Don’t forget the 20+ Princess Parrots reported from Neale Junction in October 2008. The numbers appear to have improved considerably this year.
Cheers,
Stewart
On 25/10/2011, at 1:22 PM, Greg Roberts wrote:
> I am passing on information from Lorand Szucs about his recent (October > 12-13) successful trip to Neale Junction in WA’s Great Victoria Desert in > search of Princess and Scarlet-chested Parrots. This follows a similarly > successful visit to the area at this time of year in 2009 by myself, Bill > Watson and Alexander Watson. Unfortunately, visits in October 2010 proved > fruitless. > > > > Lorand reports that Princess Parrots were in good numbers at Neale Junction; > he saw at least 50 there, mostly in one morning. This compares with a > maximum of 17 that we saw over 2.5 days in 2009. Lorand saw at least 10 > Scarlet-chested Parrots and heard others; we saw just one in 2009. Lorand > photographed the two species in the same tree! Both species had > well-developed young, indicating local breeding. > > > > A subsequent trip to Neale Junction by Birdquest found even more Princess > Parrots, with a daily estimate of 90 birds. > > > > Lorand also had a pair of Princess Parrots well to the west of Neale > Junction on the Point Sunday Road, a few hundred metres north of the Point > Sunday campsite. This site would be accessible by 2-wheel-drive. > > > > Four-wheel-drive is needed to reach Neale Junction, about 1.5 days travel > from Kalgoorlie, much of it on good roads. > > > > Greg Roberts > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > =============================== > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > send the message: > unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > > http://birding-aus.org > ===============================
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