Two (immature, I belIeve) female Red-winged Parrots appeared briefly in a
tree overhanging my back-yard last Monday a.m. I thought - when I saw the
first - it was a youngish female King Parrot with some of its tail feathers
missing!
It noted it appeared all-green except for a quite small patch of red at the
shoulder. When the second turned up a few minutes later, the greater amount
of red at the shoulder was immediately noticeable.
At that point, I suspected them to be Red-winged Parrots, and a check of the
books verified it. I don't know whether or not this species passes through
the Ipswich area very often, but I'd certainly not spotted them here before
now.
Apart from the fact it was good to seee a species I've only had one definite
tick against before, it brought to 10 the parrots I've recorded in the
immediate vicinity of my house in Coalfalls; (an older not-too-bushy suburb
in walking distance of the town centre).
List to date: Rainbow, Scaly-breasted, Musk and Little Lorikeets;
Pale-headed Rosella; King Parrot; SC Cockatoo; Little Corella; Galah and
Red-winged Parrot.
Red-rumped Parrot and Cockatiel are both relatively plentiful not-too-many
km away, but I've not seen any close enuff to home-sweet-home to claim them
for my Neighbourhood birdWatch list as yet...
Chris Parslow
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