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Possible Swift Parrots in Hughes

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Subject: Possible Swift Parrots in Hughes
From: John Leonard <>
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 22:42:21 +0000
As I was coming back from exercising this morning at around 6.45 in the half 
light I saw two small parrots flying over our house, heading north towards 
Deakin and the Mint

My first thought was that they were smaller lorikeets (Musk or Little), they 
were smaller and slenderer than Rainbows. But they didn't look right for this. 
Then one gave a sort of warbling call that wasn't a lorikeet call and finally 
as they passed over it seemed they didn't have tails (I have noticed that in 
poor light Swifties slender tails are difficult to see and they seem to have a 
very stumpy tail).

All silhouette, no colours.

Pretty certain they were Swifties.

John Leonard
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