Eopsaltria australis
2 Eastern Yellow Robin at Mongarlowe, NSW
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| Eopsaltria australis | natureguy | 27 Aug 2021 | |
| Unverified | LisaH | 28 Dec 2020 |
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I did not realise what I'd (literally) stumbled upon until too late- I was in and out of there very quickly. The main birds I saw hanging around were grey fantails, but a quick google says their nests look different? After watching David Attenborough's Egg documentary, I saw these beautiful eggamples of nature's engineering very differently.
4 comments
21 Jan 2021
Just noticed this! Looks like a robin nest based on branch location and decorations. So pretty! Blue eggs would suggest maybe an Eastern Yellow Robin. Did you you go back at all?
21 Jan 2021
Yes, it was just such a beautiful nest, and so surprising to find. This corner is home to many small birds (and, I've discovered lately, pigs . . .) so could well be a robin. I haven't been back to check for a while, but now you've reminded me, I'll make time to have a look (and avoid those grunters)
27 Aug 2021
I'm quite confident this is an Eastern Yellow Robin nest, it looks like others I've seen in real life and matches other images I've found. The shape and material of the nest and the blue eggs seem fairly consistent and distinctive.
Location information
- Maps Mongarlowe River
- Places Mongarlowe, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- LisaH Recorded by
- Yes Nesting site
Collections
- LisaH Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Eopsaltria australis Small (Robin, Finch, Thornbill etc) Other Birds Birds
Species information
- Eopsaltria australis Scientific name
- Eastern Yellow Robin Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1271.6m Recorded at altitude
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Nesting site
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