Turquoise Parrot

Thanks everyone for this ID. My daughter said she could get close enough to to get a photo on a phone so suspects it may be an aviary escapee. I’ve not been lucky enough to see one yet. A beautiful bird indeed.

Chris Melrose

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Re Out of range Turquoise Parrot. ,    Think  1   escapee   (Think 2  blow in during recent cyclonic weather.)            Cheers                   Michael 

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Mysterious parrot

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Hi All My daughter saw this gorgeous little parrot on her lawn in Mooloolah Valley, Sunshine Coast. Does anyone know what it is? Thanks Christine

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Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, March 29, 2021 to Sunday, April 4, 2021:

Area: SA

Location: Murray Mouth Hindmarsh Island

Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus) (1) A single bird was foraging on the shoreline is land side

Reported by: Winston Syson on Monday, March 29, 2021

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Canon 500mm series 1 F4 IS USM lens

Hi all… I have my Canon 500mm F4 IS USM series 1 lens for sale…

I’m selling simply coz it’s just too heavy for my girly arms, even though I’ve used it many times and the images are still top quality… I’m looking to save up for the 500mm series 2 version which is a . . . → Read More: Canon 500mm series 1 F4 IS USM lens

Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 89, Issue 8

Highly likely to be martins – lots of hirundines on the move at the moment. On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 at 3:00 am, <birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org> wrote:

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Adelaide Swiftlets

Dear All

Riding my bike last night along the River Torrens in the centre of town joy past the new walk bridge that connects the CBD with the Adelaide Oval (world’s best cricket ground) I happened to look up and saw 100 + small rapidly darting about swift-like birdies high in the sky. A few . . . → Read More: Adelaide Swiftlets

White-throated Needletails Are still in Eastern Australia

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While it will only be 2-3 weeks before most of the WTNT depart from the Eastern coast of Australia they are still visible. You may need to use your binoculars because they tend to spend more time out of normal vision range just prior to their departure. On Friday I watched quite a . . . → Read More: White-throated Needletails Are still in Eastern Australia

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