Reasonably slow parrots

[Julie Clark <>]

Hi,

Has anyone observed the swift parrots in the afternoons?

Cheers

Julie​

On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 4:00 PM, Elizabeth Keen <> wrote:

There were three Swift Parrots on the street side of the Hackett water tank this morning, feeding in the canopy in company with C and E Rosellas and King Parrots. Libby

On 9 Apr 2016, at 4:45 pm, "Steve Read" <> wrote:

Spent a delightful half-hour this morning watching two Swift Parrots quietly eating lerps in the upper canopy of a large yellow box tree up the gully above the Hackett water tanks. Was first alerted to swifties being nearby by their calls, which to my ear are the sound of a small squeaky pair of scissors being rapidly opened and closed. They weren’t hassled by any other species while they were there, although all the normal suspects (rosellas, currawongs, noisy miners) were around. I left before the swifties did, so had no chance to witness the upper extremes of flight speed.

 

Steve

 

 

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Julie Clark