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While "Pluggers" objective yesterday
was to get the magic 1300 (and he did!!), mine and David's objective was to get
the Pink Robin at Tallaganda SF (between Batesman Bay and Canberra) on the Great
Dividing Range. The birds proved rather quite in this damp and cold winter day,
but we saw several Olive Whistlers including a male and female
close to the ground within 5 metres away (male with a grey head and the female a
brown head). Several Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoos were feeding
among the pine plantations there but no Pink Robins or any of
the red robins.
We also tried at nearby Monga SF (about 15-20 km
east of Braidwood, on the road to Batesman Bay) but again without success. This
however is an exceptionally beautiful place to visit for its scenery. With very
tall Eucalypts and masses of huge tree ferns, It made up for the lack of good
birds.
Edwin
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