Birds in Carparks

[Greg Oakley <>]

Susan wrote: One day I intend to produce a slim volume entitled "Birds of carparks".  I strongly suspect that if you wait in them long enough you will see everything.


Hi everyone,
Reminds me of two interesting occasions of seeing birds that I had been searching
hi and lo (without success) and then seeing them in a carpark ­

The first, after almost doing a Steve Irwin and crawling through dense, prickly heath
looking for Beautiful Firetail (down near Walkerville, Vic) for 3 hours. Of course
I had no success until, while actually opening the door of my car in the carpark,
a Beautiful Firetail landed on a branch literally 2 metres away. I'm sure I saw it smile!

The second was similar - this time trudging around in 38º heat around Edith Falls
in the NT looking for Hooded Parrot. Again, no parrots (or anything else for that matter),
for about 6 hours. Defeated, we decided to call it quits and head for the nearest pub.
Alighting from the car at the Pine Creek pub, I heard a parrot call from the small tree
above us - yep, a pair of Hooded Parrots, preening themselves only a few feet
from the car.

I'm sure everyone has a similar story,
Greg