Parrots in Flight. Who's Fastest?

[Peter Pfeiffer <>]

There are many references to how fast the Peregrine Falcon flies so there must 
be some way of measuring the speed birds fly that is a lot safer than steering 
with ones knees  Ha Ha.
Barney.

Hi Barney,

Your reference to Peregrines reminded me of a sighting I had a few years back.

I was out walking in Happy Valley SA when I ducked as what sounded like a jet 
engine went screaming past about a metre or so above my head.
I turned to see two Rainbow lorikeets going ' flat knacker ' ducking and 
weaving as a Peregrine falcon was in hot pursuit with wings folded close to 
it's body.
They nearly took my head off.
They were out of sight in a second or so.

Something I will never forget. Fantastic!

Cheers,

Peter.

-----Original Message-----
From: Birding-Aus  On Behalf Of
Donald G. Kimball
Sent: Wednesday, 24 February 2016 2:07 PM
To: birding-aus
Subject: Parrots in Flight. Who's Fastest?

Okay forgive me if I return to being a 10 year old boy and wanting to know a
question like this one but having spent so much time watching and filming
parrots I can't help but wonder.  Okay here are my impressions.  It seems
like Rainbow Lorikeets are crazy fast.  But having said that, I watched 2
Princess near Jupiter Well in 2008 that flew about 500m in about 4 seconds
to a nearby She-Oak.  Which begs the question also.  Are Princess faster
than other parrots? An internet acquaintance swore his free-flying pet
Princess was the fastest parrot in all of Aus.  I guess the only way we
might know is if folks on here have noticed parrot species flying parrallel
with their cars and took note of the speed.
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