Hi all,
What a great birding city we live in. Finally caught up with the Little Lorikeets
y’day on the north/north west side of Watson
(about 9:30 am) and then carried on to see all the usual suspects for the
Hackett/Watson area (sans glossies).
Then over to Weston Park for a b’bque
and saw Yellow Tails, Red Rumps and just to round it out nicely a lone Rainbow
lorikeet-making 10 parrot species in the day. I suppose if I’d really been going
for big numbers I should have tried to chase up Superbs
on Mt. Rogers and the Glossies on Majura or down
south but the amazing thing was that I wasn’t even birding and all these
exotic (I’m still a North American at heart) parrots manage to flap
across my path!
Also saw three Red Rumps on Mt. Ainsle above Duffy Street on Tuesday which is unusual for
me-post breeding dispersal perhaps?
Peter Miller
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From: Steve Holliday
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Sent: Thursday, 17 February 2005 10:16 AM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Babbler
and Campbell Park
Popped in to Duntroon on Tuesday to
see if the babbler was still there, it was in the pines along Hopkins Rd, as
noted by Anthony a couple of weeks ago. It was being harrassed by Noisy Miners
for much of the time I was watching. 2 small Dusky Wood Swallow fledglings
being fed by adults in the same area.
Then went on to Campbell Park.
Highlight was 7+ Rainbow BeeEaters doing what they are supposed to (eating
bees) around a large flowering Apple Box. Also saw 1 juv Pallid Cuckoo, 1
juv Horsfields B-Cuckoo, both gerygones (not very vocal), 1 Hobby, many
wattlebirds, friarbirds and Noisy Miners in flowering mistletoes and at least 4
Sacred Kingfishers. Couldn't find any sign of Dollarbirds or Leaden
Flycatchers, may have moved on already, haven't seen Dollarbirds at home
for a couple of weeks
