One of the earliest known phenological records for the Flame Robin in Victoria is its arrival at Scott's Creek, Coden - from 1897 to 1902. Its arrival date ranged from the 29 March to the 9 April1.
A little later in the century, its arrival date at Albert Park Lake ranged from the 23 March to the 4 April (from 1991 to 1994) 2.
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Sources:
1 Graham, G. 1903. Arrivals and Departures of Birds, Scott's Creek Cobden, Victoria. Emu II: 214 - 215.
2 Keatley MR, Chambers LE & Martin RAU 2009. PhenoARC: an Australia-wide phenological data archive. In: Greenhouse 2009: Climate change and resources p. 97, Burswood Convention Centre, Perth, Western Australia. http://www.greenhouse2009.com/images/GH09Abstracts_web.pdf
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Keatley MR & Chambers LE 2010. Australia. pp 31-33 In: Phenological Research: Methods for environmental and climate change analysis. Eds: IL Hudson and MR Keatley. Springer, Dordrecht.