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Subject: obp
From: Russell Woodford <>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 15:54:03 +1000
Hi all


Isn't this always the way ... my wife, who is usually tolerant about my passion for birds, and who mainly likes Flamingos, Puffins, Birds of Prey, and Penguins, just called me from her mobile phone. She wanted to describe an "unusual green parrot" that she saw on the grass just outside the large ornamental gates at Geelong Grammar - between the school and the little swamp beside Corio Bay. She described it as being bright green with yellow underparts, darker yellow or orange lower down, and with a bit of blue in the wing and on the head. She was able to confirm these features because she was watching it move around on the grass while she talked to me!

Gee, I wonder what that could be?

If it's what I think, it will be the third record for this strip of road (Foreshore Rd, which runs from Shell refinery down to Corio Bay Yacht Club) in about two years. Orange-bellied Parrots used to be recorded near here - on the saltmarsh at the end of Limeburners Lagoon - basically about 1 km upstream from the Yacht Club. There have not been any records from this site for ten or more years. If OBP, I wonder if it was moving between feeding grounds? Are they recorded from the Avalon Beach area? This is only about 1-2 Km away, with some possible suitable habitat in between.

Unfortunately, I don't think it will stick around for another hour or so till I get home. It would have been a nice addition to my backyard list - though I guess it still counts for the 'home' list if someone else in the family saw it?

Russell Woodford
Geelong

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