SCARLET ROBIN Petroica boodang
There are robins about this week and their bright red chests make them easy to spot. Last week it was Flame Robins, today Scarlet Robins. The males show a brilliant scarlet chest whilst the females wear a rather subtle red bib.
I watched several pairs today as I walked along the edge of a blue-gum plantation at Kilmore East.
There was quite a wind blowing and the birds were wary. It was difficult to get very close no matter how carefully I crept along in the shadows.
The blue gum hillsides are rather sterile places for birding. Today there were just a few magpies and crows about at the very tops of the trees. I could hear parrots away in the distance but only the robins were out to play.
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