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A friend who lives in the suburb of McGregor called
by today and casually mentioned that about 3 weeks ago she awoke to find a dozen
male and female Electus Parrots feeding on a Hakea at her front door. She
is not a birdo but well knows King Parrots, rosella's etc and she identified the
Electus from "a bird book". I was in total disbelief of course but she
went on to say they were reported in the Canberra Times the next day.
To save our friendship, can anyone confirm the
validity of the story and if so where did the Electus come from?
On the subject of doubt, after many hours over a
few days wandering among casuarinas on Mt Majura, I was about to reach the
conclusion that these reports of Glossy Black Cockatoos were an elaborate
hoax. But today I met the attached pair on the south face towards Mt
Ainslie. They DO exist but they really are a needle in a
haystack.
Lindsay Nothrop
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