Mallee Ringnecked parrot.
Juvenile magpie.
Which reminds me. I wish the Australian Backyard Bird Count listed bird species by postcode. While the bird count is on, you can track the running total by postcode.
The 2018 data listed by state is here, http://www.birdlife.org.au/images/uploads/ABBC/2018_ABBC_Species_List1.xlsx
but it only gives bird species by state.
roughbarked said:
Mallee Ringnecked parrot.
Juvenile magpie.
That parrot in the top photo isn’t dead is it?
Peak Warming Man said:
roughbarked said:Mallee Ringnecked parrot.
Juvenile magpie.
That parrot in the top photo isn’t dead is it?
Wasn’t stiff enough to stop it flying away.
roughbarked said:
Peak Warming Man said:
roughbarked said:Mallee Ringnecked parrot.
Juvenile magpie.
That parrot in the top photo isn’t dead is it?
Wasn’t stiff enough to stop it flying away.
Top and bottom photos are the same bird. I had difficulty shifting the order because I uploaded the last image as an afterthought. Probably brought on by me thinking of the dead parrot skit.
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:
Peak Warming Man said:That parrot in the top photo isn’t dead is it?
Wasn’t stiff enough to stop it flying away.
Top and bottom photos are the same bird. I had difficulty shifting the order because I uploaded the last image as an afterthought. Probably brought on by me thinking of the dead parrot skit.
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:Wasn’t stiff enough to stop it flying away.
Top and bottom photos are the same bird. I had difficulty shifting the order because I uploaded the last image as an afterthought. Probably brought on by me thinking of the dead parrot skit.
Is this the same as “Australian Ringneck, Barnardius zonarius”?
I’m finding that this bird is startlingly common in WA.
I’ve just realised that Aussie birds by postcode are still available on https://aussiebirdcount.org.au/statistics/
Time to have a look at the distribution of the sparrow and rainbow lorikeet throughout WA. Looking at each 4th or 5th postcode.
Startlingly few sparrows. In the first half of the WA postcode list (which starts in Perth) only one sparrow seen, and that could be an error.
21 postcodes so far for Rainbow Lorikeet in WA, out of 33. In Perth, Kwinana, Fremantle and Rockingham, but not in Bunbury or Augusta.
mollwollfumble said:
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:Top and bottom photos are the same bird. I had difficulty shifting the order because I uploaded the last image as an afterthought. Probably brought on by me thinking of the dead parrot skit.
Is this the same as “Australian Ringneck, Barnardius zonarius”?
I’m finding that this bird is startlingly common in WA.I’ve just realised that Aussie birds by postcode are still available on https://aussiebirdcount.org.au/statistics/
Time to have a look at the distribution of the sparrow and rainbow lorikeet throughout WA. Looking at each 4th or 5th postcode.
Startlingly few sparrows. In the first half of the WA postcode list (which starts in Perth) only one sparrow seen, and that could be an error.
21 postcodes so far for Rainbow Lorikeet in WA, out of 33. In Perth, Kwinana, Fremantle and Rockingham, but not in Bunbury or Augusta.
Barnardius barnardi. Though yes, one of these local birds has the look oof Barnardius zonarius,
Though not initially known as a local bird, I do get a small flock of rainbow lorikeets as regular visitors. They have only been here for about two years now.
roughbarked said:
Though not initially known as a local bird, I do get a small flock of rainbow lorikeets as regular visitors. They have only been here for about two years now.
Thanks for that.
Time to have a look at the distribution of the rainbow lorikeet throughout WA. Looking at each 4th or 5th postcode.
In all, 23 postcodes found for Rainbow Lorikeet in WA, out of 76 postcodes tried (excluding postcodes tried with no data).
In Perth, Kwinana, Fremantle, Rockingham.
But also two outliers that may be worth looking into. Derby, and Lake Argyle.
mollwollfumble said:
roughbarked said:
Though not initially known as a local bird, I do get a small flock of rainbow lorikeets as regular visitors. They have only been here for about two years now.
Thanks for that.
Time to have a look at the distribution of the rainbow lorikeet throughout WA. Looking at each 4th or 5th postcode.
In all, 23 postcodes found for Rainbow Lorikeet in WA, out of 76 postcodes tried (excluding postcodes tried with no data).
In Perth, Kwinana, Fremantle, Rockingham.
But also two outliers that may be worth looking into. Derby, and Lake Argyle.
I’m approx. 12km northwest of the City of Griffith, NSW. About 70km southeast of the Black Stump.
mollwollfumble said:
roughbarked said:
Though not initially known as a local bird, I do get a small flock of rainbow lorikeets as regular visitors. They have only been here for about two years now.
Thanks for that.
Time to have a look at the distribution of the rainbow lorikeet throughout WA. Looking at each 4th or 5th postcode.
In all, 23 postcodes found for Rainbow Lorikeet in WA, out of 76 postcodes tried (excluding postcodes tried with no data).
In Perth, Kwinana, Fremantle, Rockingham.
But also two outliers that may be worth looking into. Derby, and Lake Argyle.
They are in my neighbourhood they eat the olives and apples
roughbarked said:
mollwollfumble said:
roughbarked said:
Though not initially known as a local bird, I do get a small flock of rainbow lorikeets as regular visitors. They have only been here for about two years now.
Thanks for that.
Time to have a look at the distribution of the rainbow lorikeet throughout WA. Looking at each 4th or 5th postcode.
In all, 23 postcodes found for Rainbow Lorikeet in WA, out of 76 postcodes tried (excluding postcodes tried with no data).
In Perth, Kwinana, Fremantle, Rockingham.
But also two outliers that may be worth looking into. Derby, and Lake Argyle.
