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Superb Parrots as overwinterers in Hughes/Garran

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Subject: Superb Parrots as overwinterers in Hughes/Garran
From: Philip Veerman <>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 01:22:03 +0000

There has been at least one pair of Superb Parrots at the Kambah adventure playground and/or Jenke Circuit, on each of a small number of visits by me there over the last 10 days (including Monday). I had one fly over my house on last July GBS week (i.e. in early August) and I believe another heard (just one sound) yesterday, though I’m not entirely sure that wasn’t Bowerbird mimicry.

 

Philip

 

From: Canberrabirds [ On Behalf Of Richard Allen via Canberrabirds
Sent: Wednesday, 18 August, 2021 9:44 AM
To: Terry Munro
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Subject: Re: [Canberrabirds] Superb Parrots as overwinterers in Hughes/Garran

 

Two flew west over MacArthur this morning. First for this location for me. 

 

Richard 

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On 18 Aug 2021, at 9:39 am, Terry Munro via Canberrabirds <> wrote:



There are still a few here in Watson

Terry Munro

 

On Wed, 18 Aug 2021 at 8:32 am, calyptorhynchus via Canberrabirds <> wrote:

I was confidently predicting regularly from April onwards that the Superbs were going to leave the Hughes/Garran area but in fact I think we can now describe them as overwinterers in this area.

 

The bulk of them seem to have left this area through June, but during July I saw and heard the odd bird. Since the beginning of August I have been seeing and hearing larger groups, with a flock of over ten yesterday.


 

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John Leonard

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