I was thinking that perhaps their locomotion depends on whether they are on
bare gorund or not. With such short legs, any vegetation would mean they
have to hop!
John Leonard
On 4 July 2013 15:39, Sonja Ross <> wrote:
> Hi Josh,
>
> I was talking about this to someone this morning, and we agreed that
> rosellas sometimes hop when they are on the ground, and I think Red-rumped
> Parrots do as well, so maybe they have different styles of ambulation
> depending on the need for speed or even just how they're feeling!
>
> Perhaps the Easter one has chocolate eggs for part of the year, hence the
> low population!
>
> Sonja
>
>
> On 04/07/2013, at 3:31 PM, Joshua Bergmark <>
> wrote:
>
> > I've been thinking about this since I heard about the curious hopping
> > behaviour seen in John's video (still waiting to see it myself of
> course!).
> > The only accepted Night Parrot sighting by BARC is the Minga Well '05
> > birds, case summary here:
> > http://www.tonypalliser.com/barc/summaries/SUMM506.htm
> >
> > Interestingly, the observers report the birds "running a short distance"
> > towards the water after landing. Not hopping. Thoughts anyone? Maybe
> > there's a Western "Running" Night Parrot and an Easter "Hopping" Night
> > Parrot! (typo intended)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Joshua Bergmark
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