Superb Parrots (was Swift Parrots in Ainslie)

["Nicki Taws" <>]

Plenty of Superb Parrots still around, 30+ in the Cook cycleway yesterday. Swift Parrots are smaller and have quite different calls.

 

Cheers

Nicki

 

From: Nathanael Coyne [
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 4:54 PM
To: COG Mailing List
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Swift Parrots in Ainslie

 

Does anyone have a photo of swift parrots flying overhead they can share?

 

I've seen a few small flocks of parrots over the past week or two that reminded me of Superb parrots with their narrow tail ending in a point, but the last of the Superbs left Belconnen a month ago.

 

Nathanael Coyne (Boehm)

www.purecaffeine.com

Canberra, Australia
0431 698 580

 

On 22 April 2015 at 15:46, Steve Holliday <m("iinet.net.au","pruesteve");" target="_blank">> wrote:

While rushing around getting ready for work this morning I was delighted to hear Swift Parrot noises coming from outside. I was out the back door in time to see a single bird flying south with a Pied Currawong in apparent pursuit. The calling continued and a few seconds later three more flew out of a large Yellow Box in a neighbour’s garden, also heading south, and also with a currawong chasing them. No sign of them since I arrived home.

 

We have one previous record for our garden, from May 2002.

 

Steve