These would almost certainly be Red-rumped Parrots. Turks are a very rare
species in the ACT and are never seen in these numbers.
Regards
Alastair
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On 21 Jan 2015, at 13:38, Ken and Helen <> wrote:
On 21/01/2015 10:26 AM, Ken and Helen wrote:
> On 21/01/2015 1:00 AM, wrote:
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>> RE Topic 7, Location of Turquoise Parrots. .
Dear Pieter,
Reliable Location for the Turquoise Parrot is from the fire-break /walkway at
the rear of Allchin Crescent, Kambah, ACT.
I sighted over 70 of them from Jan 17th -19th. They were almost as common as
the Eastern Rosellas and the Crimson Rosellas.
Ken Monson.
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>> 1. Re: Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge rumours (David Clark)
>> 2. Locations wanted for Regent Honeyeater in summer (Dean Ingwersen)
>> 3. RFI SIPO (Noel Luff)
>> 4. Fwd: Re: Nineteenth Century Acclimatisation Societies Weren't
>> Too Bright (brian fleming)
>> 5. White-rumped Sandpiper (James Mustafa)
>> 6. RFI SIPO (Noel Luff)
>> 7. Turquoise Parrot best spots? (eagleowl22)
>> 8. Australasian Grebe brooding young on nest (Andrew Taylor)
>> 9. Re: Australasian Grebe brooding young on nest (Sonja Ross)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 22:46:31 +1100
>> From: David Clark <>
>> To: Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge <>
>> Cc: birding Aus <>
>> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge rumours
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>> Lindsay and Keith
>>
>> We have only stayed once at Kingfisher Lodge but we have been following
>> developments since you announced your intention to take a step back. It
>> seems that the best possible outcome has been put in train and we're
>> looking forward to making another trip north to enjoy Kingfisher Lodge and
>> its surroundings.
>>
>> Best wishes for your retirement.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> David
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 10:36 AM, Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge <
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Folks,
>>>
>>> We know there have been plenty of rumours going round the last month about
>>> Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge being sold, well it has not quite
>>> happened yet but barring any last minute dramas the settlement will be on
>>> 4^th February. Both the business and the freehold property is going to
>>> transfer into the safe hands of Carol & Andrew Iles, who many of you will
>>> know as our neighbours and local bird guides. We will be retiring to our
>>> house which is only 8 minutes from the Lodge.
>>>
>>> So after almost 10 years we are handing over to Carol and Andrew who first
>>> visited the Lodge in 1998 and were the resident bird guides at the Lodge
>>> from 2000 for four years. They have been living next door for four years
>>> and have again become bird guides both for the Lodge and their own guiding
>>> business. Theyplan to do their utmost to maintain and improve the Lodge and
>>> grounds as somewhere for wildlife, especially the birds and birders, to
>>> enjoy for years to come and look forward to welcoming new guests and the
>>> long-time faithful. They will bring a wealth of knowledge and experience
>>> both from our area and from around the world where they have birded in
>>> about 100 countries. As we only owned the business and leased the property
>>> we found it frustrating not to be able to up-grade the property ourselves,
>>> this is something they intend doing. We wish them the very best in their
>>> new life.
>>>
>>> Finally we would like to thank all of you who have visited the Lodge over
>>> our time here, it has been most rewarding meeting all the fantastic birders
>>> and wildlife enthusiasts. We have enjoyed sharing a little of the wildlife
>>> in our wonderful part of the world and trust you will support the new
>>> owners.
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers.
>>>
>>> Lindsay & Keith
>>>
>>> --
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:58:30 +0000
>> From: Dean Ingwersen <>
>> To: "" <>,
>> "" <>
>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Locations wanted for Regent Honeyeater in
>> summer
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>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> Yes, unfortunately the size of a Regent Honeyeater means it is still too
>> small to wear appropriate tracking equipment. The biggest Regent weighs
>> around 45 grams, and according to ethics guidelines no species is to be
>> fitted with a transmitter (including harness or other affixing material)
>> weighing more than 5% of its body weight - which for the heaviest Regent is
>> 2.25 grams. Unfortunately the smallest satellite tracking transmitter
>> weighs 5 grams.
>>
>> They can comfortably wear radio-transmitters, and we use these for tracking
>> birds post-release during our captive releases. They weigh about 1.9 grams
>> when fitted, but these have a range of 1km at most and need to be 'manually'
>> monitored by an observer. They also only last about 12 weeks before the
>> battery goes flat.
>>
>> The other thing we've considered are geolocators like those used on Ruddy
>> Turnstones a few years ago by VWSG. But these need to be recaptured for
>> download (for Regents this would only be 1 in 10 banded birds which are
>> resighted, and this can take up to 10 years!), and they only have an
>> accuracy of +/- 100km from memory...which reduces their effectiveness. And
>> there is no 'realtime' data streaming anyway.
>>
>> Hope that explains it.
>>
>> Cheers, Dean
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> How come we can track godwits across the ocean but we can't track honeyeaters
>> these relatively short distances? Are they too small to carry the necessary
>> equipment?
>>
>> Peter Shute
>>
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>>
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 06:49:12 +1100
>> From: Noel Luff <>
>> To: "" <>
>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] RFI SIPO
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>> Has there been any recent sighting?
