Just to let you know that ACT Wildlife had a Swift Parrot handed to us from Calwell vet (who took no details but said it came from Conder) on 20th April. It was being attacked by magpies. Presumably hit by a car as it was in a gutter.
Unfortunately died on the 24th April.
Marg
On Sun, 25 Apr 2021 at 21:30, Philip Veerman <> wrote:
I went there again today about 4 p.m. No luck for about 20 minutes, then had a very quick view of about 8 to 10 Swift Parrots fly in a tight group over me, over
Clift Crescent, sort of over the bus stop. I did not see if they perched in one of the trees there or kept going but I could not find them again.
Philip
From: Canberrabirds [
On Behalf Of Rob Geraghty via Canberrabirds
Sent: Saturday, 24 April, 2021 6:50 PM
To: Adam FitzGerald
Cc: Canberrabirds
Subject: Re: [Canberrabirds] Swift Parrots
On Sat, 24 Apr 2021, 18:48 Adam FitzGerald, <> wrote:
Nice! What time was that Rob?
On 24 Apr 2021, at 18:45, Rob Geraghty <> wrote:
Five other people and I saw them this afternoon. I saw about 15. The whole group of people saw about 8.
On Sat, 24 Apr 2021, 18:41 Adam FitzGerald via Canberrabirds, <> wrote:
I heard them about 0800 this morning but didn’t get chance to go for a look.
Someone I know went there this morning about 1110. As they arrived, at least 15 shot across Clift Crescent & disappeared. A short time later another 6 did the same thing with another 3 a little while after that. He wasn’t sure if it was
the same flock that had split up or different groups.
I didn’t hear or see them at all for the rest of today so perhaps they’ve moved on now?
On 24 Apr 2021, at 18:21, Philip Veerman <> wrote:
I wonder if anyone else tried to find them. I was there 3:20 to 4:05 today but without any success. Could have been there but if not moving or calling would
be hard to find.
Philip
From: Canberrabirds [
On Behalf Of Adam FitzGerald via Canberrabirds
Sent: Friday, 23 April, 2021 3:22 PM
To:
Subject: [Canberrabirds] Swift Parrots
The Swift Parrots were back again today (corner Heagney & Clift Crescents). This time, 9x individuals were counted, with a number of others heard but not seen in the trees across the road.
Estimated total number between 12-15 birds at least.
They were first noticed about 1130hrs, & seem to have settled in for the day, still being there at the time of writing (1510hrs). Birds were preening, snoozing & feeding on underdeveloped flower heads & lerps.
Some cracking images obtained too!
...Adam FitzGerald
--
This is the email announcement and discussion list of the Canberra Ornithologists Group.
Emails posted to the list that exceed 2 MB (2,000 kB) in size, including attachments, will be rejected.
All emails distributed via the list are archived at
http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/html/canberrabirds. It is a condition of list membership that you agree to your contributions being archived.
Canberrabirds mailing list
https://lists.canberrabirds.org.au/mailman/listinfo/canberrabirds
ATT00001.txt
Description: ATT00001.txt
|
