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Swift Parrots

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Subject: Swift Parrots
From: Con Boekel <>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 16:46:17 +1000
Between 1345 and 1430 today, in the same place described by Julienne on 10 May, I counted 25 Swift Parrots. There were about 4 parrots per interested human being. Most of the parrots spent most of the time resting. A few were preening and a couple were feeding. From 1430, for fifteen minutes, Noisy Miners and Pied Currawongs had interactions with the Swift Parrots. There were five Pied Currawongs. Typically, they sat and waited for the Swift Parrots to settle down and then made a short rush at them, flushing them. I would class this as hunting behaviour by the currawongs. The Pied Currawongs did not keep chasing the Swift Parrots once flushed. No casualties amongst the parrots. The Noisy Miners occasionally succeeded in moving the Swift Parrots along but on one occasion, a Swift Parrot reacted to an approaching Noisy Miner by lunging at it. The Noisy Miner backed off and the Swift Parrot stayed where it was. I left the area at 1450 and returned briefly at 1550 by which time there were no Swift Parrots to be seen.
Con

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