A nice late Christmas Present… Six Swift PArrots hanging around our garden this morning.
Cheers, John Tongue Ulverstone, Tas.
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Thanks again to all those who replied to my recent RFI. After checking out the sites suggested around Hobart the other day without success, my brother and I went to Bruny Island yesterday. Went to all the sites on South Bruny where Swifties had been seen recently and after 5 hours of searching in mostly howling winds, lucked upon a small flock hurtling into the scrub behind the small beach at the end of Adventure Bay Rd. I gave chase into what looked like the grounds of a closed resort (we saw the sign near the car park beforehand) and flushed a parrot from the ground into the branches of a low growing willow like tree covered in white blooms. Sitting there at eye level and staring straight back, an adult Swift Parrot. Little ripper! After eyeing me off for about 10 seconds it moved higher up and while trying to spot it again through the thick foliage, two Swifties flew out and away.
I hadn’t seen these birds for 35 years ( in Victoria) when they were probably a lot more common. Here’s hoping they are still around in another 35 years (although I probably won’t be!)
Cheers and Happy New Year Birding!
John Kooistra
Ps, I keep a birding blog that some of you may be interested in at: http://qldbirder.blogspot.com.au/
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Hi all,
I concur with Bruny Island being your best bet. I saw my first there on some private land near Cloudy Bay, but Adventure Bay has been very reliable this summer. There have been a number of reports from around Hobart. The two reports I remember are some seen in a blue gum just off Hill Street in West Hobart, and some seen in the blue gums at Sandown Park in Sandy Bay, however I checked out both places and didn’t see any for myself, so they might have just been passing through. Nearly every nature reserve in Hobart has interpretation signs saying that they have been found in that park, which indicates that you might be able to see them pretty much anywhere Mt Nelson/Uni Reserve, Waterworks Reserve and Knocklofty would all be potential sites. A little further out, but not as far as Bruny, I’ve heard a couple of reports this summer from around Dover, but I don’t know the details, but it could be reliable.
Best of luck,
Jeremy
On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Allan Richardsonwrote:
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Hi John and John,
Recently drove the Weilangta Forest Rd with no problems, with one swift parrot record at the southern end.
We stayed at Marion Bay and had Swifts at Bruny Island, as you say,(in the north and the south), but also at the Tessalated Pavement (Tasman Peninsular), I heard one at Port Arthur, there were swift parrots at Tasman National Park east of Murdunna and at the intersection of Blowhole Road and Tasman Arch Rd.
Each time the birds were associated with Tasmanian Blue Gum blossom.
Hope this is of some help.
Allan Richardson Morisset NSW
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Hi John, We are in the north-west, and generally get Swifties passing through both on the way south and back north again.
However, we’ve generally found Bruny Island, or around Mt Nelson, or Weilangta Forest drive (hard to get through now, I believe, with some bridges out) to be fairly reliable for them.
Good Luck, John Tongue Ulverstone Tas.
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I think you mean 22:00. How many Swifties can you see at night? As many as you want if you use night vision goggles at a roost.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
So 09.56 is in 24 hour format…. However one must consider how many swift parrots are seen at 10.00 at night!!!!!
PLONKERS
David,
Unfortunately, many people just can’t get their heads around the 24 hour clock and are unsure as to whether 09:56 is in the morning or evening. That is why I always use 24 Hr time in my correspondence. I like to call it a temporal extension program.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
I put in a report of two Swift Parrots on Birdline Vic today with the time of sighting as 09:56 hrs. But for some reason someone has changed that to “approximately 10 am”.
What’s wrong with 09:56 hrs ?
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Tim, Certainly hope not! Went looking for Swifties at Upper Caboolture, SEQ yesterday (have been seen there in recent winters), without success. Would be a great addition to my Qld State list.
Russ Lamb, Maleny,SEQ
David,
Unfortunately, many people just can’t get their heads around the 24 hour clock and are unsure as to whether 09:56 is in the morning or evening. That is why I always use 24 Hr time in my correspondence. I like to call it a temporal extension program.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
I put in a report of two Swift Parrots on Birdline Vic today with the time of sighting as 09:56 hrs. But for some reason someone has changed that to “approximately 10 am”.
What’s wrong with 09:56 hrs ?
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Thanks Carl,I always thought 24hr clock made things clearer and removed the confusion.I notice this morning that my birdline post has been changed back to what I originaly wrote anyway,which is nice.
David
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Not sure why David. I’ve just checked the record, and it’s been changed back to 09:56 hrs. Nice record for Altona.
Interestingly the occurrence of Swifties around greater Melbourne reminds me of the continual sighting of Rufous Songlark in Victoria. In Melbourne it seems the habitat rules for Swift Parrot seems to have changed. Once this species would travel through Melbourne and southern Victoria heading north to the Box-Ironbark forests and woodlands in northern Victoria and NSW, and the east coast of NSW. Now, perhaps due to the maturing and current good flowering of street trees such as Spotted Gum (Eucalyptus maculata) and Mugga Ironbark (Eucalyptus sideroxylon), they seem to be able to stop and then hang around Melbourne for long periods of time. I also wonder if they will move on once all the trees have stopped flowering, and whether this means they have left their run too late to head north and link in to flowering gums further north?
Cheers,
Tim Dolby
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I put in a report of two Swift Parrots on Birdline Vic today with the time of sighting as 09:56 hrs. But for some reason someone has changed that to “approximately 10 am”.
What’s wrong with 09:56 hrs ?
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