hi evan
i am familiar with the robin, but not the mistletoebird. i flew quickly, but
it was probanbly about
1/2 way up the tree, flutting from tree to tree i diddn't see it through my
binos, so i diddn't get too gooder look, but it had black on
top,scarlet/red(definatly not pink) throat/chest, and white
elsewhere,possibly above its bill(but in patchy sunlight so not sure). i
think i got a bad photo, but it would at least indicate shape. i will
photoshop and get back to you!
Ta
Kev :)
-----Original Message-----
From: Evan Beaver
Sent: Wednesday, 20 September 2006 6:39 AM
To: Kevin
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Buttongrass walk, Bunyip SP
Hi Kev, Are you familiar with the Mistletoe Bird? Both the flame robin and
MistBird are relatively new for me and while the colours are strikingly
different, their shape and habitat differ wildly. I reckon if it was at the
top of a tree flying quickly it's almost definitely a Misty, and closer to
the ground, perching and watching much more likely a Robin. While the guides
might list them as roughly the same size, the Misty is like a longish tailed
pardalote, with the rose robin much more like a Willy Wagtail size,
particularly around the middle. Hope this helps...
Ev
On 9/19/06, Kevin <> wrote:
hi all
on the weekend(sunday 17/9), i went to the buttongrass walk, north of
tynong, in the bunyip state forrest(west gippsland). i saw a total of 16
species:
Common Name Latin Name
Number
Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
10+
Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
5+
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
10+
Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
5+
Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea
3 could have been mistletoe bird?????
White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus
5
White-throated Treecreeper Corombates leucophaeus
1
Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
10+
Small unidentified hawk
1 flew fast through trees
White-eared Honeyeater* Lichenostomus leucotis
3
Rufous Whistler* Pachycephala rufiventris
1
Beautiful Firetail* Stagonopleura bella
5+
Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
1
Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
2
Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
1
New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
5
i also thought i heard southen emu wren? would that be possible. i
heard
i call i had never heared before, and looked up southen emu wren (the
brouhure mentiopns them) when i got home, and it sounded similar
not a bad day, with 3 lifers(marked*)
Kev :)
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