This is a bit of a blatant me-too-ism..... As I had to go to Cook this morning, at 9:30 a.m. I stopped off at two places in the corner (Cambridge St, Aston
Cr & Grylls St). First stop Grylls St, no result in first minute, so I then went to Aston Cr. I quickly found 4 Superb Parrots in a (I think) Chinese Elm. One female & 3 males, one of which was moulting into adult face pattern. I thought they allowed a quite
close approach and there was activity from the people residents of the house. Then as they all flew away I think there was actually 8 of them in that one tree.
Philip
From: Filipio
Gwynne [
Sent: Thursday, 10 March 2016 11:23 AM
To: Nathanael Coyne
Cc: Denise Kay; Canberra Birds
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Superb Parrots
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.
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