[Birding-Aus] Superb Parrots being killed
Terry Bishop
grain area in southern & south-western NSW. They are feeding on the grain
dropped on the road and the grain semi's are running them down. The National
Parks and Wildlife have asked drivers to take care.
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Chris Brandis
with fine gravel and SPs coming down to feed on this resulting in 6 dead
bids that we saw and they were still coming down.
The Cowra area also try to have the grain contractors clean trucks before
they go out on the road but by the look of the Galahs, live and dead, on the
side of the road it is not enforced.
Cheers Chris
bob moffatt
Threatened Species Conservation Act (?)!!!
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John Leonard
not be as many Superb Parrots in the first place!
John Leonard
2009/1/5 bob moffatt <bo...@bigpond.net.au>:
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Terry Bishop
same problem on rail. Particularly the older wheat trucks that the wheat
loaders would stuff with paper or rag to try to stop leaks. Many birds would
feed on the spilt grain and getting hit by trains.
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Paul Burcher
mostly to make way for agriculture.
Paul Burcher
John Leonard
a small part of their habitat. Their decline was due to clearance of
riverine woodland, and woodland generally (loss of nesting hollows)
and the replacement of natives grasses with non-native grasses that
they find less palatable. I imagine that clearance for agriculture was
less of problem for them than habitat alteration for pastoral grazing.
It may be that despite the fact that many SPs are killed along the
roads, the fact that grain spills are found along roads all through
their habitat may enable survival of a greater number of young each
year. It's difficult to think how you might test this hypothesis.
However SPs seem more common in the 2000s than they were in 1990s in
the area north west of Canberra, at any rate.
John Leonard
2009/1/6 Paul Burcher <pbur...@ozemail.com.au>:
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Graham Turner
increasing. At least I would like to think so. Given my observations near
Wagga Wagga late last year (and confirmed by others), and my sightings near
Molong, Cowra and Nyngan over the last 2 years I really think they are on
the increase.
It is possible the increased number of road kills is because there are
simply more birds on the road feeding on grain.
Cheers
Graham Turner
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Leonard" <calypto...@gmail.com>
To: "Birding-aus" <birdi...@vicnet.net.au>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Superb Parrots being killed
> Well, I think that agriculture, as opposed to pastoral, takes up only
> a small part of their habitat. Their decline was due to clearance of
> riverine woodland, and woodland generally (loss of nesting hollows)
> and the replacement of natives grasses with non-native grasses that
> they find less palatable. I imagine that clearance for agriculture was
> less of problem for them than habitat alteration for pastoral grazing.
>
> It may be that despite the fact that many SPs are killed along the
> roads, the fact that grain spills are found along roads all through
> their habitat may enable survival of a greater number of young each
> year. It's difficult to think how you might test this hypothesis.
> However SPs seem more common in the 2000s than they were in 1990s in
> the area north west of Canberra, at any rate.
>
> John Leonard
>
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Terry Bishop
over the last 4 or 5 years much of the grain was not even harvested and used
for stock food or kept on farm for the next seasons plantings. Less grain is
being transported by rail and more by road due to closures of branch lines
and lack of manpower due to State Rail redundancies/non replacement policies
The drought also effected the breeding and survival of all wildlife. This
spring I have observed more babies than I have for a long time. I suspect
that there are more parrots this year for this reason.
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From: Graham Turner
Date: 6/01/2009 11:06:44 AM
To: Baus
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Superb Parrots being killed
I agree with John here, I think the numbers of Superb Parrots are
Increasing. At least I would like to think so. Given my observations near
Wagga Wagga late last year (and confirmed by others), and my sightings near
Molong, Cowra and Nyngan over the last 2 years I really think they are on
The increase.
It is possible the increased number of road kills is because there are
Simply more birds on the road feeding on grain.
Cheers
Graham Turner
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From: "John Leonard" <calypto...@gmail.com>
To: "Birding-aus" <birdi...@vicnet.net.au>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Superb Parrots being killed
> Well, I think that agriculture, as opposed to pastoral, takes up only
> a small part of their habitat. Their decline was due to clearance of
> riverine woodland, and woodland generally (loss of nesting hollows)
> and the replacement of natives grasses with non-native grasses that
> they find less palatable. I imagine that clearance for agriculture was
> less of problem for them than habitat alteration for pastoral grazing.
>
> It may be that despite the fact that many SPs are killed along the
> roads, the fact that grain spills are found along roads all through
> their habitat may enable survival of a greater number of young each
> year. It's difficult to think how you might test this hypothesis.
> However SPs seem more common in the 2000s than they were in 1990s in
> the area north west of Canberra, at any rate.
>
> John Leonard
>
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