One of the challenging but fun things to do with a nation as huge as Australia was to try and determine what areas in this amazing country had the most parrots per sq KM. I did a dry run in Sept of 2014 to determine just that. Initially I chose QLD, NSW and SA. After traveling to all of these areas with a 16 day tour in mind I had to refine my original plan and dropped NSW. Sorry mates from that region. In the end tour participants should see over 25 species! Turns out I found that the state with the most parrots per sq KM was South Australia. Your welcome to check out the 2015 tour here if you like: http://www.aviandiscoverytours.com/available-tour-dates/australia-2015/ I just want to say as I have said before to my mates here on Birding Aus. You have a gorgeous country and such amazing birds. Thanks again to all for your warmpth and for helping a Canadian guy fall in love with your country. Cheers! Don Kimball www.aviandiscoverytours.com
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Hi All, I would like to put forward my home block in Croydon, Vic as being up there. I have recorded 11 species from my 450m2 house block in suburbia – Gang Gang, Galah, Sulphur-crested, Long-billed Corella, Short-billed Corella, Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, King Parrot, Eastern and Crimson Rosellas, Rainbow and Musk Lorikeets. On any day, I could see up to 8 of these
Based on the km2 and extrapolating the species count, my total would be 24,444.44….. species per km2. So who else is up there with that? Regards John [?] *Yours in all things* “*GREEN”* *John Harris BASc, GDipEd* *Croydon, Vic* *Director – Wildlife Experiences Pty Ltd* *Principal **Zoologist/**Ecologist* *Nature Photographer* *Wildlife Guide* *wildlifeexperiences@gmail.com < wildlifeexperiences@gmail.com>* *www.flickr.com/photos/wildlifeexperiences * *0409090955* *Past President, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria* *(www.fncv.org.au )* On 4 June 2015 at 12:58, Frank O’Connor < foconnor@iinet.net.au> wrote:
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Would have thought NSW was higher up (being the best state and all…)? Doing it in late winter or spring, it would certainly be achievable to run the route as follows: Day 1: Bourke: Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, Red-winged Parrot, Little Corella, Galah. Drive to Lake Cargelligo for afternoon birding. Bourke’s Parrot would be possible in theory to the west of Bourke with luck. Day 2: Lake Cargelligo: Pink Cockatoo, Mulga Parrot, Mallee Ringneck, Eastern Bluebonnet, Cockatiel. Drive to Back-Yamma overnight. Day 3: Back Yamma in the morning: Turquoise Parrot, Superb Parrot, Eastern Rosella, Little Lorikeet. Drive to Sydney, birding in the Blue Mountains for most of the day to get King Parrot, Crimson Rosella, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, Glossy Black Cockatoo, Gang-Gang. Day 4/5: Central Coast, Illawarra and Sydney: Long-billed Corella (Feral), Rainbow Lorikeet, Scaly-breasted Lorikeet, Musk Lorikeet, whilst of course aiming for Swift Parrot and Eastern Ground Parrot which would take luck. That’s 25 already, 26 with Bourke’s Parrot. Of course with a bit of extra time/luck, short day extensions could get Regent Parrot, Budgerigar, and maybe Blue-winged Parrot or Purple-crowned Lorikeet in the south. On Twitchathon most of the top teams get 17+ species in 24 hours alone. Cheers, Joshua Bergmark Sent: Thursday, 4 June 2015 12:58 PM The south west of Western Australia would be up there. Three black cockatoos, Galah, three corellas (two are feral), although Little Corella can be found as a native not too far away from Perth. Rainbow Lorikeet (feral) and Purple-crowned Lorikeet. Australian Ringneck, Western Rosella and Red-capped Parrot. Elegant Parrot and Rock Parrot. Regent Parrot. Mulga Parrot around the Wagin area. So 16 species including two or three ferals for a 4 or 5 day trip from Perth to Albany and back including Stirling Range NP, possibly Porongurup NP and Rocky Gully. It could be done as a 3 day trip if it was just a parrot twitch. Not quite the 25 for SA, but the SW is probably a smaller area, and not sure how you get 25 for SA. I guess that includes Gang Gang Cockatoo (KI), Rock Parrot (Eyre Pen.), Naretha Bluebonnet, Scarlet-chested Parrot, Princess Parrot (?), the ferals, etc? and therefore a much larger area. Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo can be found within a day trip of Perth. Bourke’s Parrot is possible within a long day trip of Perth to Payne’s Find, but not reliably, and Budgerigar and Cockatiel would also be unreliable in the same area. A two or three day trip from Perth to the Cue area would almost certainly add Bourke’s Parrot and guarantee Mulga Parrot, and have very good chances of Budgerigar, Cockatiel, and Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo (and a second sub species of Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo that could be split one day), and the second sub species of Western Corella. I don’t count Western Ground Parrot as that is extremely difficult to find, and not something you would allocate that much time to finding (maybe 3 days! and still only a small chance of seeing it). _________________________________________________________________ Frank O’Connor Birding WA http://birdingwa.iinet.net.au Phone : (08) 9386 5694 Email : foconnor@iinet.net.au
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