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Scarlet-chested and Orange-bellied Parrots in 24 hrs

To: Peter Waanders <>
Subject: Scarlet-chested and Orange-bellied Parrots in 24 hrs
From: John Tongue <>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:31:21 +1100
Peter,
Glad you had a good time in Tassie - and great to get two special parrots in 
virtually the same day!!

John Tongue
Ulverstone, Tas.


On 25/01/2012, at 1:43 PM, Peter Waanders wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Last Saturday morning myself and two clients observed 2 Scarlet-chested
> Parrots at Gluepot at around 8:15am. The following morning with Helga
> Kieskamp I observed 2 Orange-bellied Parrots at Melaleuca at around 9:15am.
> Later I realised that both sightings were just over 24 hours apart
> (allowing for the 30 mins time difference). We flew to Melaleuca with
> TasAir, who I can recommend as they were very flexible and accommodating of
> birders' needs. Once at Melaleuca we had excellent weather for two days and
> observed Orange-bellied Parrots many times (highest count was a flock of
> 6), also a recently fledged juvenile. Other good birds seen were Ground
> Parrot, Striated Fieldwren, Southern Emuwren, Dusky Robin, Beautiful
> Firetail and a Latham's Snipe.
> 
> Photos in my webalbum:
> https://picasaweb.google.com/waanders.peter/BirdPhotos2012?authuser=0&feat=directlink
> 
> cheers
> Peter
> 
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