Re: Swift (?) old person alert

[Martin Butterfield <>]

In fact the aged bodies were mainly displayed on the next track uphill from the haunt of Swift Parrots.  T1 was spotted doing timekeeping duties while I waddled along.  

Before the start I had noted a tree up towards the former hoppers site containing approximately 25 King Parrots.  After my athletic endeavours I attended the flowering gum and eventually spotted 4 Swift Parrots feeding high in the blossom until they were eventually displaced by some Noisy Miners.

On the subject of Noisy Miners I wonder if anyone has studied whether their movement into areas is correlated with the removal of understorey in the name of Hazard Reduction burns?  My recollection is that the Miners do not normally frequent areas with a good shrub layer.

Martin

Martin Butterfield

http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/

On 27 June 2015 at 15:29, Martin Butterfield <> wrote:

Anyone planning to go watching Swift Parrots tomorrow morning should be warned that the Canberra Vets Athletics will be holding a race starting 9:00 at the end of Philip Ave and passing through the Parrots area.  This will include an myself and possibly T1.  (This is not the normal habitat of T2, who I expect to be holding station at the Powl site.)

If the site of aged bodies being subject to stress upsets you I'd avoid the area until about 10am.

Martin Butterfield

http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/