What an amazing life event Peter! Thanks for sharing! I definitely got
goose bumps over this one. Would love to have seen this. I wonder if the
Rainbows out flew the Peregrine. Having spent hours with them I think
their lighter "footprint" in the skies would make them a bit more
maneuverable than a peregrine. Peregrines are an amazing flying machine
but not as finely tuned in flight in my opinion but I am open to being
corrected on this one.
On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 2:05 PM, Peter Pfeiffer <
> wrote:
>
>
> 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-----
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> Donald G. Kimball
> Sent: Wednesday, 24 February 2016 2:07 PM
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] 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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