The Adaptability of Fig-Parrots

okay, I give up, what is a green pimpernel? Am familiar with the Scarlet one but he does not hang out in Queensland.

<')/////==< ________________________________ From: Laurie Knight To: Birding Aus Sent: Sun, 12 December, 2010 22:00:38 Subject: [Birding-Aus] The Adaptability of Fig-Parrots

I was in Cairns for work purposes last week.  The tides were no good for wader watching during my free time there, but I did come across a flock of Fig-Parrots on the Esplanade on Thursday morning.

The thing that interested me was the contrast between the fates of macleayana and coxeni.  While the latter taxa has largely disappeared [due to vegetation clearing], the former is thriving and has moved into suburbia.  Even more interesting, the tame individuals that I photographed at close range were feeding on the flowers of [what appeared to me to be] an exotic tree.

I had some time off for good behaviour after my work was finished, so drove up to Kingfisher Park.  There I was able to catch up with the ubiquitous “white-tailed tropicfishers” [very striking in flight] as well as the elusive “green pimpernels” on Mt Lewis.  It was actually quite busy on Mt Lewis, and I was joined by Brian Venables as I was staking out “the clearing”.  A group of hard-charging birders [possibly a twitchathon team from NSW] arrived at the Park last night and were due to hit the mountain today.

Regards, Laurie ===============================

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