okay, I give up, what is a green pimpernel?
Am familiar with the Scarlet one but he does not hang out in Queensland.
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From: Laurie Knight <>
To: Birding Aus <>
Sent: Sun, 12 December, 2010 22:00:38
Subject: [Birding-Aus] The Adaptability of Fig-Parrots
I was in Cairns for work purposes last week. The tides were no good for wader
watching during my free time there, but I did come across a flock of
Fig-Parrots
on the Esplanade on Thursday morning.
The thing that interested me was the contrast between the fates of macleayana
and coxeni. While the latter taxa has largely disappeared [due to vegetation
clearing], the former is thriving and has moved into suburbia. Even more
interesting, the tame individuals that I photographed at close range were
feeding on the flowers of [what appeared to me to be] an exotic tree.
I had some time off for good behaviour after my work was finished, so drove up
to Kingfisher Park. There I was able to catch up with the ubiquitous
"white-tailed tropicfishers" [very striking in flight] as well as the elusive
"green pimpernels" on Mt Lewis. It was actually quite busy on Mt Lewis, and I
was joined by Brian Venables as I was staking out "the clearing". A group of
hard-charging birders [possibly a twitchathon team from NSW] arrived at the
Park
last night and were due to hit the mountain today.
Regards, Laurie
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