Hi Stuart
I emailed you just as you were about to start your work on the Hooded
Parrots. I had just been for a 3 week walk in Arnhem land from Manyallaluk
towards the Katherine River and I commented to you about the large number of
termite mounds that had what appeared to be nesting holes for Hooded
Parrots, but we only saw Hooded Parrots once on the drive back to
Manyallaluk from the end of the walk. I wondered what the reason was for
this. You stated you didn't know but may know more at the end of your
research. Any thoughts? Are there a lot more nesting holes than birds?
I was there in July and there was about fifty(very rough estimate) Hooded
Parrots in flock, so were they all going to scatter back to these hollows
for breeding?
Gary
2009/10/26 Stuart Cooney <>
> Hi Birders (in particular Vic birders),
>
>
>
> After three years in Canberra (for a PhD on Hooded Parrots at ANU) and
> 18 months east of Alice Springs (working at an Aboriginal School at
> Hart's Range), I have finally come back home to Melbourne (to work as a
> Consultant Zoologist), to "settle down" for a while (wife's words: not
> mine!).
>
>
>
> I have seen lots more birds around the country since my last posting
> here and am looking forward to finally catching an OBP next winter
> (other Victorian target birds are Red-lored Whistler, Little Bittern,
> Ruff, King Quail, Ground Parrot, Plains Wanderer and Cape Gannet). It's
> great to see that Birdline Victoria continues to flourish under
> Richard's guidance.
>
>
>
> But on to the purpose of this message. Yesterday, a pair of
> Scaly-breasted Lorikeets were eyeing off a hollow at our Mount Eliza
> house. There seems to be more Patterson's Curse around Melbourne than
> when I left, but what about Scaly-breasted Lorikeets? (I'm not
> suggesting a connection) Unlike the Cockatiel that I saw a couple of
> weeks ago, or the Princess Parrot that I saw in Frankston on Christmas
> Day 2004, I don't think they are escapees. Any thoughts? I was aware
> of a good population at Beaumaris, but not the Peninsula.
>
>
>
> I'm up to 41 species on the house list so far, including four cuckoos,
> Tawny Frogmouth, nesting Little Ravens and Galahs and a Sugar Glider.
> Our house is at the end of Claremont Street, with Mount Eliza Regional
> Park across the back and a big patch of privately owned bush-land along
> our southern fence.
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>
> I look forward to catching up with some old acquaintances in the months
> to come,
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>
> Regards
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>
> Stuart
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> Dr Stuart Cooney
> Consultant Zoologist
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