Yes,
Looks like
the alexandrine we had here Garran coupla yrs ago
Sz
From:
Whitworth, Benjamin - BRS [
Sent: Tuesday, 6 April 2010 12:40
PM
To: Paul Fennell; Canberra Birds
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds]
Mystery parrot [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Im Thinking Alexandrine parrot by your description
Photos- http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=alexandrine+parrot+photos&FORM=IGRE#
Too big to be an Indian ringneck and the beak
doesn’t look big enough.
Yeah I know the house. Not the owners.
Benj
From:
Paul Fennell [
Sent: Tuesday, 6 April 2010 12:32
PM
To: 'Canberra Birds'
Subject: [canberrabirds] Mystery
parrot
This
bird has been hanging about most of yesterday and this morning, calling –
a bit like a shortened call of a Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo - wheeaar!
Wheeaar! Wheeaaar!
Sorry
about the atrocious shot! Auto focus on anything but the target.
I
first thought it was an Eclectus, but you can see the tail is almost as long as
the body. Large reddish orange bill, Yellowish ring around the eye.
Light green body with darker green wings, with a reddish spot on each wing.
Tail is very long and whitish on the longest bit. Looks a little larger than a
King Parrot. No ring around neck.
It was circling around
the neighbourhood, and appears lost. I suspect it might have escaped from
an aviary on Mackinolty
Street.
What
do we think?
Cheers
Paul
Paul Fennell
25 Pickles St
Scullin ACT 2614
026254 1804
0407105460
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