Red-rumps in Newcastle

[Mick Roderick <>]

Newcastle also has its share of urbanised Red-rumps, and are seen regularly in some places close to the inner suburbs, particularly around Broadmeadow and I have also seen them on the foreshore and quite often at Stockton. These are certainly not escapee birds.

Andrew Taylor <> wrote:
> Apologies for boring non-Sydney birding-aus'ers. I've seen Red-rumps
> (rarely) at Bicentennial park in Glebe. Not quite the CBD but in the
> Sydney City local governement area. I've seen them regularly around the
> golf courses in the Concord Five Dock area. There are some fenced grassy
> areas around the light rail in Lilyfield that look suitable. Incidentally
> I've seen a suggestion that the Sydney population was founded by escapees.
> But given species like Crested Pigeons and White-plumed Honeyeaters
> havce made their own way
>  to teh centre of Sydney some Red-rumps probably
> have too.
>
> Andrew
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