They seem to be present in small groups (avge 5-7) throughout Belconnen,
and are moving around to take advantage of seasonal food. In the past
few days I have seen such feeding groups in Spence, Florey, Latham and
Charnwood (flowing eucalypts), Melba (eucs and acacia seed), Flynn
(conifer cones and prunus fruit/ seed) and Macgregor (casuarina cones).
On 24/12/2011 10:40 AM, Anthony Overs wrote:
Hi all.
Back in September I reported Superb Parrots in Hawker. There were subsequent
reports from Hawker and Jamison from many people.
Since those reports I have seen and heard Superb Parrots at home in Hawker
every day. There have been some days where I have lost count of the number of
times I've seen or heard them. I detect their presence a lot by calls, however
I have seen many small groups fly over silently; I'd love to know how many I've
missed because they haven't called. I was standing on Dungowan St chatting to a
neighbour when a group of six birds flew past silently, at head height, heading
into the Kama property beside the Pinnacle NR. Birds have also been regularly
seen at the primary school, the parkland to the north towards the playing
fields, and the park opposite the college.
Recent reports of birds in the Kama NR could well be of the birds that fly in
from Hawker. After some time spent watching a few birds in the Kama property
(from the equestrian trail), I suspect that the birds have been nesting in the
large paddock trees. I haven't been able to confirm this.
A couple of days ago I saw a family group of four birds in the parkland near
the primary school. Mum, dad and two brand new begging juveniles. The young
ones had half grown tails and were fed by the female. I'm wondering whether
these birds bred locally in Hawker, or if we are already seeing young birds
coming into town from the Wallaroo Rd area. I suspect, and am hopeful, of the
former!
Cheers
Anthony
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