Some evidence to the contrary, Ian. Not having had much experience
of Quolls, I tend to think of the illustration in the Weekly Times Nature Book,
published many, many years ago. I think the original may have been from
Gould’s ‘Mammals’. Any wotsit specialists care to try
for the identity of the parrot? Perhaps a juvenile ‘Norwegian Blue’?
From:
Ian Fraser [
Sent: Thursday, 18 February 2010 10:06 AM
Cc: canberra birds
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Quoll in Charnwood [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Good try Martin, but no cigar on this occasion..... I'm not
entirely convinced that even two healthy quolls are going to make too much of a
dent on the wild bird population, though they might account for the odd
back-yard chook or so.
These characters (ie this one and the one a month or so back in the same area)
have almost certainly done what a couple of previous West Belc Qs have done -
ie been young blokes chucked out of the family territory in the Brindies or
Tindbinbillas, followed the Murrumbidgee down, and then trundled up the Jerra
Creek to suburbia (maybe drawn by the smell of chooks...). They're not happy in
suburbia and are probably quite relieved to be back in the bush (as long as dad
doesn't catch them...).
cheers
IF
martin butterfield wrote:
An astonishing record. In
view of the diet of quolls, it might explain a shortage of birds in the area!
Martin
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Marnix Zwankhuizen <>
wrote:
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Not bird related but very interesting nonetheless.
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