One of the issues that came up for me in my Princess parrot search was simply what to look for. Would I find them sitting postured parrallel with the branch in a gum tree? Would they be flying over dunes or simply hiding amongst the spinifex clumps. I had no clue. Also being from North America I had never even been in Australian desert habitat until my excursion in 2008. As good fortune would have it I got to enjoy Princess with 2 sightings and of course as many know about 15 minutes of filming. If anyone would like to see princess flight patterns (they are flying in several segments of my film) and perched and hidden in desert Casuarina I suggest you might want to check them out by getting your own copy of the DVD series. Also there is a considerable amount of calling, both flight calls and simply contact calls where 2 birds get isolated from their flock and constantly call to them which gives me goose bumps even today when I watch the footage. This may be a bit of a plug but I know I would have loved to have had anything to watch before heading out to see them so that I could study flight patterns and behavior. You can check this out on my website if you so wish.
http://polytelismedia.wordpress.com/
Cheers and all the best to my Aussie mates
Don Kimball ===============================
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