Keith,
While I commend you on your observations of four species of "red
robins", I must correct your discription of the Cumberland Plains. The
geographical area that you have given is in fact the County of
Cumberland. The Cumberland Plains is a Geological area refered to as
the Cumberland Basin and is generaly refered to as the Shale. It is
not bounded by the Nepean or Hawkesbury Rivers, it does extend west
and south of thes two (or one) Rivers. And it does not extend to the
coast.
Regards,
Alan leishman,
Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.
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Subject: birding-aus Sydney Robins
Author: "KEITH BRANDWOOD" <> at mailgate
Date: 06/8/99 18:22
Hi everyone/ sydneysiders
Took a visiting pommie around the traps yesterday
clocked 108 species,the good news is that we can
still see 4 red robins on the Cumberland Plain.
The Cumberland Plain for those not in the know
is bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the east of Syd
from Broken Bay in the north to Bulli in the south a
distance of 96.56 km.Northern and western
boundaries being the Hawksbury&Nepean rivers
southern limit is the Cataract Dam &river where
a line extends to the coast near Bulli.
The 4 robins being Flame, Scarlet,Red-capped
& Rose, we also had a Pink-robin @ Mitchell
Park this year seen by Fred Smith & some other
Victorians if any of that party reads this I would
like to get a report on this rarity to the Sydney
area.
ph.0245790070
SYDNEY NSW
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