Hello all,
I've had some requests for Budgerigar photos so I decided to put
together a short photo-essay on the wild Budgerigar for my website
(www.wildlifing.com). I've seen budgies in some large flocks before but
nothing like the flocks that I've read about in the literature.
Chinner (1977) recalls numbers so great in the McDonnell Ranges that
Budgerigars landing in Red Gums were of such number that their combined
weight broke branches of up to 4 cm diameter! Chinner estimated flocks
of 10,000 to 15,000 were coming down to drink at Ellery Creek Big Hole
in December 1972. Budgies snapping branches through sheer weight! In the
similar vein to the recent thread on finch flock size has anyone on
Birding-aus seen huge flocks of Budgies?
The other interesting thing about the Budgerigar is that they are
probably related to the Night Parrot and the Ground Parrot (as well as
the Kakapo???). I find I fascinating that Budgies are so well-adapted to
their environment yet are so very adaptable (as evidenced by their
abundance and success in captivity). So very different to the Night Parrot.
I've put up some photos of architecture and still-life (I've called it
man-made). Also, I've been gradually adding photos to Tom Tarrant's
Australian Bird Image Database. Many of the photos I'm putting on ABID
haven't been put on my website.
Cheers,
Mick
Budgie Reference:
Chinner, D.W.(1977) South Australian Ornithologist, 27: 188-192.
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Michael Todd
Wildlifing
Images & Sounds of Nature
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