Thank you John for this report and congrats on finding the PPs. However:
I too thought about going but baulked at the excessive cost of a permit
required to enter the restricted areas. $450 for a piece of paper which
probably took a clerk about two minutes to make out is not my idea of
good value, no matter what tick is at stake. Someone is ripping us off
guys.
I'll wait til the PPs appear on non restricted land - and if they don't,
well so be it, I'll go without.
Tony
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of John Reidy
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2010 10:00 AM
To: Birding-Aus
Subject: Princess Parrots
Hi all.
Have just returned from a successful trip to see Princess Parrots near
King's Canyon NT. 5 of us (Allan Benson, Rob Benson, Alan Morris,
Margaret Reidy) booked through the Central Land Council. We met our host
from the CLC and three aborigines representing the traditional owner and
were led to a location off the Mereenie Loop road where the birds are
breeding. Initially it didn't look good as we were driving directly into
a very sinister looking storm front. It had started to rain solidly
before we arrived at the site and we had no choice but to get out and
search for the parrots. We were soaked to the skin, cold and a bit
despondent before our aboriginal representatives gave a yell and we saw
two birds in flight. These were rather poor views and we thought that
that might be it as the birds disappeared and there was no other
activity. But eventually we saw some more and after an hour or so the
weather eased up and we were eventually able to see the birds sitting in
full sunshine sitting on dead branches, giving some good photographic
opportunities.
At this stage we were all ecstatic with the views we were getting. We
saw all up about 20 birds.
We had travelled via Alice Springs where we hired a Nissan Patrol and
travelled south down the Stuart Highway and took the Ernest Giles dirt
road as a shortcut. We paid for this with a blow out. As it rained on
Thursday and Friday nights at Kings Canyon, we elected to return to
Alice via the bitumen which was a longer way around, but we did see a
pair of Bustards on the way.
A word of warning, the Central Land Council is taking legal action
against some people that have trespassed on their land.
Happy birding!
--
John Reidy
Sydney
Phone 02 9871 4836
Fax 02 9871 2616
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