Melanodryas cucullata

9 Hooded Robin at Tharwa, ACT

Melanodryas cucullata at Tharwa, ACT - 15 Aug 2020
Melanodryas cucullata at Tharwa, ACT - 15 Aug 2020
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Melanodryas cucullata 6 Sep 2020 natureguy
Melanodryas cucullata 3 Sep 2020 Liam.m

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Significant sighting

Liam.m noted:
9 Sep 2020

Rare breeding record of this species

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Found 4 hooded robins as we walked from the junction of Naas and Apollo Rd up Apollo Rd. One make and female were hanging around a large rock, going inside it quite often, apparently feeding young, as the female was carrying worms into the rock, and whilst she was in there we could hear soft cheeping.

4 comments

   10 Sep 2020
Thanks Liam - yes another significant record
HelenCross wrote:
   15 Sep 2020
Wow - inside the rock!
natureguy wrote:
   16 Sep 2020
Yes it's an impressive sighting, and great to see a threatened species breeding.
Liam.m wrote:
   16 Sep 2020
Yes Helen, we were quite amazed by them nesting in the rock, haven’t heard of this behaviour before

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