We got a good look this afternoon at a pair of Superb Parrots (M/F) on the Canowindra Rd just past the 50km/h zone as it comes down to Cudal, NSW. They were on the left side of the road verge – when first spotted the male was on the road surface. We came to a halt about 10 feet before the birds on the verge and got several good seconds look at them through the windscreen before we opened the car doors and they took fright into the trees and flew off in a north easterly direction. That’s a life tick for me.
On the back roads through to Dubbo (via Molong/Cumnock/Yeoval/Obley) this evening there were dozens and dozens of birds (Choughs and Crested Pigeons, mainly) on the road surface and flushed from the verges including a possible male red-rumped parrot and some rosellas. I really don’t know how we avoided hitting any there were that many. Many dead birds on the roads, including within a short space of each other, three sulphur crested cockatoos, looked fairly freshly dead. Also three tortoises (!) seen crossing the road which we successfully avoided running over but probably others won’t. Also saw about a dozen small green parrots on the side of the road but I couldn’t ID them as I was driving and spotted them too late.
Also saw a Gang-Gang Cockatoo in the Kosciuszko National Park on road from Khancoban to Kiandra (which is a life tick for us, but I know it’s pretty common down that end of the world). Also spotted a Richard’s Pipit which displayed itself to us on the very summit of Kosciuszko as we had our lunch. ===============================
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