It¹s gratifying to see the Superbs becoming more visible in Gungahlin.
They have been nesting here in Mulligans Flat for years but were rare in
Gungahlin suburbia until the last couple of years and now quite large
flocks this year. They visit Percival Hill now in numbers and I put it
down to the maturing of the trees planted by landcare folk in the late
1990s which are now virtually a mature woodland environment.
On 2/08/2014 11:57 am, "Peter Ormay" <> wrote:
>Hello Chris
>
>Yesterday 1-8-14 I watched about a maximum of 30 Superbs near the 3 large
>Yellow Box trees E mell. at the South end of Kate Crace St from 9.20am to
>10.30am feeding on the ground mainly in native dominated vegetation in
>strong cold west wind. I could not see what they were feeding on due to
>the
>height of the grass.
>
>It included a female-looking bird with yellow flecks on its back.
>
>The numbers fluctuated as flocks of 8 to 15 SPs flew off South and NE but
>seemed to return. They seemed skittish while on the ground, possibly due
>to
>the strong wind, flying up into the adjacent Yellow Boxes at any
>disturbance
>such as a Wood Duck nesting in the Eastern Yellow Box flying over them but
>they soon came down again.
>
>They were feeding mainly between the northern fence (with plain wires) and
>the inner (with 2 barbed and 3 smooth wires) fence. They also fed south of
>the inner fence but all within 20m of the Yellow Boxes
>
>Peter Ormay
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bill & Raelene
>Sent: Sunday, 20 July 2014 12:22 PM
>To:
>Subject: [canberrabirds] 30 superbs at the mosque
>
>Gungahlin Town Centre survey with Angela Plant today. 30 Superbs
>0910-0930 in large eucs beside mosque site , sth end Kate Crace St.
>Feeding on the ground, noisy, hanging about, roosting site? Low morning
>sun
>gives them a startling, flouro green glow. Total 21 species.
>Bill Graham
>
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