Margaret Cameron wrote:
>
> yes I realise this is a bit late, but I thought the most surprising thing
> about your previous report was that your Pink Robin was actually pink!
>
> I regularly see Pink Robins around Geelong in winter - there are 2 in the
> Botanic Gardens at present and there has been at least one there in winter
> every year for years - and I have never seen a pink Pink Robin in any of
> these winter locations.
>
> At 06:24 PM 25/06/01 +1100, wrote:
>
> >In terms of Rose and especially Pink Robins, nearly all previous records
> >in the
> >Bendigo area have been of brown birds, so todays observations (although
> >the Rose
> >was pinkish!) were still 'more normal' than the situation in the nearby
> >Mandurang State Forest (where there are still Pink and Rose Robins in full
> >adult
> >male plumage).
I'm no expert on eclipse phases in rose robins, but I have been seeing a
lot of male rose robins in SEQ with magenta chests over the last few
weeks. [Maybe they don't do the eclipse thing up here].
LK
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