I’m approx. 12km northwest of the City of Griffith, NSW. About 70km southeast of the Black Stump.
There have been lorikeets on scenic hill in Griffith at the hermits cave since the late 1970’s. It has taken them this long to spread this far. The streets of Griffith in the evenings are a cacophany of lorikeets these days.
I have at least three pairs of crested pigeons that nest in my yard. at certain times of year there will be from fifty to a hundred hanging about. Thhey eat almost all my seeds that would otherwise self sow. They do help keep the weeds down but they also eat my vegie seed and pull young seedlings out. I’ve often joked with them about how tasty this fat bird would be in the pot. They land almost at my feet and pay no heed to me at all.
roughbarked said:
I have at least three pairs of crested pigeons that nest in my yard. at certain times of year there will be from fifty to a hundred hanging about. Thhey eat almost all my seeds that would otherwise self sow. They do help keep the weeds down but they also eat my vegie seed and pull young seedlings out. I’ve often joked with them about how tasty this fat bird would be in the pot. They land almost at my feet and pay no heed to me at all.
nice
dv said:
roughbarked said:
I have at least three pairs of crested pigeons that nest in my yard. at certain times of year there will be from fifty to a hundred hanging about. Thhey eat almost all my seeds that would otherwise self sow. They do help keep the weeds down but they also eat my vegie seed and pull young seedlings out. I’ve often joked with them about how tasty this fat bird would be in the pot. They land almost at my feet and pay no heed to me at all.
nice
ta.
This is a variation of Barnardis barnadi. I occasionally see individual birds with almost all black on the head. Yesterday eve I was sitting up the yard talking on the phone and a pair of ringnecks landed within a metre of me at my seated head height and proceeded to pick a prune each to nibble while they watched me out of the corner of the eye. Unfortunately I was holding a phone rather than a camera.
Almond farming has expanded like a shockwave from a bomb blast all around me and as a result I’m not seeing the numbers of Lophochroa leadbeateri that I have been used to. Though this is a protected species, I know the farmers are shooting them.
I usually had a pair that showed up every day and they later brought their young. When the young from the whole area got together, there would be up to sixty birds come here en masse for this month. The skies are quiet. I don’t even see my pair. :(
I like this one. It’s just perfect.
mollwollfumble said:
I like this one. It’s just perfect.
:)
mollwollfumble said:
I like this one. It’s just perfect.
beaut picture :)
transition said:
mollwollfumble said:
I like this one. It’s just perfect.
beaut picture :)
ta. :)
transition said:
mollwollfumble said:
I like this one. It’s just perfect.
beaut picture :)
ta. :)
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I saw purdy birdies in dad’s yard yesterday. Looked like budgies, same colouring, but about 50% bigger.
Divine Angel said:
I saw purdy birdies in dad’s yard yesterday. Looked like budgies, same colouring, but about 50% bigger.
probably red rumps or otherwise known as grass parrots.
roughbarked said:
Divine Angel said:
I saw purdy birdies in dad’s yard yesterday. Looked like budgies, same colouring, but about 50% bigger.
probably red rumps or otherwise known as grass parrots.
Though in your region it is possibly the pale headed rosella.
We have some King Parrots at the moment, two pairs hanging around out the front.
poikilotherm said:
We have some King Parrots at the moment, two pairs hanging around out the front.
I doubt that king parrots come as far west as me but then the way the birds are moving to adapt to environmental stress, who knows.
My aunt has king parrots visiting her every day.
Meanwhile, the magpies nicknamed Hekyll and Jekyll are waiting outside for us to go out and have breakfast.
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:
Divine Angel said:
I saw purdy birdies in dad’s yard yesterday. Looked like budgies, same colouring, but about 50% bigger.
probably red rumps or otherwise known as grass parrots.
Though in your region it is possibly the pale headed rosella.
Pale headed rosella is quite a big bird. (Guess: bigger than 300 mm including the longish tail.)
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:probably red rumps or otherwise known as grass parrots.
Though in your region it is possibly the pale headed rosella.
Pale headed rosella is quite a big bird. (Guess: bigger than 300 mm including the longish tail.)
OK, fair call roughbarked.
Pale headed Rosella is 33 cm including tail
Budgerigar is 18 cm including tail.
They are quite different shapes – budgie is well-rounded (like me) and the Rosella is thin (like you).
Michael V said:
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:Though in your region it is possibly the pale headed rosella.
Pale headed rosella is quite a big bird. (Guess: bigger than 300 mm including the longish tail.)
OK, fair call roughbarked.
Pale headed Rosella is 33 cm including tail
Budgerigar is 18 cm including tail.
They are quite different shapes – budgie is well-rounded (like me) and the Rosella is thin (like you).
Well I was only going on her comment of colouring and bigger than a budgie. I’ve never actually seen a pale headed rosella from memory.
Divine Angel said:
I saw purdy birdies in dad’s yard yesterday. Looked like budgies, same colouring, but about 50% bigger.
These are them.
Divine Angel said:
Divine Angel said:
I saw purdy birdies in dad’s yard yesterday. Looked like budgies, same colouring, but about 50% bigger.
These are them.
I think Roughy’s correct: Pale-headed Rosella.
Looks like them anyway (except angle of bird to camera may give a bit of foreshortening).
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Divine Angel said:
I saw purdy birdies in dad’s yard yesterday. Looked like budgies, same colouring, but about 50% bigger.
These are them.
I think Roughy’s correct: Pale-headed Rosella.
Looks like them anyway (except angle of bird to camera may give a bit of foreshortening).
There are very few birds that look like that and the pale headed rosella tickss all the boxes.
