Hello from the Adelaide foothills

That's a most unusual sighting for the Adelaide foothills, Mother Hen. If you haven't already you might like to let Birds SA know about it. Still, it just shows what a little ecological restoration can do! How lucky you are to be living next to regenerating Grey Box Eucalyptus microcarpa woodland. Most of that habitat has been cleared or replaced by feral vegetation along the Hills Face Zone so it's wonderful to learn of the regeneration. 

And welcome to the forum!

Good one, Mother Hen. Birds SA is always happy to receive unusual sightings. Of birds, that is!

So many of the woodland birds of the Mt Lofty Ranges are endangered now, Mother Hen. This link has a list of the threatened species:

http://www.naturalresources.sa.gov.au/adelaidemtloftyranges/plants-and-animals/native-plants-animals-and-biodiversity/native-animals/birds/full-bird-listing

Thanks for posting that link. Really interesting to see what's there.

I believe that's a Rose Robin, Mike. Flame Robins used to visit areas in & around Adelaide but, alas, no longer.

Yes, the list is long & growing longer. Some efforts are being made to restore habitat. E.g., I note that a number of Adelaide's new traffic corridors feature indigenous vegetation & Trees for Life are doing great work in encouraging restoration of indigenous plant species. Unfortunately, I fear that habitat destruction still outpaces habitat restoration. And we can never completely replace natural habitats anyway.