Hi All,
Can anyone going to Jerra Wetlands tomorrow please look out for a small speckled bird that I saw near the first hide you come to on the way to Kelly’s Swamp? It caught me by surprise on my way out after twitching the Blue-billed Duck. It
had the stance and pale-ringed eye of a Robin, also the wing pattern of a juvenile Robin, and I dimly recall hearing a call like a Scarlet Robin. It seemed pretty independent for a juvenile though, hopping to the ground to catch something then returning to
low perch. Nobody has reported a Scarlet Robin at Jerra Wetlands for a while though and all the juvenile Robins seem much alike. It certainly wasn’t a Speckled Warbler. What else could it have been?
Also, the Blue-billed Duck seems to be hanging out in the reeds in that short stretch of water to the right of Cygnus hide. I sat there for quite a while before it appeared then it drifted back into the reeds and we didn’t see it again.
Mikayla Burke was there as well with her camera and took a photo.
Cheers,
Sue Beatty
