Night parrot facts – without the fancy!
You’re a Night parrot? I’m from the government and I’m here to help you. This is the official statement regarding this most elusive of species.
It’s not just Simon Mustoe who dreams of night parrots
Night parrot dreaming says it all – many a birdo has dreamt of finding a night parrot. Many have tried but none succeeded until John Yound found some in May 2013. This article by Simon Mustoe was written the year earlier.
Night parrots were fairly numerous in the 70s and 80s, 1870s and 1880s, that is
Night parrots have been in people’s imagination for a long time. This article is from the S A Ornithologist and was printed only a decade or so after the last authenticated sighting of the ‘fat budgie’.
Birdwatching is the new black … well khaki or camel perhaps
Birdwatchers span a range of shapes, sizes and approaches. At one end, you’ll see some in their various shades of Kathmandu merchandise, camouflaged from head to toe in khaki and sensible hats, with $2000 Swarovski or Zeiss binoculars and twitching in their earnestness. And then there are the other kind, the irreverent chaps (and they are mainly chaps) out for a good time in the bush. You can find somewhere on the continuum where you’ll fit, so do yourself a favour, take the advice in this handy introduction and I’ll see you out there.
What’s in a name? Plenty, you great galah!
Bird names range from the bleeding obvious to the quite evocative and then to the delightful. Then there are drongos and loons, dotterels today and plovers tomorrow and sensitive Collingwood supporters. Here is some musing on bird names.
Night parrots almost as common as sparrows it appears.
Since their recent rediscovery, night parrots are turning up in a range of locations. Are we seeing the legacy of a number of wet years across the centre? This ABC article suggests a South Australia population.
Gujarat – the natural destination
When we think ‘wildlife’, we should think India! More antelopes than Africa, elephants, rhinos, tigers and lions (in fact, 5 big cats), jackals, hyenas, langurs and macaques, over 1,300 birds …
Twitchers cry foul in case of the deceased parrot
John Huxley Brisbane Times June 23, 2007 “There’s no doubt the bird is out there” … Leo Joseph, of the Australian National Wildlife Collection in Canberra. Photo: Glen Mccurtayne THE …
The Night Parrot resurfaces…again…maybe
Bob Gosford Crikey Jun 09, 2010 Over the weekend Birding-Aus, the Australian birding site for twitchers with attitude – posted a report of a recent sighting of the Night Parrot …
C’mon lets Twitch again, sing the Loudmouths 2013
After recent years dabbling in Twitch-lite (the 8 hour Champagne section), we returned to the full 24 hour Twitch, extreme birdwatching at its most gruelling. Max drove over from the …