Ah, so many surveys. Megan was referring to the Superb Parrot survey. Unlike COG’s Gang-gang survey, the Superb Parrot survey is evidently conducted by the
NSW Environment Dept. Both appear to be ‘powered’ by the ALA
From: Chris Davey [
Sent: Tuesday, 15 March 2016 12:16 PM
To: 'Megan Mears'; 'Filipio Gwynne'
Cc: 'Nathanael Coyne'; 'Denise Kay'; 'Canberra Birds'
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Superb Parrot Survey
Hi Megan,
You are correct in that the Gang-gang survey form for adding observations is still up on the web. It was only last week that I asked ALA to remove it. For your
information the general survey ended in February 2015 with a call for breeding observations between September 2015 and February 2016.
For where the survey is now up to please click on the link below
http://canberrabirds.org.au/observing-birds/gang-gang-survey/
Regards
Chris
From: Megan Mears
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 5:51 PM
To: Filipio Gwynne
Cc: Nathanael Coyne; Denise Kay; Canberra Birds
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Superb Parrot Survey
It looks like this Superb Parrot survey is still current for adding sightings https://root.ala.org.au/bdrs-core/oeh-sp/home.htm
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On Thursday, March 10, 2016, Filipio Gwynne <> wrote:
A belated reply, apologies. For several days now Superb Parrots have been quietly feeding most mornings in large, seeding Chinese Elms in my own backyard and those of immediate neighbors in the lower section
of Cook (Cambridge St, Aston Cr & Grylls St). I was looking at two (male & female) just this morning while hanging out washing.
This may be becoming a regular seasonal thing; at least, it's the second year it has occurred. Though I tend to think of them as relatively shy, last year I could watch multiple birds feeding from less than a metre away while sitting on my rear deck. Oddly,
this year they become agitated if I so much as look in their direction for more than a few moments; raising binos or otherwise staring invariably has them taking off with indignant squawks to seek more privacy.
-- Phil Winn.
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 3:57 PM, Nathanael Coyne <m("purecaffeine.com')","_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','nat");;" target="_blank">> wrote:
I see a flock of 6-10 Superbs fly overhead every few days in Macquarie, but not reliably enough to plan a release I reckon.
On 4 March 2016 at 14:12, Denise Kay <m("bigpond.com')","_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','denise.kay1");;" target="_blank">> wrote:
Good afternoon
Does anyone know if the Superb Parrots are still around ? I popped down to AIS this morning but could not find them there.
I have one that has recovered from whatever ailed him, I thought he was a tad drunk but I really have no idea.
