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I was out at West Macgregor yesterday. I saw pretty much the
same as Peter. No sign of any Cockatiels.
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Brown Quail (5), Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo (2), Rainbow
Bee-eater (~10), Diamond Firetail (1), Dusky Woodswallows, Rufous Songlark (2),
Sacred Kingfisher (1).
Cheers
Marnix
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From: Peter Christian
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Sent: Sunday, 25 January 2009 11:33 AM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Parkwood Horse Paddocks
Dear All,
just back in Canberra after 7 years living in the UK and so trying to
familiarise myself again with the area around Macgregor. This morning did a
Macgregor-Dunlop-Old Sewage Works/Ginnindera Creek-Parkwood circuit ending up
at the very eastern end of the Parkwood Horse Paddocks around 10.30. Around the
dam close to the road I found a couple of Diamond Firetails but most
susrprisingly came across a small neophema-like parrot that was brilliant
turquoise from head-to tail with the exception of a white belly and a white
rump - where a red-rump would normaly have the red. It was associating with a
female red-rump and called like a red-rump. Anybody any ideas (the only
aviculture reference that I have mentions a rare blue autosomal recessive
mutation of the red-rump, maybe this is it but couldn't seem to find any
piccies on the web). Unfortunately I didn't have a camera with me or else I
would have probably been able to get a couple of record shots. I may go back
this arvo and have another look.
Also in the environs of the dam (which is linked to a second newer dam on the
West Macgregor development side of the fence) were:
Rufous Songlark, 1
Brown Quail, 6 flushed from the West Macgregor side of the dams
Black-fronted Dotterel, 2
White-winged Triller, 1 female
Dusky Woodswallow, 6+a couple of begging young
Not much else on the rest of the circuit apart from a few Rainbow Bee-eaters
and a couple of Horsfield's Bonze Cuckoos around the sewage works.
Regards
Pete Christian
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