Hi Mick & list,
Thanks for initiating a discussion about the recent Budgie sightings. I was
on the Cumberland Bird Observers outing that spotted 5 Budgies in a tree by
the side of the road in the Capertee Valley. We had stopped to look at
Diamond Firetails & Zebra Finches and then became interested in a Eucalypt
tree behind us that was full of birds. Red-Rumped Parrots, Dusky
Woodswallows & Budgerigars could be viewed all at once perching in the same
part of the tree.
It was a real thrill to see them, especially as I had not realised that
Budgerigars ever came this close to Sydney! I had only seen them once before
in the wild and that was at Kata Tjuta.
Hopefully we have a very interesting autumn and winter ahead.
From Jenny Stiles
-----Original Message-----
From: Mick Roderick
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 1:37 PM
To: Birding Aus
Subject: Budgies moving east
Hi all,
Just expanding on Michael Wood's email last Thursday (18th) about budgies in
the Lockyer Valley. He suggested those birds could be an indication of
things to come. I agree!
Last night I was told about a flock of about 100 budgies at Martindale,
south of Denman in the Hunter Valley. Budgies are seldom reported in the
Hunter, let alone in these numbers and about 100km from the coast. Tim
Faulkner also saw 2 birds near Ellerston (east of Scone) on Friday, and a
report of 24 birds came from near Ebor on Thursday (on the New England) . 5
birds were also seen in the Capertee Valley by the Cumberland BOC on the
weekend (which is again, east of the divide).
Budgies have been reported now for many weeks in the northern part of the
Liverpool Plains (western slopes, NSW) but I was impressed to read that
"tens of hundreds" of birds were roosting in trees at Goondiwindi, Qld. It
seems that there is a very real "push" eastwards at the moment.
Of potential significance was the fact that the Ebor sighting (probably only
80km from the coast) was accompanied by a Diamond Dove.
Here in the Hunter (and elsewhere in NSW and Qld it seems) there has been a
very obvious explosion of Black Kites in the past month and a bit. There are
several sites in the Lower Hunter where flocks have been occurring,
including 2 sites with 60+ birds.
Maybe these kites are the scouts ahead of other birds to follow in the
coming months as Michael suggests? Could that purported Letter-wing at
Kilmore be another sign?
An interesting story might be unfolding here.
Mick
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