Hello! I had a most unusual sighting today! A male red-capped robin was in my garden, in Gwelup, Perth. Very bright and quite chubby. Perhaps he is friends with the willy wagtail who helps me with my gardening. I am astonished, as i have never seen one in the city before.
How lucky you are, jayjay.
Sometimes these are random appearances. Sometimes they’re because there is habitat at the site of observation or nearby & the bird is, perhaps, exploring a little beyond the habitat. Is there a corridor of natural habitat passing near where you live? But I doubt the Red-capped Robin has come by to make friends with the Willie Wagtail although it might have seen the Willie Wagtail & was attracted by what it thought the Willie Wagtail was taking advantage of, e.g., insects.
Iv recently seen red caped robins here, arfter they haven’t been seen in the area for years. I think this is because of the decline in introduced species. But yes, sometimes a bird my randomly appear dew to a change in environment or in weather. For example a few years back a sea came along, this was wile it was a little wetter then usual.
Wimmera mally region, Vic.
Nice one!
They are around, but not a "common" birds in the suburbs.