Ralph,
The one question I would ask is "What size were they in relation to any
other parrot you do know?" If they were bigger, and particularly
longer-tailed than an Eastern Rosella (I am assuming that you have
identified an ER), then I would say Superb Parrot would be right. If not,
give me a yell and I will think some more.
You are certainly in the right area, as they breed along the Murrumbidgee to
the south and west of Ganmain.
Cheers,
Peter
From: "Ralph REID" <>
To: "Birding Aus" <>
Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Superb parrots?
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 08:50:11 +1000
Hello all
Let me be right up front about it - I would be the most hopeless bird
identifier on this list.
In the first place, they always seem to be too hidden in foliage to get a
proper look.
In the second place, I have trouble finding anything in the field guides
that look like what I did see.
Be that as it may, over the Easter we spent a little time in the Ganmain
Forest (about 55 km west of Wagga Wagga) and saw (right out in the open
this
time, for a change, right beside the dirt track that leads in to the 'back'
of the forest from the Western end) three birds which I can identify only
as
SPs - these actually looked like the illustrations.
Could I have mistaken something more common for a SP? If so, what?
Anyway, on the off-chance that they were actually SPs, I thought I should
tell the list.
Regards
Ralph Reid
Sydney
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