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…and 59 species were recorded at that same location in Ambleside yesterday morning, Geoffrey:
Just shows what experienced birders who know their calls can find in a good hotspot containing wetlands and woodlands on a spring day.
I have to date managed just over a hundred species in a month spent (mostly) with family in the UK (so not birding every day), including 50 of the 59 species seen by those local Ambleside ebirders. The LBBs are of course the most difficult here,
and many calls appear similar to an ear used to the different Australian bushscape. At the other end of the size scale, I have managed Great Bustard, White Stork and Common Crane, and am planning a diversion to the Isle of Wight for White-tailed Sea-eagle.
No Emu yet though 😊.
Regards to all
Steve
On Tue, 5 May 2026 at 5:16 am, Geoffrey Dabb <> wrote:
Good to hear from you, Steve. Your prompt to look for sparrows in Ambleside led me to find that most records of them there are attributable to two eBirders who found a few yesterday along with a remarkable
55 other species in 1h 43m and less than 1km. I see they also ticked 7 Eurasian Wren (British)
Troglodytes troglodytes indigenus. You know how to name birds over there.
From: Canberrabirds <>
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Sent: Monday, 4 May 2026 11:45 PM
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Subject: Re: [Canberrabirds] Hopping birds
My first thought, on reading the original post, was a sparrow (OK, a House Sparrow). I can’t recall if any are around the Arboretum.
(sent from Ambleside in sparrowland)
On Mon, 4 May 2026 at 1:25 pm, isobellcrawford--- via Canberrabirds <>
wrote:
The vegetation more or less north of the Arboretum has patches of fallen timber: could be suitable habitat for BTs.
On 4 May 2026, at 9:06 pm, John via Canberrabirds <> wrote:
I was about to say the same thing. I spotted one at The Pinnacle NR last week, which is not far from the Arboretum at all. That said, that’s the first Brown Treecreeper I’ve seen in Canberra for many years.
On 4 May 2026, at 4:43 pm, tlann rail via Canberrabirds <> wrote:
Don't totally discount brown treecreepers. One has been seen in a couple of Belconnen nature reserves recently.
On Mon, 4 May 2026 at 16:28, Philip Veerman via Canberrabirds <> wrote:
Presumably this is meant to be “Speckled Warbler”.(Much more likely than a Brown Treecreeper). And the video cited by Geofrey shows the Brown Treecreeper to
“hopper”. Also the Brown Treecreeper is not especially small. It is much bigger than a Speckled Warbler or a White-browed Scrubwren .
Philip
striated warbler perhaps ? I always think of them as forest/grass/lawn ecotone, and hopping in same manner as European 'robin'.
On Mon, 4 May 2026 at 14:33, Alison Rowell via Canberrabirds <> wrote:
Hi Rose,
Brown Treecreepers are quite rare in the ACT now. They are generally wary of human activity/development and usually frequent larger areas of mature native woodland with some fallen timber, so the likelihood of seeing one hopping about with
magpies at the Arboretum is low, especially if you were at the main building which is surrounded by exotic irrigated grassland.
So if it was a Brown Treecreeper I would be surprised, but also (of course!) delighted.
Alison R
Surprisingly few videos on the Birds of the World website, but enough to show that this little chap is indeed a sprightly hopper, so ‘quite easily’ would fit, but then again all that hops is not a Brown Treecreeper.
https://search.macaulaylibrary.org/catalog?taxonCode=brotre2&mediaType=video&sort=rating_rank_desc
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On Behalf Of Philip Veerman via Canberrabirds
Sent: Monday, 4 May 2026 12:07 PM
To: 'Rose Costelloe' <>;
Subject: Re: [Canberrabirds] Hopping birds
Hello Rose,
Some birds get about on the ground by hopping, some walk, not many do both. It is easy to see both. And it might depend on how fast they are moving. Some birds
do neither and just fly to move around. Brown Treecreepers (unlike most treecreepers) do spend time on the ground. I don’t recall whether they are walkers or hoppers on the ground. I couldn’t guess what it was that you saw but what else could it have been,
going by what you saw in that book. (What book? )
This site
https://birdlife.org.au/bird-profiles/brown-treecreeper/?srsltid=AfmBOopuPPdnVcmvXv3bCsmr3T93-hKk0JfTMxlvCAgiw4oDVYcjSHCx
tells us :”Despite its name, the Brown Treecreeper does not always forage in trees. Unlike most other treecreepers, it often spends just as much time foraging on the ground in eucalypt forests and woodlands. It hops over fallen branches and other debris where
it gleans insects and other invertebrates from among the deep layers of leaf litter.
“
That wording says hops (whether that means as distinct from walks, I don’t know.
Philip
From: Canberrabirds
On Behalf Of Rose Costelloe via Canberrabirds
Sent: Monday, 4 May, 2026 11:20 AM
To:
Subject: [Canberrabirds] Hopping birds
Hi
I was sitting outside with a friend at the Arboretum recently and we watched a little bird hopping around quite easily while a magpie strutted around with it.
I looked it up in my bird book and thought it might be a Brown Treecreeper.
Has anyone seen these hopping birds too?
Thanks
Rose Costelloe
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