this species might move in numbers at the same time –
but if they move back through the Canberra area in numbers why the 3 month difference between 2013 and this year?
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