Ive seen them too andrew although not recently around Research and a single
bird which i suspected had "naturalised " in Rosanna ( them being
alexandrines ) slightly different bird to the ones in croydon though hope
fully some one else will go have a sticky beak and confirm the sighting . My
camera isn't good enough to pin them down in the tree tops
On 11/06/2011, at 7:51 PM, Andrew Bell wrote:
> All
>
> I've been surprised by how often I've seen Indian Ringnecks in Melbourne
> (Eltham) in recent years given I only spend a few days there each year.
> In August 2008 I saw one in my parents-in-law's backyard and again in the
> same tree in December the same year (I think this was my first post on
> birding-aus). Photo:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewianbell/5820762918/in/set-721576269347134
> 20
>
> A few weeks ago I arrived on the red-eye from Darwin and getting out the car
> at Eltham at about 8.00am the first birds I saw were three Indian Ringnecks
> flying over. Is fairly worrying (- although possibly tickable?).
>
> Cheers
>
> Andrew Bell
> Katherine
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Ian Clark
> Sent: Saturday, 11 June 2011 12:33 PM
> To: Birding-aus
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] indian ringnecks
>
> hi i'v e just rejoined the list after a long time away
> whats the status of these indian ringnecks at the moment ? there is a
> flock of assisted birds (could be 20?) in croydon that will almost
> undoubtedly breed this coming season. did they breed last season ?
> where do you check what feral birds are establishing and what is being
> done to manage them ? i did some quick google searches but only came up
> with avicultural type sites , and didn't have much luck browsing the
> archives
>
> cheers Ian
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