Yes, this seems to be a good year for $birds. Yesterday
there were 5 wheeling and quonking around Rocky Knob with much bowing and
bobbing and persistent food-offering. Then they flew off to the south
where their aerial antics over the woodland could still be seen, while the
associated quonks, although inaudible, could be readily imagined.
From: Peter Ormay [
Sent: Saturday, 25 December 2010 10:27 PM
To: canberra birds
Subject: [canberrabirds] King Parrots nesting and Dollarbirds forming
pairs
This
morning in the east side of the Aranda Bushland I saw a female King Parrot
emerge from a hollow in an old E
mannifera while a male was calling nearby. The hollow was a
fair way up and I heard no noise that may have been made by chicks.
About
200m to the south of the above there were two Dollarbirds face to face about
10cm apart shouting at each other in the top of a tree while third one flitting
from branch to branch near them anxiously.
