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For those who miss Belinda's talk at our COG meeting on
Wednesday 14th May you may wish to go to the meeting at Hackett
Shops
Friends of Mt Majura Special Event
Endangered Swift
Parrots
Talk by Belinda Cooke, Swift Parrot Recovery
Coordinator
When: Tuesday 20 May, 7.30pm
Where: Blue
Gum School Friends? Lounge, Hackett shops, Madigan
Street
Hear about this endangered parrot species and their visits
to Mt Majura and view a documentary with fabulous footage by local ornithologist
Geoffrey Dabb.
Swift Parrots migrate the longest distance of any
parrot in the world. They leave their breeding grounds in Tasmania in autumn to
forage on the mainland.
In April and May more than 20 swift
parrots at a time have been observed weaving through the canopy of the tall box
trees on the lower slopes of Mt Majura. In 2005 Mt Majura hosted up to 70 swift
parrots for about six weeks, a number and period of time never recorded before
in the ACT.
Regards
Julienne
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