Tis a finch, Helen.
They seek it here, they seek it there,
Those twitchers seek it everywhere.
Is it at Atherton or is it at Newell,
That dashed elusive Pimpernel.
I suspect that the Green Pimpernel has motivated a large number of
visitor nights at Kingfisher Park.
On 13/12/2010, at 9:53 AM, Helen Larson wrote:
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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