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Responding to Superb parrot calls I moved into the
narrow easement between Woodger place houses & those in Avery PLace, Fraser.
(09.15)
I almost walked over two Superb parrots beacuse
they were behaving like Red-rumped parrots, eating busily on the ground. They
flew up into a eucalypt, preened & then flew down again to resume feeding.
They were eating the green seeds and flowers of Chickweed Stellaria
media. It's an introduced weed which germinated prolifically in this
winter's pattern of rainfall & relative warmth.
Both birds showed juvenile/female colouring
but one had a pinker beak. The other bird had a bluish 'blush' on parts of the
lower back and scattered yellow feathers over the rest of the back (Colour
similar to a Scaly breasted lorikeet's)
Other Superbs were heard as I watched these two but
there wasn't any sound of a larger group...perhaps that's an evening pr pre-dusk
phenomenon. A magpie took exception to their presence after about 10
minutes.
Both Golden & Rufous whistlers were
represented over the 90 minutes 'up there'
Rosemary
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