Fwd: Superbs-sightings

[Rosemary Blemings <>]

This was sent to Chris Davey after his call for sightings. I'm sending it on as the situation on Mt Rogers hasn't changed. We did hear a group of them on Sunday morning about 10am...this is the pattern: occasional sightings of a few birds at a time...no large congregations as in the years up to 2009-10. 

Rosemary

-----Original Message-----
From: Rosemary Blemings [
Sent: Thursday, 5 January 2012 1:53 PM
To: Chris Davey
Subject: Superbs-sightings

Happy New year Chris & ornithologically,

With reference to your call for sightings of Superb Parrots with begging
young it's my impression that there is no such activity on Mt Rogers at
present or such records in recent weeks.

At 10am yesterday morning a pair flew west from east of the Wickens place
(Fraser) carpark. This is typical of what's been seen & heard from mid-Flynn
....flights of 1, 2-5 birds at random times of day (until the heat came in
anyway) and in varying directions. In mid-Flynn there was also
adult-feeding-activity on a particular loquat tree for several days but this
hasn't happened this summer.

I've not heard from Mt Rogers regulars of any flocks of Superbs feeding on
the ground in the area.

Hopefully it's almost as useful to have the negative reports as it is to
know where the birds actually are.

Rosemary