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Stuart
This is in relation to your pending Hooded Parrot
research. In June/July last year I walked for three weeks in Arnhem land
in an area between Manyallaluk Aboriginal community and the Katherine
River. For the first twenty days of the walk I saw a pair of Hooded
Parrots. We drove in approx. 20 - 30 kms and this sighting was up Birdie
Creek from there in the direction away from Katherine.
On the 21st day we saw a flock of approx 40 birds,
not that far from the original spot on the drive back to Manyallaluk
community. In between not a one, despite walking through large areas of
apparently suitable habitat. Open woodland wiht many termite mounds with
hooded parrot size hollows dug in them. This puzzled me the whole
walk. So many hollows but no birds.
I am not up on hooded parrots and someone may know
the answer to this, but I thought it may be of interest for your research.
The area we walked through has been unihabited for 60 years, has no stock except
water buffalo (many) and scrub cattle or feral cattle in low numbers.
There is burning.
Gary Wright
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