Hi all,
Would anyone in Adelaide be interested in splitting the fuel costs for a trip to Gluepot this weekend?
Cheers, Bert Harris, Adelaide
On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 8:55 PM, John Penhallurick wrote: > H friends, > > I am proud to announce that I managed to see two of Australia’s most > difficult parrots in just two weeks. I travelled to Jupiter Well and saw 2 > Princess Parrots two weeks ago last Saturday, and on the Saturday just > passed saw two beautiful Scarlet-chested Parrots at Gluepot. > > The SCP’s were on the Southern Boundary track. We first saw the female who > was feeding on the Marieana (bluebush) shrubs only a foot or two above the > ground. She flew across the track and then flew back and into the scrub. > We went in and soon found the male, also feeding on the succulent shrubs > jjust above the ground. An important point here: don’t expect to find the > birds sitting high in a tree. Then both of them alighted on a horizontal > branch about 5 feet off the ground, and proceeding to allopreen each other > furiously. They were quite throughout. They did not utter any sound either > while flying or while perched. > > I thought it might be good to give some more information about Jupiter Well > itself. By my trip meter it was 124 km west of the turnoff to Kiwirrkura. By > the way, diesel at Kiwirrkura cost $2.80 a litre for diesel. > > There is no sign announcing Jupiter Well, but it can be easily recognized by > three 4 gallon drums: 1 on the south side which is blue with a white central > panel and two on the north sie: 1 green with a white central panel and 1 > white with a blue central panel. You can drive into the area on the north > side and you will find a pump, that delivers quite potable water. The well > itself is on the south side, reached by a track below the road with a white > arrow atop a wooden post. The original well is now dry. There are many > places to camp on the north side. A warning, though. There is a small sand > dune, and if you cross that you can reach extra camping places, But there is > deep sand after the dune. I had to engage low 4WD to get out. > > > > I was very lucky to see two parrots in flight about 30 km past the well. All > the spinifex clumps in the area were had many seed stems arising from them, > but all the seeds had been shed. It would have been perfect about a month > before. I suggest that before heading out there you ring either (or both) > the Kiwirrkurra store (08 8956 8453) or the Kunawarritji community beyond > Jupiter Well (08 9176 9040) and ask if there has been recent rain. If there > hasn’t it’s probably not much use heading out there. > > > > The Gary junction road was generally good; a bit corrugated in parts, but > nothing serious. > > > > > > Dr John Penhallurick > > 86 Bingley Cres > > Fraser A.C.T. 2615 > > Australia > > email:jpenhall@bigpond.net.au > > Phone: Home (612) 62585428 > > Mobile:0408585426 > > sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt Aeneid Book 1,line 462 “The > world is a world of tears, and the burdens of mortality touch the heart.” > > Magna est veritas et praevilabit Vulgate, Book of Edras > > Si vis pacem para bellum Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Flavius_Vegetius_Renatus ‘s De Re > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Re_Militari Militari, book 3 > > Please visit my website:http://www.worldbirdinfo.net > > Please also visit my blog at > http://jpenhall.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/proof-that-there-is-not-a-scrap-of- > evidence-in-favour-of-the-ipccs-attack-on-carbon-dioxide/ > > > > =============================== > > 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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