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Buttongrass walk, Bunyip SP

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Subject: Buttongrass walk, Bunyip SP
From: "Kevin" <>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:24:30 +1000
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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