Hi All,
Thanks to everyone that provided advice regarding Blue-winged Parrot along the Great Ocean Road. I had numerous leads ranging from Queenscliff through to Cape Otway although most centred on the Airey’s Inlet to Anglesea area. I didnt see any along the coast line, possibly because it is too busy with tourists these days.
In the end Peter Fuller’s spot at the Airey’s Inlet Water Reuse Ponds proved the pick of the bunch. What a fantastic spot to go birding! I heard them well before I saw them and saw a few Neophemas fly over very high up before I could finally i.d. without a doubt two BWP’s in dead trees at the eastern end of the ponds. I think any of the bush tracks behind Airey’s Inlet through to Anglesea would be suitable habitat for them at the moment however.
Thanks again, for everyones advice.
Cheers,
Carl Billingham Brisbane
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G’day Mick et al The Blue-winged parrots that I regularly see in Bunyip Forest east of Melbourne are in the re-growth areas, from the big fire 3-4 years ago. So you could be right. CheersMike Tarburton
Hello all,
In response to a couple of recent queries about Blue-winged Parrots (‘m not sure whether they received responses).
NW Tasmania. Last time I was up there (I think it was around this time of the year) I saw numerous blue-wings flying around in all the forest and heath south from Marrawah on the coast. Getting ready to migrate across the Strait perhaps. Good chance to see them I would say if you are prepared to do some driving.
Blue-wings in wet forest in Victoria. I’ve just read the book “Forest Phoenix.” by David Lindenmayer et al (2010). In that they talk about their surprise at recording these parrots on their Mountain Ash study sites for the first ime after the 2009 bushfires. Presumably the forest were opened up by the fire and the parrots were able to take advantage. Could the places where they have been seen be regrowth after fire or be adjacent to areas that were burnt?
Blue-wings have been one of the special birds here at our property in Molesworth. Every summer they return and I think they probably have been nesting on the neighbour’s property where there were many dead stags. We used to see them daily during the warmer months. Very shy though- 9 times out of 10 I only see or hear them flying overhead, usually 1 or 2 birds. However since our recent fire (6th Feb) the parrots seem to have moved on, hopefully to return later in the year. Many of the old dead stags have been burnt out in the fire but I’ll have to have a closer look sometime in the next few months to see many remain. Might be the time for nestboxes!
Cheers
Mick
Comments on the Blue -winged Parrots interested me as yesterday (Sunday) I was driving down the Gunyah-Toora track (just north of Wilson’s Prom in Victoria). Damp, dense tall-eucalypt forest. Every few minutes a small flock of 2-5 lorikeets/parrots would rise up from the ground or low foliage and take flight into the upper branches. Maybe 20-25 birds in all. No bins with me (guilty as charged!) but yellow belly was clear as was a plain green back (no red rumps) and dark wings. I am assuming by a process of elimination Blue-winged Parrot, as the behavior and range fit. So just a query as to whether this species does vary its habitat that much – remembering that it was not just one or two errant birds.
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“I think any of the bush tracks behind Airey’s Inlet through to Anglesea would be suitable habitat for them at the moment however.”
Blue-wings generally like to be near water from my experience (except for in wet forest areas of the western otways). I’ve never seen them in the drier forest areas behind Anglesea and Airey’s inlet, apart from at the Reuse dam, and on certain parts of the Anglesea river. Generally larger, more open bodies of water.
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Hi All,
Thanks to everyone that provided advice regarding Blue-winged Parrot along the Great Ocean Road. I had numerous leads ranging from Queenscliff through to Cape Otway although most centred on the Airey’s Inlet to Anglesea area. I didnt see any along the coast line, possibly because it is too busy with tourists these days.
In the end Peter Fuller’s spot at the Airey’s Inlet Water Reuse Ponds proved the pick of the bunch. What a fantastic spot to go birding! I heard them well before I saw them and saw a few Neophemas fly over very high up before I could finally i.d. without a doubt two BWP’s in dead trees at the eastern end of the ponds. I think any of the bush tracks behind Airey’s Inlet through to Anglesea would be suitable habitat for them at the moment however.
Thanks again, for everyones advice.
Cheers,
Carl Billingham Brisbane
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