Juvenile? Superb Parrots

["Peter Ormay" <>]

On the Native Plant Soc Wednesday Walk to Mulligans Flat today we saw 2 Superb Parrots flying west at 0910h ~200m in from the old school site (where the old pine trees are) on Gundaroo Rd. Another ~200m further in we heard one calling in a mistletoe clump near the top of an E melliodora ~0915h. It was calling frequently but it was too difficult to see if it was a juvenile. At the Woodland Gate we heard one calling in an E blakelyi about 6m above the ground at ~0930h. It had a short tail. After a few minutes it moved higher up into an E mell. On our return ~1300h the latter bird was in a mistetoe clump in the same tree calling freequently, almost constantly.

 

I suspect the two single bids were waiting for the parents to return with food calling frequently so the parents could locate them.

 

We saw two more Superbs flying SW at the Horsepark Dr x Gundaroo Dr intersection ~1300h.

Peter