Juvenile King Parrots

[Julie Clark <>]

Hi All,

Here in Amaroo we have had begging juvenile King Parrots visit us for several summers now. This year a family group of 3 juveniles and 2 adults first visited on January 29 and we have seen them several times. In addition there have been two other juveniles and on Feb 3 all 5 juveniles were here with two sets of parents. We have also had 2 immature males. (Many photos on Flickr for anyone interested). m("N08/49476394093/in/album-72157713197244498/","//www.flickr.com/photos/140414659");">https:

Also of possible interest ... our Wattlebirds have been raising a Koel chick. We first saw in on January 19 and it is still here .... quite tame and expecting to be fed along with our other garden visitors. I have also taken many photos of 'our baby' ....  m("N08/49471875741/in/album-72157713197244498/","//www.flickr.com/photos/140414659");" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">https:

We hear the male Koel calling most days and we were seeing a female too, but not as often. 

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Some other recent Gungahlin sightings:

• Casey Wetlands - a very recent brood of 5 Australasian Grebe chicks and 2 Spotted Crakes
• Casey Pond - Royal Spoonbill
• Valley Ave Ponds - Australasian Shovelers & Latham's Snipe
• Yerrabi Pond - Glossy Ibis  - over the past month and a first for me at Yerrabi - 5 Little Corellas were feeding there last weekend (not common in this part of Canberra).
• Mulligan's - a week ago - the Big Dam is actually a dam again and the water birds are returning, including 2 Pink-eared Ducks

Cheers

Julie

On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 8:25 PM calyptorhynchus . <> wrote:

There were two juvenile KPs in our yard in Hughes this afternoon around 4.30pm. They were begging and being fed. I haven’t ever seen juvenile KPs in the suburbs before.

John Leonard

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John Leonard
Canberra
Australia
www.jleonard.net

‘There is kinship between people and all animals. Such is the Law.’ Kimberley lawmen (from Yorro Yorro)

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Julie Clark