Thank you for the responses by Ian Fraser, John Cummings and Martin
Butterfield. In reply:
Yes, I was eliminating other parrots regardless of size. I am confident
they were not Cockatiels and believe that the most likely birds left for
consideration are Little Lorikeets or Swift Parrots. I wish someone luck
with getting a good identification.
Con
wrote:
Hi Con. Although you say 'small', the parrots you are comparing them
with are all medium-large, but perhaps you're just eliminating. Either
way, either Swifties or Little Lorikeets sound like good candidates.
I'm sure someone will pin them down soon!
cheers
Ian
Con Boekel wrote:
Hi everyone
Twice in the past fortnight I have seen small, fast flying parrots
near the entrance to the ANBG and the grassy area immediately to the
North of the Entrance. I was neither able to identify them with
certainty or to see enough of them to have some sort of guess. I am
confident they are not the usuals (Crimsons, Easterns or Red-rumpeds)
or the more likely unusuals (Superb Parrots and Rainbow Lorikeets).
There are flowering trees, including Ironbarks, in the vicinity. On
the first occasion there was one bird and this morning there were two
birds. On both occasions the birds were flying roughly Nor nor-east.
They did not call.
I am raising this in the hope that somebody else sees them and is
able to identify them.
Con
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