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I was looking through my notes, in particular my
past trip lists to the Capertee Valley and I came accross my list
for Sept 1994 (a drought year) where myself and David Koffel recorded
seeing 30 Turquoise Parrots come to drink (an event we will never forget) at
Rockview approx 20km east of Capertee. I recall it was late in the
afternoon when other birds came to drink at the same water trough
(Black-chinned, Brown-headed and Scarlet Honey-eaters, Diamond
Firetails etc) and there was a pair of Black Honeyeaters in flowering tree close
by.
Has anybody seen any larger flocks of Turquoise
Parrots like this before? These parrots
would normally pair up this time of year (as I saw last Sunday) but I guess
they do form a flock when they come to drink!
Also I had over 500 Little Lorikeets including
150 in one flock alone.
Edwin
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