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>> Message: 4
>> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 09:45:50 +1100
>> From: brian fleming <>
> Re Contents of Birding Australa Digest 21/1/2015.
> Location Of Turquoise Parrots.
> Dear Pietre, I have just returned to Wa from SE NSW and the ACT.
> In Canberra I was staying in the suburb Kambah. At the rear of Allchin
> Crescent there is a fire-break/ walkway between the back of the houses and
> horsepaddocks and parkland.
> The turquoise Parrots were almost as common as the Eastern Rosellas and
> Crimson Rosellas. Over 3 days I saw at least 70 of them. It is a reliable
> location.
> Regards, Ken Monson.
>
>
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>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Fwd: Re: Nineteenth Century Acclimatisation
>> Societies Weren't Too Bright
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>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Nineteenth Century Acclimatisation Societies
>> Weren't Too Bright
>> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 21:19:32 +1100
>> From: brian fleming <>
>> To: Laurie Knight <>
>>
>>
>>
>> House and Tree Sparrows were introduced to Australia for precisely
>> the same reason - it was known that they fed their young mainly on
>> caterpillars, and other insects, while people forgot that adult Sparrows
>> are grain and seed-eaters.
>>
>> Western Australia was most insistent that Sparrows should not be
>> established there, and special precautions were taken to ensure that
>> Sparrows did not follow the horse-teams working on the Trans-Australia
>> Railway as it was built across the Nullarbor. I believe the South
>> Australian gangs worked out as far as they could, then all camps
>> evacuated, and any surviving Sparrows were shot or poisoned. Then the
>> WA gangs worked their way out to join up. They still patrol for
>> Sparrows and Starlings in the border region.
>> More details in Eric Rolls' excellent book "They all ran wild"..
>> Anthea Fleming
>>
>> On 19/01/2015 6:09 PM, Laurie Knight wrote:
>>> A classic example is the transport of a grain-eating bunting to New Zealand
>>> for the supposed purpose of controlling insect pests ?
>>>
>>> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150116161533.htm
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>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 11:51:10 +1100
>> From: James Mustafa <>
>> To: "" <>
>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] White-rumped Sandpiper
>> Message-ID:
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>> Going up for the WRSP tomorrow on my way to Sydney. Any recent tips or info
>> on the bird?
>>
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> James Mustafa
>>
>> 0400 951 517
>> www.jamesmustafajazzorchestra.com
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 6
>> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 14:18:29 +1100
>> From: Noel Luff <>
>> To: "" <>,
>> "" <>
>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] RFI SIPO
>> Message-ID:
>> <>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>>
>> has there been any recent sightings?
>>
>> Noel Luff
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 7
>> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:30:46 +1000
>> From: eagleowl22 <>
>> To:
>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Turquoise Parrot best spots?
>> Message-ID: <>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>
>> Hi people,?
>>
>> First of all a big thanks for getting back to me regarding info on the
>> Regent Honeyeater. Diplist :(
>>
>> I've walked all day in the Girraween area looking for Turquoise Parrot, to
>> no avail.
>>
>> The other spot I want to try is in the Capertee Valley.?
>>
>> Does anyone can tell me what my best bet will be, either there or any where
>> else?
>>
>> Looking forward to your help,
>>
>> Best regards,?
>>
>> Pieter de Groot Boersma
>>
>>
>> Verzonden vanaf Samsung Mobile
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 8
>> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 20:18:35 +1100
>> From: Andrew Taylor <>
>> To:
>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Australasian Grebe brooding young on nest
>> Message-ID: <>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>>
>> I've recently made a couple of onservations of Australasian Grebe brooding
>> young on their nest which don't quite fit the HANZAB description:
>> "chicks brooded on the nest for night of hatching and for no longer".
>>
>> The grebes were at Tempe Ponds in the centre of Sydney very close to
>> the airport.
>>
>> On my first visit on the evening of 10th there were chicks present
>> being brooded by an adult on their floating nest - the occasional head
>> appearing was the only evidence chicks present. I don't know when
>> they hatched but but at least 2 chicks were present.
>>
>> On my 2nd visit on the evening of the 15th again the chicks were being
>> brooded by an adult on their floating nest. Another adult was diving
>> nearby & when it brought food a chick would emerge, be fed, and then
>> disappear out of sight under the brooding parent. I saw only 3 chicks
>> simultaneously.
>>
>> On my 3rd visit on the evening of 18th, 5 chicks were swimming
>> with adults being fed. Near sunset they returned to nest and again were
>> brooded under an adult - although they didn't entirely fit out of sight -
>> perhaps because they were larger.
>>
>> HANZAB does elsewhere mention young using nest platform during first week
>> with an adult so it may just be confusing wording. Anyway interesting
>> behaviour to watch.
>>
>> I've put some brief video clips here: http://youtu.be/Oa-lo47p4J8
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 9
>> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 20:25:56 +1100
>> From: Sonja Ross <>
>> To:
>> Cc:
>> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Australasian Grebe brooding young on nest
>> Message-ID: <>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>>
>> Thanks for sharing that, Andrew. I enjoyed it, especially the section with
>> the two chicks really wanting that food!
>>
>> Sonja
>> On 20/01/2015, at 8:18 PM, Andrew Taylor <> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
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