Fwd: Some birds I can't identify....

[David Richardson <>]

Hi Sam,
they look like Red-rumped Parrots to me.

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Russell Woodford <
> wrote:

> From: Samantha Colquhoun <>
>> Date: 23 January 2010 5:58:32 PM
>> To: 
>> Subject: Some birds I can't identify....
>>
>> Hi, my name's Sam, I live in the Bannockburn district, Lloyd Nielsen
>> pointed me in your direction. We've been getting some newer birds in our
>> area as of late. A few years ago, some kids in the court used to target the
>> local birds, forcing them away. Since they've left, the birds have been
>> coming back. We've seen rainbow lorikeets, fairy wrens, some resident rather
>> tame sparrows, one named Sparrowhawk, because he comes right up to you for
>> food (Which we happily supply- slightly hardened bread, and hardened cakes,
>> bacon rinds, meat slightly turning), and we've seen two generations of
>> magpies born. (Hence the meat, the magpies love it. They even come up onto
>> the porch in hopes we have something on us.) On top of all of that, we have
>> some galahs, one year, there was a white galah, but no pics were taken,
>> sadly. We also have the usual nectar eating birds.
>>
>> The last week or so we've had a few birds dropping in regularly that we
>> can't identify. One, I assume the male, is a bright green, his mate is a
>> paler colour, rather greyish. I managed to get some pics of them, and I was
>> hoping you could identify them... Sorry for any blurriness, my camera hates
>> zoom. They stay on the ground mostly, eating seeds and scrounging around,
>> and don't seem bothered by any other birds, though the magpies get
>> territorial now and then.... The male has some colouring on his stomach, it
>> looks a bit orange, but I don't think he's an orange breasted.
>>
>> I've put some links in at the bottom of the email... the originals seem to
>> have disappeared off my hard drive, so you'll have to copy and paste them.
>> They're direct links to the pictures on my photobucket account. Hopefully,
>> you can help me. I have some friends in America who love seeing pics of the
>> local wildlife, as it's so different to what they have, and I like to give
>> the correct information. "Random parrot" doesn't exactly do much for them,
>> lol.
>>
>> Thank you for your time :)
>>
>> xxSam
>>
>> http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn223/Luecleste/parrot1.jpg
>> http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn223/Luecleste/parrot2.jpg
>> http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn223/Luecleste/parrot3.jpg
>> http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn223/Luecleste/parrot4.jpg
>>
>> This says Email and IM, so maybe this will work too, if the above links do
>> not.
>>
>>
>> http://s305.photobucket.com/albums/nn223/Luecleste/?action=view&current=parrot2.jpg
>>
>> http://s305.photobucket.com/albums/nn223/Luecleste/?action=view&current=parrot4.jpg
>>
>> Thank you again for your time :)
>>
>> If at first you don't succeed... sky diving is not for you......
>>
>> See what's on at the movies in your area. Find out now.
>>
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