Eastern Yellow Robins

YELLOW ROBINS Eopsaltria australis

I set out for my walk this in the mist and fog morning. The fog often sits along the railway line at Kilmore East 'til late in the morning. The line runs between the hills and so provides a perfect corridor for low lying fog.

It was very quiet this morning as it usually is on these foggy days, the moisture holds the sound in.

As I walked, very quickly the mist began to lift. As it did so the birds awoke. Suddenly there was movement and there was the sound of birds calling. Within twenty metres of where I was standing, I could now see,  silver eyes, fairy wrens, red-browed finches, a scarlet robin and yellow robins. A little further out, there were magpies, corellas, cockatoos, crimson rosellas, tree creepers, shrike thrushes and others moving too quickly for me to note.

The yellow robins were particularly active. They are such beautiful birds. Their name, Eopsaltria  is derived from the ancient Greek and in translation means something like singer at dawn. How appropriate that was on this beautiful autumn morning. The name yellow robin was apparently given to these little birds by the early settlers of Australia. They are certainly similar to the British robins.

They are inquisitive birds and today they sat quite confidently, watching what I was doing. Such beautiful animals.

 What a beautiful morning it was!