Hello All, If anyone has any recent info about Rock Parrots around Lancelin, I would much appreciate it. Also, are they dusk and dawn type birds or with luck can be be seen any time during the day? I’m also wondering if anyone can explain what it is about the tickable? WA race of the Little Corella that makes it so different from the other Little Corella race? I have seen Little Corella at Busselton in the trees down near the jetty and they have red on the throat, but I’m pretty sure these are not the sort after ones? Any little locations near Cheynes Beach would be appreciated too. Patrick Sent from my iPhone
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Hi Kev, I’m a little confused about the Western Corella. The S and D that I mostly carry describes the exact bird (s) seen by Deb and I at Busselton. I’m just looking at the page in the Simpson and Day now. So what is wrong with my id? The birds we saw are exactly as drawn by Nicholas Day. So what were they? They had a long bill, red lores and a little red on the throat, just a touch, very faint. This was in 2010. All the best and getting a bit excited about the trip, Patrick On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 12:34 AM, Kev Lobotomi < kevlobotomi@hotmail.com> wrote:
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Hi Patrick, I’ve also seen reports of Rock Parrots at Sandy Cape Campground which is in the same area. Cheers, Ross Sent from Windows Mail Sent: Wednesday, 11 February 2015 4:06 PM Hi Patrick, Havn’t been to Lancelin recently but they are usually seen on lawns near the coast, even been recorded on the lawns at the pub. We are colour banding the Rottnest population of rock parrots so if you don’t get them at Lancelin try near the tennis courts on Rottnest. http://www.rottnestisland.com/docs/mtr–marine-and-terrestrial/rock-parrot-research-flyer—mark-blythman-boyd-wykes.pdf?sfvrsn=0 You will see them all day on Rotto but they tend to be more active/noticeable when they are flying to and from roosts and fresh water points in the mornings and afternoons. I would assume the Lancelin birds are roosting on one of the offshore islands so if you set yourself at sunrise or sunset in front of the island you will see and hear them coming and going. The WA little corellas- The population of little corellas in the Perth metro area down to Augusta is introduced to the area and made up of a mix of different races and I would say many are interbred. Native littles C.s. westralensis occur north of Perth and in the wheatbelt but are moving southwards, C.s. sanguinea are in the Kimberly’s. We have both these races as well as C.s.gymnopis now in the south west. I have attached an image I took of a couple of skins in the Western Australian Museum that may help with your identification. I have also attached a flyer explaining the wing tagging project that I have been running for over two years here. Please let me know if you come across any. There is at least one that has made it to Busselton but I didn’t get the actual code on the tag. Mark Mark Blythman Animal Science Program | Science and Conservation Division | Department of Parks and Wildlife ph (08) 9405 5110 Mark.Blythman@DPaW.wa.gov.au —–Original Message—– Sent: Wednesday, 11 February 2015 1:31 PM Hello All, If anyone has any recent info about Rock Parrots around Lancelin, I would much appreciate it. Also, are they dusk and dawn type birds or with luck can be be seen any time during the day? I’m also wondering if anyone can explain what it is about the tickable? WA race of the Little Corella that makes it so different from the other Little Corella race? I have seen Little Corella at Busselton in the trees down near the jetty and they have red on the throat, but I’m pretty sure these are not the sort after ones? Any little locations near Cheynes Beach would be appreciated too. Patrick Sent from my iPhone
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Hi Patrick, Havn’t been to Lancelin recently but they are usually seen on lawns near the coast, even been recorded on the lawns at the pub. We are colour banding the Rottnest population of rock parrots so if you don’t get them at Lancelin try near the tennis courts on Rottnest. http://www.rottnestisland.com/docs/mtr–marine-and-terrestrial/rock-parrot-research-flyer—mark-blythman-boyd-wykes.pdf?sfvrsn=0 You will see them all day on Rotto but they tend to be more active/noticeable when they are flying to and from roosts and fresh water points in the mornings and afternoons. I would assume the Lancelin birds are roosting on one of the offshore islands so if you set yourself at sunrise or sunset in front of the island you will see and hear them coming and going. The WA little corellas- The population of little corellas in the Perth metro area down to Augusta is introduced to the area and made up of a mix of different races and I would say many are interbred. Native littles C.s. westralensis occur north of Perth and in the wheatbelt but are moving southwards, C.s. sanguinea are in the Kimberly’s. We have both these races as well as C.s.gymnopis now in the south west. I have attached an image I took of a couple of skins in the Western Australian Museum that may help with your identification. I have also attached a flyer explaining the wing tagging project that I have been running for over two years here. Please let me know if you come across any. There is at least one that has made it to Busselton but I didn’t get the actual code on the tag. Mark Mark Blythman Animal Science Program | Science and Conservation Division | Department of Parks and Wildlife ph (08) 9405 5110 Mark.Blythman@DPaW.wa.gov.au —–Original Message—– Sent: Wednesday, 11 February 2015 1:31 PM Hello All, If anyone has any recent info about Rock Parrots around Lancelin, I would much appreciate it. Also, are they dusk and dawn type birds or with luck can be be seen any time during the day? I’m also wondering if anyone can explain what it is about the tickable? WA race of the Little Corella that makes it so different from the other Little Corella race? I have seen Little Corella at Busselton in the trees down near the jetty and they have red on the throat, but I’m pretty sure these are not the sort after ones? Any little locations near Cheynes Beach would be appreciated too. Patrick Sent from my iPhone
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