Topknot Pigeons are surprisingly rare in the Blue Mountains, in fact
I'm only aware of one sighting - the one seen by Evan Beaver last
year at Blaxland. Like Arwen, I also saw a large tight flock of
pigeons on the weekend going over my house at Katoomba. My first
thought was "Are they Topknots?" but on looking closer realised they
were just racing pigeons. Must have been the weekend for them to be
out.
Cheers,
Carol
At 8:05 AM +1000 12/5/08, Arwen B. Ximenes wrote:
>Dear Kurtis,
>Thanks for your suggestion, I hadn't thought of that - although I
>think they're unlikely to be Topknots in the Blue Mountains
>(although I may stand corrected). From your comparison of the flight
>of these two birds I would think they were Ferals. cheers, Arwen
>......................................... Arwen Blackwood Ximenes
>Lawson, Blue Mountains, NSWarwe...@hotmail.com > From:
>littlehea...@bigpond.com> To: arwe...@hotmail.com> Subject: Re:
>[Birding-Aus] Amazing birding experiences - honeyeater
>migration(racing pigeons)> Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 18:20:54 +1000> >
>Arwen,> > Are you sure the Pigeons weren't Topknots?> These guys can
>form pretty tight, large flocks and fly around in circles > quite
>high in the sky.> From a distance their colouration depicts the
>'bluebar' colouration of Feral > Pigeon, Topknots are generally
>longer, with larger tails and fly at a slower > speed than the
>Ferals.> > Kurtis Lindsay> > ----- Original Message ----- > From:
>"Arwen B. Ximenes" <arwe...@hotmail.com>> To:
><a...@optusnet.com.au>; <j...@iprimus.com.au>> Cc:
><birding-...@vicnet.net.au>> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 2:37 PM>
>Subject: [Birding-Aus] Amazing birding experiences - honeyeater >
>migration(racing pigeons)> > > > yes, thanks. Indeed this makes a
>lot of sense, though I don't know anything > about the sport - I
>have seen utes squished full of pigeons around from time > to time,
>one not long ago - and I did wonder... incidentally, today's >
>pigeons were probably the 'blue bar' type.> It's rather a relief
>they're not 'wild' because there were a lot of > them!btw - Happy
>Mother's Day to all the 'hens' out there.> A>
>......................................... Arwen Blackwood Ximenes>
>Lawson, Blue Mountains, NSWarwe...@hotmail.com > Date: Sun, 11 May
>2008 > 13:44:42 +1000> To: arwe...@hotmail.com> From:
>a...@optusnet.com.au> > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Amazing birding
>experiences - honeyeater > migration> > > > Sounds like racing
>pigeons> > Andy> > > > > >Carol, this > makes more sense to me now
>because the first flocks of > >migrating > honeyeaters I saw (at
>Lawson, approx. 15 kms east of > >Katoomba) were > heading west.
>Then there seemed to be a shift > >northwards for a while, now >
>they seem to be heading in both > >directions (I guess it just
>depends when > you're looking out the > >window - some have been
>going south too - go > figure!) I thought they > >would have started
>petering out by now - I'm > going to miss them when > >they do. They
>like stopping off to feed in our > Banksias (spinifolia, > >I
>think), so it would be nice to plant some more.> > >> >While we're
>on flocks - this morning we saw flocks of 100 or so > >Feral >
>Pigeons flying over Bullaburra and Lawson - they didn't seem > >to
>have any > particular goal, just swooping around up high in
>fairly > >tight formations. > Any idea what that's
>about?> >cheers,> >Arwen> > >.........................................
>Arwen Blackwood Ximenes> >Lawson, > Blue Mountains,
>NSWarwe...@hotmail.com> >
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