I am convinced that I saw a Scaly breasted Lorikeet
in Curtin on Saturday night on the corner of Morgan Place and Morgan Cres. So why
has it taken me so long to report…
I was visiting friends (inside and sans bins) when I
saw a lori fly into a tree. From inside I saw a green bird with ‘colour’ and I
thought Rainbow Lori. I went outside and saw a green bird (no sign of colour) with
a reddish bill in a eucalypt, and without bins it was just too far away to see any
‘scales’ or other identifying features that may have alerted me to Scaly-Breasted
Lorikeet. It flew across the road and I could see the outer tail feathers were
yellowish.
My Canberra bird brain firmly out of gear since returning
from the coast, the lack of colour in the head made me think no more than ‘escaped
parrot’ until I was having a look through field guides last night. The colour I
had observed must have been under the wings.
Cheers and apologies
Alastair
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Sent: Wednesday, 2 February 2005
10:09
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Subject: [canberrabirds] little
lorikeets
After just returning from 8 days in
Mollymook I spent yesterday afternoon wandering around Hackett and the adjacent
Majura Reserve in the rain. There are a lot of eucalypts in flower along Antill
St, but I didint see or hear any lorikeets there. I then wandered to the
reservoir behind Rivett St and finally heard the calls of little lorikeets. A
flock of 9 birds flew low overhead heading in a northerly direction towards
Goorooyarroo, flying approximately parallel to Mt Majura, calling constantly.
At the rate they were flying it didnt look like they were returning. I didnt
find any other lorikeets after that.
Cheers
Marnix
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