Where's that Red 'cap' Robin?

A short story about Mt Rogers folk, Lyndon, Maureen and, in recent years Doug the Blue Heeler.

These folk have walked on Mt Rogers for decades.

Lyndon’s interest in photography increased as Doug slowed down; with a huge telephoto lens being part of their daily equipment.

Mt Rogers gained substantially when Lyndon collated his photographs to produce Wildlife of Mt Rogers. 

A file celebrating Mt Rogers’ bird species followed and morphed into a photo-book. It illustrates all the species Lyndon has seen on and from Mt Rogers.

In the course of his Mt Rogers birdwatching, Lyndon met Steve W.
Steve specialises in videoing birds and their behaviour, with this passion taking him throughout our region and beyond. He has also provided countless valuable statistical analyses of birds’ abundance and movements to the COG (Canberra Ornithologists Group) email line.

Steve and Lyndon teamed up. Lyndon was introduced to the numerous birdwatching locations around the ACT by Steve and the pleasantly addictive pursuit of studying local avifauna. Lyndon has joined the scores of locals who record what their binoculars find and link their discoveries to Canberra Ornithologists’ Group, Canberra Nature Map and E-Bird. 

Here’s the delightful result of their being beside Ginninderra Creek at Gungahlin’s Yerrabi Pond on March 1st.

Today, at Yerrabi Pond, a Red-capped Robin became impossible for Lyndon to
photograph. It landed on his cap, on the peak first and then moved to the
back. I was not close enough nor quick enough to get a clear shot but you
get the idea from the photo. A special moment.

[Lyndon agreed to have his photo sent to the chatline]

Steve

At this time of the year several Robin species pass through the bush capital from breeding at higher altitudes.  Sighting the robins provides the classic case of "being in the right place at the right time".

We’re occasionally lucky in finding them on and around Mt Rogers. They usually join Mixed Feeding Flocks of other small foraging bird species.  

Rosemary