Is anyone seeing (and reporting) Swift Parrots outside the much
advertised areas? On the weekend I found a few at Reedy Lake (Lat: 36
43 6 S Long: 145 7 12 E) near Nagambie in Victoria, near where I found
some at the same time of year in 1991. There were very few lorikeets in
the Rushworth/Whroo forest in the areas I went through, despite quite a
bit of flowering Yellow Gum (E. leucoxylon) and Red Ironbark (E.
tricarpa), but lots of lorikeets in farmland/roadside flowering Yellow
Gums adjacent to the forest.
Below is my BirdInfo database printout for that location (hard copy
mailed to Simon Kennedy, the Swift Parrot project coordinator).
Lawrie Conole
North Fitzroy, victoria
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Fref: RLSF3 Obs: LEC Dates: 13/06/1998 - / / Site: RLSF
Survey: *AS Time: 45 Area: 10
Cool overcast. About 15:15-16:00 hrs. Several flowering Eucalyptus
leucoxylon
had attracted Musk Lorikeets, Little Lorikeets, Swift Parrots,
Purple-crowned
Lorikeets, Black-chinned Honeyeater & White-plumed Honeyeater.
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Country: 36.030 Locality: Reedy Lake SF near Nagambie, Victoria.
Habitat: Woodland/lake C1/2:NA /6
Lat: 36 43 6 S Long: 145 7 12 E Accuracy: 10" Altitude: 140 M LR:
Grid ref: NAGAMBIE 7924:CV305357.
Lakeside woodland of River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) with
stands of
Grey Box (E. microcarpa) and Yellow Gum (E. leucoxylon). Adjacent to
the
Rushworth State Forest.
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CODE--- Count Age S St Br T R Species
8205.0 4 S Swift Parrot
Feeding in flowering E. leucoxylon with
about
8-10 Musk Lorikeets, 6-8 Little
Lorikeets, 2
Purple-crowned Lorikeets, 1
Black-chinned
Honeyeater and some White-plumed
Honeyeaters.
Flushed at our approach and flew through
the
woodland in the direction of Nagambie.
8151.0 10E S Musk Lorikeet
8153.0 2 S Purple-crowned Lorikeet
8152.0 8E S Little Lorikeet
8235.0 2 S Laughing Kookaburra
8277.0 S Australian Magpie
8255.0 S Little Raven
8045.0 Z Australian Wood Duck
Several on farmland adjacent to state
forest.
8544.0 S Spotted Pardalote
8404.0 S Willie Wagtail
8431.0 1 S Crested Shrike-tit
8253.0 S Australian Raven
8299.0 1 S Brown Treecreeper
8184.0 10E S Eastern Rosella
8526.0 S Noisy Miner
8533.0 1 S Red Wattlebird
8317.0 S Superb Fairy-wren
8547.0 S Striated Pardalote
8250.0 S Welcome Swallow
8500.0 1 S Black-chinned Honeyeater
8486.0 S White-plumed Honeyeater
8162.0 S Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
8505.0 1 Z Little Friarbird
Flying out of lakeside woodland toward
farmhouse garden.
8278.0 S Pied Currawong
33134.0 H Common Froglet
Several heard calling intermittently.
33131.0 H Eastern Signbearing Froglet
Several heard calling intermittently.
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